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Salomón Pratkins -Hotel sevilla.

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FOIA DOL. No. 1209-440

O memo fur the record

25 NoU 1963 by Birch D. O'Neal.

A9:0 Am papien called y and stated that he

wanted to besure we didnot have any additional

information concerning Ruby.

"I adulsed him that we

had checked our records, including fru's, and on the badis

of the information we had concerning subject which had been

provided by him (ay Nouember) we have no

information relating to him."

A 9:20 Papun calledugain & said after search

..at FB.I.

"there was no indication that he has been

out of the united states or that he

is a member of

any particular political or subuersive group. He stated

that there was a some indication that he may have

been in.Cuba in 1959 while westill had an Embassy

there, and there was some information that he allegedly

visited a night club. Mr. Papish

puinted out, however,

that this would have been entirely consistent with his

known actruities in the night club business, He said

that the possibility of his being in cuba should be

considered with a "big question mark."

"I reminded Papien that we had checked through the

Immigration eat Service on the tourist card record

in the mexican Immigration in Neuvo Lorado and

That we had had a response that they were i'

unable to develop any information concerning his

departure on de ab september and re-entry on 3 October.

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I adused him that we had not recened a response.

from a request to customs Secuice with regard to

such departure and entry. mr. Papish stated that

the Bureau was looking into this matter and

woula keep me infermed. I indicated that I

would not press the matter further with the custome

Seruse. He is to keep mi informed.

742862

memo 1-7-64 to CIA from Hoover.

FBI

mr.carios villa, 1450 coral way, miami furowned.

a letter on 1a - 21-63. Leter had been furwardedto.

a friend at his Jose Antonio Juan, Mr. Juan received

letter from son in Cuba.

in leter "It is known here that Rubenstein was here a

little less than a year ago visiting a: mr. Prankly

dealing in tourist articles

owner of shop un Prade street between Animas.

and Irocadero

Opposite the

That ruby

informatio

the Burean has

ever visited

Sevilla Beata e into

Cuba, except on one

he uisited therebriefly on a väcätion trip.

occasien in 1959 ahan

6

mena fur James Angletun

1-9-64 meno received

FUTA

from AmtouT-1. J Frim John It. Sherwood /

- 1213-1128

Alached is translaton of memo sent to Carlos marquez

sterling we pave a caRy toAmTOuT-I Jan SAS/EDE

asset, who passed it on to us.

5r. Evidia Pereira (Brigadar af Giron) informs

that Ruby was in Havana a yr. ago. to see Praskin

Infe reserved by Brigadier of Brigade 250b;

Evidia Peserra. (Evidio B. Perrera Accosta,

OPOB

207 - 298242

say march Sat Gral, Caccito Las villas.

ML

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SECHET

11110897

No sAs traces in Prastin

Later suggests. Bureau interulen Pererra

He is living at

821540 and st, miami, Fla.

Includes. intruew of Pereira- by fBI.

SAS Dispatch from InWAUE.

Into recesued. tom AmsPELL

AmsPELL repurts the letter was sent airmall, postmarkeu

as see 1963 & sentto hutitum name, fra, Juana

Barreiros.

Recered 13. J9^ 1963.

Allegation made by sister in law of AmiuNEit

- 1"

Graziella RUBIU y Rivera.

what is a senstrue Document Input Record.

Document Transter E crow. Reference.

"sometime accund may 84 I war given a photographs

by a minister who I met through a mutual friend.

The photographs shows Ruby and orwald

together.

100-300 - 017

0B C- 04902

17. Jan.68.

PBI.

SEGRET

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9- memo dated Nou. a6, 1963

FOIA ReUIeW..

Document No. 1210-112G for

11110235

-subject: Ruby.

By: Birch D. O'Neal.

checked RID files on Tack euby, also known as

tech Rubenstein, Revealed that John Reed Gorman- a was.

investigated in 1951, 1952 1953. Paul Crouch adused FBI.

that Jack Rubensten," Directoc, Young communist League in 1929,

who@auld-be reached through the National Office of the..

Textule workers! union of America, New Yurk

& his wife,

marcon Rubenstein, utters might have into on Gorman.

10- nemo Fur Chief, CI (ICG) - 2 DeC 1963 Subj: Jack Rubenstein

Ret From Stephen C. mullet, Ir.] FOIA DOC. NO 1212-1127

I p..

Reliable saurce reported that J. Rubenstein

bora is 1905 Coland, resident of N.Y., uisIted

Israel.from 17.may- 196.2

to 7 June 1962 with his.

wife minnie.

Il- same memo as (uo 6) above: complete quute from letter.

"The Brigadier of Giron, S1. Evididio Pererra, Whors.

in constant communication with cuba, informs the General

Delegate of the movieniento Patriotico Cuba Libre,....

news of great importance.

- I. Notify the Pentagos of this fact: Ruby, the

assassis of oswald was in Harang a year...

ago. He is a friend and custumer of acitizen

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SECRET

named Praskin, owner or manager of a novelty shop fur.

tourists located between Animal y Trocadero, Paseo

del Prado, infront of the Hotel Sevilla."

" This information recelued in miami, as noted at

the beginning of this memoran

nornam , were received

by Brigadier of Brigade 2506, Eudio Pereira, Wh0...

1s ready to verify them. New York, ag December 1963."

memo for Howver fram Angleton- subj: JaCK Ruby..

XAA2 - 22818.

-30 Jan 1964. States that the Agency

has received a report. from a source to the effect that

Ruby was in Havana in late 1962 or in earty 1963

Relates Eudio Bernardo Pereira Acosta stury.

-lecatrun.af Pereira. Suggests FBI interview Pereirs.

FBJ

B.

- Interview of Pereira- 2-7-1964.

Evidio stuted he was a prisuner in cuba after B.CPP.

Showed a leter dated1a-3-63 frum Hauana containing

the Ruby being in as Cubastory. Pereira had no knowledge

as to the original. source of infu...

Letter was from a

member of the Cuban Redcross who he currespends with

see

NO

Dispatch @

..attacheel 2p. bulletin a envelop unt from Cuba....

Dispatch to chief sAs Frgm JMuRU?.

29 700

FEET

2 /13/64

Ref: WAVE -1283, 29 January 1964

L"AmsPEl)reports the letter was sent armail,.

postmarked 28 Recember 1963, and sent to a fictitious

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no 201

name (Sca. Juana Barrerros) and recewed in the

AMSPELL PO. BOX 168, main station, miami, Eloreda.

AMSPELL

further reported that the sender's name

appeariny on the envelope (Alicia Cardoso)

is also false, The letter was recered on 13 January 1964."

"2. The correspondence from cuba referred to in

paragraph three of Reterence was not obtainable

according tolamspeLh. I The latter statech the letter

was received frum cuba by airmail, addressed to -

AMLUNCHel, who was not willing to cooperate in

banding the letter over tof AmsPELL Reportedly the

information contarned.in the letter reached [ODENUY, J

who also asked the recipients cooperation. The latter

delivered only a small porten of the letter toLODENVY, I

where-theinfurmaticn_aspear.ed..os.which{AMsPELLgubmitted

the follawing resume, made by the recipient ut the

letter..

no açi)

"Salomon Pratins owned a tourist sture.

located across the street from the seilla

Hetel, in práde street in Havana. Ruby

was a habitual visitor at this store

while hestayed in Havana in 1962 ana

1963. Ruby flew to Havana from Mexico.

aty.".

3 Abeatached.a.copy.of stury rekaved bfAmsPELLon.

29 Jan 1964 to wireservices, miami News.

PROCE

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11110$93

AMLuNCH-I was antacted by IMWAUE. on 4 Feb 1964

# confirmed dáta in para a above "but said the

person Ruby visited was named prask in and that

Fou Praskin. own a hume on prado Street betweer.

Animas and Trocadero, across from the Sevilla Hutel,

Havana.

AMLUNCH-!; saic the letter was from his

sisterin-law, Graziella. Rubio y Rivera (see UFGA -

9868 para 3 and UFGA- para para4) and that he

had turned the letter over to FBI. There are no

smurtue tracesen Salomon Pratkins on Pru Praskin.

5-

FBI confirmed on 5 Feb 1964 that AmduNCH le

had offered them the cumplete letter, but that

they took only the portion. concerning Ruby. FBI

aldo confirmed that AmLuNCHty

identifed the writer

of the letter as nuted above, and told them the

story about. Ruby's unit to Havana was hearsay

on the part of his sister-in-law."

Reurewef au Fleun us. Guttzen

Jan 1975.

Reurew. Form on Ruby Gie.

Rubys. the categorized. a.

"counterintelligence case

Gie.,.nuolung a fureign Goona intelligence

or security. rervice.f. Of code AS.

READEr:

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STOMET ®

11710690

101:

O Cable- to mexico city l9 march 1964.

"melvin m. Belli, traveling to mexico.

FromiRichera Helms

vinit: DDP

CITE DIR 0857Y

8xt

5353

Date is mar Gu.

2- FBI Repurt 4-6-64

re radio program @Paul Bethel & Stanley Ross.

p.3-. "Bethel said that. "we," and when he said "we"

he was not speaking fur the litizens committee at that

point becaue they had to be checked out carefully

before "we" would ssue it at all -- but "we" had

been not,hed by people where judgment "we" trust

that Ruby had been in luba several times after the break

in relations, and the only way that this man could

get in there, of course, was clandestinely.. He then arked

who would be interested in getting him into cuba

clandestinely, Certainly nut friends of ours. He added

that this information was obtained from several surces.

pob - Bethel staled in later interulew by FBI that "Ruby trips

to cuba might have nod gambling connections centered

around the Hotel Capri, in Havana, Cuba, whore

front man was supposed to be beurge Raft, the move

actur, Its sources adulsed that Ruby hackbeen in Cuba

either two or three times, rubsequent to the break in

relations, in 1959 ur 1960. " One of tut sources whum he

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considered rehable" is Jose Lanuza. Bethelsaia

Lanuza. cuula turnin into re the background uf

LHO and of his efforts to infoltrate DRE.

secondsource was Salvador Lew, knowmas Dr. Lew,

who is with a miami legal firm. Lew can be

reached through miami phere FR 1-5606.

: Another suurce -

De. Fernando Carandi, Miami.

"I Doc. Transter & cross Ref card.

"Por Doc subj, repurted in cuntact James Kelley Love

and German burn wife Ingrid. Ingrid iden as sou.

agent. Her husband James former usAF Intel offcer.

Lowes were in cumpany of ruby and lee oswalch

some 6 tu8 weeks priur to assassination of pres.

201-289249

10BB-21509

3 Sept 65

FBI. Document

Doc. Transter El Cross fefcara.

"It we understanding af source that barrisun

had been conducting exhaustive search to locate

man named fou Dmare /P/ suppused to nave

traveled to saluerton, Texas about time of assassination

there met with Ruby and ferrie.

D8B-82786

10 JUNE 67 FBI

C09PT

0208G1

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1111020đ

Doe Transfer & Cross Ref.

"sometime aroung may 64 I was given a

photogranto by a minister who I met

through a mutual friend. The shutographs

shows Ruby and oswald togethor."

FBI due. 17 Jan 1968.

6 meno For FBI fium Angletun 6-1967 FOIA 1017-1129

mackoyers talker@aNo.repet Agency.

Rugers, hasspoken @Garrsun Estaff. "He has been tube

by a member of Garrisun's staff that Garrison has definite

prouf that Ruby was once huspitaliied in New orleans,

that oswald wiltec him in the huspital, that they

aar. there engaged in a homosexual act, that they were

caught, and that oswald was arrested.

FBI repur +

sept 3, 1965

le James kelley howe IS-Russca.

On August 26,1965 testo suurce stated that

James kelley howe aduised informant that he was a

former intelligence officer in the us. Air force, and

that his. German-burn wife, Ingria Lowe, nee Bernhauser,

was a Soviet Agent. Lowe indicated he met nù wife

in, Austria, in 1962 and subsequently married her in

Dallas, Texas on 1961.1,

Lowe stated he &t his wile met tHo and Jack ruby at

Ruby's place of business some to t08 whas prior to the

assassination.

On August 31,1965

Ft, wur theD adu sed loue had

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been arrested on Aug8, 1965-sllegal possessin of

-dangerous drugs. an sent: 1, 1965 -lowe refuen

to a cumment-to FBI under aduice of counsel.

WAVE 1283= CAble. from to miami dated 30 Jan 64

L"29 Jan Bluestreak Edition miami News carried

toll news Hem titled "Ruby usted Cuba -- Exiles Say."

Jack. Ruby, keller of President kennedy's accused assasn,

has visited Castro's cuba, exile grump here charged today.

Ruby. flewu from mexico City to Havana latter part

• Dec #62

on mexicana right, sala spokesman fur Cuban DRE. ARE

"students said they.

first learned et Ruby's Havana ust several weeks ago, but

aelayed.making.any statement until.complet check hed

seen made With their suurce on island. Accurding to

undecgcound.com.municatzensRuby.stayedin.Havane

until early Tannaryod, frequenting a touriststore

owned by man named, Sulumon Pratkins, Store wa

located an El Prado across street from Seuilla Biltmore

Hotel...

2-/DRE had first reported this to wAUE On IJan.)

"DRE also alleged aboue was confirmedby

cuhan exile... (not identifed) who had receed

letters cantaining. information on this metter.

WeE requested DRE proude - grigincuf

meagraph bulletin& letters plus,dentity.

reciprea.ts.&

- senders.: Pespite promise to du jo,

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