RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 591-722, BEHIND THE BAHAMA GAMBLING GROUP
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: CIA/CHIEF, SAG/OS
To: BROWN, JERRY G., CIA/OS/SAG
Document date: 08/18/1976
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Date: 11/30/04

JEK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD NUMBER : 104-10059-10013

RECORD SERIES

: JEK

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 53199 Date:

06-07-2017

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM : BROWN, JERRY G.,

CIA/OS/SAG

TO : CIA/CHIEF, SAG/OS

TITLE : RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

591-722, BEHIND THE

BAHAMA GAMBLING GROUP

DATE

: 08/18/1976

PAGES

: 2

SUBJECTS : WALLACE GROVES

RESORTS INTERNT

LANSKY, MEYER

TRAFFICANTE, S.

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

CLASSIFICATION : CONFIDENTIAL

RESTRICTIONS :

1B

CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

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COMMENTS : JFK8 : F1 : 1993.07.08. 15:06:53:840520

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18 August 1976

MEMORANDÙM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group

SUBJECT

Resorts International, Inc.

#591 722

Attached to instant memorandum is an article from

the 15 August 1976 edition of the New York Times captioned,

:"Bahama Gambling Group Considers Las Vegas-Type Casinos in

Atlantic City."

The article states that the corporation

behind this venture is Resorts International, Inc.

article also reflects that Resorts International, Inc., was

formerly the Mary Carter Paint Company.

Also attached to this memorandum is an extract from

the 1969 book,

"The Grim Reapers" which links the Mary Carter

Paint Company

to the gambling

activities of

the organized

crime boss Meyer LANSKY.

The extract also links Meyer LANSKY

to Santo TRAFFICANTE..

Additional information in the book,

not attached,

reflects that Santo TRAFFICANTE was Meyer

LANSKY'S gambling czar in pre-Castro Cuba.

3:

Resorts International, Inc., is the Subject of OS

file #591 722,

This file reflects

that Resorts

International,

Inc., was of interest to Cover and Comnercial Staff, DDO, in.

1972 and 1973:

No other details are available.

The Wallace GROVES,

mentioned in the attachments as

being connected with Meyer LANSKY and the Mary Carter Paint

0. Resorts International, Inc., is identical with the Wallace

GROVES who is the Subiect of OS file #473 865.

This file re-

flects that from April 1966 to April 1972, GROVES was

terest to the Office of the General Counsel for the utiliza-

tion of GROVES as an advisor or possible officer of one of

the Project WUMUTUAL entities.

Additional information in this

file would suggest that GROVES was connected with Meyer LANSKY

The file also

reflects that in March 1975, Cover and Commercial

Staff was

somehow involved with two individuals connected with

a corporation owned by

GROVES,

the Grand Bahama Development

Corporation, Albert WHISNANT (#633 974) and John P. ROULETI

# (#639 997).

for file

SUMA GiANCAMA

May montiona.

CONFIDENTIAL

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5. The Robert D. PELOQUIN mentioned in the news article

as being the head of a Resorts International subisidiary,

is

identical with Robert D. PELOQUIN (#624 168). : However, the

file reflects that in 1970, PELOQUIN was a Vice President of

Resorts International, Inc.

The file further shows that

PELOQUIN was formerly connected with INTERTEL and as such was

engaged by the Hughes Tool

Company to conduct a sweeping invest-

igation into the affairs and past activities of Robert A.

MAHEU.

MAHEU, as you are aware, was used by this Agency for

introduction

to-organized crime

figures for assassination

planning directed at Fidel CASTRO in the early 1960's.

Also

contact eventually

to the above mentioned Santo TRAFFICANTE.

the Senate Select Committee

ne deliberation of that body into the activities of this

evidenced interest in the Mary Carter Paint Co.,

Robert D. PELOQUIN, INTERTEL, Santo TRAFFICANTE and Robert A.

MAHEU.

7.

It is recommended. that instant memorandum,

as the attachments, be brought to the attention of

the General

Counsel and the Cover and Commercial Staff.

Jerry G. Brown

Deputy

Chief

Security Analysis Group

Atts:

JGB:hjd

As stated (Original only)

CONSIBENTIAL

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