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cap1· i ce l e f t 612 Jf. ibiscu::; D. .· i ve rend con t i n u0. d to t r:eNa t i cn :1 l f ? . . : . n . l o f l lo l ly ·.vo o c.l c t e d o n H0 J.J.y- o o cl DouJ.e vnJ.•d •

10:30 A. L.mYE f\ Li\.1\S: ;y r;as observ e d ente.r i n g·the sa fe ty depos i t area of th e b ~ k

10:37 A.M. .IEYEI1 L A E S Y l e ft t he ba nl;: wi.t h H

b l a c k book in h i s hand.

10:42 Ao f:I . M E ' f ) ~ l 1 d ~ S ; { ' advis ed he ,,·as f e e l i n gwe l l but was d i s u s t e d e ~ c a d ~ n re cent ~ s p n pft . . ·t 1• :: lr:. .:: .:, r. tl£ : . -JC ;_"C 1 e :(' ': n t C : ·p ] t (" ' i;: r -

s i d e l u ~ c h · in e w Y o l ' l Ci ty ctc ,IP.n d in g- :ac, rw y t o d o t he J:f r inge b r=ncf i t s frof l tile cl1u:cch, : : ; l ~ Y t h ~ tohira t h i s ; ou t r i gh t ex to r t i on ~ n if he or a ny o t ilex whi t e

man macle. such demands t hey wou l u be th r own i n t o jail

LAHS KY advised h e fe e l s tha t m C h a c t i o ns by

Neg1•oes might s t i m u l a t e an orga t;,iz:1 t ion t hat \Vould att c ::1p tto ann ih i l a t e t he Negro r ace .

He quick ly as s e r t ed t ha t he knew of no sucho r ~ a n i z t i o n , h o ~ o v c r , e f e e l s tha p e o e o f th i s c o u ~ t r ya r c rr.aldng a big m i G t ~ l w by l e ~ i n g r;cg r oes pus h th em around.

In reg ard to a ques t ioLl put to h i :n re gard in g t he

s a l e o f his housu, l . J ~ S i L Y r c e d h i s house has no t b e e f

s o l d but he a ig h t move ~ n y ~ a y ? At t ~ i po i n t he ~ s k e ~ 11t he FDI wanted him out c.f ~ i : : - . : J . He j o Lin t; l y r e r:l:.l l k ed a l soa t t h i s po in t if ~ e n t _ ; ;:.:sTr.o:;·G v:2.n t cd to be a g ood C.et Ec t :i. vehe would f ind ou t where he wa s ~ o i u g t o r c s i ~ e and alfio

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Thia ~ o c : u m o n t L:.t lntoins neither rc c cmmon :: otion s hOt c ~ ~ r ~ i e n s c.f ,;,fl F[ l l . It i s tne r-tuparty of rne FBI a d is i o c r Pd to ) OUt O·J•n yt

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assured t ha t the FDI would know in p len ty of t ime anyhowwithout him r e l a t i n g such in fo rmat ion .

P e l ~ t a i n i n r ; to hj_s t r p to ~ . r e : ~ i : ~ o , LLU· YSKY com. aentedtbn t the Fiji knew who he was wi t 1 in Mexico and Jointed outthat he a s s u ~ c s tho FBI i s with him at a l l t i ~ e ~ and 11as

nothing to fear s i n e ~ he i s brcakj.ng no lawsp

LltNSKY a l so com::1ented. t h ~ t tbe n e w s p a p e J . ~ s mnkE'

mentiop of tl1e fact h i s worth over ~ 3 0 0 r O O O O O O ~ If th iswere true be c o ~ 1 m e n t e d 1' cer ta in ly would be a dummy keepingt a t tha t arilOunt

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presen t a problem. As an a f te r thought he commented t ha t the

U. S. probably thought he was jus t being greedy i n a s ~ u c h ashe would lose his gninbling in teres ts in C u b a ~ lie also tlotedthat he would be sympathet ic t o ~ n r d s · any group novexthrow C f ~ S ~ l ~ T I O or any communist c o u n t r y o ; ~ e m p h a t i c a l l y

s t a t t ~ be Would do notl11rtg \\ hJ.cn - . ~ · a u l d de'ler. the economicor soc i a l s t ruc t u re of the U, S s i n c e he h ~ s a J.ot i nves ted

in t h i s count ry and a l so has grandchi ldren here .

He mentioned on 1iay 5, 1969, a young male i nd iv idua lwho would not i den t i fy himse l f to him; l ~ n o c l : e c l on h i s doorand wanted a j ob . The young man commented to him t ha t hellad heard IJ:.NSKY owned a l o t of ho te l s in the Uiami area and

wanted employment in one of them. L NSKY ad\ ' ised the young

man he clid not own so much as a br ick in a Miami ho te l "

LANKSY in closi .nr; remari;.ed that

as weal thy as he i s reputed to be theu he

mainta in such a modest l i f e ,

he wished he waswould not have to

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~ S K Y w<ls .obsC:n·vcd in the steam ro om o f

the m ~ D o h Spa s p c : 1 l : i t ~ g w i th HYMAN SIEGEL and HY:. AN

S'1'HO:·.lB EHG.

The th ree i n d i v i d u a l ~ were served wi th subpoenas.

LM-;i ;-:y remarked t ha t maybe if he ga•.re SA 1 S f H O N Go1w o f his ho t e l s , maybe a l l h i s t roub les would cease.

SI EGEL and S T R C ~ B E R G re fused to sa y any th ing andwouJ.c.l not ad1ni t t h e i r i d cn t i t i e s .

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIOH

ME\ En LAm-H ::Y was observed di ' iving nor th on Col l ins

Avenue in the v ic in i t y o f 5001 C o l l j _ r ~ s / ~ v e n u e , Mi ami Dench.· L M S l ~ Y was accor:lTH\nicd by lL:i.s wife E and r..n e ld e r l y

whi te male who was ba ld and had ·gray h a i r on the s i d e s .

IANSKY made a U-turn on Col l ins Avenue andre tu rned to 5001 Col l ins Avenue.

Shor t ly t h c r e .a i t e r , w h i l e a l l ~ i n g h i s dog in t he

v i c i n i t y of the apar tments ~ t 5001 Col l ins Avenue I ~ ~ S K Ywallced over to S p ~ c i n l i l .gent l S T E O i _ ~ G leaned i n to t h e

Bureau car- and s ta ted the fo l lqwing wi th s l ln ldng h:111ds andvoice qu iver ing , "Je r ry get off my b a c l ~ . A word to thewise i s s u f f i c i e n t . rr LANSKY was aslced by SA .AW ISTitOKG i ft h a t should be i n t e r p r e t e d as a t h r ea t . L: .W:J KY did no t

r e p l y P . r ~ c 1 s tood g l a r i n g a t Si\ A ? . ~ S ' ' H O N G . Jl r s I . i \ ~ ~ ( Y a tt h i s th1e walked over to Lf·l·•sKY grabbed him by the arm andrequested t ha t he r e tu rn to h i s ca r .

As LANSKY walked away be t u rned and s t a t e d ," J e r ry , you sh o u ld read Kip l in g ' s poem 'If.'

J.lr. and Mrs. LANSKY r e tu r n ed to t h e i r veh ic le andaga in drove nor th on Coll ins Avenue acco :.1p<u1ied by the

e l de r l y white m3le s i t t i n g in the r e a r sea t .

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-·ttached memorandum. indicates

Assistant Attorney General Tompkins on a recentt r ip to Cuba w s instrumental in barring Top

Hoodlum Meyer Lansky from Cuba through the

· U B Ambassador• t appears he is meddling1n a matter which would seem to be none of his·business

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A§SISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL TOHPKINS ALLEGEDLY PROl 1PTS AMERICAN .ANBASS.ADOR IN CUBA TO ARRANGE BARRING OF HOO DLUN NEYER LANSKY

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Assistant Attorney General li am F. Tompkins was instrumental inbarring th;e r t ~ n of Heyer _1 nsky to Cuba_af ter that hoodlum srecent t r ip to the United States . ti i i i ii i iWho has insis ted tha t hisidenti ty remain confidential in t h ~ r advised that }tlnister ofInter ior Santiago Rey barred Lansky after pressure was brought tobear on Cuban President Fulgencio Batis ta by American AmbassadorEarl E. T. Smith at the urging of Hr. Tompkins . _ · ·

According to111111111 Tompkins came to Cuba ostensiblyin connection with the ~ y Act investigation of Carlos Pri.oSocarras but t ~ ~ h huddled with Ambassador Smith immediately toeffect the exclusion of Lansky from Cuba. Tompkins 1 angle n th i saction was the hope that enough bad publicity might be brought to

bear on Lansky to make him t e l l what he knows about the lmastasiamurder •

The office of the Legal Attache, Havana, has noticeda recent increased reluctance on the part of some important Americangamblers to furnish information with t theydid before



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rIa referenced Ha Yana l e t t e ~ . o 3 . / ~ 9 / 5 8 i t waa pointed

out that J A C ~ LANSKY had been turned back .bJ Cubaa authori t iea a tRancho Boyeros Airport outside Ha"Yana, wheD ae a t t ted to enter ·Cuba fro• l l iaai oa 3/15/58.

. . .OD 4/2/58, Hav-31 i:aformed tha t becauae of the bad·

p u b l ~ c ~ t 7 CUba was receiviac ~ a tbe preaa coacernia& re Yolutionaryact ivi t iea the caablin& buaiaeaa kad fa l lea off aubataat ial ly. ·Source s ta ted the oaly eaaiao that had not released loyeeai s the caaino in the Hotel Kacional. SOurce said that theNacional had hired an ~ v i d u l known as " LITTLE BOBBY -sAsso

whose father , "BIG BOB .. SASSO, was a wheel boss a t the iiavanaRiviera casino.

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: SUBJECT' A l ~ I C f , . N GAl.'BLING ACTIVrriES IN C ~ ~ .: ~ ~ r e f : / : = ~' - . \ { G I . I F D E C r · ~ S S I F I E D BY s ·/ --lfS'q;j76tU;;- · . for rev e·orr ~ . : a . ~ by .

· ...\ ; r ~ _... . ·;-'l z,- - p.-. ~ _ . ~ . E:CA r e ~ / ? request .V( : PJi 7 f : « - ~ - :: · ,;.,?3Z:l, . - - ~ , . · (See Burne #o2-u729o)~ Re Rl:vana let{ datea-Tovember-14, 1955, sett ing for th information

' ~ ;., _ concerning gambling casinos in Havana and the ident i t ies of Americans

\ ~ connected with them. Re Miami l e t te r dated November 17_, 1 9 5 5 ~ e t t i nf'o.rt.h l l ._ ·

. ~ f inro:rnation concerning SANI'OO TRAFFICANTE, JR., IEFTY _CIARK an ·~ - J Re also l i ~ .. York l e t t e r dated February 151 1956, settJ.ng f ~ r t h :1.n .

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tbat 11EIER L A N S ~ i s connected w i ~ h gambling in Cuba . J}t ~ -

~ Set for th below i s a swunar,r containing descr ipt ive data o f d ; ~ ~ ~ ·gambling casinos in Havana, along with the names and ident i t ies of' A m a i i ~

_ _; who are connected with them. oo · ~ < 1 ' '

: - - ; :as ino Internacional / t:J ;rJ

This casino, , .hich i s housed i n ~ a c i o n a J . in Ba

opened on January 21 1956. W I 1 1 3 ~ whc)waa ·foconnected with t ~ e . s e r t .. Inn in L a ~ Vegas, Neva 1 s publicized as t

rmnager and d i r e c t o ; ; - ~ ~ S c c M ido informs.ti'on available to theOffice, one MOE B f L : J ~ L I ' ' Z is the individla l

·1 ~ 1 s in partnership wit

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o are alleged to have residen:es in Miam:L _Flu...- .Lu ::•

Both MEYER and JAKE LANSKY have been frequent vis i tors of the

Hotel Nacional. in ilvana and on several occasions JAKE J 1 > - ~ . . . . . . . . has been

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boo<fi.um elements are unlmarm a l t is to h e

s been connected with the gambling a t Tropicana

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.. i5 . :r~ n • Souci Night Club and Ganbling Casino ~ f : d f f ~ -- .

' ' This pb ce was opened for b u s i n e s ~ ~ e c e m b e ~ e rthe management and direct ion of WILLIAM Gl5T . , ISCIIlFF, • a .L e f ~ a r k N C R M ~ O T I D J N • llbo has mana · the Sans ouc or pas tfour )rears, i s s t i l l associated w ~ · t n p l ~ e but has a posit ion of unimportance in i t s operation. One J . T.AS))I appears to have the cont.rol.li:qr,

in teres t in tb= gambling a t Sana uci . The current. i s the i r s t

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ma to .further identi.t) him and the Bureau a ed in th is

l e g a r d . ~ p . - ~ .. : ; I jfr __v,._[f-- .··ii J o ~ Club Gambling Casino a t the Oriental Park BP.ce T r a ~ X I --

This casino a operated only during racing days, which are

Thursday, Sa turday and Sunday of each week. I t iB supervised by DINO

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The Jocke;y .e Track., which i s

CELLINI of the Tropi.cana., alongClub operates under a concessipre Gently being operated y ogambler and used car dealer from

vmo i s :a n eged to be a b i g t·i.me rdelphia, P e ~ n i a . F.(J ; ·

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There are two other gambling casinos operatll:lg in Cuba a t the

present time. (be i s located at t ~ r a d e r o International. Hotel a t ya raderoBeach, Cuba, which is located a p p r ~ t n a t e l y 80 mi les s s t o ~ Havana The - --- -other gambling casino i s located ~ n t i a g o de Cuba._ t ~ s a Grande .

~ t _ e . l . The ci ty of santiago de cuba iSl.oca:te a · ill" the easterfCpa.:rt- o-r--,.n:e

is land of Cuba and i s approximately '700 miles from Rillllna ~ AA/ :• '··- ·

With reference to the }lOssibili ty that ganib']ing in Clba i.s

controlled by at viduals 1

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Havana s gambling ca ::;inos. This matterwil l be kept advi.se<f} Qf) U)

Erlra co pies of th is l .etter are attached : fm forwarding to the

New York (94-882) and Miami (62-339$) Offices for i.n.f Jrmation. ®A /

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The a r t i c l e i s on Page 40 o f the magazine , and it s e n t i t l e d The

Mob Waves Ashore in A t l a n t i c Ci ty , by Michael Boorman. And I 'm

going to read to you from a paragraph on Page 42. It reads as

Meyer Lansky, and Mr. Groves - -

· when in 1967, the Bahamian government pu t

pres su re on the company to guarantee a mob-free

opera t ion . Le f t beh ind , however , was cas ino manager

Eddie Cel l i n i , t he bro ther o f key Lansky l i e u t e n a n t

Dino Cel l i n i . He had formerly worked for Lansky

himsel f a t t he ca s ino in Havana ' s Rivie ra Hote l in

pre -Cas t ro Cuba.

Mr. Teresa, d id you eve r see Eddie C e l l i n i a t t he Riv ie ra Hotel

All r ight . Do you know, s i r , whether Mr. Lansky had any

I know he had connec t ions with a l l t he cas inos in Cuba.

Do you know what t he na tu re o f h i s connec t ion wi th

· i : ~ Riviera Hotel was?

: ~ f : . .:; .Well, I understand he had t he Government in t he bag, . and it was

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I n t e r t e l managed to i n t e r ro g a t e Teresa p r i v a t e l y , even though T eres a

was then a valuab le Federa l in fo rmant , guarded around the c lock by

U;.S. Marshals .

MR. EARLE: Excuse me. I f t h i s t h i n g ' s going to be abou t Bob,

I want to ge t Bob.

MR. DOUGHERTY: L e t ' s t ake a r eces s .

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8 MR. DOUGHERTY: All r i g h t . ~ v e ' r e back on the record .

9 Q . And j u s t be fore the break, I t o l d you, Mr. Teresa , I was going

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13 MR. DOUGHERTY: Footnote 31, Page 83 .

14 Q. When Resor t s wante d to f ind ou t what synd ica t e and i n fo rmant s

15 Vincent Teresa was t e l l i n g Federa l O ff i c i a l s about Res o r t s t i e s to

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Lansky, fo r i n s t ance , I n t e r t e l managed to i n t e r ro g a t e Teresa p r i v a t e l y ,

even though Teresa was then a va luable Federa l informant guarded

18 around the clock by u.s . Marsha l s .

19 Mr. Teres a , can you tell us : I s t h a t a fac tua l s ta tement?

20 Were you in te rv iewed by someone?

21 A • I was i n t e rv i ewed , yeah.

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24 Q. i s s i t t i n g here?

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26 Q. Tel l us how you f i r s t became awa-re t h a t Mr. Peloquin wanted to

27 in te rv iew you. Where were you?

28 A. I was over in Ale xandr i a , Vi r gi n i a .

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FIFl H COUNT :

"Did you lmmr Virginia.

SinH COWl

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u t o o t Conveying Co. of New J .ersey?" - referring to Paul Bonadio.

SEVEm H COUNT:

. J•And while there, did you ever see..,iack Lap.aq?" - referring to

Colonial. Beach en in liiami. Beach.

EIG.ffi H COUNr

' i lhat have you heard th t ycu · can t e l l th:i..s Ccmmittee that

would be of help :In assist ing t.his Coumi.ttee in i t s investigat:i.on?•

NINrH COUN l 1

"Do yoti know Whether or not any person engaged in the gambling

business operates across s tate l ines and .frcm one s tate- to another?•

TENTH COUNT:

nHave you ever beard o: a l ay o f f bet?"

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to have triM' to intervene, and ·wu ahoth1a apartment hou'se a t 115 Central Park w.

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.JAMES D. HORAN,EI"WARD SEWMAN

AND DOM Ul.,.-4oll'll,_.,.,...,

. "Dandy Phil'' Xutel, Murder, Inc., Lan.sky regarded Park Sheraton by two gwunen,knows his umbllnK Anastasia, who had been Lord pollee found in hfa coat pocket

There wu a strict under-standing, it was learned, be - High Executioner, .,. Juat a a letter from the Gastronoml-

tween Batista and Lansky that cheap gunman. cal Union inviting him to come Yl

I there was any public ~ I r i n g After Lansky turned him · to Havana to talk over tht the deal or any connection down, Anastasia. went over his concession at the Havana Hll

with American gangstera Lan head to . the Ga&tronomlcal ton - the real plum on thsky wowd'be out. ' Union, aald to be the world's Havana gambling t ree. ~ ; ? ; . ~ ~ ~ ; : r t . l p - b ~ J } . , ; c ; ; • : ~ m . t ; e ; ; t h e murder ol richest, which Is bulldln1 the Other m e r l c ~ now operat

In a $Z3,000,000 hotel. lng there are Thoma.a Jet erso ·the Hotel Park When Anastasia was slain In McGinty, San Tucker, 'Rnd Joe "Oct. 25. the barber ~ h o p of the Hotel Bischof , alias ' 'Lefty Clark.' '

became frightened

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the only nonor the Malia.Lansky beran to

the Mafia Interests invarious gamblinr casinos

directed.Then Lansky auddenly ap -

peared In New York FP.b. 11.

' 'But Lanaky haa violated There were three m y s t e r i o uStates laws and he angles veiling Lan.sky's return

er ln'vestlration ln a mur- to New York.case. according to oftlclal He knew he was wanbed by

llnfnPma.tlol'l. atven to my Gov• pollee for quest onlnr in theAnaatula murder, that the

don't want Immigration authorities hadAmerican Justice. and been trying to deport him since

• • ~ m 1 1 n 1 n s Ia Cuba, We Intend 1953, and the Internal Revenue

to boot out. pronto thoae •ho Department had a tax Uen o

are here .no• U tbe.Y don't leal'e $248,00() against hlm.

or their o• accord." Yet. this is what he did:I t wu reported that Wilbur Uaed ht. own name nn tbe

who now operates the IIIKht manliest from Cuba.

lng concession In the Reu"ed a room fn a MldNaclonale in Havana. town hotel under hla own

take overall o name.Booked a hoapital room un-

hla own name.

tends to Indica te•• d•n•acv knew then that he was

in Cuba.is known that Anastatrying to •·mu.scle in gambling concession soon

opened In the J u x u r i o uHilton Hotel, Rnd that

Lansky had turned him down.

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CUBAEnd of a War

The face of dictatorship in Cuoo wasthe padlock on Havana University, thebodies dumped on street comers by casualpolice terrorists, the arrogant functionaries gathering fortunes from gambling,prostitution and a leaky public till. Indisgust and shame, a nervy band of ruralguerrillas, aided by angry Havana professional men (p lus opportunists with assorted motives), start ed a bloody civilwar that cost more than $too million andtook S.ooo lives. Last week they sm:tshed

· General

came on NewAs he and his fellow crooks rode in a lineof black Cadillacs to the army's Camp

Columbia. outside Hav:ma, for the usualXew Year's Eve dinner, they did notsmile. They knew that the jig, as well asthe year. was up. "For the s.1lvation of

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REBELs E N T E R r ~ c HAvA:o<A

And now came th e responsibility of running the country.

the republic," announced General Eulogio The peasant aud student army crept jeer. Other eJCi les hired planes for theCantillo at the end of a gloomy meal , from the Sierra Maestra on the south- happy trip back home. /

" the military forces have decided that it eastern coast lo the Sierra del Cr ista( roo. Seldom had a government been so thoris necessary for General Batista to with- miles east, then to the foothills, avoiding o u ~ h housecleaned between midnightdraw from power." decisive battle while the muscle grew. and dawn. But to Castro, flushed with vic-

For the record. Batista protested: "I Three weeks ago. with rebels holding most tory, the exodus was a bitter cheat. Arwill not leave w;tbout handing over pow- of rural Oriente province and total rebel riving in Sant iago, he took the big ( s .oooer. • A suitable stand-in President was strength up to S.soo, ~ f a j o r Emesto man) .Moncada fortress from the surrenhastily found. Then Batista and his be- (''Che'') Guevara bunched the offensive dering army wi thout firing :1 shot, declared

medaled ~ : e n e r : l l s and Cabinet ministers in Las Villas, 1 50 miles from Havana. Santiago the provisional capital of Cubaabandoned manners and moved to ai r- At that point, Cuban Prime Minister as reward for its support. In Las Villas,planes drawn up at Camp Columbia field. Gonzalo Gue ll drCipped in secretly on Die- ruthless, Red-loving Che Guevara execut-The regime and its followers· thereupon tator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in the Do- ed the last Batista holdouts. u g ~ e d out, some soo strong, as fast as minican Republic. got ready promises of In Havana, the celebration was on.planes and ships would bear them. a refuge for Batista and his cohorts. In T h o u s a n d ~ of girls paraded about dressed

Batista hi · e Do- fierce street fighting that killed 6o, Gue- in red and black. the rebel colors; cheer-•can ·ith his wife anc ton e vara whipped :1 dispirited army ga rrison ing students roamed through Havana Uni-

son , 1s other seven children in New Or- of 3 .000 men and took Santa Clara (pop. versity; rioters wrecked two newspaperleans. Jackson\·ille and Xew York. As the rso .ooo), the rebels' first big city. A train- offices, sacked gambling casinos and dozncws broke across Havana . , . . . ~ ... load of 150 t r o o p ~ sent by Batista refused ens of homes of Batista supporters.dawn, citizens put on the an• iWJI:;. e\·en to get out of ' the railroad cars. Holdouts. Batista's ·lesser cops, in nothe rebel of July movement a nd Batista was t h r o u ~ h . position to tlee, fought on . Radio and tete.tumbled into the streets. i i J t ~ a t > i , i t o . J i ~ f t J The Scramble. In the dictator's final vision stations chattered out the prowlTummy ~ u o s in riotous jo,l.l'\11 1 ~ l : l : > ~ a m b l e for safety, ferries, yachts, airlin- car numbers of known killer cops, and the

To Start, 81. At t he end, Batista, who and private planes were jammed. One rebels tracked them down. By the nextdominated Cuba off a n r f l \ ~ e l lCf Cubana Airlines pilot, at gunpoint, flew dawn, rebel blockaders had trapped at

l11okcd like :tny tin-potK;illi;i.llol fuAij i . cp rcfus:ees to Xcw York just before least four police cars and gunned the ocJlllt to s:tve his health and-especi:JIIy- armed ch·ilians Sl'ized the Havana airport. cupants dl'ad. Rebels besieged police snip-

chip ,; . Thl' 11) 56 invasion of just :I t To the Dominican Republic, besides Ba- ers, fought confu sed night battles amongna·n utHll'r Rd>d Chieft:1in Fidd Castro. ti,;ta, W l ~A ·s Rivero Ag uero, Batis- themselves. For three days :tnd nights,3:. had ~ : r o w n to take over an island of ta pup lent-elect, who was sup- bullets whined in Central Park, in down

~ o o . o o o wit h a yc.•a rly national in come pMed t ~ o · c.e Feb. : 4. (Another tow n oftice build ings, in suburban Veof more than ·1 bill ion from sug:u . catt le, Ciuclad T r ~ n·sident : A r ~ e n i n : t ex- dado. An cstim:tted 40 pe rsons died.toh.tl'C<I. minerals. tourists. itcd Dictator Juan Peron. ) The Jackson- Gradually, order retumcd. 'iurviving

l ~ < · n Sl':J>ick invad rs f o u ~ - : h t viii..: rluh i.IJ.d.udt·<- Tl:t+imu .LJ'olice Chief polkt·men joined forces with the rebels,:mny patmls from a m u hc.1ch· Pilar J::ar'cia, wors t of the i r r m - ~ and and rchel f:Uards took over at Camp Co-to ~ ) O U ~ t a i n hideouts tw? years :lj l), :\ r,my Chief of a f i Fr:mcisco Ta berm.IN· umbia. in . H a v ~ n : t and on the

t h,· tr t·xttnl't Hlll sceml·tl rc rt:un . : that .whor,Je @ m y \Yea llh l rom l r n p · Isle of P1nes were empt1ed of hundreds\ \ : t< ntTdt·d frnm t l i ~ t a army, JJ.ooo l e ~ - : led C u b a n ~ to dub Scotch whisky l politic al prisoners. Some soo U.S. ·va-::r r o n ~ : ancl w<·ll armt•d, was the simpler' lr · bernill:t . · U.S. Gambler :\Ieyer catlb uers made t heir wa ' out safely aboardth'rH' _ .quirt•d to ~ < l in and thl'ri'l Lan :<kv ,·ho ~ m O . ~ 1n s,eY,c.f: l·::-: ~ C:ity of Havana wit.h rebel_,11111 . 1 h,· :1rmy tn cd terror mstead ~ >T)::"-n" ltw t hotels m " i lnBatJsta , a r f y m the1r luggage. Other t ounsts slept

.... urat.:c ; it tortured t ~ . shipped he u , : : h t .t chat ten:d··p.larre· to.: J.Q.r)mr., wi th . . ..in hotel lobbies, u a r d e d by armed bell

di.·m mhercd bodies oi students home o :1 c o 1s Ofr.'"mofister-s. Wherever hops wearing Ju ly 26 arm bands . Cbet hd r mot hers. Result: a flood of am}{i li"e11afi'St'asuppor ters descended in the Gueva ra led 6oo of his bearded m o u n t ~ : : .and reauits fnr Castro. \.,, U. S., Cuban exiles turned out to hoot and warriors into Havana and bedded them

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down on the parquet floors of the ballroom of the Havana Hilton Hotel.

ew Government. From Santiago, Cas-.. tro proclaimed judge Manuel Urrutia

President of Cuba. Urrutia in turn namedCastro head of the armed forces and ap-

pointed a Cabinet of rebel professors, doctors and lawyers, including one man calledthe Minister in Charge . of RecoveringStolen Government Property. Castro will

doubtless be the biggest voice in the landfor some time to come. and he gave signsof capricious temper. On his orders. Havana was closed down until earlv this weekby a pointless general st rike t ~ t cut ioodsupplies and kept nerves on edge.

This week bearded Fidel Cast ro wasmoving at the head of h i ~ irregulars toward Havana, g t t i n ~ t tumultuous welcomes from every town. His movementwould have to reorganize Cuba and try tonm its government : he promised that t he

rebels would permit the harvesting of th

vital sug:u crop and restore constitutionalrights. But he would not personally run

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CUBA COHTINUEO MAR 10 1958

MOBSTERS MOVE IN ON TROUBLED HAVANA AND

BIG SHOT ' S BROTHER , Jake ,ton•l• in r h ~ :"ia··iunal r.a,,nu J o ~ r ~i., tl 1r: Uu•• r man;,a:.::,..r. T_ .,... . p i d u r ..rr. tal_.n "'ith a ,.,.,w,.alc• l l.1t'£ t·a rncra.

OLD FAMILIAR FACES FROM LAS VEGAS SHOW UP IN PLUSH NEW CASINOS

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~ ~ u u b l t n ~ JnuiJ ha :i lu·•·n r·l··gt l: · l e u n n i n the

ha··L :o: l n·l' t :i nnd pt>• .r•hu f...,.s. ru uninc; st: rU(HJ

Iun . w ~ t 1al,lt·."· p i n g b uuk:-t a wl pay·in;..: lw ·••fllt' la:\f• . , · ry,nt 'v •: g••l lc ' n· m ernb cr t ..

t'X IIIai llt•d a •·a, in" pn lrlit:it y a;;•·nl. '" that a ll

dtt · "t' p•·upl•· uo\o\o' ha n .: lmy:, a •1•l gi rl;; in the

JH·.; l Jirt i.:.hi 1114 h t J u , s . ' ~Ttw a ~ " " i n ar•· in th•· · ar;.;•: uf nwn wt:ll

kll u\\ 11 , \ • ~ 1 1 - r a n l 1.. • • lu,Jj, .,. •·j tt,rtt·rs. Tt u:

\ , , , I rl lal l i:-t \l;o)t• r J.an..,k}. IH"Lirtll: huol·

lcg;;rr, cuast· tOI·Coas t ,.::rmhlcr . n:mlt'<l in the

Kcfaun:r as un l' uf the six tup u.s:'" "" llnm:<. Uuck,.6n th e U.S. las t mu n th, ost•·n:lihl y t (t mt ·Ji ca l a t r n t . an ul ce r .

; n ~ P ' uf J_y ~ ~ o l i c c ona .&::£ j mca1 c i H t r ul \'agrunc\· liut nat notlifliru Tiy wliirti<:; · frc crlun;, Th e C uban

sn•u: tirnooiously annouucr.d th a t

it wuul•l nut allv" him t tJ n· turrl. li'ur1 :a m;kyJ;m;;; ,.n n ·l USI'd tu ; ( . T I ; : ~ 5 1 i C th·c i l f c i l ( l t•; IJ an at

tc n•l:ut ,·:If . , ~ · ~ cvy r in Cu ba. look me urr.

··i n•·•·s tmcn ts" ar c ,..·dl t l .li e uwr. u uf the action at the Rivier a

hotd , a11d Ins LrO lr.e; 'Jak.,·r.,··n;; ;r m anaucr. : J l : ; ; t _ ; i l i ;\aciunal cas ino.

J ouhtlo:s• lw .o; ud1a <uun r:.:tiun ;. for lw hclrwd

Batis ta od Ul> tht• Il l ' . ganl l>ill t; • · · t ~ b l



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creued their personaJ loyalty to Batista, whorode high until one of the island's periodic reform waves forced him into ary exile in

<f orida during the year 944-48.

a a · 1 yo u n d - - l - 9 4 6 . - - b l m k y - w a I T < T ~ -

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~ C u 6 a : he once 'ran the Havana r e track and

had a finger in the old Casino acional. In

Florida, Lansky was in a position to do a O r - ~T a v o P O d f : E X i l i t ~ c t : r

"i i'dthey w doubJ e;; < e m e m b e < e d ~ icially since what Lansky ~ b < I . J t t puw ton the matter of Cuban g liz1k made a ot

of sense from Batista's poi qv tac;;QWhen Batista returned t ~ - ' t & l P l 1 1 ' f n~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

etssadly reduced. The national o t t ~ r y had been

re tu rnEd to Its bhce i:weeJC·stiTusaruhhe Ca -' bau peopte"firm ly expectea 1t to e run Sonesfly-with no free tickets for members of the

congress. A few casinos were still running inthe bi m c u s, ut

n s meet even y c ea mg t eir in requent~ t ' O m " at iggEd J ; " : ' # H a . yatlsolut e(} hd trilhg I@f. over· for-gre«._ I t was

eri'Ough to make any Cuban political boss weepin his champagne.

At that time Cuba's tourist trade was lag·ging. There was a boom in travel all over the

world. Puerto Rico was improving its business

and Nassau was doing spectacularly. Yet Cuba

wasin the doldrums

.Only one

newhotel of any

~ o n s e q u e n c e hod been built since 19:\0.

Out of this unhappy situation and the Mey·er Lanskx influence grew today's master plan

for a Cuban gambling and tourist h o m ~ Jtista changed the [ambling laws in 1955 tb"'per-

- r i lifa Tegal""casin o Tri-any·niglitcub ·or -h·oret- -- - -- .;·orftrSrmiUion or iiore;·As-further iriauce- · - -- meh r f i f : i l e C gover-;;.:neot- o _ i f ~ - =- tT r 6rnr ·wii'J"lfnfio'lfi·er -fo puTup agood part

g } . , O : ~ ~ Q . l .. - £ r . l 4 : ' " __ ·R1v1ero, ~ l t \ l m p l e , ..gover-nmenl-cimfrolfetl· - · •

- Ban ks loaned $6 million. Most of the $24 mil·..,.-611ror i'he.new Havana Hifton is coming from

the pension and welfare fund of Cuba's politically controlled cooks and bartenders union ,which actually owns the hott>l. Next tht> Cuban minis ter of labor ruled t lnrc-n ltp lt bossdl:·stic{men and dealers in casinos were skillerl= c.:. -- uo " tec hniciansn who ualifi.ed for admission Ull ·

wo- ear visas, not ' ust the six - ; ; n t ~ dinari r. permitted an importel worT<man. Im -- - port duties, which run up to 70% ·in Cuba,were waived on all building materials broughtin for new hotels. This was an even great<>r inducement than appears on the surface, for it

gave ambitious Cuban contractors with the

right connec tions a wonJerful opportunity to

bring in twice as much cement as neeJed and

sell the surplus at a handsome profit.As for government taxt>s on the new casinos,

tht>Se were set ridiculously low: $25,000 for a

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Anastasia Grab'.

At ·Cuba Dice'

·Triggered Fate·· ·warning

:: ·By Lansky: ·· lgriored

By PAUL lUESJUL. .IVOfl<I•Tdtlf G ' S la/1 r ltr.

A l ~ r tAnastasia was

ex

. euted because he was trying

to . tal(e :over the Cuban ·gam·

blinr -emli ire ruled by his old

bou. cri ~ r f.fm·lk y, inv M f \ ~ . r l e l l { l l > .day,

A tew d n r A ~ f ~ g t g « ~ u i -Jet.s liddled Antitas ia ii'r' a ·

barber c h ~t k·Sher-aton Hote waswarned to t y o t uba,where Lansky heads a multi..-·million-dollar gambling com:blne. But Big Albert ignored

the warning, and wq ~ly . aWn. ,.. ·- - . .

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let Attor,ney Frank S. Hogan for ques1'tioning about the Anastasirubout, both are members othe Lansky organlzatlqn. ..In ;vestigators believe one orof these ramblers attended the

m ~ t f n & at wh ich A n a s t a s i a 'death waminl was delivered;Je:q tlwl a week belore theklll1nJ.

· ' 'h. meeting, attended by

halt-dozen American and Cu·:ban hoods, wu held in a W.

9th St. hotel Jn a u i ~ rented by Anastasia's bodyguard·

cbau1teur, Tony Coppola, whowu ·con.apicuoo.sly absen t

· when his bou was shot out ofthe barber ehalr.

Lanalcy ~ ln town -at the•· t iS'not JCnown i he

- :aetually attended the confer·i.'ence. He took a plane back t O

·Havana two days before th e.murder.

died in th e electric chair. Luciano and Adonis are back h:their native Italy, where La n·sky visited Lucky In 1949Sha piro d ied in Sing Sing ol

a coronary thrombosis.

Crime .tiles ~ n s k yaunUI . . the bigg§..t . ~

6 l o l e f . . . t o . o p e r a . t eth t:. \T J i(@e ~ o r u Sie e .

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man ~ •. ~ ~ Cos-~ __a,l1 · .r ;L : : n c he,gambh ng houses In· ~N ~ ~ Y O r ' k l ~ : . w Q ~

- :El.Oi:idl l, N1 .W Orh:ans .ano .Las... . . Y . . ~ W ith Buchalter, he di·.D e t ~ c t t v e s re called another l'eCfed operations of Murdergangland murder that followed Ipc. '

a mob meeting called by Three.l\lonth Stretch.Lansky. . . ., ,

John (Cockeye} . Dunn, a B ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ 9 : . 30.waterfront thug, and other ~ .-3: t . . i : J : ~ -New York goons conferred L an sky served only one srilillWith Lansky in Florida early ·au te rm =:rrn : r-ee ··m·o rt t h."

in 1947. A few days after the s n - . . . ~ ~ g a :C:OW)\Y '

meetfng, Dunn and two othe r. g a , m . . oper:,·gunmen killed Anthony Hi ntz. atlol'U . aJ. _Sarat oga ·hiring stevedore who dared tre"Spent mu ch o his cell time

.oppose mob rule of the docks. read ing the Bible ·and a dic"When Dunn went to th e elec· tlonary.trlc chair in 1949, Lansky was As soon as he got ·ou t. he

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·attending still another. ·g l"g s tarted lookir.g for new fieldspow-wow In sunny Italy. • to conq uer a nd picked Havana

Police learned th at Anasta· as the greer.est pasture of allala was hungry for some ot - the lush s hade of greenthe fast money Oowing across peculiar to tourist dollars.

Cuba's ma ny gambling No Am erican gambler, gang.He ~ p o r t e d l y was t rymg to ster or racke teer now can wor limuscle In on some of the new 1 Ha w·th t La k •hotel casino., there. But he n vana 1 ou ns Yshould have known better OK.than to cross his old cr ime · U n d r l i n ~ Get Around.

tutor-for small, s ilent , Bible- Si nce the Anastasia mu rdereading Meyer Lansky Js . still ~ n s ~ o l ] ? t?een s ~' 'the blightest boy ln the syn · . tc. IDs _ ~ p odlcate" as the la te Police Com· . .Is. I ll . his h"·o u.nde

. ' . hn gs. T ra f Icante an d R ivem1ssJoner Lewis Valentine de· are· ro· bt' every night

.acrlbed him years ago. th.e:..S".ans..So.ud r .whi ch. Tra

Lansky Bates High. c a n . t e . . s . . . . a n d nther bu

Mr. Valentine al so listed . · · 48-stah: alaTLansky among the nat ion's 10 ~ ey..DA H o g a r , ~ o . ~ : the

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top public e nemtes and Sen. "They- kno\v we want the~ Kefauver's crime inves· as witnesses:· :\1r. Hogan saictigation commi ttee later iden: yesterday. " I they are in Cu

f t . . d ~ m a direc.to z: of _her, are outside ou r ju ris

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l I n t e r t e l managed t o i n t e r roga t e Teresa pr i va t e l y , even though Teresa

2 was then a valuable Federa l informant , guarded around the c lock by

3 U ~ S . Marshals .

4 MR. EARLE: Excuse me. I f t h i s th ing ' s going to be about Bob,

5 I want to ge t Bob.

6 MR. DOUGHERTY: Le t ' s t ake a recess .

7 (Brief i n t e r rup t i on . )

8 MR. DOUGHERTY: Al l r igh t . We're back on the record.

9 Q. And j u s t before the break , I t o l d you, Mr. Teresa, I was going

10 to.-··.read ·.to you a quote from the Strange Bedfello,qs Art i c l e which

r eads as f o l l o ~ ; s12 MR. BLACK: Footno te 31, Page 83.

l MR. DOUGHERTY: Footnote 31, Page 83.

14 Q . When Resorts wanted to f ind out what syndicate and informants

15 Vincent Teresa was t e l l i n g Federal Off i c i a l s about Resorts t i e s to

16 Lansky, for ins t ance , I n t e r t e l managed to i n t e r roga t e Teresa pr iva t e ly ,

17 even though Teresa was then a valuable Federa l informant guarded

18 around the clock by U.S. Marshals .

19 Mr. Teresa , can you t ll ~ s Is t ha t a fac tua l s ta tement?

20 >-l'ere you in terv iewed by someone?

21 A. I was in te rv iewed , yeah.

22 Q . Who were you interviev.•ed by?

23 A. By r . Peloquin. '

24 Q.

25 A. Right .

26 Q. Tel l us how you f i r s t became aware t h a t Mr. Peloquin wanted to

27 in terv iew you. Where were you?

28 A. I was over in Alexandr ia , Virg in ia .

SAN FRANCISCO398 4911

DOIDGE CARROLL SHEFFIELD MINDERCERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS

DEPOSITION NOTARIES



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pres iden t o f Parad i se Ent e r p r i s e s Ltd. lie i s a grat luate o f George-

t01vn U nive r s i ty J3 .A. , and r ece ived his L. L.B. from th:Jt Law School .

lle ' is a member o f the n:n· of the United St a t e s Court of Appeals fo r

the D i s t r i c t o'f Collllabi:J. •. Mr. Peloctuin serve , in the U.S. Navy from

i9S l to 1955, ~ n d i s pr e s e n t l y a raember of the : i : J V : ~ l l ~ e s e r v e , as a; t

• . I .· i n t e l l i g e n c e s p e c i a l i s t , holu ing the rank o f C o t ~ m : ~ n u e r . lie '"as em-

ployed as a Sec t t r i ty S p e c i a l i s t in the N at iona l e c u r i ~ y Agency fro1a,----..,

1955 ~ o 1957 • . In )957 , he was Ciaployeu as a; t a t t o rney . in t he I n t e r n a l iI

Secu r i t y Divis ion of tl1e U. S. Department o f J t t ~ t i c e , apd i n l 9 5 8

1·1as nssir ;ned to the Cri1:1inal Divisiaw· ·of t h a t lcp:nU:Jcnt. lle ~ - o · : -

n Speci :1l ~ s s i s t a n t to t b c On::anizcu Cri1ae and fZ:1cketeerinc Sc<.:t ion

of the Criminal l l iv isio .n fror.t 1953 to 19G7, scrvill[ as s e n i o r attortH·i ·

in 1lll<lVerous invest i[ . :J t ions :md prosecu t ions inc] udi 11[: :i p ro t r a c t e d

. 'i n v c s t i c : ~ t i o n o f U. S. r : ~ c l : e t e e r inf luence: in the nabar..:Is. l le re -

ce ived the At torney G ene ra l s O u t s ~ : ~ n d i n [ ; Pcrfor111:1nce Ah·ard f o r 1966.

l l i s L1st ~ s s ir.nr.1ent in the llcpprtm'cr.t of J us t icc 1 · 1 ~ s :1 Chief o f the

6rgan ized Crin1e S t r i k e Force. Mr. Peloqui11 l1as.becn a ~ s o c i a t c d witl1

Resor ts I n t e r na t i ona l s jncc 1967, and Hith h i s L111 p a r t n e r , \•lil1 iar.t

Hundley, anti I G. l l ~ 1 v i s , i ~ a member of the C : ~ s i n o Ol'cl ' :J t inc C o r . w 1 i ~ t c

which superv ises a l l C : ~ s i n othe l:tH f irm of lluntll ey .:lllU

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opera t i on s . :.r r . P;: 1 o qu in is a Pa r t n e r in

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· A low-flying sports plane towed a ban·

ner above Mi.ami l:ut week to spread thenews .to any beach lounger loo,i ng for ac

tion: CASINOS REOPEN IN HAVANA, Ina major retreat from his "purification"campaign, Prime Minister Fidel Castrorestored legal gambling in all its old splen·dor of brocade draperies, deep carpets,

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· clicking dice and turning wheels. Runningthe show from behind the scenes were the

·· same U.S. mobste rs who bossed gambling lapels and got the games going for slimfor Batista. c r o ~ on the day the. decree came out.

Castro was moved to action by the ~ •• ~ s t e r ..Santo Traffi,ante-.. Jr.,slump in the tourist trade and the angry ~ d e ~ ~ ' : ~ m o u s g a n ~ I ~ . . . . . . . . ~ L > o . . . . . . -

demands of 2,000 card dealers, croupiers, ~ ~ a c l i l i i N.Y. in ovember ·cashiers, musicians, barmen, waiters and ~ b o s s the..sames. at e •entertainers, all thrown out of work by the . S lns l S o u t : H e also kee pS··revolution. Senorita Pastoro. Nunez, d irec- lhreye on his mvestment in the Capri casi-tor of National Savings and Housing In- no, where his associate is itr Charles ·stitute (formerly the government lottery), ~ e Blade } Taurine. a r Joseph

called in the c:uino owners and found the( ) Sliesl, ·wanted for questionin fter theready and willing to meet her terms : · New York barbershop mur er of Top

seven weeks' back pay for all employees, Hood Albert .Anastasia, is casino manager

the staging of what she called "first class" at . the Hilton. None of the mob would •floo r shows at all the casino nightclubs. m ~ k e move · lkinKi t over t8I highly disapprove of the way you make :' m• 5 Meye_ . _ . 7, giuig'ran<I t>o

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ss_ ·- •:t living," ·she lectured the casino owners, . _"but we are reconsidering our earlier de- man uf £he wh le Havaria·show--· - -·--cision." ~ u f i ·w amed- tha tthe··present

The decree reopened all the big-time permits, good only for 6o days, would not

rooms--at the Hotels Hilton, Nacional, be renewed for mobster-owned casinos.Riviera, Capri. Comodpro and Saint The ho.ods hope that a batch of clean frontJohn 's, and at the Tropicana, Sans Souci men wdl meet the government inspection.and ·Montmartre nightclubs. At first the One of them posed Castro's dilemma neat-government talked of barring Cubans ly : ,"Only g a ~ b l e r s can run casinos-you

f ~ o m play unless they could prove . u f f i ~ cant get a pnest. or a garage mechanic."

c1ent wealth by testimonial from the in- T ~ e mob was qu•te happy to be workingtemal revenue bureau, but in the end even Wlth a government noted for purity. Said. ~ ~ requirement was ~ one operator l a ~ t week : Me, I'm glad~ ~ n e z _ t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t h t · o s e greedy BatiSta crooks got bounced."

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