“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2f07 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 * . wasn 2 FORM NO. 64 ‘ ° . es, , — - Office Memordndum ° UNITED STA'yES GOVERNMENT : TO : Director, — DATE: February 6, 1958 , 3 . . ~ ioe ivh FROM : egat, Havana 92- 93 Sil $eO TTA coor Or i pipe ge 7 Ee : SAMUEL MANNARINO, was.; —— : BAY GABRIEL MANNARINO, was. ¥ffoviewat fo! PY Js - TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM HSCA red2 SES 1 ff “Gs . ANTI-RACKETEERING (See Bufile pea-i172 yo - BS , - ve fetta) a? Re Pittsburgh letter to Bureau dated January 22, = © ui. “ ® ALY Ts] os fer On February 5, 1958, PCI GOFFREDO CELLINI, who is ig aye employed as. Afternoon Manager in the gambling casino at the, md Hotel Nacional and whose identity must be concealed, advised that he was well acquainted with both the subjects. CELINE, informed that many years ago when he was one of a gambling ~. "rOUD from Steubenville, Ohio, operating a club in thé° West’ Virginia area near the Pennsylvania border, the MANNARINO.- s\brdthers tried to "muscle in" on the group but that their ‘attempt was unsuccessful. He said that the MANNARINOs: are generally considered to control all the horse betting and Anumbers operations in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, ‘and, Morgan- coun, West Virginia. He informed that the MANNARINOs were ‘the money men behind NORMAN ROTHMAN, FBI #152585 B, during 'éthe period 1951 and 1952 when ROTHMAN operated the Sans, ysouci night club and gambling casino. He said that ROTHMAN was unable to make a success of this operation and that /fafter “LoSing considerable money, the MANNARINO brothers pulléd out. “Source informed that he believed their interests. ‘in this opera— ay ion actually extended over a period of only about nine months. ‘es Source further advised that he knew of no island -owned NAL 3, ‘Byg gambling interests or hoddlums off the coast of Florida near | ‘Cuba. He said that to his knowledge the MANNARINOs have had © a bee: interest in Cuban gambling operations since they pulled out 3 " + \ “Of" the Sans Souci. v2 wy | In this regard it should be noted that there are es) Ww fooly a few islands off the north coast of Cuba, and these fare generally considered to be uninhabitgble because of lack / of water. Islands farther toi ethe? 4 aorth*would comprise the ar Florida keyédo pany of which’ are uni nha i table for the same : oe . cp yf fore BE reason offi. LEB \8 fi Abd fm ‘G ; ow mma cof {plese SH BXS Bl 9 MER o 72. wD. 4&2 Ae -Bureal’ lps “ey, 1 - Havana lle @SFEB 191 ae % ch He Cb BY oe ss ‘aan eH 4JWRECORDED COPY FILED Ti DoclIda: 32300703 Page 2?
ob F992 {4 USC. 2107 Hotey . DATE: /11-14- 2017 . ¥ I . Ps re ° ‘Havana 92-9 2/6/58 On February 5, 1958, ART WMAN, an old-time gambler who works as a cashier in the Hotel Nacional gambling casino, was contacted concerning the MANNARINO brothers, and he furnished substantially j#hejsame.ipfermation as PCI CELLINI. He said that the MANNARINOs" ‘did iCHUCRRGEE R formerly had been the money men behind the Sans “Souci casino but that they pulled out of the operation after NORMA OTHMAN was unable to make it a financial success. He state hatically that to his knowledge none of these individuals have money interests in gambling operations in Cuba at present. . Referenced Pittsburgh letter indicated that RQCCO : Tfeseross had been reported to be a cousin of the MANNARINO Gi BA ae \prothers and an individual who fronted for them in- ‘one of “ their enterprises. “fe eee nda eo of the incoming flight manifests “on a | ar February ;-reflected that an individual by the name CR , of ROCCO BUFFONE arrived in Havana at 1:42 P.M. on January 4 . be? ad 30, 1958, aboard Pan American Airways Flight 493 from Miami. eo . His destination was given asthe Hotel Nacional. ~) ; woes Investigation is continuing in Havana. (Y () ee re Two extra copies of this letter have been prepared for forwarding by the Bureau to Pittsburgh. 4 i: DoclId: 32300703 Page 3