AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45505 Docld: 32324357 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90026-10091 HQ CR 92-6329-191 Document Information FBI NY HQ DATE: PAGES: 07/28/1964 5 FREEMONT HOTEL HARRY HALL PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) Redact 11/04/1998 . INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS MEMO Page 1 Date: 5/26/201 Released under the John Kennedy Wsc5assination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). asex#:NW 45605 Date: 1i-—16-2017
~a:.7, UNITED STATES copes nay . ™ - TO 2 6A iv uh Bane: Tey _ | = DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6392 7/28/64 apart ge wile | FROM SAC, NEW YORK (92- 735) (RUC) ck Y SUBJECT: FREMONE HOTEL |: . LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ON Lae Ja deh |. i AR | | OF Retcaoe ny FULL | (00:LV)  BYRELEASE il’ PART | te (3 TOTAL DENIAL rr & Re report of SA ROBERT M. JACKSON dated 7/2/6&° “ at Las Vegas. It is to be noted in referenced report —{ a lead was set forth to the Las Vegas Office requesting details of investigation concerning CYH KRONFELD. On 7/10/64, a meeting was held in the office of USA HENRY MORGENTHAU, SDNY, where in attendance were SA M. SONTAG, IRS, Intelligence Division, WALTER PALMER, US Post Office, ANDY MC EVOY, AUSA, SDNY, S. MOLLO, AUSA, SDNY, USA MORGENTHAU and SA JAMES T. MC SHANE, NYO. This meeting was called at the specific request of _MORGENTHAU and he indicated that he wished to have a Bureau :! tf 3 gent present during the mégting.t@he meeting concerned itself with the operation ofXCye the Shirtmaker, which is fe located at 37 West 57th Stree Neste < the Shirtmaker ' is owned and operated” by one CYEAKRONFELD , ¢ NFELD, a long associate of known gamblers throughout the | the US. RONFELD is a white male, approximate age 70, and is well known in the theatrical business because of his dealings in the manufacture of custom made shirts. (2 Bureau he i- Las Vegas (92-739) C. (1- 92-698) (Info) COp: & 1l- Los Angeles (92-1162) (Info) ey 1l- Newark (92-1254) (Info) e- 3- New York Seno (1- 92-2442) ? (1- 924new) (CYE KRONFELD) | aus pgh 61 ‘By 11 1964 wr seos DoclId: 32324357 Page 2?
HW 45505 “NY 92-739 JPFK..Law 11 (a) WALTER PALMER, a representative of the USPO, advised that his office still maintained a mail cover on all mail received by KRONFELD at Cye the - Shirtmaker and had determined that KRONFELD was still in receipt of packages of shirts being mailed throughout the country by known gamblers to KRONFELD. PALMER stated that his sources indicate that theshirts received by Cye the Shirtmaker from known gamblers, are encoded by the use of thread drawn though various positions on the shirts. The PO Department has attempted to break this code with negative results. PALMER stated that although he can account for many packages received by this ey Gh 327/49) ADH FS eS Vdd SS NO ee Docld: 323274357 Page 3 Le
HW 45605 fa, NY 92-739 He also stated that Cye is utilized to transfer money from one place to another, andthat when a gambler wishes to transfer money, he places’an order for a shirt with Cye and leaves the money there, which Cye either delivers or . ships when he ships the order for shirts. It is noted that in April’ and July, 1964, NY 4008-C C-TE, advised that Cye the Shirtmaker, 37 West | 57th St., was utilized ag an establishment for the receipt of skimmed funds from Las\Vegas. USA MORGENTHAU has indicated that he will not proceed with any arrest of \the Reed-Courtney Syndicate until the FBI has ample opportunity to conduct a close and intensive investigation of the operation of Cye the Shirtmaker. He explained that COURTNEY is presently in the Riviera in France and he expects COURTNEY knows he would be arrested if he returned to NYC. USA MORGENTHAU indicated that the FBI would be in a better position than the other agencies to develop information concerning the activities at this establishment. At the present time, the NYO has established a PCI in the building of 37 West 57th St. and is currently using this PCI to develop a highly confidential source. All interested offices will be advised of the results of this investigation. ~5- pe a : SERB ENTS Docld: 323274357 Page 4