Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HAV
To: HQ
Document date: 01/23/1959
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).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/1/2015

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER : 124-90154-10038

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

CR 92-3089-35

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: HAV

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE:

01/23/1959

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

JACK LANSKY

MICHAEL MCLANEY

DOCUMENT TYPE :

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

Redact

10/30/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

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Director, FBI (92-3000%

VERNMENT

DATE: January 23, 1959

FROI

Legat, Havana (92-8)

SUBJECT:

JACK

LANSKY,

aka

ANTI-RACKETEERING

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED +211,326

DATE 220/85

Reference Havana

letter November 26, 1958.

On December 5, *1958, HAV-33 advised that on December 1,

1958,

JACK LANSKY had been observed in the gambling casino. at

the Hotel

• Havana-Rivieral and that he was being assisted by

(CELLINI, FBI #2198122. Source noted there was very little

DINO

gambling business in the casino.

Source stated that recently

JACK LANSKY and his brother,

KANSKY, had a meeting with a

number of leading gambling figures

in Havana, but that he had been

unable to ascertain the purpose of the meetinßid mis

On

December 3, 1958, HAV-31 advised that on December 2,

1958, a meeting had been held by several individuals with gambling

interests in Havana.

He said the meeting was held at the Havana-

Source did not know the purpose of the meeting.

Source

stated that the present interest holders in the Havana-Riviera

casino, of which JACK LANSKY, is the manager, appeared tobe.

and DINO CELLINI.

On December 9, 1958, NEIL WALSH,

Assistant Manager of the

Hotel Havana-Riviera, advised

that CHARLES

BARON had recentLy

purchased a substantial interest in the Hotel Riviera and gambling

casino.

On December 18, 1958, HAV-31 informed that CHARLES BARON

had purchased the 'interests previously held by HARRY and BEN SMITH

in the Riviera hotel and gambling casino. Source noted that BARON

is a former automobile dealer from Chicago and previously had an

interest in the Tropicana in Las Vegas.

On January 1, 1959, the BATISTA Government was overthrown.

Since that date the Havana-Riviera gambling casino, along with other

gambling casinos in Havana, has remained closed:

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