Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 1/4/67
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotel.

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/22/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10221-10428

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 163-16117-7

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

TO:

TITLE :

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

01/04/1967

SBE, AKA, BKG, TRA, ARRESTED, MIL SERV, EMP,

BOMBING ALLEGATION, ASSOC, RES

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

• DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 02/04/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

6

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Released under the Join F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 2107 Hote) .

DATE: 11-14-2017

classified dy pa.

JAN 4 1967

#154011

SSIFIED BY,

-??PRIANE AGENCIES

ALL INFORMATION CONTAXTEI

HEREIN IS

P/UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEPT W

TORE SHOWN

OTHERWISE.

SAMUEL BENTON

Benton was born on July

21920, at Ludwipol,

Poland, under the nane of sanul tink elman; but he commonly

Samuel"Finkelman until he changed his name officialy in

1943 to Samuel Fink.

He has

alleged that he traveled as a stowaway from

Poland to France and then to Cuba in 1935 and from Cuba to

Panama in 1939.

He was arrested as a stowaway by the Canal Zone

Police

Department and deported to Cuba.

He was lawfully admitted

to the United States in 1943 while serving in the U. S. Army.

(105-116857-2)

In 1962 Benton was working for Michael Mclaney in the

operation of slot machines on board a cruise ship...

He has been

identified as a private investigator and promoter.

In 1963 he

was involved in the attempt of five Cuban exiles to carry out

a bombing raid over Havana, Cuba.

An allegation was received

that MeLaney had supplied the money and the plane to stage

this proposed raid which was prevented when the Cubans were

arrested by the United States

Customs Service. (45-10253-11 pg. 55,56)

(2-1810-8)

Benton, in early 1066, was declared to be a prohibited

immigrant by the

Bahamian authorities as he had been active

currently in peddling fraudalent securities. (64-175-202-25)

In 1965 he was the President of the Sari-C Corporation

in association with one Michael Raymond, who had the reputation

"of being a confidence man and swindler.

(58-6029-4)

He resided at 1800 South Treasure Drive,

Miami Beach,

Florida,

in 1965, and maintained a business office at 507

Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida.. (163-16417-5)

NOTE:

was the subject of an ITSP investigation in 1966

when information was received from the Paris,

"Department that he was associated with an individual

France, Police

suspected

IMRECORDED

of boing involved in the theft of stock certificates

City. (163-16117) He has FBI #396

1 - Foreign Liaison

754011

100-769

Original

and. one

* EX-104

, based ory/fequest. of MI

Đ55 JẮN 17 1967

53/257668

CR

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