a AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : a ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.4 Docld: 322984357 Page 1 SUBJECTS : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10222-10213 HQ 92-2914-1ST NR 11 Document Information FBI DIRECTOR, FBI LEG, HAVANA 02/06/1958 2 t GM, SM, ILLEGAL ACT, ASSOC, NRO, REL PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/14/1998 INDEFINITE } a $$
- aR / © co an oa - 4 wer NG Director, FBI Legat, Havana (92-9) ANNARINO, was.; | ARAN. WAS. saube, . : Lud PROGRAM } | HEREIN GABRIE - TOP-H ANTI ATION CONTA LERD See ng nee ~RACKETEERING ee Re Pittsburgh letter to Bureau dated January 22, 1958. . ; Doe , . ' On February 5, 1958, PCI GOFFREDO CELLING, who is employed as Afternoon Manager in the gambling casine at the * : Hotel Nacional and whose identity must be concealed, advised ; that he was well acquainted with. both the subjects. ‘CELLINI _ ’ iaformed that many years ago when he was one of & gambling 5 group from Steubenville, Ohio, .operating a club in the. West : Virginia area near the Pennsylvania’ border, the MANNARINO brothers tried to “muscle in" on. the group but that their attempt. was unsuccessful,. He said that the MANNARINOs are Teele oy ; By SPE Me BIER 77 o/) ‘. ? generally considered to control all the horse betting and _ bumbers operationg in. Uniontown, Pénnsylvania, and Morgan- town, West Virginia, ‘He -informed that the HANNARINGs were | the money men: behind NORMAN ROTHMAN, FBI #162585 B, during the: period 1951 ‘and 1952 when ROTHMAN eperated’ the Sans Seuci might club and. gambling casino; ‘He’ said that ROTHMAN | Was unable. to make a. success of this operation and that after na Losing considerable money, the: MANNARINO brothers pulled out. an Source informed that he believed their interests in this opera-~ a tion actually extended over ® period of only about nine months. DEL ON by gambling interests or heedluns off the coast of Florida near Cuba. He said that to his knowledge the MANHARINGs have had _ i a interest in Cuban gabbling operations since they pulled out &, ; \ Source further advised that he knew of no island, owned MY | of the Sans Souci. _ tag Patel ga co Ta this regard it¢ should be noted that there are off 3 only afew island “O22 the north coast. of Cuba, and these | Doe are, génerally. considered’ to be uninhabitable because of lack te of waters Uslands farther to the north would comprise the — am Florida Keys, many of which are uninhabitable for the same ve reason, - . : on doy f 3 VA rai . at or Ee fo ae \/ a CE eee //17/ —— 4 =- Bureau HAI, BQ6E NOT RECORDED i = Havana DIB: le WYO 2FEB 191958 “ARS GINAL FILE_In a ~ eo & : = N, ee qh Sy .. LC Docld: 322984357 Page 2?
Havana, 92-9 Z oe: on February 5, 1958, ARTIE NEWMAN, an old-time gambler who works as a cashier , the Hotel Nacional: gambling vs; sce) (INO brothers, and he ‘Yurnished ‘substantially THe Same i ntorvigti ¢ He said. ‘that the MANNARINOs and CHUCK TEEMER formerly had been the money men behind the Sans Souci casino but that they pulled eut of the operation after NORMAN ROTHMAN was unable to make it a financial success, He stated emphatically that to his knowledge none of these individuals have noney interests in canbhAng: ‘Operations, in Cuba ‘at present, . Referenced Pitteburch letter. ‘dadicated that. Rocco UFFONE had been reported to be ‘@ cousin of the MANNARINO brothers and an. Andividual who. fronted for. ‘then. in- one of their enterprises, A review of ‘the. incoming £light. manigests on r February 3, 1958, reflected ‘that an individual. by the name of ROCCO BUPFONE. arrived in Havana at 1:42 P.M. on. ‘January 80, 1958, aboard Pan Anerican. Airways Flight 493° from Miami. His destination was. given. as the’ Hotel Nacional, (x) fos Two extra copies’ of. this ‘Letter. have @) prepared for forwarding: by the. Bureau. to. Patteburgh; ‘Investigation is. continuing in Havana. Docld: 322984357 Page 3