' Released under the John F. - Kennedy ‘Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (42 03¢ 210%) ote). DATE: 11-14-2017 . STANDARD FORM NO, 64 on ~~ Office Memirandum *. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO "3 DIRECTOR, FBI fy SUBJECT: 324 ale AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA . Shee - (ae | _ ; eR fe i. - “ E& “ Whilé contacting Mc eHUNTSINGER: Bank of Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, on March 25, "1958, in connection with another matter, it was determined that both the Hotel Riviera and the Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba, maintain bank accounts in that bank for both the hotels and gambling casinos, According to this record, ‘the account for the Hotel Rivera was under the name Compania de Hoteles La Riviera de Cuba, , The persons puthorized . to I sign checks on the hotel account were HARRYYSMITH, President ,|| 4 # and ‘JULIUS E.ROSENGARD, Treasurer, and IRVING! LDMAN, Director, whereas the persons authorized-to. sign for the - bling casino were SMITH and ROSENGARD, only, With “respect to the Hotel Nacional, it was noted that this Nageount is under the name of the Mohawk Securities and’ the persons authorized to sign for checks drawn both against ‘): he hotel and the gambling casino accounts were THOMAS J. * A Ay HC. SINTE, President, | wK CKER, Treasurer, and. nanny/GoLppeRc, G&S) \ _ +On March 18, 1958, -_DAVIDXGODFREY, who “is attached = to the Security Police at Jamaica, advised that the Arawak {Hotel was opened in December, 1957, and that one AL VRICHMAN was the chairman of the. board for that hotel; | Accorditig to GODFREY, RICHMAN is a “Liverpool Jew" by | | origin, came to Jamaica-from Canada-and is alleged‘to have ge been in some difficulty with the law in New York . City in yf, £953 on some sort of bond violations According to GODFREY, during the ‘latter part of February, 1958, a number of gamblers from Miami appeared at the Arawak Hotel and set up a gambling operation, He 5a.n} mentioned, however, that this operation was closed down by ; ‘| oreeth after approximately two nightes He smatod oo 1 - Miami.: Nae hea oA, / "a ) EFE:mbb - @ 7. rar (6) in, 0 ~% A yf yi rE Docld: 323281351 Page 2?
| Released under the John fF. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (42 Use Si0?T Wotey. DATE: 11-14-7017 an A MM 62-3398 that he had not received the information as to the identity of the Miami gamblers who were involved in attempting to set up this operation. y774 According to GODFREY, . the. real manager Of the ; Arawak Hotel is believed to be a man named " BUGSIE' BORGMAN, a front man for HARRY and and BEN/SMITH. He further advised LA that BORGMAN is alleged to have gone to London; - England ; a recently, in order . to supervise the building of a new airport It was “noted with respect to the information indicating Miami gamblers were attempting to set up a gambling operation in the Arawak Hotel that a check of Long distance phone calls of one’ HALXSTANGER, a known gambler i+; y. from the Miami area, that several telephone calls were made ~~" fromhis number to STANGER himself who was at the Arawak Hotel ©%** during latter part of January, 1958. (AK) a During an interview on March 19, 1958, with BILL | » /RAPLAN, a sports handicapper who was residing at the Peter age \MiTier Hotel, Miami Beach, he advised that he is acquainted , with HAL STANGER who, according to his information, is presently _ in Cuba in one of the gambling casinas, possibly the’ Capri. _ He’ mentioned that he had learned from STANGER that STANGER : had recently been in one of the islands setting up a gambling “operation. recently, but that the operation was closed down . by the authorities. eA” — . The above information is being furnished to the. _° SBareau and additional copies are being furnished for possible reference to the Legat, Havana, Cuba. — aii ~ © tht srgitesio rh ; —— oe Docld: 323281351 Page 3