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ae Tae bre Los Angeles report by : dated 11-9-61, Re: MARVIN ROB COLE, aka. = AR. Details of report contain a section headed ASSOCIATES, One of the individuals about whom {information is set out is MEYER LANSKY, b2. Excerpt from information concerning LANSKY states: _._ Me es C1? ett Bt terete teens fete tess Teer? nveste n e ancho ‘egas Rote n s Vegas, Nevada, e stock of this hotel, interest in the Bl it 734 after a few months, associated with BENJAMIR i of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, esas Source stated that SIEGEL | represented the "Eastern Mob" eeseths source said that he a@id not know but assumed that the leaders of the group he termed the "Eastern Mob" were FRANK COSTELLO and MEYER LANSKY, ee. lding Source stated that based on his experience and sources he concludes that considerable money is being divided among the mobsters on which tax ia not paid, .... p. 16 He continued that there are legitimate people who are investors in the various hotels but that their invest- ments, in all probability, are purely investments in the real estate for which they draw six persent or less and do not share in the lucrative profits skimmed from the casino operations. He estimated that the take off the top in the casinos runs into many millions each year and that this 1s all handled in cash end dis- tributed by courier. As an sxamole af possible Nacittimata tinvaetoarea mao TA ~~ ih Rp 2G i rwe wu Aw ao a-+* wor _ mu named FRANK SINATRA. He said that he believes that FRANK SINATRA probably does not shere in profits from the casinos even though SINATRA is well known as being a- an associate of certain mobsters. He expressed the opinion that the various casinos bring in many legit=- imate well known individuals to make it aspear that the entire operation is legitimate,