Record

Hearing

1975-11-20

U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee), interim report

Church Committee report, p. 308: Senator Baker's additional views on the underworld and Havana gambling

In his additional views Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. writes that the evidence 'strongly suggests' the underworld wanted Castro gone because his actions barred its control of the Havana gambling enterprises. It is a Senator's reading, not the committee's finding.

Date: 1975-11-20
Kind: hearing
Source: U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee), interim report
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A report of the United States Senate. A work of the United States Congress, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

In the “Additional Views of Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.” at printed p. 308 (PDF p. 312) of S. Rept. 94-465, Baker writes that the evidence “strongly suggests that the underworld was also quite interested in getting rid of Castro because of his actions, barring their control of the Havana gambling enterprises.” He sets this alongside the evidence that Roselli regarded the plots as a government project.

The passage is one Senator’s reading of the record in separate views. It is not the committee’s finding. It names Havana gambling generally and does not name any casino or person other than Roselli.

itemChurch Committee report, pp. 77 and 80-82: Trafficante, Miami and CubaPassages of Senate Report 94-465 that identify Santos Trafficante as 'the Cosa Nostra chieftain in Cuba' and record Rosselli's account of a Miami meeting at the Fountainebleau Hotel, which Maheu denied.