Originator: FBI
From: LEG, HAVANA
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 1951-03-28 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/27/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10296-10111

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 62-75147-39-63

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: LEG, HAVANA

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

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

65994 Date: 11-03-2021

DATE:

03/28/1951

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

NRO, ASSOC, DESCR, GAMBLING ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

19.1

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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINEDa

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED* 211, 32

DATE /18.

185

BYSPLBIANGCL

STANDARD FORM NO. 6A

Ti1:÷500

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

Director, FBI

DATE:

March 28, 1951

Havana, Cuba

FROM :

Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba

SUBJECT:

/ CRIME SURVEY - PITTSBURGH DIVISION

Crime?

r611196-5911

Rebulet warch 15, 1951, which transmitted a copy of Pittsburgh

letter to the Bureau dated

March 10, 1951. This latter requested verifif..y

BRULe cextan Information sumiahed by a potential, informant, Pell!

It is desired to point out by way of background that theoretically

at least, gambling in Cuba is illegal except in the National Casino which

has been closed during the last two tourist seasons due to labor troubles

with the gastronomical workers union. Despite its alleged illegality,

gambling operates openly with the apparent consent of government authorities

in the following places:

wontnartre Night club, located in downtown havana.

Iropicana Night Club, located out in a residential sectior

of Havana.

Jockey Club, operated in conjunction with the Oriental Park

race track.

Sans Souci Night Club, situated on the outskirts of Havana.

Chief source of information of this office concerning gambling

operations during the current tourist season has been one BERNARD GORACK, "

Rabi No. 477, between Zapotes and Santa Emilia, Santos Suarez, Havana.

GorErick, 1s a singer and a master of ceremonies who is known professionally

For the past several months he has been employed as

master of ceremonies at the Rio Rita Night Club in downtown Havana. The

following is summary of information furnished by ROBERTS over-a-period

of several months.

Gambling in the first three of the above mentioned places, namely

Montmartre, Tropicana and Jockey Club, is operated entirely by Cuban

individuals and there is no "foreign" capital invested in these enterprises.

The Sans Souci, which

I was forced to close during the 1949-50 season due to

lack of profits, was taken over by new management prior to the opening of

the 1950-51 season, was redecorated and opened with considerable fanfare

in December, 1950.

Informant advised that a good deal of money was invested

in this operation by a group of Americans working together with a group of .

Informant was able to establish the identities of the following

individuals, both Cuban and American, who are interested in the Sans Souci.

RECORDED: 91 62-111:341.

CDA: JES

64-153

fer

INDEXED - 91

for

View, at FBIHQ by

HSpAre /2/22/2 requesta

(See Bur {le #62-117290))

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