JFK Assassination System Date: 4/24/201 Identification Form. Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10284-10343 RECORD SERIES: HQ ~ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = 92-2717-297 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, PH - TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 08/28/1961 PAGES: 6. SUBJECTS : ’ ABR, ASSOC, B/F INT, HAVANA, CUBA, RES, BKG DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS:  1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 03/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC LHM v9.1 , ; 368 Docld: 32303831 Page 1 ,
. 5 A ae fe “ OFFICE RIN - CASING MoNTECARW, S.A. Dr, LOPE NOZ, a Cuban attorney, was was ‘the of officer in the Cuban corporation. CUBA. On January 1, 1959, the gambling casino in the Plaza Hotel was overrun by a mob on the occasion of CASTRO's entry . into Havana, Cuba. This casino was insured for a sum of . $250,000. The casino, #152 Oficiof Street, Havana, was founded for an indefinite period by means of a Cuban public deed, dated - August 6, 1957, and was registered in the Central Register, of - Stock Companies in Havana on Page 8460, File #25, of the 126th Under thetine casino was insured under Policy No. 303,806-F under t merican International Insurance Company, S.A., of Cuba. Through negotiation, a final settlement f“Was’ made” “in payment for damages to this casino in the amount of $185,000.06, with adjustment for debts, etc., resulting in a check being issued in the amount of $168,464.28. The secretar “of the guban corporation was a Cuban attorney, Dr, EVERA *SLLVA MASANTANA. - An agreement between aa vhe before -mentioned FRANK BURD and JOSEPH STASSI was such that CV BR-the founders of the corporation were to establish the corporation for the purpose of sub-leasing the gambling casino in the Plaza | Hotel, Havana, Cuba. It was agreed that the Panamanian Corporation would have an authorized capital of 100 shares of common stock with no par value, which were to be issued to the parties, their nominees, or assigns. SECRETARY- CAS) NO MONTE CARLO S.A, From a confidential source it was ascertained that in April 1960 ANGELO BRUNO claimed he had been able to recover most of his investment in an undisclosed gambling casino in Cuba, but had difficulty in removing the money from Cuba. From an additional source, BRUNO later stated that he had been able to get this money out of Cuba and designated the sum he received as $180,000 for the damage done to the gambling casino. He indicated that he was surprised that an unknown individual had refused to accept a $20,000 offer for making this settlement even though the settlement was made at a time, when the insurance premiums had lapsed. JOSEPHSTASSI is also known as JOEJROGERS... N. ~2- CUBA a PRES IDENT= CASINO. Mani cnc ache PANAMA PRES IDENT~ LuceANe © INVEST ME Nt cone Docld: 32303831 Page 2?
- ot, Te CRTIONAL FORM NO. 10 , # _ LO AUNITED STATES G\ ERNMENT SEC > ae \ SECRET: : Memorandum ce TO: Director, FBI (92-2717) DATE: 8/28/61 ~~ sro ABY5ac, phitagerphia (92-Hia) ann 32h al IGE} y Clastiied by 206 7 supject: © ANGELO BRUNO, aka. Dectassty pn: OnDR/I3/87 AR (00 - Philadelphia) | Cosemb fee - Yaofel- IK Enclosed herewith are six copes of a letterhead os memorandum regarding ANGELO BRUNO's alleged financial - 4 interests in the gambling casino, Hotel Plaza, Havana, Cuba. Lif by letter dated 3/22/61 it was requested that Lloyds ef London be contacted by Legat, London, to establish if ANGELO BRUNO was paid, as alleged «a sum of money for damage done to the gambling casino, Hotel . Plaza, Havana. €) By communication dated 4/27/61, the Legal Attache, London, advised of contacting MICHAEL CUMMING, official of British Security Service, MI5, who contacted a confidential ; i source of his in Lloyds of London to develop this information. () t The communication from Legal Attache stated,"On 4/24/61, Col, CUMMING advised that MI5,confidential source, had stated that Lloyds of London hdd acted as the reinsurer for the American. International Reinsurance Corporation of | New York City to the extent of $70,000 for a policy made out to the subject in connection withthe gambling casino at the Plaza Hotel, Havana, Cuba." Col. CUMMING was . al quoted further as stating, "In 4/59, a claim was paid. WV to the subject for $185,000, principally by the American . f International Reinsurance Corporation, in respect to a . » fire which had occurred at. the gambling casino at the Plaza Hotel, Havana, Cuba, 1/59 ."(3) ny Fey “yy. Kd * A Peas -~ P = ' hag @S> Bureau ENCLS 5 ~6) 92-2717) | . | | ty 1 - Pht dade Senge (9 As eo | ie AUG 31 1961 G4 SEP 511961 —— Docld: 32303831 Page 3
} ey trey PH 92-444 It was requested that an additional inquiry be made by the Legal Attache, London, in recontact with their source to ascertain. if ANGELO BRUNO possibly . held other insurance besides that resulting in the $185,000 claim being paid 4/59, $70,000 of which was reinsured by ~ Lloyds of London, () Extensive inquiry in this regard has developed that there was a $185,000payment made by the American: International Insurance Company, #258 Havana Street, Havana, Cuba, As set forth herein, this policy was No, 303-806-F. [However, the point of inquiry to Legal, Attache, London,. should be to establish if ANGELO BRUNO was the recipient of this $185,000 payment, less adjust- ments, or if JOSEPH STASSI.was recipient of this payment considering that Legal Attache, London, prior communication on 4/27/61 relates that Col, CUMMING had advised that the subject had received the $185,000 payment ](S) Ett is requested ‘that the Legal Attache, London, clarify whether BRUNO or STASSI received the money and any additional information available that could possibly be developed further in the United States which could ultimately prove to be of evidentiary value against Preys ANGELO BRUNO, #@¥t should be noted that BRUNO has been Lea te) designated b the Bureau as the target of "early ' prosecution" under. the Criminal Intelligence Program | and therefore is the subject of concentrated Bureau investigative EEO . , 8 Gg) -2%7 Docld: 32303831 Page 4