Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: LEG, LO
Document date: 9/8/61
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/24/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10284-10363

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-2717-317

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI

TO:

LEG, LO

TITLE :

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

09/08/1961

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CLASSIFICATION:

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MAILED 3

SEP 1 2 196

COMM-FBL

ALL INFORNATION CONTAINED

HERBIA IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCE2A FREKE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Tolson

Belmont.

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Callahan

Conrad .

DeLoach.

Evans

Malone

Rosen

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Tele. Room

Ingram -

Gandy

Legal Attache, London

September 8, 1961

Director, FBI (92-2717)

Classified by StaB JA GOL

ANGELO BRUNO, aka

Declansity on: DADR 0/24/87

5218,326

SP& MARIGOL

+6110/94-781

Inclosed are two copies of a letternead

memorandum

concerning Angelo Bruno's alleged Cinancial interests in the

lote. Plaza gambling at Havana, Cuba.

Philadelphia by

letter dated 3-23-61 furnished

the toLlowing intornation;

By letter dated 3-22-61 it was requested that

Lloyds of london be contacted by legat, London, to establish

11 Angelo Bruno was pala, as alleged, a sum of

money for

damage done to the gambling casino, hotel Plaza, Havana. (e)

By conmunication dated 4-27-61, the Legal Attache,

London,

advised of contacting Michael Cumming, official of

British Security Service, MI5, who contacted a confidential

source of his in Lloyds of London to develop this information

The conmunication from Legal Attache stated, "On

4-21-61, Col, Cumming advised that MI5, confidential source,

had stated that Lloyds of London had acted as the reinsurer

for the Anerican International Reinsurance Corporation of

New

York City

the extent of $70,000 for a policy made

out to the subject in connection with the gambiing casino at

the Plaza Hotel, Havana, Cuba."

Col. Cunming wes guoted

further as stating»

a claim was paid to the subject

for $185,000, principally by

• tho American International

Reinsurance Corporation, in respect to a fire which had

occurred at the gambling casino at the Plaza Hotel, Havana,

Cuba, 1-59. " (5)

It was requested that an additional inquiry be

made by

the Legal Attache, London, in recontact noth their

source to ascertain li Angelo Bruno possibly helo other

insurance besides that resulting in the sion

,000 claim being

paid 4-59, $70,000 of which was

reinsured by Lloyde

REC- 72

Extensive inquiry in this resid has daveloped that - 317

there was

a $2o0,000 payment made by the American International

Insurance Company, #258 Havana Street, Havangs Cuba. As

Enclosures (2)

EX 104

21 SER 12/1961

419 preisn

Liaison Unit (Route through for review).

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Letter to Legal Attache, London

Re :

Angelo Bruno

set forth herein; this policy was No. 303-806-F However,

che point on in to mega the L sto me to

establish ii Angelo Bruno was the recipient of thas $105,000

payment; Less adjustments, or it Joseph Stassa was recipient

this payment considering that Legal accache, London,

prior communication on 4-2161 relates that Col. Cumming

had advised that the subject had received the $185,000

payment. ](s)

It is requested that

the Legal Attache, London,

clarity

• whether

Bruno or Stassa recolved the money wd

any additional information available that could possibly

be developed further in the United States which could

ultimately prove to be of evidentiary value agalast

ingelo Bruno, It should be noted that sruno has beet

[]

lesignated by the Bureau as the target of "early prosecution"

under the Criminal Intelligence Program and therefore

is the subject of concentrated Bureau investigative eifort.

Legal Attache, London, should endeavor to clarily

whether Angelo Bruno or Joseph Stasst, or both,

zeceived

the $185,000

ingurance payment for the request in question. c

and, so si

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