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STANDARD FORM NO. 64,

Office 2

emi

Heleased under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

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

65994 Diate: 11-01-2021

• UNITED SI

OVERNMENT

FROM

SUBJECT:

Director, FBI (92-2717)

COR

Legat,

Havana (92-37)

ANGELO BRUNO, aka

Angelo Annalaro, A. Bruno,

Ange, Russo

ANTI- RACKETEERING

.: DATE:

January 15, 1959

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Date of Soviou

Reference Philadephia letter to the Bureau dati

120758.

Reference letter pointed out that

information had been

eceived that BRUNO was reported to have an interest in a gambling

establishment in Havana, Cuba.

fied as both the Sans Souci and the Hotel Nacional in Havana.

CARL "POPPY", IPPOLITO, Trenton, New Jersey, racket figure was also

#identified by a source as a partner of BRUNO in this gambling

operation.

HAV-31 advised on 12/17/58, that BRUNO definitely did

not have an interest in either the Sans Souci or the Hotel Nacional

casinos.

Source said there were a number of unknown individual

holding interests in the Hotel Praza

casino and that it was

pOSSIbLe BRUNO was one of theseu

By letter dated 12/5/58, captioned "MIAMI WINTER SEASON,

1938-1959," the Miami office advised as follows:

"MM 665-PC stated he had dinner at the Luau, North

Bay

Village,

on November 19, 1958, with ANGELO BRUNO;

FBI #1045098, who operates a numbers racket in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He saId BRUNo told hin

that he,

BRUNO, CARL SAMUEL, ' PAPPY IPPOLITO,

FBI I73655, and RAMOND A. BRALYNSKI, with alas

N

Harry. Brown, have a piece

of they plaza Hotel

gambling casino in Havana Cute said that BROWN

SHOWN

and PAPPY'. IPPOLITO, both gamblers from Trenton,

New Jersey, are stated to be in control of the

Virage,

said BROWN is, a close

personal friend of PHILLIP/\YAWORSKY, with alias

#220267,

co-owner. of the Luau

Restaurant."

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Havana 92-37

1/15/59

COLA

On January 1, 1959,

shortly after the departure of former

President FULGENCIO BATISTA from Cuba, a mob entered and wrecked

the gambling casino in the Hotel Plaza.

the casino

Gambling equipment in

was

taken out in the street

and destroyed and burned

by this mob.

On

January 9, 1959, PCI Guido de Phillips, a former

information that So sei Way, Wis

advised he had received

one of the principal

interest holders in

the Hotel Plaza, had left Cuba by plane shortly

after the sacking of the Hotel Plaza casino with a large amount

of money and that he had returned two days later and was attempting

to get more money out of Cuba.f (UL)

Extra copies of this letter have been prepared for

forwarding by the Bureau to the Philadelphia (2) and Miami (1)

offices.

Additional efforts will be made by Legat, Havana,

to develop further informationcconcerning BRUNO's interest in

the Hotel Plaza casino.C(M)

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