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From: HAV
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Document date: 1958-06-25 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/15/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90068-10101

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

62-75147-210-140

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

HAV

TO : HQ

TITLE :

Released under the John F. Kennedu

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note]. Case#:NW

SEO00 Date: 11-03-2021

DATE: 06/25/1958

PAGES:

11

SUBJECTS :

AMERICAN GAMBLERS IN CUBA

AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/24/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office • Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

Director, FBI -

DATE: June 25,

FROM

CONFIDENTIAL ONE T I SCHeMINE

Legat, Havana (64-153)

feason • FCIM

SUBJECT

AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA of Review

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ANTI-RACKETEERING

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Reference Havana

• letters

May 9 and May 29, and New York

letter to the Bureau June 4, 1958.

Set forth below is additional information which has been

developed concerning the activities of American gamblers in Havana

since the submission of Havana letter of May 9,

1958: AUL INFORMALION CONTAINED

HEREIN

CASINOS IN OPERATION

EXCEPT WHB

CLASSIFIED

WILBURACLARK'S CASINO - HOTEL NACIONAL HAvin

OTHERWISE

RE SHOWN

Li. 15 c

This casino continues to be operated by individuas

previously identified to the Bureau.

LANSKY, Mam top hoodlum

is the overseer, in this casino.

F. a

GEORGE FENTRESS,

craps dealer at the

was going to the Dominican Republic to

operate a gambling casino

there for

DUTCHySHIELDS. Dominican

Republic.

On May 14, 1958, HAV-31 advised that SAM/TUCKER, one of

Ghad returned tron a conference in New York with his other associates

Interest holders in the gambling casino at the Hotel Nacionalravy

concerning the steps to be taken regarding the recent regulation.

adopted by the Nevada State Tax Commission and Gaming Control Board

requiring that individuals with interests in gambling casinos in

Nevada could not participate in gambling, operations in Cuba:

HAV-31 said that an individual named LEEr ElDER had been working

for the past several months in a semi-supervisory capacity in the

casino at the Hotel Nacional:

PCI ARTHUR NEWMAN (conceal) advised

of JACK LANSKY.

that WElDER was brought from than derbard in las vegas by order

the

On May 19, 1958, JACK LANSKY, who operates the casino in

Hotel Nacional, confidentially advised it appeared that the

syndicate composed of SAM TUCKER,

MORRIS/KLEINMAN, TON/MCGINTY and

MOS DALITZ, who "own" the gambling concession in the Hotel Nacional,

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had decided to sell their

rights to this concession. He stated it

appeared this decision was brought about by the edict of the Nevada

State Gambling Board requiring a separation of interests by individuals

owning gambling operations in Cuba and Nevada. LANSKY advised that

while the combination would have to sell their concession rights in

a poor market, nonetheless they had made a substantial profit on

their initial

investment in the casino during the first two years of

operation and they would not suffer any loss.

reputation of the individuals buying the concession will have to meet

or not he would remain in Cuba and operate the casino would depend upon

the identity of the individuals who bought the concession.

LANSKY stated the combination had yet not opened the

Stardust, a new gambling casino in Las Vegas which had been built by

them because of difficulty in obtaining a license for the Stardust

until such time as they have sold their interests in Cuba.

LANSKY stated the edict of the Nevada State Gambling Board

requiring a separation of interests was strictly a political maneuver

directed in the main at CLIFF JONES, former

Lieutenant Governor of

Nevada, and that while the decision would, of course, affect JONES,

who has just recently invested a substantial amount of money in the

Hotel Havana-Hilton, it was also affecting other individuals with

interests in both places who have nothing

to do with Nevada state

politics.

He stated that JONES, prior to buying an interest in the

gambling casino in the Havana-Hilton, had discussed the matter with the

Governor of Nevada to insure there would be no difficulty and had been

assured he would have no problem.

LANSKY stated that subsequently,

however, JONES, a Democrat, had thrown his support behind other

Democrats in the forthcoming Nevada elections in November and as a

result, the present incumbent, a Republican, had sent the word down

to the Nevada State Gambling Board to "put the squeeze", on JONES.

HAV-31 advised on May 28, 1958, that JOETMORISI has been

employed as

a supervisor in the casino at

the

substantial

Hotel Nacional for a Mav" Cuba

period of time.

Source said MORISI was

leaving the casino

June 1, 1958, and intended spending approximately a month seeing

friends and thereafter expected to arrive at Atlantic City, New Jersey.

about July 4, 1958, to accept a position in an illegal gambling

operation there.

Source said that LOUIS NIER, an associate of SAM TUCKER,.

will take over MORISI's job at the casino Huvanu, Cuba

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Ohio

Cuba

HAV-31 stated that GEORGEN

GORDON; who is reported to represer

certain Cleveland interests and who is presently working. at the Desert

it appeared efforts were being made

to have GORDON "front" for a

new group of buyers of the casino.

HAV-31 advised on May 27,

to Havana to discuss the disposal of the casino at the Hotel Nacional.

In this regard, on May 29, 1958, THOMAS KELLEY, resident manager of

the Hotel Nacional, advised that TOM MCGINTY was in Havana for the

purpose of discussing the problems that had arisen in connection with

ownership of the casino because of the recent edict of the Nevada State

Gaming Board. Mr. Kelley indicated that MC GINTY had said that SAM

TUCKER would probably be "transferred."

On May 30, 1958, HAV-31

advised that an individual named "SAMMY" (possibly identical with

SAMUEL LAWRENCE BRATT, a former associate of the LANSKYS in gambling

operations in Broward County Fl

- Florida)

was in Havana to discuss the Cuba

sale of the Nacional gambling casino. Source said he had ascertained

that LOUIS NIER,ementioned above, has a partnership with SAM TUCKER

in an apartment building in Las Vegas and that NIER is reputed to haye

a substantial interest in the W. and S. Horse Breeding Stables in

Lexington, Kentucky.

On June 4, 1958,

HAV-31 advised that GEORGE GORDON had

turned down the offer made to him by the Desert Inn group to be

the front man for the Nacional gambling casino. Source stated that

an individual named MELAGOLDEN is presently in Havana and that GOLDELuba

will be the operator of the Stardust, a

new gambling casino being

constructed by the Desert Inn combination in Las Vegas.

Source said

further that LOUIS NIER, SAM TUCKER and JACK LANSKY had been invited

to the opening of a new gambling casino in the west Indies, location

unknown.

Nacional to see

JACK LANSKY and in LANSKY's absence had talked to

HARRY GOLDBERG. Cuba

Source also advised that since MEYER/LANSKY, New York top

hoodlum, returned to Havana on May 30, 1958, he had paid two visits Cubi

to the casino at the Hotel Nacional and on the second occasion had

been in the back room of the casino counting the house 'receipts, together"

with JACK LANSKY.

On June 5, 1958, JACK LANSKY advised that as yet no buyer

had been obtained for the

casino at the Nacional.

He advised that

a decision on his part as to whether he would stay with the casino

would depend upon whether he could work out satisfactory terms with

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the purchasers. Con June 13, 1958, Lieutenant Heriberto Hernandez, agent

1 the Departmen

* of Investigation, Cuban National Police, advised that

the casino at the Hotel Nacional had been offered to the Hotel Nacional

itself, but that no agreement had been reached. (gu)

On June 13, 1958, PCI Arthur Newman mentioned

that he

believed the present

interest holders in the Nacional casino would

be given plenty of time by the Nevada Gaming Board to effect the

sale of their interests.

Source said he did not believe JACK LANSKY

would leave the casino unless there was a very radical change in

ownership.

Source believed there would not be any actual change in

ownership but just a change in faces in Havana.

On June 18, 1958, Thomas Kelley, mentioned above, advised

that SAM TUCKER had received permission from the Nevada State Gaming

Board to take whatever time was necessary to dispose of the interest

he had in the casino at the Hotel Nacional. Kelley was of the opinion

that TUCKER might attempt to delay taking action on selling his

interest in the casino until the November elections in Nevada in

order to see whether the present incumbents might lose out thereby

resolving his problem.

HOTEL HAVANA-RIVIERA CASINO Havana, Cuba

On May 21, 1958, HAV-31 advised that JULIUS E.AROSENGARD,

a member of the Board of Directors of the Hotel Havana-Riviera, is

acting as MEYER LANSKY's legal representative and also as his

gambling

representative in Cuba in LANSKY's absence from Cuba.

Havana, Cuba

Havana SHERMAN

JOn May 30, 1958, HAV-31 advised that MANNY/SHERMAN WaS 1D

was staying at the Havana-Riviera Hotel. He has

FBI No. 447418. In 1953, he worked as a shill in the gambling casino

at the Sans Souci Night Club. SHERMAN has the reputation of being

an operator of "fast dice games."

On June 9, 1958,

PCI Luis Alonso Montenegro (conceal), who

shift and that JOHN LINK,

a Canadian

Is managing. the casino on the canada

night shift.

Source said that DINGYCELLINI is normally present in

the casino from about noon to 8 p.m.l and that CELLINI has assumed

the title of director of the casino.

Source said that information

wad at meet separate themselves it, can

a Havana- wylora notes Canad

and casino operation.

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On June 2, 1958, numerous

sources advised the Legat, Havana,

MEYER LANSKY had returned to Cuba on May 30, 1958. In this regard,

LÄNSKY advised on June 5, 1958, that MEYER had returned to cuba

permanently with the approval of the Cuban Government.

An article appearing in "The Times of Havana" on June 19,

1958, indicated that both HARRY and BEN SMITH had been charged with

theft and fraud involving the stock of the Brilund Mines, Ltd. This

article described the SMITH brothers as being owners of the Hotel

Prince George in Toronto and the Havana-Riviera Hotel. Both brothers

were free on $50,000 bond each.

ED LEVINSON from Las

On June 23, 1958, PCI Luis Alonso Montenegro advised that Nevada

is back in Havana and staying at the Hotel-

Havana-Riviera.

LEVINSON Is the former director of the gambling ubu

casino at the Havana-Riviera, and was an interest holder in the casino..

'PCI Alonso said that LEVINSON had sold part of his-interest in the

casino to DINO CELLINI.

PCI Alonso further informed that on June 22, 1958, JACK

LANSKY, MEYER LANSKY, EDDIE CELLINI and MAURICE LICHTMAN had a

Cuba

private meeting in the rear

of the bar adjacent to the gambling casino

at the Havana-Riviera.

Source stated that another individual was

also present whom source did not know.

Source was unable to furnish

the subject matter discussed at this meeting.

HAV-31 advised on June 23, 1958, that the additional

individual at this meeting was a person by the name of ALLEN, a

bookmaker from Miami.

HAV-31 did not know the purpose of the meeting.

It should be noted that HAV-31 has previously informed that LICHTMAN

represents the interests of former, Cuban Minister of the Interior,

SANTIAGO REY, in gambling operations in Havana.

LICHTMAN has

frequently been seen in the company of JACK LANSKY.

KHOTEL CAPRI CASINO: Havana, Cuba

On May 9, 1958, PCI Arthur Newman stated that CHARLES

TOURINE, Miami top

hoodlum, continues to have a large interest in

the gambling casino at the Hotel Capri. Source noted that TOURINE'S

son had been in Cuba recently and had purchased some fighting cocks

which hè transported to Manila, P. I., to use for gambling purposes

there.

On May 16, 1958, PCI Newman stated that ROBERTO "CHIRRI

MENDOZA, one of the owners

of the gambling casino at the Hotel

Haven-capron 3090016 or ed that MAR KRAUSE anD 005:

"two points" in the capri, had lost

$30,000 in one night playing

blackjack there i

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On June 5, 1958; JACK LANSKY stated that the Capri casino

is doing excellent late night business and is probably the most success-

ful gambling operation at present in havana.

On June 13, 1958, PCI

Arthur Newman also informed that the Capri is the most successful

gambling casino presently operating in Havana.

HOTEL HAVANA-HILTON CASINO Havana, Cuba

(и)

Ton May

9, 1958, HAV-4 made available a list of the Americans

who are employed in the gambling casino at the Hotel Havana-Hilton.

review of the list indicates that a majority of the employees in this

casino have previously worked at the Sans Souci, Havana-Riviera and

/Capri casinos.

On May 9, 1958

GEORGE FENTRESS, an employee at the Havana-

SILESI, with alias Joel Rivers, New York top

hoodlum, is still managing the casino at the Havana-Hilton Hate source

SILESTis employing his brother, CHARLES SILESI,

at the casino.

noted that recently IRVING LEVITTS, a dealer, had a fight with CHARLES

¡SILESI, as a result of which LEVITTS was fired by JOE SILESI. Cuba

On May 13, 1958, HAV-4 advised that NICHOLAS ARROYO, the

former Cuban Minister of Public Works and the present Cuban Ambassador

to the United States, has an interest in the casino at the Havana-

cuba

D.C,

previously indicated, on May 19, 1958, JACK LANSKY

stated that the edict of the Nevada State Gaming Board had been

directed principally at CLIFF JONES, former Lieutenant Governor

of Nevada and an interest holder in the Havana-Hilton casino.

On June 13, 1958, PCI Arthur Newman stated that the edict

of the Nevada State Gaming Board, although directed at CLIFF JONES,

had possibly done less damage to him than to other individuals in

Havana who also had interests in Nevada because JONES has a relatively

small interest in the Havana-Hilton casino.

PCI Newman noted that

'JOE SILESI is employed on a salary basis as manager of the casino

at the Hilton; however, he has some sort of profit arrangements

that allows him to receive an extra bonus if business is good.

SANS SOUCI NIGHT CLUB CASINO 1644S Luba

On May 16, 1958, PCI Arthur Newman, advised that several

months ago he had received a credit inquiry concerning JOHN WILLIANs,

Boston top hoodlum, from the sans Souci casino. Source said he did

not know the basis for this inquiry.

It should be noted that the sans Souci casino continues

be owned

and operated by SANTO TRAFFICANTE,

Miami top hoodlum, and by

JOT YSTASSI, FST NO

559327.

F/

Cuba.

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On May 28, 1958, HAV-31 advised that DINO CELLINI, the

director of the gambling casino at the Hotel Havana-Riviera, is making

nightly visits to the Sans Souci casino. Source said that in view of

CELLINI's past close association with SANTO TRAFFICANTE, it was his

opinion that CELLINI has some financial interest in the Sans Souci

casino. Source noted that a recent redecoration was made at the

casino and CELLINI directed this redecoration.

On June 4, 1958, HAV-31 advised that HENRY/RUBINO is

TRAFFICANTE and that RUBINO will operate the Hotel Deauville casino

when it opens.

On June 17, 1958, PCI Alberto Suarez Aleman (conceal),

who is employed in the apartment house where SANTO TRAFFICANTE resides,

advised that TRAFFICANTE has recently been associating with two

"new Americans," whose identities were unknown to him.

TROPICANA NIGHT CLUB CASINO, Havana,

painint

Cuba:

casino continues to be managed by wILLIAM GUSTo

XBISCHORE,

with alias Lefty Clark, Miami top hoodlum.

On June 13, 1/a.

1958,

•PCI Arthur Newman advised that BISCHOFF receives a salary and.

in addition, has an interest in the casino..

business at

the Tropicana has been very poor recently and that

Source stated that Cuba

BISCHOFF's "take" is strictly limited to the salary he is receiving.

HOTEL COMODORO CASINO

Havarte

Cabain

This casino continues to be managed by RALPH REINA, former. Cuba

Tampa,Florida, gambler

HAV-31 advised on May 14, 1958, that SANTO

TRAFFICANTE,

are employed in the Comodoro casino. avalaba

On May 27, 1958, PCI Alberto

Suarez Aleman

stated that

JOSEPE TANBUBRO 15 & Lu05e assaciate Of SANTO TRAFFICANTE.

KHOTEL, PLAZA A CHORES DRAUVILLE CASINOS, a N

Cuber

dominesess: 1996335611

Sources have previously advised the Legat,

Havana, that

SANTO TRAFFICANTE is the principal interest holder behind these two

new casinos.

Neither casino has opened as yet. On June 13, 1958,

PCI Arthur Newman informed that the opening of these casinos will

probably be delayed for at least another month because of the poor"

tourist trade:

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XHOTEL SEVILLA-BILIMORE CASINO Havana, Cubes.

This casino continues to be owned by Cuban Congressman.

AMLETTO BATTISTI. It is managed by BURT FREEMAN and appeals to a

low-class

gambling crowd

Cuba

VoRIENTAL PARK RACE TRACK Havara, Cuba

Information was previously furnished Legat, Havana, that

an individual known as "JOCKEY" DENNIS, a former con man

had purchased

an interest in the gambling casino at the Jockey Club at

the Oriental

Park Race Track.

On May 29, 1958, HAV-31 advised that this individual

had died on that date of pleurisy.

On June 16, 1958, PCI Pedro P. Tapia (conceal) verified

the fact that "JOCKEY" DENNIS had died.

This source stated that

OU GEORGE LEVINE, FBI NO. 382915, continues to operate the Oriental

Park Race Track as well as the casinos at the track.

Source said

thät the track is losing about $5,000 a week but that LEVINE appears

to have unlimited resources. Source noted that the profit at the

casinos is not sufficient to offset the losses at the track.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Sources have advised that there has been a recent improve-

ment in tourism in Havana with the resultant slight increase in

activity in the casinos. At present, only two casinos are reported

to be breaking even or better.

These are

the casinos at the Hotel

Capri and the Havana-Hilton.

Sources feel, however, if the political

situation remains reasonably quiet that all the casinos will

eventually be showing a profit.

On May 14, 1958, Mr. Thomas Kelley, mentioned previously,

Miami Beach, Forida

Kelley said these two individuals attempted to interest him in

operating a hotel for them in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Kelley said this

hotel is to be constructed in the near future and will have a gambling

casino. He stated it will ostensibly be financed by Compania Cubana

de Aviacion and that President Fulgencio Batista willhhave an interest

in the operation. Mr. Kelley said that LIPSKY and SCHWARTZ indicated

they will operate the gambling casino and that Senator KENNETH JOHNSON

of Nevada will have an interest in the casino operation.

Mr. Kelley DIC

said that while he had not previously known LIPSKY, he recalled having

met SCHWARTZ on several occasions many years ago in New York City.

Kelley said at that time SCHWARTZ was considered to be a "right-hand

man" for FRANK COSTELLO.

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THUNGS ANDO

Havana files indicate that

on January 1, 1958, Dr. Aristides

Menendez, a contact of the Havana office, informed he had recelved infor-

mation from a friend, who requested that his identity not be revealed,

and who has contacts with labor leaders in New York City, that one

JOHN SCHWARTZ, a labor racketeer from New York City, had

been vacationing

in Havana at the Havana-Riviera Hotel. Dr. Menendez said that his source

claimed that SCHWARTZ was a "right-hand man" to FRANK COSTELLO.

On May 20, 1958, the Spanish language newspaper, "Informacion,"

carried an advertisement concerning a land development project in the

that a large hotel-motel and gambling casino would be constructed on

On June 5, 1958, JACK LANSKY advised that the

publicity about a new hotel and gambling casino to be constructed

on the Isle of Pines was simply a land-selling promotion on the part

interest there. LANSKY stated. that tourism is and has always been

LANSKY said he had serious doubts that any hotels or

casinos would be built in the foreseeable, future on the Isle of Pines.

On June 3, 1958, HAV-4 advised he had received information

that ROBERTO FERNANDEZ MIRANDA, the brother-in-law of President Batista,

had installed a private guard force in all of the gambling casinos to

insure there would be no difficulty in operation. Source said that

the head of this guard force is Lieutenant FERNANDEZ, who is usually

located at the

casino at the Hotel Capri and that the Hotel Capri

pays FERNANDEZ' salary.

On June 20, 1958,

23rd Street Branch of the National City Bank of New York, furnished

the following confidential information concerning the group of Americans

are putting up 10 million

dollars for the construction of the

Monte Carlo Hotel and gambling casino in the Bartovento deveropment..

WALTER /KIRSHNER, Belle Towers Apartments, Venetian Isle,

46.

Miami Beach.

IVAR JA BLACKER, Hotel Deauville,

Miami Beach. Fla

SAMUEL EDELMAN, 160 Broadway,-

New York City.

William MILLER, 3158 N. Bay Road, Miami Florida.

ALFRED/DICKER, JR., 1400 Brook Road, Bethen, Maryland.

EDWARD, MARSHALL,

300 E:

Palisades Avenue. Englewood,

TONY MARTIN, DONALDÃO' CONNOR and FRANK SINATRA, all of

Hollywood, California.

Mr. McArdle indicated that this list was subject to revision.

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MILLER has none of his own money tied up in the promotion. Sourcel

said that PETE'BRADY had previously had an interest in the operation

but there were some indications that BRADY mayhhave "pulled out."

On June 13, 1958, HAV-21 advised that BOBBY/MASTERS, who

and GORDON RUIZ, who had the "

"Brookside Park Casino! in West Palm

formerly operated the "Chema de Per" at the Sunny Isles in Floridalla

Beach, Elorida, were in Havana to look into the possibility of

setting up a gambling casino at the St. John's Hotel. " (U)

The Cuban daily newspapers for June 18,

1958, carried a

press release indicating that a company known as the Antilliean

Hotel Corporation had been given a concession by the Cuban Government

to construct a 15 million dollar hotel and casino in Havana.

Under

an agreement worked out with the corporation the Cuban Government

in the Vedado Section of Havana to the corporation as the site

the vendo sect tom of tavana

Marti playground located on the Malecon

for the hotel.

Initial inquiry has indicated that Miami interests

may be behind

this corporation.

POLITICAL TIE-INS WITH GAMBLING ACTIVITIES

On June 20, 1958, Lieutenant Heriberto Hernandez, agent

of the Department of

Investigation, Cuban National Police, advised

there are over 5,000 numbers selling outlets in greater Havana.

Lieutenant Hernandez stated these outlets are expected to contribute

that the total amount goes as follows: One-thira to Colonel ORLANDO

X PIEDRA, Chief of the Department of Investigation; one-third to the

Vite of Police, PiLlect, no one taira to President BATISTA'S

Lieutenant Hernandez stated further there are a large number

of small Cuban gambling operations in greater Havana.

Some of them

are extremely successful.

They contribute as much as two to three

hundred dollars

a day in the same manner as the numbers selling outlets

Lieutenant Hernandez

stated as a result the "take" from these sources

is tremendous.

He stated it is estimated that in the approximate

one-year period that HERNANDO HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ was in office as

he made over one million dollars.

chine i piece estate to have three million dollars.

He stated that

(U)

Cuba

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