Originator: FBI
From: SAC, PH
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 05/12/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/24/201

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

124-10214-10115

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

92-2717-166

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, PH

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE:

PAGES:

05/12/1961

2

SUBJECTS :

ABR, SEARCH WARRANT, DAMAGE, GAMBLING CASINO

DOCUMENT TYPE:

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Secret

RESTRICTIONS :

4; 11(a)

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

02/27/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

Heleased under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act o

992 (44 USC 2107 Note]. Case#:NW

69262 Date: 09-22-2022

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FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56)

SECRET

FBI

Date:

5/12/61

Transmit the following in

AIRTEL

(Type in plain text or code)

Via

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO:

FROM:

Director, FBI

SAC, Philadelphia

(92-2717)

(92-444)

ANGELO

"BRUNO, ака

AR

00 - Phila.

DAILY AIRTEL

Classified by

SPUBJA/GCL

Declassify on: OADR (/23/87

#211, 326

(5668 540) 626-4110195-5F1)

Phila. PD today on standby with a search warrant

in event BRUNO entered 740 Christian St.

BRUNO, however,

met with his Lieutenant PHILIP TESTA and did not enter

instant address. This activity will be pursued further.

PH 269-C has previously informed that BRUNO collected

$180,000.00 for damages done to his gambling casino, Havana,

Cuba, January 1959.

By letter 4/27/61 Legal Attache, London, furnished

following information:

Col. MALCOLM CUMMING, British Secret Service MI-5

(protect identity, do not disseminate outside Bureau) through

sources ascertained that Lloyds of London had acted as re-

insurer for the American International Re-Insurance Corp.,

New York City,

to the extent of $70,000.00 for a policy made

out to subject in connection with gambling casino at Plaza

Hotel, Havana, Cuba. In April 1959 a claim for $185,000.00

presumably by

the American International Re-Insurance Corp.

was paid to subject in respect to a fire at instant gambling

casino Jan. 1, 1959

NFOSMACTON CONCERNED

naT&2S272020

it appears that verification

of this information would be basis

for

prosecution by IRS.

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92-2712-166

Bureau (92-2717)

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Miami (92-139) - Info,

2

- New York (92-739)

1

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Philan

MAN 161504

(98-144)

JRP: ERG

Approyed:

Special Agent

Charge

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25 MAY 13 1961

+ 520010296

Sent

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Per

SS0R42

JFK Law

11(a)

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SECRED

PH. 92-444

New York requested to immediately ascertain the

above information and furnish leads to interested auxiliary

offices, at whigh time New York should furnish the following

information: Col. CUMMING in making above information

available respectfully requests that no dissemination of this

be used in connection with this information in order that the

American International Re-Insurance Corp. would not know that

the original information came from the Lloyds organization

In London (1)

All inquiries should ascertain the identity of

BRUNO and any other individuals interested in the ownership

or insuring of the above gambling casino.

All investigation this matter should be reported. on

FD 302 in which persons to properly subpoena for records

will be identified. Any samples of

' BRUNO's handwriting

should be obtained

from records and forwarded to the FBI

Laboratory for identification.

FROHBOSE

92-2717-144

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SECRET

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