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s Havana 94-13 3/6/58 . pews Wa: fires tt ie Mr. VAUGHAN \said that. Ambassador SMITH was sup- y posedly the only American in Cuba who knew that this had s 4 ™s transpired but that he (VAUGHAN) had learned it from TOMPKINS bee ee ae ae f because of a close personal friendship that he has with TCYPKINS, |: According to VAUGHAN, TOMPKINS believed that by forcing LANSKY. --}: out of Cuba and back to the United States » enough bad publicity “lc could be brought to bear on LANSKY to make him “tell what he Qknows about the Anastasia murder." (s . SS ; -1) Ora) . > The Office of the Legal Attache, Havana, has noticed N recent development of a strong reluctance to furnish informa- . & biela dsl ce Ku Gakid Sp The Legal Attache, Havana requests that the informa- tion furnished by Mr. VAUGHAN not be revealed to anyone outside - the Eureau since it would jeopardize the source. In the event . the Bureau desires to make available the information furnished E by SD conc rnin. the comments made to him by high - Cuban officials, GERAD i acncits should not be revealed : ro Sufficient extra copies of this letter have been prepared so that the Bureau may forward copies to New York Pr and Miami Offices captioned file as well as files on _ ; MEYER LANSKY and For that purpose six copies pay | are furnished the pureau, and in addition four copies are ~ furnished for New York as well as three copies for Miami “en (Information). ty e a \y ion on the part of some important American gamblers who pre- : ® XS viously had been developed to the point where they were willing . m Nt ~~ to furnish some information his office. Based on the infor- iy ° -49 qq mation set forth above ‘ron (alain it would appear that : 2 ‘ = ~N these gamblers have receive niormation from high Cuban of- : Re s( y ficials that the Amer can Embassy was behind MEYER LANSKY's Cb exclusion from Cuba. SW) (89(u) s \ v) XN aN ~- *pre ord —_ J iy i |