Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: LEG, HAVANA
Document date: 2/6/58
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

5/28/201

Agency Information

AGENCY :

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10222-10213

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-2914-1ST NR 11

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE :

FBI

DIRECTOR, FBI

LEG, HAVANA

DATE :

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SUBJECTS :

02/06/1958

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GM, SM, ILLEGAL ACT, ASSOC, NRO, REL

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DECI

ON

4/29/

Directos, FBI

February 6, 1958

HIAL

Legat, Havane (92-9)

SAMUEL MANNARINO, was. ;

GABRIEL MANNARIND, WaS.

TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM

ANTI-RACKETZERING

ATS LUPOSMATION CONZALNES

HEREIN IS TNALASSTTIED

EXOPYT WHERE SHONY

ontarian

Re Pittsburgh letter to Bureau dated January 24,

1958

On February 5, 1968, PCI GOFFREDO CELLINI, Who 1e

enployed as Alternoon

Manager in the sambling casino at the

Hotel Nacional and whose identity must be concealed, advised

that he was well acquainted with both the subjects.

CELLINT

informed that many years ago when he was one of a gambling

group from Steubenville,

Ohio, operating a club in the west

brothers tried to "muscle in" on the group

attempt was unsuccessiul.

He said that the MaNNArINos are

fenerally considered to control all the horse betting and

numbore operations an uniontown, Pennsylvania, and Morgan

woman west Virginia, He Inforned that

the MaNnarINos were

the money men behind NORMAN ROTHNAN, FBI #152585 B, duriag

the period 195l and 1952 when ROTHMAN operated the

Souct night club and gambling casino.

He said that rormaN

was unable to make a

Source informed that he belleved their interests in this opera-

tion actually extended over a period of only about nine months.

Source lurther advised that he knew of no island owned

by gambling intorests on hoodlums off the coast of Florida

He said that to his knowledge the MANNARINds have had

no interest in Cuban gaibling operations since they pulled out

the Sans

Souci

In this rogurd it should be noted that there are

only a few islands off the north coast of Cuba, and these

are generally considered to be uninhabitable because of laok

of water.

Islands fartber to the north vould conprise the

Florida Keys, many of which are uninhabitable for the sane

reasOn.

SP6 Bieget

barbeen or In 8s.

92-29144

* Bureau

3 - Havena

203:lg

65) 5 2 FEB 19 1958

#211,326

NOT RECORDED

149 FEB 18 958

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Havans: 92-9

CONTIDENTAL

2/6/58

• On February 5, 1958,

ARTIE NEWAN, an old-time

gambles who works as a

cashe

lacional gambling

caszno, was contacted concert

tO RINg brothers,

he furnished substantially the tale Into notion as PCI CELLINI.

He said that the MANNARINOs and CHUCK TEEMES formerly had been

the noney mon behind the Sans'Souci cosino but that they pulled

out of the operation after NORMAN ROTIMAN was unable to make

it a financial success:

He stated emphatically that to his

knowledge none of these individuals have money intereste in

ganbling operations in Cuba at present.

Referenced Pittsburgh letter indicated that Recco

BUFFONE had been reported to be a cousin of the MANNARINO

brothers

and an individual who fronted for them in one of

their enterprises.

A roview of the tacoming flight manifests on

February 3, 1958, reflected that an individual by the name

of ROCCO BUFFONS

arrived in Havana at 1:42 P.W. on January

30, 1958, aboard Pen Amertean Alryays Flight 493 from Miami.

His destination was given as the Hotel Nacional.

Investigation la continuing in Havana (A) M)

Two extra copies of this letter have been prepared

for forwarding by

the Burenu to Pittsburgh.

COUL

BENGAL

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