Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: NO
To: HQ
Document date: 06/30/1959
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

6/1/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER:

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-90154-10049

HQ

92-4146-6

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

NO

TO:

HQ

TITLE :

DATE: 06/30/1959

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

MICHAEL MCLANEY

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/30/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

RPT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotel.

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Report Form

FD-263 15-12-55

Reporting Office

NEW ORLEANS

TITLE OF CASE

MICHAEL MCLANEY, aka.

5T

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Office of Origin

MIAMI

Date

6/30/59

Report made by

DONALD L. HUGHES

CHARACTER OF CASE

Investigative Period

6/29/59

ANTI-RACKETEERING

Typed By:

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FD-217

REFERENCE

Miami airtel to Director, dated 6/19/59. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

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HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED #241,326

DATE 2/15/85

INFORMANTS

_BYSPOBJAPEL

No 1126C advised SA RAY E. ROCKHOLD on June 29, 1959; that

MCLANEY was formerly a resident of New Orleans, having departed

this city about fifteen years ago, about the time he completed

college.

He stated McLANEY was a

very good athlete, excelling

in tennis and golf, moved to Florida where he made

some excellent

connections.. For years McLANEY served as more or less a personal

pro for DAN

TOPPING and DEL WEBB, and through them has been able

to get into various ventures with result he is now considered a

millionaire. Informant advised that probably the biggest source

Approved

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INFORMANTS CONTID.

of income is the wide-spread concession he has at numerous

race

tracks throughout the country, primarily in Florida and

New Jersey but including the Fairgrounds in New Orleans, for the

seat cushions.

Informant stated the geats are fixed with s

wenty-five cent slot, which, Ior that price, wilt release e

seat cushion,

this device being extremely lucrative: and Whi_€

MeLANEY is not believed to own the concession, he has control

at some of the main tracks in the country.

Informant related that he has not seen MeLANEY personally for

a number of years but lat spoke with him some two months ago,

at which time the conversation was by radio-telephone, MCLANEY

being at sea in his yacht. McLANEY at that time related the trouble

he has been having in Cuba and wants desparately to unload,

claiming that it is now impossible to do business in Cuba due

to the many regulations being put out.

Informant feels that

MCLANEY is the front man for TOPPING and WEBB and feels that they

have an interest in the entire Hotel Nacional in Havana, not

just the gambling concession. He stated that this is the nature

of MeLANEY's connections, always with better-class persons,

wealthy and independent of any mob control, and he has never

been

known to have been involved in any violence, extortion or

trouble of any kind, although he has always

been an inveterate

gambler and bets very heavily on any type of sporting venture.

Informant advised that he knows of only one other member of the

family, a brother, WILLIAM MCLANEY who is supposed to be looking

after the business in havana, another person who

any criminal connections that informant knows of.

He stated

that McLANEY would be a man of about forty-five years of age

at this time, is married to a wealthy girl from Philadelphia

to have any family ties in New Orleans any more.

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