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U.S. Department of Jmtice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mr. A. J. Weberman
Independent Research Associates
6 Bleecker Street
New York, New York 10012
Dear Mr. Weberman:
Reference is made to our letter dated March 30
1981, concerning your Freedom of Information Act request'
for information on Angelo Bruno.
Information referred to the Internal Revenue Service
(INS) has been returned to our office. The IRS requested
all information be deleted pursuant to Title 5, United States
Code, Section 552, subsection:
(b) (3) information exempted by statute, specifically,
Title 26, United States Code, Section
\ 6103.
If you so desire, you may appeal to the Associate
Attorney General from any denial contained herein. Appeals
should be directed in writing to the Associate Atto~ney
General (Attention: Office of Privacy and Information Appeals),
United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. 20530,
with1n thfrty days from receipt of tnis letEe r. The enve lop7
and the letter should be clearl marked "Fr e edom of Information
Appeal" c;>r "Information Appea • p~ease cite the Freedom of
Infor~ation-Privacy Acts number ass,gned to your request so
that it may be easily identified.

Chief
James K. Hall, rmation-Privacy
Freedom of Infc:
Acts Section t Division
Records Manageme1
 TO Director, FBI (92-2717) DATE : 11/20/58

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ANGELO .mUNo, aka,
_Angelo Annalaro, A. Bruno,
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The following backgrom.d i.nf ormatiaf·regarding the above-

capt~dned individual is set forth for as~istance 'in having ·the .
Legal Attaohe, Havana, Cuba, conduct an inquiry regarding ffiUN0 1 s
alleged interest "in a gambling casino. "· ·

ANOEID BRUNO, sometimes lmown as "ANGE" by close associates,,

a PH TH, has for many years been associated with older Italian racket
fig:m-es in the operation of the "Greaser" Gang ·.d~.~ling basicalq ·in
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Name ANGELO BRlNO, was., Angelo Annalaro (true

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Date of Birth May 21,, 1910 · ~ . r.. - • - r -

Place of Birth ,~ V1llalb8.1 · ·Italy :' - -

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It was said tha n. ugust 1959 the ·following·

gambling casinos continued ·to·· be.· ope,ned in ,Hi~tvana •.for~" ..., .
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The remaining ·gambling casinos, incJ.uding the

·Hotel Plaza Gambling casino, were closed either because
of Government edict or· financial difficulties. . ·< ., .
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Immigration and Na.tural~.zation Service, telephonicaJ.ly.· ~
he Miami Office tha.t .'ANGELO' ANNALORO had arrived """
from Havana, Cuba, via Pan American Airlines, f'J.ight #420
at 8:15 p.m., August 14, 1959. The residence address of
ANNALORO, an alias used by BRUNO, was 934 Snyder Avenue,
PhiJ.adelphia, Pa.. ANNALORO said he was a citizen of' the
United States. ,....

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·u. S. customE, Miami, advised SA
he had received no information concerning
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. Brunswick Avenue, Trenton, N. J •, during an interview• indicated
·pi:L~;· t,~ ·., " \ '..- that he h~s known ANGELO BRUNO .t?ut was not too well acquainted
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~ ·~ with BRUNO. either in Trenton, N.J., other parts of the United
States, or in the former operation of the Plaza Gambling Casino,
Havana, Cuba. IPPOLITO also indicated that he is not in a
_ . position to comment concerning BRUNO and does ~9~· wish to furnish
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On August 28, 1959, RAYMOND BRAYLENSKI, ·1005 Division
Street, Trenton, N.J., advised during an interview that he
operates Brown's Vending Machine Company, Trenton, N.J. He
said that he is acquainted with BRUNO but was not connected
with BRUNO in any business or social capacity. BRAYLENSKI
. said that ANGEL-0 BR.UNO is an infrequent visitor in Trenton,
N.J., and when 1n Trent9n BRAYLENSKI may occasionally run 1ntS2_·
. BRUNO, at which time they would engage in a sligh~ casual
conversation. BRAYLENSKI said that he knew BRUNO by reputation
and as such could not directly make any statements concerning
him.
.. BRAYLENSKI advised that the only exceptton was
.- . approximately two and a half years ago when BHUNO telephonically
.- !i;.·J. ,. . - contff~ed him at his residtme and inquired whether he would
..~'.· '..' .\.. " . . :· perm fi!I' son, EDWARD BRAYLENSKI, te attend a birthday party -
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· · ~ ;:.. .. ·,, .said that he, his wife, and .his son EDWARD, a~tended the birth~
.:· .-:~"'" . • ... party tor BRUNO' s daughter and claimed .,that this was his ~nly : . '). ·.,:
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Re Bureau letter 12/16/60 • .

The translator who ·ha~dled·"the two reels of · tape .L~
recording a conversation 11/25/60 b~advised he ~~
was not. too familiar with the S~cili~ but believed
hie translation and transcription represented 60 to 70 percent
of the actual conversation. It is ~~ogn1zed the two reels
of tape actually contain both English and Italian, ·however,
the Italian portions apparent:1y:,_.cont_a1,.ned ·the, more important
information. .: ii :

- The Philadelphia OffAce' na~ two_Speciai Agents on

t ·ransfer to this Division frQ.n:i. . J!.~w YQrk who speak Italian.
It is not known whether ei ther~ :~z.~nt : :~qtually can ·accurately
handle the Sicilian dialect bu_t ~it · is_:,·be~ie_v~d this matter
is sufficiently important they . JJhqul<,i .be given the opportun1 ty
to work on it. This becomes 1.n q:reas_:t;n_g_ly i _m portant because
of the references to a Commis~~on. It is believeq .possible
that translation of the remaining 30 to to 40 -- percent of the
material on these tapes may ~9lid~fY.1. the sig~ificance of these
references. These Agents are ~ue t~ . ~rrive in Philadelphia
the first week of January 19QA .~n~ . tB~i ~~~l :rbe assigned immediately
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New York Office for translation by an Agent ·at that office who_.
can handle the Sicilian language. An Agent who was previously
assigned to the Philadelphia Office and who is now ~ssign~d . ·
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Philadelphia will submit the complete results of the
tape promptly after the two Agents from Ne~ York Of~ice review
r:iame. It 1s believed the A1gnif1cance of the term Comm1ss1o
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SAC, Philadelphia (92-444)

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ANGELO BRUNO, aka
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WEEKLY SUMMARY

~6/60 . I

During current week, activity has been curtailed

due to snow storm.

conversation between ANGELO BRUNO __ ·

and from the Bureau by Philadelphia J
12/I a ese individuals had spoken in I
m!Jced English and Sicilian dialect. ~ey had a heated /
discussion menti nin meeting in New Jersey. BRUNO
im evil and stated that he was

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a "representative" of the "coTTUnisslon."

having a phone call in which he was advised
wanted as a "boss" any longer.
he could do to clear things up
,: . : · The translator indicated that only 60 to 70'f, or ·
the conversation had been translated and transcribed as
the translator was unfamiliar with the Sicilian diaiect.
Philadelphia Division will do additional research
in regard to this conversation · and _f'urnish . the Bureau a
completed transcription and evaluation of this conversation.
 · Reurairtel 11/28/60,· forwarding two . . . - .a....~ . ·
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of tape recording a conversation 11/25/60 by ~·
part ot which la io Ital1aa for translation, an · . .
Bwaeao 12/14/60 furnishing you with the results of the .. .. . . .
Bureau's translation of this aaterial.
In your meao of 1.2/8/60 . f~ weekly
swamary of information ~ece~~ed , f~o~, .a part
of aaae cooyersatioo carried .on in English was set forth •
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· ·: tranalation of tbia aater.i al, the utter would be
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every effort should be ~de tQ assess the .significance ~,
of the references to A co..µ.ss~.on:~. ; . 1hese are not ~
entirely clear and ·10 evalu.-,ting .:th~s, y~u .. sbould keep 1D . ,.,
·· •ind info.raatioo previoualy . ·_f~oish~d - to .you which~ ... ·
receiTed fro• Chicago'• bigbl7 .co~t~4,n~ial source.........., ·
concerning tbe posa ible ezi•~•n~e :.q~, .an ':Jllderworld co11.mission.
Thia matter abouid·:J"ecei~~ preferred attention ·
and ev~ry effort should be .aade. to pi~~· · ~ogether the
current information and any future references in order to
definitely determine whether sue~ ~ ~ommi~sion .exists, and
if so, as auch as possible.J C9n~.$raj.~- ..i~a make-up and
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All · offices "i111 .rev1·f!~i:]..rii'Qrmation ··as · set · forth in
the Administrative ·S.e ctioh o.r :-.th~:e(;t:ver · te'tter .~o- this report
and information in this .repor.t' -~ · .·teg~· <to "I?RUNO ! s a~missions
that he 18 a representative ·o.r; :IJ_l;fle· c.onun.1ssiol'\·" and ·evaluate
this inform'a tion 'JOU1,) led wi·th · th°e.:."·int~;rm~t:ion : furnished your
. resper.t1ve offi.c es by. the .Chieago -Off·ice.;. :1n-~ ·:N?!'erimced. Chicago
· airtel da~ec 9/9/59. Will .thereaf'ter report that evalua~ion
to the Bureau a n d · th ~ Phila~el·~h±a_ O.(f1~e. · . · .
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4 . . Will furnish background'!data > ·inb1ud1ng an ·

up-to-date arrest record, inquiry with Internal Revenue . Service,
on ~H~NSitl;:::n~·fPLl~· .and ·_.... ~ · · ·· For
ac roun data on the above, report -of · SA ~~
dated 9/9/60 includes such data :,,and .:. frjformat1on showing · • '1
association of these individuals . with-BRUNO . . .... ·
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in their Division made by BRlJN0 '·.~ith __.;:~f,d1AlxJ' ·and thereafter I ·~ ~
fully identify~ and his -'.~l:a~i,on~hi:.,J? to J'fi:NGELO. BRUNO.- • .... " •. ·
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· 2. If prior 1nterv1:ew·~ · o-r_'· have shown· ~ 'tJ::,t

any degree of cooperation.• p ·-sh·oula · be interviewed to ,,
ascertain business investmen s 'by-.-·J3RuN{f..1ri ·~1eg1 t1m·a te ·enterprises
in the . Miam:t area. · · · · .. ·
3. ·will eE1tablish a sourc·e at the Miami International
Airport in an. endeavor to learn of ANGELO BRUNO's movements,
primarily to ~scerta1n when BRUNO goes to the Dominican
Republic.
4. Will continue efforts.. ·t<Y:"locate· ··the ' place of
residence of BRUNO in the Miam1 1 <.P~a~,,;..;~11rea~·aifd ·thereafter
if feasible consider requ·e sting the e.ata.bl1shment of a
confidential source of a techn~~al nat4-?'e, realizing tha~ BRUNO
apparently has· conn~etions w1.,th~ T8cketi~~r+gU.?1es · ·that are
wide-spread and that BRUNO' a pos1·t1on ~ i's· 'higher than hae previously
been developed throUgh prior 1nve~t1_ga.ti.on •
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. l. Will ascertain .1.f.; ANGEW:BRUNO, r· under his . .true
name or aliases set forth ·in tn~:~bag.kground data of th1s report,-·
has a passport and will attemp.t:~.:~.,:-:ob:tam;.:tmotographs of.. :·..
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2. "Will report any.: trips · t ·a ke·n . by.• •B RmO j,n the. ...
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PHILADELPHIA:
At Philadelphia, Pa.:
1. Will maintain contacit· with -informants .f amiliar
with BRUNO' s activities. .. ...
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2. Will attempt tq ~ obta1n · an . up-to-date photograph
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3. Will attempt to . ~s.tabli$1')~. sources at the
:rhilade lphia .In ternat .i onal AlJ;'port to .itev.e lop · movements of
ANGELO BRUNO in and out of Ph1la4e.l·ph±.a_. __ - . - ··.:
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- The investigative period P1 - thi~ repol".t ·was necessitated
b d' l in obtaining tran~l.at,1.'on .:. of · informa~1Pt\ ~urnished by J.1111
· 1/25/60 plus the fact ·:th~-t - i _t . appears, according to fi#_,.
from this informant, ·· :th-at· .BRUNO:.wars. not 1n the
· Philadelphia Division from ;k l/25/60 _'u pt:1:1.·1/7/6l. · It is to ·
be noted, however, that the ·Bureau ·· ~e.s .:;~~en, ··proqiptly advised
of all developments of investigation· '. Of :~ tne ·captic;ined subject.
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For background of .off·1 ces. :11ot ".-pr.ert-o·lisJy- 'receiving

information regarding BRUNO; i the :f0.l.lo.w.1ng. ·.background data
regarding him is set forth: · .: .. ·.- L'. ... ·:. --:'·~·,:.~· - -·' . . . . . . · ·

ANGELO BRUNO was bo~·:;~/~/iJ.-:· 1n I~J.y·: ~nd 'fs.~ : · ·

citizen of the United --..Stat:ea • . .-:.:tie .has an arrest .
derivati ~re
record dating from . 1928, In l?h1l~de.lph1a: he-~-resides at .934 ·
Snyder Avenue, which has been . : descr1bed'-:by ·~1ntO-rmants ·as -being
a poor section of tbe City and Vtie. hous.e be.1 ng. .snabbily
furnished. During the i950's inf-ormants· have -indicated that
BRUNO has been raised to. ·the upper: .e:chelon-::>01".---org.anized _ .
Italian racket figures i'n t.n~ -:-! !n1ladel,ph1a ·.and. Southern New
Jersey area. His desires h~y$ ~.:Pe.en :c:~ot~~ov~ · to ·Florida permanently •
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in Florida. His wife, SUE BRUNO, nee MARANCA, resides in

Philadelphia and at times travels with BRUNO. His daughter,
JEAN, attenda Temple University in Philadelphia and his son,
MICHAEL, 810 Snyder Avenue, Philadelphia, is engaged in the
exterminatin~ business and BRUNO allegedly is keeping him
"legitimate. His sister, LENA MAGGIO, is married to PETER
MAGGIO. Another sister, JOSEPHINE GRASSO, resides at 1811 South
9th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. .

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"" ~'-!"~-" ~·· 'Y· Relativ~-.:_!t~ JOE·...ipA;· on 10/8/59•z. (dec_eas"e,d)

advised that IDA, formerly of New .BFunsw~ck, · N.J., went ·to
Italy in early 1959 or late ··1 958 and ..was ·: ~t. ·: that time "the
. boss" ·with DOMINICK OLIVETTA .:-0.r ··Camden, . N·. J., ·: being the . I under
boss." This informant has PreYl()U·~ly,;described the .territory
involved as roughly cov,er1ng _.:p(;)~t'l;t>l'.la:"" o'f: . New :Jersey, Eastern
Pennsylv.a nia, and .Delaware.•··.-.•'.Wtt-en. ·:tn,A:;.·departed, the informant
said arrangements . were mad~ :'W1:th .·!DA ··approval to }?.ave his ta
power transferred to ·JOSEPH · RUGN~'.l;'A: ~{Phi·ladelphia Top Hoodlum),
operator of the South Ph1lad·elphia"~Gr111 in ,Philadelphia.
RUGNETTA thereafter1 acco.rding:::t0, . _tti~·.S .:~ormant, made enemies
because of his conduct in · t~*a.: · ne~":~f;S·it·+-:~n.· ·.
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Informant · stated that RUGNETT~ was surprised that

"the organization" had on Sa~idai, - -.9/26/59, met in Philadelphia
·or southern New" Jersey and 1had ·~ . e~~Q t .1 on, t"el!iul ting in RUG NETT.A
losing his poe1t1on as "bosslf· and :" li~ing demote~ to ."under boss"
with DOMINICK OLIVETTA being·f.elected!. aa .! 1 boss~ · · 11

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9/~/59 PETER MAOGIO, 'brot~~~-:in-l~W 1 :ot.. "ANOEL0 ... BRUNO, married
to BRUNO' e siet~r LENA; waa « · el-ec~ed .' t .o "·the : o.r~an1zat1on"
which this particular 1nf~'"18.l'lt:· haa'.~:s~·1d :1·~ :~y,nonymous with
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Mafia. It was also stated that MARIO MAGGIO, older brother

of PETER MAGGIO, has been a member of "the organization" for
some time. · ·
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(deceased) furnished reliable '1nforrn~t1on for se~
that~ bl.
concerning the Italian underwo.rl-ci. ~ 'This informant has been
·a close personal friend of ·many -top echelon raQket figures
in the Northeastern United ~tates, particularly
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cqnversation was furnished the Chicago, Miami, New York, and
Newark Divisions 1n a "JUNE" letter dated l/12/61.
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ANGELO BRUNO in the area in November

P.{i1l~deJ.ph1a, ".: Pa.-,
.... 1960 and Januan · 196.r :=and .)~~+.f_eved . to ".h ave been in
Florida in _the 1ntervening :~e~d .or;~t:1.me~·~ec~rqfn~ to one
informant. "·BBUNO. told info~arft "that···be'· .waa a . rep~e.s.ent~ti~
':"°o f "the C9ffimission'.'. bUt '"'1?i~d not know what th~cmmme.~
1neant. Associates of BRUNO. ~et . fqrth. Information-regar8Cn'.ng
illegal and legal activities:..;:(levlloii~li· ·set ---rorth. ·BECAUSE BRUNO
IS ALLEGED TO P..A \TE COMMITTED ·-OANGIJrnD . EXECOi'iONS nf"THE PAST,
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A• . PERSONAL HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

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in December i960 arid ·Janua:rY 1961 advised ~. ~
that PETER MAGGIO, brother-in-l~w · of :ANGELO BRUNO, oper~tes
h M gio Cheese Company, 1130.· South~' 11th Street, Philadelphia.
sa1d that PETER MAGGIO~ . With hi~ brothers Ml\RIQpnd
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s VATORE MAGGIO ly operate- this .. c.ornpi?-~i,_ ~na~ered_ lL.
-~ecen ·' ,. · their employees were st r!'fi'g. - - - ~'
state e-NGELO BRUNO what J;.o. QO with PAT, ;:- .
)a bro o SALVA'i'eRE ..MAGGio,~ 'who had been identified ·
. as stealing from his employer, ·the ·~eese.~1panr.- ­
.\'B~RUN0,~. !1.~ speaking of conduct ..o!'hre~~~l:•it~~ld · e informant '
· · ~ endeavorlilg to keep is son MICn'.A.c.L MAGGIO from
. · :~. ~ .. . in any 1.llegal activity:~ -· MUNO told the informant
·, MI'CHAEL MAGGIO wanted to buy · · 1f' h~e 'but refused to accept the
·111<;>ney for~ownpayment on thi:s home from hM•1--.r, ANGELO
- BRUNO. BRUNO, however, told 'tfie- inf.o rmant . tll.~ .even though
hdji_ds aon MhICHAEL dbild not give ~ -~~~- -~Y-<!'.t~.~l.~.. ~.,...,hew MICHAEL ._ •
g 1 ve im trou e. · (,. : : · : .'.:.~-. .. . . ·
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BRUNO told the 1nf'ormant that his· newphew,who .,....,•
~ operat~d a r e al estate_.~ffic~~ ~~.h~d ~~en $2, 900 away .from
"NEEDLES!t..and that BRUN~· claimed that h~ had ·to pay "NEEDLES"
this :B~ to pi«Vent 1n,jury t o - 1 -nes·· hew·.'· · BRUNO' s 'method of
expre.ss~~!I', according to ~n ubstance, "Wha~
am."Mo!'ilgr:-"tci:' de;>, let them bu m. s~ BRUNp a"t"•.
1m:licated-.flat this ne;i~-ie..,, operated an nsuranc~· business · ·
, 1n ~icl;#i~ith the real estate office and had spent · ,
premiums · collected on insurance policies .. and BRUNO had to -
! furnish thi~ nephew nJOney to keep the _ n ephew from '~haVi-n,g a
: nervous break<lo~'ll." BRUNO said -t o the .in.formant that he wa~:
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.. going to stay with this neph~w ~~q . watch him . to get him
straightened out. One l/Qf· tlle nephewta faults, according to · .;-·
the informant, was that ·the -nephew.1 s• ·~tner was nol 'like BRtJNt)
~n that ll~a the j'~be•11 st·w l• gqt ~l*11s son.. . .. ,· ~ .. ' · ·

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It is to be noted that -ANGELO BRUNO has a sister,

JOSEPHINE GRASSO, who resides at. -'l8l~!;Bouth 9th Street,
Philadelphia, and that MICHAEL GRASSO.:is probably her Bon.
. ~in January l.961..sa1d. that he had definitely
iearned ~LO BRUNO had' a.-.,very .close relationship with
P!-..,
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the MAGGIO brothers, in parti'cular PETER MAGGIO, because BRUNO
at times called PETER MAGGIO his· -brother. · In addition, ~
said that individuals need ~uidance and apparently BRUNO
attM.buted . much of hi a success- t ·o the fact 'that MICHAEL
MAGGIO (a~ceasec), tether of Jthe MAGGIO boys, had furnished
"guidance 11 ~o BRUNO rrior to.: MICHAEL...MAGGI0 1 s death.

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c. CR.Il4INAL ASSOCIATES '

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aid in November · that ANGELO
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h ted dis ussion with· BRUNO, accordingll''
to , calls ~e ated the following ~
in orma on that O"on .. that day: .·
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r~ . Philadelphia/· apparently, ~qcoroj.~g · t • •elief ,.. 'to
straighten out a misunderstanding . . . 1.' BR ~. s informant
that he, BRUNO, had been elected ·to-'·be a ' 1representative·11 to
"the commission. 11 BRUNO allege~Uy" went to.. ·New York and had
a meeting with unknown 1nd1vid.u als··wh6 ·t old .. BRUNO · that he
should get along th ·At-·, this· time" BRUNO had .been
associated with or- ..approximate·ly ·twelve years. ·~
~nformant state at BRUNO··.Until..; a "recent .. date r e g a r d e d _ . . .
~ery highly. He stated BRUNO had said of that he
looked on him as a father an~ ·"' had· · res ecte wife as
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a sister a:1d he appreciated wife:ts n crest in ·calling
~~~\ ~. BRUNO' s wife, SUE, during the"" - mes.· that BRUNO was out of town.
:~i~;·%:*; Informant said that B;:UNO clalmed · he was agreeable to remaining
an associ i;>-te o~bu.t that~egan spreading stories
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apparently unfa~to BR~O and BRUNO had heq.rd these stories.
did this in spite of.. ·BRUNO's efforts-- to get "the boya 11
to ~uppcrt-BRUNO told the : informa.n t he had heard
;~~=~d a~¥~·1orabl~ "~;;~entt ~g.a~~ng' him 1'rom .a
BRUNO told the informant- after ·ag·reeing, app~
~ecne in N·Jw Y::n:>l{, t~~-t - he-' w9uld get along w i t h -
~took liberti(:: s to do ··things·· which BRUl~O - did not ·
explain to the infor mant other than that~pparently - ·
allowed himself the J.1.berty of talking t~ BRUNO said
t h a t - c l a i m e d that he · ·h ad· to --Ycome out" at .the apparent
meet~ildwood .• N.J., because · the ; mat~er · ,,.1as delicate
and involved both BRUNO an~· BRUNO; however, · told the
informant there wa.s no meet~at the business of the
meeting was not true. BRUNO' ·a.lso "told the informant that if such
a met'!ting was t~lace ·ak1d · something was to happen,__...
should say that~ shouldcall him and tell him {B~
such a thing since, "I, BRUNO, am the representative.' . .

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BRUNO, ace~ seemed to be provoked b'1C
with~becaus~did not conduct himselr properly ·
in connection with an apparent meeting that was held at an
unknown date i~t in Wildwood, N.J. He said BRUNO
explained that~ad not acted properly because he tried
to hide certain matters from BRUNO. BRUNO also told the
informant thatllllllllllrappar~ obstinate and did not
listen to people who came to........,.to try to jffliooth over the
relationship ~parently was developing rric·t ion insofar
as BRUNO and._.,.were colcerned. BRUNO told the informant
that PETER, apparently PETER MAGGIO, had tried to talk to
d JOHNNY, which th !nformant indicated . mfl.y have
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' been JOH CASABLANCA of Trenton N.J., 'a friend of BRUNO, and
JIMMY all tried to talk t
BRUNO told the informant
with negative .results.
had also in.the past made
FERNANDO so mad that FE was reaching for a knif"e but
he did not kno~ what the significance of this ~as.
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. ---J3RUN'O told the informant he was so broken up over
~conduct that he, BRUNO, wanted to move to Florida
~BRUNO · seemed perturbed because the breakup was over
nothing, "like a snowball that f'ell 0ff a mountain and got
worse and worse."

BR~ he could not do anything f o r - ·

now but told.......,.that he may be able to do s-m~r
~in four ·or six months. He explained to that
-ne-wouid do POLLINA no harm but would only d o - moo • ~
speaking of settling accounts, BRUNO said to thatlllllllllllllll
had claimed "gambling" was of' absolutely no ere t to him

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and seemed hurt because he, had claimed he had taken

plenty of chances just because of friendship. BRUNO told the
informant this~ mean much because they had taken chances
together with -
BRUNO told hat they,whom he did not identify,
even wanted to throw out of "the family" but that~
BRUNO, "Didn't go for it. BRUNO told the informant t h a t _ _ .
said that the actions against him were, "No consideration for
a Christian who had pcured out his heart and blood and it would
~,, ..,._, ,_;... be better if he wer~ad, killed, or something and that
because of this he,111111111111111 must suffer for all the rest of
his life. 11 BRUNO said he expla1l_led to·. . . . . that there was
a lot of pressure and that a lot of people were not satisfied,
even before he, BRUNO, was with ~ 'the commission" and in !'act
the dissatisfaction was even. bef9~e ~!'.t_he commission. 11
In speaking to the informan~, BRUNO told him there
was $33,000 which may be in Italy. In this conversation BRUNO
indicated to the informant that he knew an ALBERTO and RAFFAELE
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(phonetic) but did not indicate his connections with these
. -'1i'>''~,, ind~viduals. BRUNO also said that he had made an agreement
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?-~.;~:~.~ with them and would not have made this agreem~nt that dissolved
.,.;~;~2~ the pact if~had acted differently, but now it was too

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~riH should have gotten ou when he recei_ved the ~aren tly
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in connection with some fine leyied _ ~ainat~t an
unknown time in the past. . :... -. - _- ~· : ·:.
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\i·:i·:.~¥.;l Informant believed ·tn~tM:he J who had attempted -
lf'"' -~{~~ to st ighten the matter out .with 1ght have been
·:t i~{~ JIMMY URCO (phonetic b he .· exp a !le that he wa·a not certain
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~ ~ . of th • BRUNO told that things had gotten so that

FILIP _.(phonetic), HNNY C,AJ)R_·(phonetic), .and PAPPY (CARL
PAPPY P,.OLITO) all wanted to know what \'./~B wrong ~etween .. BRUNO
and
BRUNO t o l d - h e had advised~hat
- was not paying anyt.hing but was "just losing his
position." BRUNO told the informant that .__,seemed very
unhappy at this ~pparent breakup and claim~ BRUNO could

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do anything he wanted to beqause he .was a representative of f.~c
"the commission." He again said he tolct-.-rhe would have pf'
to p!'o~f with other; ,·p~ople. an_~ t~e in time ... ,~
he a n d - would be in Q.µ.a,1.ne::J.S; ~ag.ai_n.• _.. .: .,,,,,
BRUNO mentioned t.h.ai:l l l i l l h;a.·:.~een. i'lith a group
including BRUNO in New Yor~~Jarut. c13RUN.Q_ had. .told RICCARDO .
and apparently RICCARDO at this time told BRUNO that1hey did
not want _ . . f o r a boss. BRUNO sa1d~had claimed
that the people in New York WPR: ...appq._r.eQ;tly <lid not want~him
111111111111119 as boas were told that the1'"differences .between
~o were not a famil~~at;-:'.whiG.Q. tim~ the : .: '~pac
was made between BRUNO a n d _ . . ,,. I ei3RUNO told the informant

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that TOMMY had told him to -get _a Jong ~~1th~ BRUNO said
he told~e was ~alking t .O:·OARL . .
proof o~a TOMMY BARREN ::-.(Ph.on~~·iG.:).
0 al'ld a
d c~lled .h,im,
BRUNO, and told him about t~e -.m1sunder.stan _ing between. BRUNO
and acco.tding_·.to :irlj'.o.rma.tio~earned
from BR o, was to he was not wanted as a representa'tive
and BRUNO said that he had not wa.nted to associate, apparently
with "the commission," but _ . a d, ..sa4.d,: "Don .1.t say that."
BRUNO told--t h~~-~he~~~;~:~b-~e~; fly~ a great
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deal a.nd that 1 t was lonesome·· as· 11e :had :to. fly alone. · He
mentioned to the informan~ h.e . harl .bem· away. for f.our weeks
prior to November 1960 and aru;?arent).y· ·had ~·b.een "1n Florida.
BRUNO a~ told the informant~ thatJ:,':BR01'lNIE ._.. · .
(RAYMOND ARYLENSKI, owner of Brown-Novel~y Company, ..~oo4 -· .
Vision S eet, Trer.ton, N.J ... .):.'11ac:t.;tJ.aci :a heart ! attack. · ·....
He also said that CARL (CARL :PAP.fY '·I .f PO~l'l'O) . was in the .
hospital with a hernia operation: ,~Q " .th.3;t :I -PPOLITO haq a bad
heart and they had ~be ca.ref'ul. . He ·;-aa1d. ·BRUNO. also·. told him__ ·
l •-""CHA!,UE.S (CHARLES I. OSTELLQ~ \·:&>wner.· oJ> J .• -·c.-· Vending Company,
947 Southard Stree , Trenton., ~J.• } i wa&:.\:B.1ck • . B}1UNO · :
said that he had also called. : Mr·.:-.~.AMADO:··the·. p,revious night
about 10:30 p.m. · and was wa1·t 1ng.. for; ~ch.e.cks ·'-to c.lear the .bank
before he would return t~.~;1~~~~:'. ~~,~~e;,to~l~w1ng ·Mo~day
or Tuesday.
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BRUNO .and
LARRY met him that day and LARR.Y's sister, BETTY WEISMANTLE, l...'Jfitl'
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and her husband, FRANK WEISMANTLE, Who op~~ate a gift ehop • lif'
in the Singapore Hotel on Miami ·'Beach, had ' an' argument ' with _ l .1
TOMMY COHEN (phonetic), man~er of this hotel. It was said ...,..
that COHEN was holding back ~2,700 he had collected for sales
that guests had charged at the WEISMANTLE Gift Shop and that
BRUNO to straighten out the· matter had called DAVE GLASS at
GLASS' hotel in Miami. ~lso t~ld~ that MARIO
MAGGIO, PETER' s brothe~al1ed .._r..ir., AMADO in Miami, Fla.,
at Plaza 7-2624 to help straighten out LARRY 1 s sister 1 s
difficulties with TOMMY COHEN~ He told the ~nformant that
AMADO or maybe TOMMY COHEN, a~cord1;%)g , to BHUUO, was "supposed
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to be tied with JIMMY HOFFA. u.;;.
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- said to the .. informant- ·that BRU:i'SQ ·told GLASS,
· "When you are doing this .favor· you are - doing '"this for me."
n Janu.aryMl 61, BRUNO, _·according to information
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given t tol to order=- f'lowers - for GUIDO
DI MARCO. said e had ordered ·floral arrangements at
$30.00 a piece for ANGELO BRUNO and · his. family, the MICHAEL
MAGGIO family, POZI, not f~rther- ide~tified, J OHNNY CASABLANCA,
. \ and CHARLES COSTELLO, who are friends: of - ANGELO · BRUNO. '
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that SALV~/\OGIO'lbro ther-.in-law who had been ste a ling ~"'rC
from them was named PA ALVANCANO. ~ told~that he I"
had been talking with UNo·that d~o wha~AGGIO brotherf
• should do in regard to JOE MARAGL.IA and FRANK PALERMO, who also
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-, has b-een stealing in the past from the MAGGIO brothers. It

was said that MARAGLIA was bull-headed and that he should be
beaten up which would soften him up in the future and would
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stolen from the MAGGIO company. _.-added that BRUNO told
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him that JOE should be beaten in Philadelphia because if
the people who were to beat him should be apprehended BRUNO Iii
and his associates could get these individuals before a Judge ~I~
with whom they have influence.~said BRUNO mentioned ~
they would use 11 DAYLIGHT" and ~y "BUMPER" to do the
beating and that PAPPY (CARL PAPPY IPPOLITO) would go along
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as a friend. ·
- said that also said BRUNO
had told~had a couple .of Irisn kids in North Philadelphia,
one of · whom was on probation for five years. Another was
'identified as ROY and ROY particularly was a good kid who had
·proved himself previouswin apparently beating someone. BRUNO
told~according to that he, BRUNO, would not use
ROY t'O"""'krrl anyone but on y on beatings and that if you use
any one to kill you have to have guys 'that you respect.~
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t'.:'t~''i-" thataay-arld that BRUNO intended to receive this call at FRANK
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DAM~~O' s place at 740 Christian Street, Phi-ladeiphia, .Pa.

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>;~.::-.~~ ~stated that ~told 'him that FAT
i'.(:!1'.;~:r; ALVANCANO, SALVATORE MAGGI0 1 s~uld be sent out of
' town . BRUNO t o l d _ . that day that he could possibly send
PAT out of the country to the Dominican Republic where · PAT would
have to remain for six months working 1n an "arcade." BRUNO
told the informant that PAT, if he . proved himself, could start
at about $150.oo ·a week and could make up 'to $200.00 or $250.00·
weekly, and besides working in the arcade he would have to make
collections from machines. BRUNO told the inform~nt that PAT
,f~ f,,~, could not gamble. or get in trouble 1n the Dominican Republic,
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because BRUNO would know every move he made inasmuch as all
of the people down there were "rats."
t~~{~~ · BRUNO also told 1111111111 that maybe PAT could work
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that PHIL ESTA, who ~orks wit~een ~ by the.,,.-
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Police on hat or the previous day but had been released.
"' Apparentl PHIL TESTA had been pick~p up for questioning in
regard· to numbers activity~ ~also · told~
that day that he had taken $~Broad ·street Trust
Cotnpany where an employee, ·FRANK DE ·.NATO. (phonetic),· had
changed the !;jfioo in ten..;d?~7a:r:.~,"11ls . to . ~l0,000 in one

:~:r:~:~~l~~~~n~o~;~~~t~~· ~~~e~~~;n;;iu!:n"!~ed
from Pittsb gh, Pa., and .tbat _unlmown _individuals in
Pittsburgh, a., had asked ·.WEI?;ERG~-·ito.:.. learn from BRUNO
information reiiilr.ardina CHARLE NATJ:O. BRUNO indicated he · __. ~: c
...would do this sa1d. J ;p_ the~ MAGGIO. brothers were now
worried about e ng questioo~~ \ bY the police in regard to the
thefts at ' the· MAGGIO Chees~ Company. ·
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D. CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES

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On January 13, 1961~·- said ne· had learned

that an individual named SNUFfY: had: previously borrowed money
from ANTONIO POLLINA but that he· hGLd--recently
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borrowed money
believing this money was loaneq ~~y · POLLINA= but actually the
money loaned belonged to ANGELO ' BRUNO.· ~said that
~SNUFFY apparently paid SALVATORE .f1.APGIO~OO.OO on this account
and owed about $50.00 addt~1~. ·- · · ·

This informant
described BRUNO 1 s home as ..be~ -:in :a_c.poor· ·s ection and poorly
furnished. ' · ·' ·· !..· _, • . :.. • •· • '

During Decemb~r ..J.~,......,~UN~·,s 'b~the,,:j,Z.,

in-lawl according t~ · m~de. arrang~menta with so~
operate a crap game in the · se~tft··Ph~l~delphia s e c t i o n . _ , 11'
1a7c,
did not know if BRUNO was · copriect~d.>·~±th 'tth:ts era~ game - or
not, but 1 t was believed the'·'gaJ')\e would bring in $1, 500 a
week 1 20 percent of which ' would ·be ·:taken (jff apparently for
police protection. - - e a i . had indicated to
him that FERGUSON ~ CLARENCE J. FERGUSON, Ph~1ade1phia
Police Department} was being paid of~ by ~rently
was in on the operation or the card game. ~Ul.ao
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told ~ that he felt sure that ANGELO BRUNO was also

money to captain FERGUSON. ~ said that . . . . . ,

Ma 1
indicated BUDDY {BUDDY . CIA~rom 6th St~n
elphia has contacts with a · lot. of Police and other
individuals to obtain protection.

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- also stated ·. th~t ··d~ring December 1960 PHIL

• TESTA to~hat he was 1n-.ithe .numbers . business and that
he knew that TESTA was closely~··assoc1ated with ANGELO BRUNO.
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E. LEGITIMATE ENTERPRISES
In january 1961 A.NGELO ·BRUNO told ~hat he
had a cigarette vending machine business in Florida and had
thought of sending PAT, brother-in-law of SALVATORE MAGGIO,
to Florida to work there but '·he -had ' changed his mind because
PAT could not make any money· ~workiQg "'·t here •.,
BRUNO also told 11111-~~~~-~~~:· ~AMADO of Miami, Fla.,
may be associated with BRUNO·~n -~hi&iECi~arette vending machine
business in Florida.
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- stated th~'t BRUNO also told him that-'an

individual whose identity was not disclosed to~wanted
to buy some big route in Philadelphia that wo~a lot
of money and this person was ..going to- '!carry BRUNO" but that
this person woulC: actually :be' ~h~· bos-s. · ·~ He' also mentioned that
apparently this business venture -was :1n -some way connected with
LOU CAMPBELL of Newark, N.J., bu~could not learn any
additional information regarding ~iness venture •
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F. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT AND

HANGOUTS FREQUENTED

~.!~uary 1961.- stated that BRUNO mentioned /:IZ,,·

~~ ~!:a;~~...ng t~· ea~ · a~j~ r- ~~~,~~ant ~n- the 500 block

ANGELO BRUNO toi"d .'--:~n Nevember 1960 that he

·traveled a great deal and · .indicated • that ·. most of his travel
·was by air and that he had traveled alone.
In January 1961 . BRUNO toldlllllllhe was driving a
1960 Buick but the informant did not ·see the Buick and did not knc
whQnit belonged to or if it - ~a& registered to BRUNO.
- stated he had·= ;ec~~·~ly obse.rv~a·
BRUNO driving ~~
a 1956 black Ford Sedan with Florida Registration.
On October 31, 1960, SA bserved
1956 Ford with Flori ~~ Registration lll 9t~ ) p&rked in front
BRUNO' a residenc e, 934 Snyder Avenue, Ph~l adelphia, Pa.
By letter dated December l, 1960, the Miami Office
advised that this Florida Registratien was for a 1956 Ford
owned by CHARLES I. COSTELLO, 1710 N.W. 172nd Street, North
Miami, Fla. Further, the Miami City Telephone Di.rectory
indicates that MICHAEL ALU resided at this address.
It should be noted that JOSEPH J. COSTELLO, aon of
CHARLES I. COSTELLO, on April 19, 1960, . as previously reported,
advised that CHARLE3 I. COSTELLO was a cousin of ANGELO BRUNO
but not r1ret cousins. He also identified JOHN SIMONE, aka
JOHN CASABLANCA, as a friend or his father, CHARLES I. COS'lELLO.
COSTELLO owns · the J. c. Vending Company or Tren~on, N~J.

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Miami letter
November 30, 1960,
Miami, Fla. , that ALU was
but uses the res ence or a winter home
ly semi-retired with a permanent residence
of Trento9 N.J. He stated ALU drives a 1959 Cadill~c hard top
with 1960 New Jersey Registrat1on ALW 632. did not
know COSTELLO or BRUNO.
By letter dated
advised that the files of
checked by SA
ROSE AI.U resi
employed as a dye
·N.J., since 1935.
address.
The records of New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles
shows that ALU was issued a dr1ver 1 s·license March 25, 1960,
at the above address and indicated ALU was born November 1912
in Italy, was 517 11 tall, weighed 140-160 pounds, with brown
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American Oamblins Activities,
Havana. Cuba
By letter dated October 7 Division
adviaad that on Septembor 25, 1958,
Ham11t 'l'ounsh1 Police Dapartmont,
SA
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that ha was. recently told that ANOE.LO b'!C
BR ' PY'' IPPOLITO \?ere both encue;od in the
operation of o. gambling casino 1.., Havana~ Cuba.
Fh1ladelph1a Confidential Intormantllllllon
September 15, 1958, advieecl that. AlmEW BRUHO~ soma
bue1r..3GB intoreote in Cuba, the nature or which were unkno\'m
to the jnfornu.nt. Informant beli~vad tha.t BRW10 m1Ght have
~nveatmenta 1n a gambling establishment 1n H:lvo.na.
Tllis 1n1·ormant on October 7, 1957, l1.dv1~ed that
BRUHO t1a& thun definitely livir>.£1; in Florida o.nd tr\!vcl1ng
betweon Miami and Cuba \~·hara he ha.d eome lt1ncl or e;ambl1ng
operation eoing, together with a man from T~nton, N.J.,
whooe identity was unknown to tho 1.nrormant.
By letter dated llovembor 5, 1950. tho Newark
Division advised t h a t . h ed loarned i'rom fh1laool.£;h1a
Confidential Inrorman on October 2J, 195~. that a
gr0up or N(;W Jorsey ra. m~n, numbering appro>tim:.Ltely 35,
had orsanizad in a sroup to establish a gambling casino in
Havana, \d th each 1 d l contributing an ilVur.;;.e;a or
$10 1 000 to $15,000. oa1d that CARL "PA?i:'Y' Ii-POLITO
was ooo ot tho N J. racltotoers involved
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id not kru>~1 11' BRUNO

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.i ~n Novemb~r 6, 1958, s~1d trut BR:UUO was
· det1n1~ . Florida or Havana at that t11':1e and that
he hJ.d Nc~ntly been told thu.t DRUNO had a " i,1cc~ ·· of th~
Hotel ll.lc1onale at ffaV'1ll:l, Cuba.

It was aloo res.•ortod thJ.t on Janu ~.r.:t 1, 1959,

shortly ~ftQr tha departvra or rormcr Cuban ·r~oid~nt
FULGENCIA BA'l'IS'i'A. from Cuba, a mob entered ;;.ncl wrecked
th<? eambling casino 1n tho Hot~l flaza. Tho equlpr.t~nt
was taken by tha mob out into tho street and d~strcyed
and burned.

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liaV.;i!U,, Cub.i. f ur~h e r 1 thJ.t ~llv il the Cub;.Ul I.l: ... ~1v:c .io11 b:-ok~
ou.t,, DH!Jl!C, u:l \l.Jll ao oth~~ 1;p.r:.1.>lars h~ H.:iv;. r. ., ~ i' l •t d to H1am1.

On Jun~ lu and lJ, l~~ J ..:n\; l onu d th~t

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-v.,,,~~><:,.~ "· CALAJWlO never beard of or knew ANGELO BRUNd. ,. "BRUNO 'a nd CALAMARO became ••~"';"· :-·· ..
.~'i\'j. : acquainted 11hen- these two plus three other individuals, names un~sclosed,
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obtain lower prices. The organization ~was not successf ul but a close
friendship developed between BRUNO and. CALAICARO. CALAMARO r~gards ANGELO
-BRUNO as his best fr~end. Their daughters are close friends. ANGELO
BRUNO several years ago financed a vacation for CAI.AMARO in Florida, where
CALAlfARO reouperated from a heart attack. qAIJ.MARO characterises HWNO
as •the moat honest man I know.• A person ~ho •likes anyone who t.akee
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t::': ' ~~ •i~~- · BRU O had an interest in a gambling ·casino in Havana~ This casino was : --
~~-: .~t; "if.J~ · not 1identif'ied. Interest in a gambling · casino . i~ purchased according to
t --· .' --~~r'"':~·;, •points;.• Each "point" being similar to a st.ock· certitioate,· has a .definite
~(:-~ ~)-.:~-~~~·'.: value. The owners of these "points" · sh8re in th~ profits· according to the
~ ;~1~{ · ,.. . number of "points• they own. To ~g?Doperations -the · · 11 point~ ·owners have .
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.~i~.·t t~~ •"· cheated•~~To obtain a license fra.-~h& eumn:.: uoverment o~ -baa . to 1>&1':- · . '-i~·-=dr7! ·~·
';i;; - !~ " · :· · :: l2S,ooo • . To establish a gambling casino takes frClll ·one to two million · _
- if:: .; " dollars. Gambling originat ed in Cuba because MEIER LANSKY supported -
~~t '. . ". FUWENCIO BAPTISTA in obtaining power· and return to otfioe.' CALAMAP.O 1!&&
\;" . ", · asked i f MEIER LANSKI controlled .t~ · gamblil'g in Cuba.. "He 1..mp~ed that··
:.-~~. _ . . ' LANSCY bad previously absolute cont.lto1•-.of ·the-- gambling 'in ,. Cuba but ,at
~~ L~- -~ : · .~\~L -,-;.:.,the present· time 1 -1 t was amended·' so· that CA.LA.MARO ·implied that BRUNO' and other :-'·-·-.
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~<!-, ~:!.:~· v a cationing i.Ild gambling in Cuba • .-1Ue .S.fl~d •.th~ Cuban •conomy was based
~~~ primaril;r on sugar and distillerl.es .~d...:.'t'Jl&~;,th.is .was not enough to support
· ~ ·.. · . the Cuban people. He aaid the Qu~ pe.qple_a~e miserably poor and that the
1:: ·,:.:··... best ~~ob• were for the C~~ J>e._opl.~- W: <>bi.in emplo~nt in the
~,.~~~i:1 .~·1·~~. gambling .oasinos and night clubs.Jl ..~ 1~. i~c~_N.ft._ American operated. · ;_; ~-" .:~f_: ·
~~4~ ~~.They can earn ae high as $250. a ;•~·- .:.:t'J'_h~ 1 9u~- p,ople 1-ttend. ecbo_ o ls for · ·'":
~/\ ~''. app~x:illately a six month durati~. ~-·.lr~!lm -~- ,to d~al cards· and. .work in ·. ....,,,"'
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not maey Jmericana would go to Hay~,(:) ;, _,._;,~,, , 1 :•-
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Republic. He did not furnish the· l~~~~on · ·o~ t_~is ~useme~t .P~rk but
implied that it was quite large and presentit in operation.

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BroAUSE BRlBO IS ALLJ1&ED TO HAVE CQMMI'rl'ED GANGLAND

EXJlPUTiarn JN THE EAST, HE SHOULD BE CCJfSIDEl?ED DANG!ROUS.

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ADHINISTRATIVE DATA
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investigation of <\NGELO BRUNO.

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