Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/10/201 Identification Form Agency Information ~~. AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-90096-10252 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: —92-2989-153_ Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM: LO TO: HQ | TITLE : DATE: = 11/27/1962 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : CHARLES TOURINE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/20/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO v9.1 Docld: 32331306 Page 1 45
| Released witer — DATE: 11-14-2017 =; > OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ots _ £910~-104—01" - - . ee UNITED STATES GC “RNMENT 7 . Loo - Memorandum ro: Director, FBI (92-2989) “pate: 11/27/62 phe : Legat, London (163-65) (P) . va SUBJECT: CHARLES TOURINE, AKA ” ANTI-RACKETEERING j ReBulet 8/6/62 requesting London to determine ¥ whether subject owns or has an interest in the Players Club, London, and that an Englishman is "fronting" for the subject in this club. {XX -/m) On 11/13/62 Detective Sgt. TERRY O'CONNELL, Totenham Court, Police Station, furnished information as f ollows: OL. Ma) ELD oan if O'CONNELL claims he has a source lwhge frequents Tné/Friars..Club,..42_ Conduit. Street,_.London,} that when TOURING, who is known by the name of CHARLIE WHITE, is in London he ‘frequents the Friars Club. Friars Club is bgt reportedly owned and managed by JOSE VENTA, also known "A a8 oul an and information is to the ‘effect that ¢ GAVENTA (/ “Kas given a\share in the club to TOURINE. Recent infornia- tion is to the effect that GAVENTA wants.to sell the club to TOURINE for £3500. Ae TOURINE, when he is in London, is a ver APassociate of and is frequently seen with THEODO WIN Eye. (Bufile 62-86382). *.When TOURINE and LEWIN are together,” —~d money is no object with them and they frequently flash " large sums of money in the gambling clubs around London. §¢ (44) Two or three jhonths ago GAVENTA reportedly pur- . chased some race horses for TOURINE which horses have since been sold. x(a Byes According to New Scotland Yard records, ‘GAVENTA resides?iat::33 Deyoushire ( Close, London, W. 1.) On 7/19/40 hewasiiséntenced ‘to 18 months “imprisonment 1 for receiving stolen ‘¢lo6th: GAVENTA A been suspected in the past of ened race. horses Sat, Septem aan bie ang Yard file on GAVENTA contains in- don tetonettee that in 1950 GAVENTA was picked up ening at which time he had in his possession —— REC Lak IG EG ~/SA mars = : 3 “1 = Liaison Section (sent direct) i - - London 92-2989 _London 64-1127 Docld: 32331306 Page 2?
: ifleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1999 (#F Use? DATE: 11-14-2017 FA * oN London 163-65 1000 American dollars. His explanation for havin his Us . money was that it had been given to him by czoncagrt . ley in connection with purchasing a car for RAFT in gland. TG bey The file contained an Interpol message from.Rome, Italy, -—s77777U #525 dated 5/23/50, which reported the results of an WIE interview of RAFT, who was then in Rome, and RAFT in effect confirmed the fact that he had given GAVENTA $1000 in connection with an automobile purchase. This is most interesting since it shows an association between, RAFT and GAVENTA dating back to at least 1950. (1) O'CONNELL advised that THEODORE LEWIN left England via London Airport on 11/6/62 for the United States, from where he planned to take a Caribbean rate: eas OY fA In connection with the Bureau's coverage of TOURINE, New Scotland Yard would be most interested in any information obtained pertaining to GAVENTA, LEWIN or the Friars Club. The Bureau is requested to furnish any such information in a form suitable for dissemination to New Scotland Yard. re 92-24F9-/S 3 See Rp RR Coed Docld: 32331306 Page 3 TOT Rares