AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: _124-90068-10039 RECORD SERIES: HO | - AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-75147-210-104 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI ~ FROM: HAV _ TO: HO TITLE: DATE: 01/16/1958 PAGES: 2 SUBJECT: | AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: a CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 06/24/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS  Redact | | | . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: MEMO Docld: 323280858 Page 1
DATE: ee fa _ Office Menu _., Remylet January 14, 1957 ° Reason : JD. ae Looba Date_of/Revk Lv3ftz January 15, 1958, PCI GOFFREDO CELLINI (con dy is that approximately two days befo ‘e Cuban Senator EDUARD are IVAS had telephonicall contacted thé gambling casino at™the Motel -Nackonat- and requésted to/speak to JAKEALANSKY, ‘Overseer at the casino and 7 brother of - MEYER,LANSKY the notorious “hoodlum,” who has an interest (“/ pte “Mbanit was pecessary for source to act as an interpreter on the telephone. “DIB: peal ler ee veo (8) 2 a) Ma . ee oe 2. HED we , 11-14-2017 STANDARD FORM NO. 64 To : Director, FBI sm) \y ., AMERICAN SAM hING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA /GIIF ae Ud 2a fei? 47 walle in that casino. ‘Source said that since LANSKY could not speak Spanish) ~ YAGUERO ec: that he had talked wit uban Prime Minister ' erning MEYER LANSKY It should be noted“that GUERO has frequently een mentioned as the . could be assured of encountering no 5 dittioutty 4 yith. ‘the Cuban Governiient. | SUAREZ RIVAS noted that LANSKY had invested a great deal of money inl} ' Cuba and had brought a great. deal.of tourist business to Cuba and as). a result for a total compensation of $9000 a month, his position ing) Cuba would not be disturbed. JAKE LANSKY indicated that he would ngt; dare ask SAM TUCKER, who has a part interest.in the casino in the ,-# Hotel Nacional, or any of the other owners’ for $3000 a month from Sac of the casinos. Source, said that JAKE LANSKY indicated he would ng? "sit still for the shakedown" and LANSKY simply refused to pay any sum at all to SUAREZ RIVAS : -for RIVERO AGUERO. Source indicated t at ) JAKE LANSKY apparently believed that MEYER LANSKY was sufficiently. well connected with the Cuban Government and had no desire to start of Cubed f) Ae pockets of the potential CoRBTB-2"°* °° for the Presidency of Cub 7 EX-131 ROEXED-92 . IGE, ~ 2/0 — PC 1/CELLINI had previously advised that : RELGGS. wa vans is employed at the gambling..casino - aty the; Hotel Nacio i , is Tesponsébie for protpiyti he FRANK ERICKSON'S interests in C 2a ie oay Oe as anuary 14, 1958, JAMES ENNIG(Algnager of theyilayel Havana, opivie! ab tially advised ; RI d arr at the Hotel Havana Riviera January 6, Cb BEC.D~ rOBEIOH TIVIEOH Docld: 32328085 Page 2?
ohn F. Kennedy Ase Hesitation Records C oDlec Pion Act ot 1997 (af Use" FIuT Hote). a . va ~ e a 3 a , ¥ a®e®, a” ; WAY 1958, and that he was still residing at the hotel. PCI CELLINI advised on January 15, 1958, that BRIGGS left the casino for a period of two hours on January 7, 1958, to see ERICKSON. He stated he did not know the nature of BRIGGS' conversation with ERICKSON. CELLINI stated that ERICKSON was in the casino of the Hotel Nacional on January 14, 1957, greeting some of his gamblin acquaintances. (ar LAlbe one of the JOSEPH MC _GINTY , SAM | rere and MOE BERNAR! DALITZ;“waSiin Havana a short t ime AZO visiting» day “With acquaintances. it shoula“be noted that MC GINTY, TUCKER and poe have financial . interests in the casino at the Hotel Nacional .é Pi | CELLINI further informed: ‘that wornrdaees \ owners of the Desert wpbaastay tak with THOMAS JOSE PCI CELLINI stated ‘that he had received i indicating that an individual by the name of ,JOE..DEXTILLIO, from Los Angeles, California, had been selected to operate-the=gambling C vg, casino at the Havana Hilton. CELLINI indicated that he had seen (4 DE TILLIO in action and that he appeared to be pretty much of an amateur as a gambler and he doubted that DE TILLIO could operate 2. -Beagmne the size of the one that would be in the Havana Hilton. (@) 1” Extra copies of this letter have been prepared for forwarding by the Bureau to the New York (2), Los Angeles @), and Salt Lake City O, Offices, we \ a ~2- Docld: 32328085 Page 3