Resorts International

Resorts International began as the Mary Carter Paint Company, which under James Crosby bought into the Bahamas in the 1960s, acquired Paradise Island, and in 1968 shed its paint division to become a casino company [S1]. Its Bahamian vehicle "Resorts International Limited" (incorporated 22 June 1965, within Stafford Sands' documented June-1965 incorporation wave) is one of only two entities in the circulating ICIJ "Overworld" table confirmed genuine — its Nassau registered address cluster tracks the full Crosby → Trump → Griffin → Sun International/Kerzner ownership chain [S2][S3]. The recurring "CIA front" characterization is hedged journalism ("widely considered," Denton & Morris), and its principal modern promoter has partially retracted it [S1]. In 1970 the company stood up Intertel, a private intelligence subsidiary. An 18 Aug 1976 CIA Office of Security memo on "the Bahama gambling group" behind Resorts is preserved in the NARA JFK releases [S4]. See Offshore Finance Network (UAP Lore Audit).

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[S1] Resorts International | Wikipedia URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resorts_International Accessed: 2026-07-20 [S2] RESORTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED registered address | ICIJ Offshore Leaks node 33000138 URL: https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/33000138 Accessed: 2026-07-20 [S3] "The Birth of Resorts International and the Underworld-Overworld Nexus" | Peter Grant, Medium URL: https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/the-birth-of-resorts-international-and-the-underworld-overworld-nexus-87fa2e151f16 Accessed: 2026-07-20 [S4] NARA JFK Release 104-10059-10041 (docid-32345417), CIA OS memo 18 Aug 1976 URL: https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/docid-32345417.pdf Accessed: 2026-07-20