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bz b7D CONGADCNTIAL The following references in the file captioned "Political Matters-Mexico", contain information concerning a travel ban placed on Frank Sinatra by the Mexican Government for his participation in the motion picture "Marriage on the Rocks”. This film was a satire of Mexican divorce laws and depicted certain Mexican border towns in a bad light. On 9/29/66, Jack Valenti, motion picture executive and former Special Assistant to President Johnson, contacted Mexican Ambassador, Hugo B. Margain, to intercede for Sinatra. Valenti sug- gested that Sinatra be inVited to the Acapulco Film Festival to show that everything was all-‘right. The Ambassador stated that he would arrange for this. The Byreau learned, on 10/25/66, that Ambassador Margain had been advjsed by the Mexican Foreign Minister that they were quite ' anxions te settie the Sinatra case but that it was not desired that Sinatra attend the Acapulco Film Festival since this festival had world wide publicity and it might appear that Mexico was bowing down to Sinatra. Arrangements could be made, however, for Sinatra to enter Mexico a week or so after the festival. (2-8 REFERENCE SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER 109-12-221-1609 p.2 auf -1630 p.1,2 1 f The Las Vegas Office advised that in 1961, the Cal-Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe, was parchased by the Frank Sinatra group. As of November 1966, Sinatra was attempting to dispose of this property and it appeared logical, in view of the-fect that Barmey Perlman was licensed to operate it, that he would be interested in attempting to purchase it. tight TMT Pot encl. p.l 1 On 11/17/66 SED 2 21 508 that Carlos Marcello (92-2713) was acquainted with Frank Sinatra; however, informant did not know the degree of the assoclation, This serial indicated that Marcello was a leader in the LON in the New Orleans ‘area. «+e =- . 92-2713-437 p.29 (HW