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Caass.

Reason-FOIM II

Date of Rotiew

LASSIFT

WHERE

SHOWN

HE

Released under the John F. Kenhedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

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

65994 Date: 11-01-2021

Office Me

Um • UNIT

GOVERNMENT

Director, FBI (92-270/01v

LilIA DATE: March 12, 1959

FROM

Legat,

Havana (92-37)

SUBJECT:

ANGELO BRUNO, aka

ANCE-RACKETEERING COM

Reference Havana letter dated January 15, 1959.

On February

26,

1959, HAV-31 informed that the subject

had purchased part of the interest of JOE STASSI, with alias Joe

Rogers, in the Hotel Plaza gambling casinó.. Source noted this

purchase had taken place prior to the overthrow of the BATISTA

regime on January 1, 1959.

Source said

had beon cloted aince January 1, 1959(0

gambling casino

On March 10,1959, PCI Guido de Phillips (conceal),

who was an associate of JOE STASSI, identified ANGELO BRUNO as

being one of the interest holders in the gambling casino at the

Hotel Plaza.

Source sala

he had seen BRUNO in the casino on a

number of occasions. &10

PCI De Phillips noted that the gambling casino in the

Hotel Plaza had not received official permission to reopen on

February 19, 1959, as had some of the other casinos in Havana.

Source stated, however, he had received information that a

"pay off" of $50,000 had recently been made to an unidentified

official.of the Cuban Government and as a result permission to

reopen had been obtained. fu

Havanas

Cubica

Source pointed out that in spite of having recgived

permission to reopen, the interest holders in the Hotel/Plaza

casino now found themselves without a bank roll and/that efförts

were being made to obtain more money from associates in the

united states. (CU)

Cartiona

Mateste

Extra copies of this letter have been prepared for

forwarding by the Bureau to

the

Philadelphia and Miami offices.

APPRO RIATE A

ENCIES

Pending. ANDFI

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ADVISED

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SHIP (S)

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(2-Philalelphia 9

144)

(1-Miami 92-139 info)

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DJB: MEG

DECLAS

120,84

(7)

* MAR 2 3 1959%

Le PACOMM

how winte

3/20/59

COME ITAL

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