Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32310531 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hote). Date: JFK Assassination System ~ Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10303-10145 HQ CR 58-2000-63 Document Information FBI ROSEN, A. TAMM, E. A. 09/25/1947 2 PRJ, INTV, ASSOC, GAMBLING MACHINE PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified Consulted Redact 04/24/1997 APPROVAL OF TRS REFERRED TO TRS 13 $/27/201
i Released under’ whe Dohn F. Kennéay Assp ssination | Records Colled ie of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) - a DATE: t1-14- ~2014 z= - Zi fice Memohandum « " ‘UNITED STAY HSE *z. oe e. ae FORM No. 2 oA "Ay a TO : ir. E. A. form " Tame of Calls 3:45 Peles DATE: ‘September 25, 1947 jut , . ure Polson -_ FROM ( Rosen . url Glevi———— ge suByECT: LOUIS CAMPAGNA, BP AL Ate! thaoy BR TBERY ' Mr. garsen Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo . . Mr. Mohr. - MEL Guinn farm At the above time Special Agent John Speakes at Mexico City. Fetes Room ; was contacted regarding the report by Louts7Shainmark of the Chicago ise Holier Herald~American that Arno Merkel had turned information over to the or Mexican authorities regarding some slot machines alleBedly deliveréd to Merkel in Mexico City, which delivery was refused when Merkel. found that the machines | were coming froma group of Chicago hoodlums, Mr. Shainmark alleged that the 4 Mexican authorities turned the information over to the FBI, and that FBI Agents interviewed Merkel in Mexico Cit yah u} Mr. Speakes stated thak this information was not corréct that the files of the Mexico City Office contained no information that_Arnet orkel was referred to the Mexico City office by the Mexican authorities or was “interviewed by Bureau representatives in Mexico, Mr. Speakes stated that he would definitely ecall if any such contact was made inasmuch as Arno Merkel is the father of Una erkel, the motion picture actress, " The Bureau files were checked negatively regarding Mr. Shainmark's allega- | : tion that Merkel or anyone contacted our Mexico Gaby representatives regarding the ~ slot machines. . - y a A The only information Special Agent Speakes could recall oncerning slot oe machines in Mexico concerned an interview of one Eugene ay jabcher on as August 27, 1946, by representatives of the U. S. Treasury after ‘Satcher had been. arrested for deportation by Mexican authorities as an undesirable alien. This = interview, as is noted above, occurred over one year ago, while Mr. Shainmark ea}! stated that the transaction which he was reporting occurred some six,months ago. The subjects of the captioned case were paroled on August 13, 1947. When inter- viewed by the Treasury representatives, Satcher advised that his reason for coniing - “to Mexico was to handle an assignment given him by MarcusADipsky in arranging for”, “the payment of Linsky's claim against Xeteyd 's Insurance Company of London for the. damage done to seventeen slot machines and forty pinball machines while they wer being transported by truck from Dallas, Texas, to Mexico City, The equipment, 4S according to Satcher, was consigned to Paul RolandjJones «en January 1946, and LS iA}. Lipsiy allegedly gave Satcher a power of attorney to arr avvange the settlement with my the insurance company for the claim of $20,000.00, American money, When Satcher / a Ra wa ey S { presented the documents, however, he knew the document had no value and t at oe a i a previously Jones had presented a different power of attorney so that_he’e ee ; arrange with the insurance company the corresponding claims and. inde A Bureau representative in Mexico City was present from July 27:to © ea p- aieeeny 35 1946, Tne an ica ae of Pav Roland ress and in | Gaseussing his | NE is rane Sp3 MR ! i a . i me f ! (JFK SCHL. | | DoclId: 32310531 Page 2?