Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LO
To: HQ
Document date: 11/27/1962
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].

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

6/10/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-90096-10252

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-2989-153

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

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TITLE :

FBI

LO

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DATE:

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11/27/1962

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CHARLES TOURINE

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS : MEMO

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Released under the John 1. Kennedy Assassination Records collection Act of

19y2 711 U5C 2107 Hotey.

DATE: 11-14-2017

• OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

010-104-01

UNITED STATES GC RNMENT

Memorandum

TO

Director, FBI (92-2989)

DATE: 11/27/62

@FROM :

Legat, London (163-65) (p)

AC23А:40 21

DECLA

SUBJECT:

CHARLES TOURINE, AKA

ANTI-RACKETEERING

10-1

511-1

ReBulet 8/6/62 requesting London to determine

whether subject owns or has an interest in the Players

CLub, London, and that an

Eng]1shman is "fronting"

the subject in this club. AM)

for

On 11/13/62 Detective Sgt.

TERRY O'CONNELL,

Totenham

follows:

court Police station, turalshed Intormation a

O'CONNELL claims he has a source

frequents

The Friars Club, 2 Conduit Street, London,

that when

TOURINE, who is known by the name of CHARLIE WHITE, is in

London he frequents the Friars Club.

The Friars Club is

reportedly owned and managed by JOSEPH GAVENTA, also known

" CHUMMY

. and information is to the 'effect that GAVENTA

Eng

has given a\share in the club to TOURINE.

Recent Informa-

tion is to the errest that dAVINTA vanta to sell the club

to

TOURINE for 13500.

TOURINE, when he is in London, is a very close

associate of and is frequently seen with THEODORE

(Bufile 62-86382). When TOURINE and LEWIN are together,

money is no object with them and they frequently flash

Eng

large suma of money In the gambling clubs around london. X(1)

Two or three months ago GAVENTA reportedly pur-

chased some race horses for TOURINE which horses have since

been sold.

AA)

Ex. 44

According to New Scotland Yard records,

'GAVENTA

residestat 33 Devonshire close

London, W. 1. On 7/19/40

he wastisentenced to 18 months imprisonment for receiving

stolen cloth.

GAVENTA has also been suspected in the past

or doping race horses.

oa bri ses

New Scotland Yard file on GAVENTA contains in-

Formandon

to thereffect that in 1950 GAVENTA was picked up

forli

ques

loning at which time he had in his possession

REC- 11

42 - 29

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- Bureau

- Liaison Section (sent direct)

1 - London 92-2989

12 DEC

3

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1 - London 64-1127

JEM: vW

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30-1052 $

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (17 USe 2107 late).

DATE: 11-14-2017

London 163-65

1000 American dollars.

His explanation Ior having thi

loney was that it had been given to him bu GEORGE RAF

in connection with purchasing a car for RAFT in England.

The file contained an Interpol message from Rome, Italy,

#525 dated 5/23/50, which reported the results of an

interview of RAFT,

who was then in Rome, and RAft in

NITRA

1..-

Itali

Eny

effect confirmed the fact that he had given GAVENTA $1000

in connection with an automobile purchase.

This is

most

Interest ance than see ation between pe

and GAVENTA dating back to at least 1950.

O'CONNELL advised that THEODORE LEWIN left

England via London Airport on 11/6/62 for the United

states, from where he planned to take a Caribbean cruse. (M)

In connection with the Bureau's coverage of

TOURINE, New Scotland Yard would be most interested in

any intormation obtained pertaining to GAVENIA, LEWIN

or the Friars Club.

The Bureau is requested to furnist

any such information in a form suitable for dissemination

to New Scotland Yard.

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