Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/22/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records' Collection Act of 1992 (44

USC 2107 Mote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

124-10208-10006

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 62-9-29-748

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: SAC, MM

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

11/22/1963

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CIP, ASST, GAMBLING, ACT, INFORMANT

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/25/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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DATE: Ff-14= Ff-1h=201)

FBI

Date:

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AIRTEL

AIR MAIL

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO :

FROM:

SUBJECT

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9-29)

SAC, MIAMI (92-515)

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

MIAMI DIVISION

REC.

WEEKLY SUMMARY

MM 730-C advised that MAX EDER (MM 92-467) has

some authority at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla.,

particularly in the various bars and clubs in the hotel. He

also reported that BEN SHERMAN, regarded as an

' "'EDER man"

has more or less an established betting clientele among the

employees of the Fontainebleau Hotel.

MM 814-C advised that if MAX EDER "goes to bat"

for anyone who is fired by the hotel, that person is re-employed.

He stated the captain of the waiters,

the waiters, bell boys

and cabana boys are all close to EDER and it has been said

many times that they are his "boys".

MM 509-C-TE advised

that he was told by some of the

football parlay cards (MM 165-177) sellers that they are

securing larger bets this year on these cards.

He stated

for example last year they generally received $2.00 to $5.00

bets whereas this year they are receiving $10.00

and $20.00

bets.

MM 883-C-TE advised that he received information

that the building formerly occupied by the B.P.O. Elks Club

at 887 E. Okeechobee Rd.,

Hialeah, fla., was reconditioned anc

He stated

membership cards are used and signed by ARMANDOXSUAREZ

He

pointed out that this individual has no status /and is only an /

3) - Bureau (AM)

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Miami

RFF : mgw

(5)

Wick

I-104

REC- 12

62-4-27

NO' 219:963

1902

"Approved:

Sent

M Per

Special

Agent in Charge

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DATE: 11-14-2017

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MM 92-515

employee of the club. He related he was told this club

was operating with the permission and authorityof the

local police at Hialeah. He learned that JORGE ALONSO

BERMURDER SOn Of ALONSO PUJOL who was Vice-President of

Cuba when PRIO was President of Cuba, and one Jut

BRINQUER are some of the principals in the club. This

source reported that games of bacarat, black jack, pokey

and dominoes are being played at present.

He also learned

they are betting on the terminal numbers of the final

pay-off at the Aquaduct, New York race track.

party for GEORGE RAFT, the movie actor, in RAFT's Beverly

Hills, Calif. home, where SOKEL was a guest.

SAN SOREL, A FLA;

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