Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: PEARCE, J. ROBERT
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 05/23/1961
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/24/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10214-10127

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-2717-179

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

TO:

PEARCE, J. ROBERT

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE :

05/23/1961

PAGES:

64

SUBJECTS :

DOCUMENT TYPE :

CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS :

CURRENT STATUS :

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 02/27/1998

ABR, ASSOC, GAMBLING ACT, BKG, INTV, AMATO,

AGOSTINO, REL, B/F INT, TOLL CALLS, MISUR

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ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

By communication dated April 27, 1961, the Legal

Attache,

London, England, furnished the following informar

tion:

MALCOLM CUNNING, Official of British security

for a number of years,

Colonel CUviNG, at the request of the Legal Attache,

contacted these sources to determine 1f ANGELO BRUNO had

financial dealings in the gambling casino at the Plaza

Hotel, lavana, Cuba (5)

On April 24, 1961, Colonel CUMMING advised that

NI-5's confidential sources had stated that Lloyds of

London had acted as the reinsurer for the American Inter-

national Reinsurance Corporation of New York City to the

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

in connection with the gambling casino at the Plaza Hotel,

Havana, Cuba. (S)

Colonel CUNMING said that in April of 1959, a

the American International Reinsurance Corporation

in

1959. (5)

Colonel CUNNING stated that in making this

information available to this office, he would respect-

fully request that

no dissemination of this information be

made outside

of the Bureau, and that extreme discretion

be used in connection with this information in order that

the American International Reinsurance Corporation would

not know that the original information came from Lloyds

organization in london. Any such revelation would (6)

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certainly jeopardize MI-5's future relation with the

Iloyds concern. (5)

Colonel CUMMING also pointed out that Lloyds

acts as a reinsurance organization for other insurance

companies, and any money paid by Lloyds is paid not to

the

individual policy holders but to

other insurance companies

to help them cover their losses when heavy demands are put

upon their resources by their own policy holders. (S)

No information was obtained indicating that

subject or any of his associates had any kind of insurance

polley other than the fire insurance policy

mentioned above,

and no

Information was

available identifying the officers

of the corporation, of which subject was a member.

The above information was furnished by airtel

to the New York and the Miami Divisions on May 12, 1961,

with instructions to use discretion as outlined above in

conducting investigation regarding this matter.

It is noted that proof of this payment could

logically be grounds for a successful prosecution by the

Internat Revenue service; and accordingly, it 1s

requested that this investigation receive continuous

attention.

INFORMANTS

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PH 591-0%

MM 647-PC,

as reported in memorandum of

EunICh, dated

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BARNEY BARNETT, PCI, Miami, Fla.,

as

recorded in report

of Special Agent

STEPHEN J. LABADIE, dated May 22, 1958,

In the case entitled,

"SANTO

Ros aka.j ANTI-

TRAFFICANT. " Tampa File 92-1-287°

RACKETEERING

JOSEPH GRABLE, Commercial Department,

Peninsular Telephone Company, Tampas

Fla., now General Telephone Company.

EDWARD L. BRAUNE, Agent, New York

Telephone Company.

to Special Agent

JAMES M. ANDERSON On April 10,

1961.

PH 540-C, on date as indicated in

this report to Special Agent J. ROBERT

PEARCE.

PH 269-C, on date as indicated in this

report to Special Agent DALE M. HIESTAND®

PSI JUAN SANTONI to Special Agent

EDWARD A. SMIlE on May 3, 1961.

MARY THOMAS, Bell Telephone Company

of Pennsylvania, to SE E: DAVIS

PORTER on April 21, 1961.

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