Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10201-10432 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-106633-5 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NORRIS, JOHN A. JR. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 02/20/1962 PAGES: 29 SUBJECTS : JHO, FCH, BKG, RES, TRA, TEAMSTERS UNION ACT, IDENT RECORD DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/11/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : Ddéctd:32289656 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kerinedy Resassination Records Collecti on. Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Docld: 32269656 OATES, Mrts-2e17 Ne _. an oo FD-263 (Rev. £-12-55) , . - aan . ore FEDERAL BU REAU OF INVESTIGATION rg, REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN 3 aut i “—T]qNVESTIGATIVE PERIOD ——~—S~S~C . . SAN JUAN SAN JUAN Fee 20 1962} 1A6 - oA/foo FGI. TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY TYPED | i JOHN A.NORRIS, JR. zho " Fe CHAVEZ, aka. CHARACTER OF CASE ; Fra Ghaved TPs gore soporte re Foe ges pee VP __ TS-DSMOBBR NO OBJECTION 70 , DECLASSIFICAT:ON AND/OR, he iss ie RELEASE OF-ClA INFORMATION -) DA ATE. [O77 HIS DOCUMENT. Nn : bfod sv! 2 4 _ The title is marked "Changed". to, show. name (Sob Ag REZ. ’ of FRANK CHAVEZ,JR, as furnished by Lt. RAF ye REFERENCES: Classtied by San Juan airtel 1/16/62. Decay om : Bureau letter captioned * "ARTURO BSPAILIAT;13-DA". / 1/4/62. a ke SO, Avr - “gTRTED EXCEPT YD / LEADS: WORST AS SEERA GTS @ ae OTHERWISE." /\” § ALBUQUERQUE DIVISION ~~ | —_ a id » AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO . lod A Will attempt to verify subject's date of birth; It is noted that POPR records show CHAVEZ born 1 at Al- a buquerque, New. Mexico,( while information furnished by CIA, indteate: - birth date as 2/15/25 at Albuquerqué,\ 2 (Au j Lhe d\2 -10> CO CIAL AG ° _ . mmo “ot tT bat = @ sPEc CHA ARGE NET oat PAK. rate rule deen ~ONI,10th ND, Sa (By Hand) ) Adin 1!71st- INTC Detachment, SJ (By 40) 1-OSI, Ramey AF B (RM) ( (RRR) . | D-Albuquerque (RM Le i ATI he VY, Ve" 3 2-Los Angeles (RM 2Q— ind (rt) ; qe FEB 23 1992 5 | 7% ‘2 2-St, Louis (RM) 1s 3-san Juan {19 5396 ant A Ge 1 _ (159-17) x REQ. REC'D Seas VW Sy Gul DA"= FORW AAS ?ROPERTY OF FBI —This report i is loaned to you by "tho FBI, and tare its contents are fo Bee distributed outside the nears Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 | SJ 105-5396 ama | SEEN INFORMANTS: Identity of Source: Files Where Located: 134~-542-3 and a CEES ford BEDER ICR Vike | SJ T-2 is CS LA 3353-C Q4-32-1 SJ T-3 is Former sx 413-8 94-322 | SJ T-4 is SJ 346-S Characterization of : | - PEDRO GRANT | SJ T-5 is SJ 420-8 134~329A~ 134 through 14] | SJ T-6 is SJ 394-S 134~242A-, 260, 262 and 5 : SJ T-7 1s SJ 474-3 _ 105-3904 and | | SJ 7-8 is FREDDY CASTRO, Former Union organizer, Local 901 (By Request)159-17-38 * SJ T-9 is MM 768-C 105-3116-38 sx 7-10 Gs. ct oe dated . 12/11/61) sz T-11 Gs the Y) at Canadian Mounted Police (5) Legat Ottawa 105-3116-43 105-3116-45 SJ T-~12 is Col. SALVADOR ROIG 97-89-52 (NA), Division of Field Operations, POPR : (By requést) Source used for the characterization of the SLTDE was SJ 44o-s, -D~ COVER PAGE i, | . 1 | Docld: 32289656 Page 3
f° Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act OL 1932 ae ese Pro? i Hote). DATE: 11-14-7017 - ; ! { 1 "  §J 105-5396 \ ADMINISTRATIVE: CEPRET Teamsters Union, Local 901, subject of this report, is the subject-of the following pending cases in the San Juan Office: - FRANK CHAVEZ, aka.; San Juan File 159-17, Bufile 159-504, wherein San Juan Office ig following the local prose- “> .cution of CHAVEZ at Caguas on a charge of attempted murder in.aconnection with Union activities, ; { It is noted that FRANK CHAVEZ, Secretary Treasurer, i CHAVEZ is the subject of another matter captioned "PRANK CHAVEZ, San Juan File 159-15, Bureau File No, _, CHAVEZ is indirectly involved in case captioned" JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, Miscellaneous Information Concerning Accounting and Fraud Section,' Bureau File 63-5327 and case captioned "El Imparcial", Unknown Subject, Interstate Transportation - of Strike Breakers "Bureau File 6-190 and in file captioned "Criminal Influence in International Teamsters Union, Local 901; San Juan, Puerto Rico, Anti~Racketeering", Lieutenant RAFAEL ALVAREZ (NA), who is[sz T-1 aC btained report, advised that the information he furnishéd wa from FEDERICO VIRELLA, Public. Relations Official in the Local | 901 Teamsters Union, who is a'paid informant of the Police Department and operates under the cover name of "Ace", | | { | Lieutenant ALVAREZ advised that "Ace" could furnish no other information other thanthat set out and was unable to furnish any additional details regarding this information, Colonel SALVADOR ROIG (NA), POPR, advised that POPR had an investigation on ROLANDO HERRERA PEREZ. He stated that the POPR had developed an informant extremely close to FRANK CHAVEZ, whom he contacted on a daily basis, This individual is a delicate source of the POPR and ROIG requested that any investigation conducted based on information coming from the source should be most discreet to avoid compromising the informant, It is not known if the informant to which ROIG referred is the "Ace" mentimed above, -E~ COVER PAGE oe DoclId: 32289656 Page 4
. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote)., 5 = —— | C | C oo | SJ 105-5396 -SEERET | ROIG also requested that in ‘disseminating the informa- tion from POPR records regarding CHAVEZ, that it be paraphrased and/or properly protected to further conceal the source, Under separate communication, the Bureau is being in Canaday @ (At investigation in the Bahama Islands{ and wy in Canada. % (Bu . The report is classified "Secret" ‘because it containg . information so classified by fEhe Royal Canadian Mounted rolis8)(S ) It should be noted that the information furnished by ALVAREZ and. ROIG is classified "Confidential" by POPR ,and therefore,|in the event of downgrading of the information from. the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the report should be eclas- sified "Confidential". ($ )_, It is noted at the information furnished by CIA bore no classification, CO(Y) . Careful consideration was given to eaeh source concealed and T symbols were utilized only in those instances where the identities of the sourcesmst be concealed, \ The pretext: telephone call was made by SA JOHN A, NORRIS,JR. using a wrong number pretext. When efforts were made to determine who was speaking or whose number this was the unknown female stated it was a private number and refused to repeat the name. The number was dialed a second time and again the unknown female answered:"Union de Tronquistas", Fe. COVER PAG (05-[06)22% Docld: 32289656 Page 5
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) - 3.20 AEE: 325) ~14- 2017 ; aes SECRET C) | Uk:TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF SUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Naan AND ET? ¢ od 3S . 1~ONI, 10th ND, SJ (By pe Copy! 1-4718t INTC Bs 82, (By ap sy) (By Hand) TEL 1-OSI, Ramey AFB (RM) Wen NT Report of: _JOHN A,NORRIS, JRe Office: SAN JUAN ; Dates FEB 20 1962 * Fel | Field Office File #: '105=5396 Bureay File #: - | Title: N FRANK CHAVEZ ss TET ere a et el Nae Ys \ ans ‘savant Oi HER Classified by , . WY A Deciassify on: OADR Z NG ChacheHO(\ INTERNAL SECURTTY-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CUBA EY) : ana? CHAVEZ is also known as Frank Chavez; Jr; He was born 12/1/26./ _.2” at Albuquerque, New Mexico and is a U.S. citizen.He is | Pees N Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Union;Local 901, San Juan,~ 25) S Puerto Rico, He resides at 30 Doncella Street, Punta las ~ 22> ~ Marias, Atlantic View, Puerto Rico, CHAVEZ sent to Puerto Geis Rico in 1958 from Los Angeles, California.as personal repre-~ lee % sentative of JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, HAVEZ reported to have toid LU) Ot %¥ advocates of independence for Puerto: Rico that if they supported |\'O&%*% 2. him in strike against "El Imparcial'}yyhe would support them — = (us in their struggle for independenc eq ELESTE ANTONIA MATOS. aviv GONZALEZ, a.self~admitted courier Por the Dominican Republic, Sake in July, 1960, was ordered by Secretary of ARTURO ESPAILLAT, oaw#e SIM functionary, to deliver a letter to CHAVEZ, MATOS carried a reply from CHAVEZ to the Secretary of ESPALLLAT in Ciudad Trujillo, Later MATOS was instructed by the same Secretary to _go to San Juan- and verbally tell CHAVEZ to come to Dominican -—~ ‘Republic, An article in the 7/23/60 issue of "El Mundo", in-. ‘dicates that members of Teamsters and_ the ILA unloaded two: Dominican ape picketed by the SLIDE, ROLANDO AUGUSTO: HERRERA _ - publter es u, \1961, C i M196 » Oe Le your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DoclId: 32289656 at farm of ARTURO ESPAILIAT in Dominican Re- < public, (83 oa 12 a: fam information that ROLANDO HERRERA an@C i), CHAVEZ ontact relating to a shipment from. the Dominican ‘Republi nie e code name of "pedal pushers", In November, ey T-1(iedrned that -CHAVEZ was in the Bahamas Islands met“With various generals and TRUJILLO followers, On November 24, 1961,;ARTURO ESPAILLAT called by telephone one Mr, CHAVEZ at telephone #724-4729, San Juan, Puerto Rico; which ~ { number: is listed to the Teamsters Union, Local 901. _CHAVEZ SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. . | “tse ISA. -P- Rats FH DS * | E Te GF cuz This document contatns neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property f the Page 6
“Released under the John fF. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) “¢ 74 4 ay . tas SJ T-4 on Septembe Vi DoclId . DATE: 11-14-2017. — C | | | 5 | | | | oo : SJ 105-5396 CEORET Date of "he bet Dispo~ Arrest Charge sition April 19, 1961 Carrying arms; speeding; Released on $2,300 not obeying instruc- bond tions of a policeman Arrival in Puerto Rico: f Oh September 17, 1958, Sz T-2 OC that FRANK CHAVEZ who has been a business agent for Locdi 208 (line drivers), Interna- tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, Warehousemen, Chauffeurs and Helpers of America, was to have departed Los Angeles during the last ‘weekend for San Juan where CHAVEZ is to be the personal represen.-. tative of JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, Teamsters International President, CHAVEZ is to coordinate the merger between the Maritime. Union, the Longshoremen's Union and the Teamsters Union, which ,is planned by HOFPA, According to the source, CHAVEZ is an avid supporter of HOFFA and has been contacting other Teamsters localsin Southern California trying to line up support for HOFFA. The source stated that CHAVEZ was able to speak Spanish to a certain extent but that CHAVEZ refers to Mexicans as wet backs", Source stated that CHAVEZ has few scruples and is ésirous of promotion in the, H Sroup.s Rl pIC U | ZDRO. LAG RANT Pa a SJ T-3 on ‘September 26,1958 met PEDROAGRANT, ofganizer for the Seafarer International. Union (SIU) and was told that CHAVEZ was ,iy“San Juan and had taken up “office space with GRANT and VICTO ABOSCH, attorney. and regional director of the SIU, _ CHAVEZ in San Juan for the “yur purpose of organizing the Surface Transportation Workers, (uw) 22, 1959 advised that PEDRO AY GRANT attended a meeting of the Movimiento Pro Independencia de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Independence Movement) . (MPIPR) on September 21, 1959 and spoke on (2 4) :32289656 Page 7 co
So 105~-5396 ? SEUKEL Zr Sainturce, ‘Puerto Rico, on October 27,: 1961 advised SA's EUGENE L. PAYNE and STEVE D, EVANS as follows: | He is a “close friend of ARTURO. ‘ESPAILIAT, the former . Dominican. Consul General in New York City. He first met ESPAILLAT when they: were boyhood companions in Ciudad Trujillo. They served together in the Dominican Army and continued their friendship in New York City. When HERRERA was in New York. and was in need of money, ESPAILLAT furnished him with money . in amounts ranging from $20 to $100. This was done because HERRERA was broke and on the basis of their friendship. HERRERA stated he is acquainted with FRANK CHAVEZ , of the Teamsters Union in San Juan. He first met CHAVEZ in the Dominican Republic on a farm belonging to ARTURO ES-- PAILLAT near Ciudad Trujillo, HERRERA believes this meeting took place approximately eight to ten months previously. CHAVEZ was visiting ESPAILLAT and was enjoying himself drinking when ESPAILLAT introduced HERRERA to CHAVEZ, ESPAILIAT said he hoped CHAVEZ would be able to assist HERRERA to obtain a better job in San Juan, When HERRERA returned to the San Juanarea, he contacted CHAVEZ on six or seven occasions in the Teamsters office, but when he realized that CHAVEZ would not be able to help him, HERRERA discontinued his contacts with CHAVEZ. HERRERA stated he has not attempted to arrange for de- iivery of any material to CHAVEZ and knows of no business connection that CHAVEZ has or had either with ESPAILLAT or the Dominican Government. na) §J T-12 on March 6, 1961\AdVised he has. Yeceived | information that ROLANDO /HERRE a Dominican and naturalized United SG s citizen, was in contact with FRANK CHAVEZ. SJ T-12 aid his information indicates that HERRERA was rie with CHAVEZ very often during November, . 1960. relating to a shipment expected from the Dominican Repu This shipment was given the code name "pedal pushe gic it itLu) Hote). DATE :. ,i1i- 14- 2017. ; 7 | exact nature of the shipment is unknown to Bs T~12 is expected that it refers either to firearms, bombs, arti- facts and related equipment. At first it appeared that this shipment was coming from the Dominican Republic by a ship belonging to RAFAEL ABREU. Later it appeared the shipment would arrive by air. It further was indicated that should _ com erence, aww ith DoclId: 32289656 Page &
leased Hote). “¢ under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 DATE: 11-14-2017 > - SJ 105-5396 . a ; uf gal the shipment arrive by air it would be vs ORE Docactee, Consul for delivery to FEDERICO VIRELLA of the Teamsters Union, - , ; bs t-12 (a out that while " 2} pushers" had not been specifically tgentified, [Ss 2-18p of the opinion( ul] that they have not yet arrived in- erto Rico, _.. % Senne * &s T-12 AL d it is believed that FRANK OHAVEZ is collaborating with the regime of RAFAEL/ TRUJILLO, but the exact nature of thecollaboration is unknown, ~ ° - B3 T-12 G it is believed that CHAVEZ has‘ promised TRUJILLO that Dominican shipping arriving in Puerto” Rico would be unloaded in spite of. attempted boycott and pickets, in exchange for which CHAVEZ is_paid by the TRUJILLO Government, The exact nature of the payoff is unknown, but itis apparently related to the Pan American Distributors Company, an organi-~ zation operated by SAMUEL and LUIS ‘JAFFE, who are Teamsters associates of CHAVEZ and-apparently friends of the TRUJILLO Government. In addition, ROLANDO HERRERA is believed to have been the N47 TRUJILLO and CHAVEZ Nn SJ T-12 (zs on December 20, 106 that CHAVEZ attended-the Tedmsters meeting at the Ponce Intercontinental Hotel in Ponce, Puerto Rico the previous day, at which time h¢ received $20,000 for genexil expenses in Puerto Rico. Shortly lowing this meeting, CHAVEZ was visited by SAMUEL and LUIS AFFE of the Pan American Distributors, which distributes 4 Dominican meat In” Ruerto Rico, , iss ras iSlae on December 9, 196 that CHAVEZ, several days previously, had travelled to the Domt can Republic regarding bean business concerning Pan American Distributors, It appeared ie expected bean shipment had something to do with the eae uw - (Sx 1-12fsatd “that on December 7, 1960 CHAVEZ was leaving for the Dominitan Republic‘and was in contact with ROLANDO HERRERA. There was some question as to whether or’ not CHAVEZ would personally risk bringing the "pedal pushers" when he returned, ; ; 213. DoclId: 32289656 Page 9