Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: PRICE
To: ROSEN
Document date: 3/5/58
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90068-10053

RECORD_SERIES: HO

AGENCY FILE_ NUMBER: 62-75147-210-113

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: PRICE

TO: ROSEN

TITLE:

DATE: 03/05/1958

PAGES: 2

SUBJECT: AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

06/24/1998

UPDATE DATE:

Redact

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

MEMO

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Released under he John F. Kennedy Assassination Records C

DATE 0141-161-2017

ALL INFORMATION CONTIR

TIN IS UNCLACCIFIED

Office Menn

andum • UNITED

ATEES

S GOVERNMENEL

TO

Mr. Rose

HE

AZE INPORMAYION CONTATHER

SLIFIED

1-18-97

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3/5/58

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FROM

: Fo Lo Price

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Belmont

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Parsons

SUBJECT:

AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA

STOP HOODLUM PROGRAM

Rosen

Tamme

Trotter

Nease

Memorandum Price to Rosen, 2/28/50,

set out

!Tele. Room

summary

of information received indicating that Americar

Holloman

Gandy

gambling activities in Cuba may have had some connection

with the murder of Albert Anastasia.

The Director noted

on the memorandum that our Legal Attache in Havana should

Ibe advised of all the ramifications.*

N

The Legal Attache has been furnished information from

time to time and a summary of much of the background material

in this regard was furnished to him and other interested offices

by airgram, 1/16/58.

Also information received by the New York

Office from

the New

York City Police Department has been forwarded

to the Legal Attache.

Some of the information in this matter

has been developed independently by the Legal Attache in Havana d

A letter has been prepared under today's date containing

in detail all of the information in the matter and is being sent

to the Legal Attache,

Havana, Cuba, and interested domestic offices

in order that they will be brought up to date.

Of further interest in this matter, we have received

information from the Legal Attache since the preparation of the

memorandum of 2/28/58 to

the effect that there may have been a

meeting at Havana on 1/31/58 in connection with the Havana-

Hilton Hotel casino. Potential Criminal Informant Goffredo Cellini

advised that a meeting was held on 1/31/58 and that Cliff Jones,

former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, was present. Alfred francis

who is employed in the Hotel Nacional

• casino, advised that Jake

Lansky also met with his brother Meyer in the latter's apartment.

The Legal Attache also has information that on that date the

automobile of Santo Trafficante, Jr., was at the Lansky's apartment.

The Legal Attache points out that Frankerickson, New York top y.

noodlum, was in havana at that time.

Erickson has long

associated with

Meyer Lansky in gambling enterprises.

The Miami Office has advised

that on 2/28/58 former SA

John Madala received, information which he considers reliable to the

effect that the following individuals are going to take over the

¡Havana-Hilton Hotel casino when

Class

y-31-1-624

•opens

on 3/18/58:82

25177

1113

Reason

FCIM

1-24.2

CLG:eab

(6)

Date of Rei5/8'8

21017

30L82

REC- 10

88 MAR 11 1958

5 2 MAR 1 8 1958

15-340

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