“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 1 PLOT Hote; ~ DATE 2 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/11/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10211-10170 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2781-901 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, SJ TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 11/06/1963 ‘PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : LST, BUSS, ASSOC DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ~ CLASSIFICATION : | Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 | a CURRENT STATUS: —Redact * DATE OE-LAST REVIEW:  - 10/16/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE f. COMMENTS: | INC MEMO ; | . . v9.1 46 ‘ Docld: 32993394 Page 1
CReif@ased tinder the John ‘F. Kennedy Bssassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Wetey~ DATE: 11~14- 2017 ! Sy OPTIONAL FORM: iia, 10 5010—-106-05 . MAY 1992-ZOITION . ~ I ” GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 “AJNITED ‘STATES C VERNMENT °° ( Sj a Memorandum \ TO So a D CTOR, FBI (92-2781) ms DATE: 11/6/63 FROM . 7 SAC, SAN JUAN (92-52) -P- | SUBJECT: oO Po SANTO TRAFFICANTS, JR, o3 aka © AR te | (00: TAMPA) - The following information was furnished to the - San Juan office, in the form of a written report, on 11/4/63, by Lt. RAFAEL ALVAREZ JIMENEZ (NA), Field ' QOerations, Police of Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, P. R., who ol received the information from an informant using the 4 code name "ACE" (identical with Bufile 92-3524 captioned "FEDERICO VIRELLA RODRIGUEZ, aka, AR") (characterize as a confidential source of information who is in daily contact with officers of Teamsters Union Local 901, Santurce, P.R,, and who has furnished rediable informa tion in the © past.) . The new Hotel Ponce de Leon, Santurce, Puerto Rico, despite the fact that it appears to be one of the H. R. WEISSBERG chain, is in reality a property of SANTO > TRAFFICANTE and JIMMY HOFFA, The relationship. of these two with the Hotel Ponce de Leon, is verified by the fact that the attorneys who defended FRANK CHAVEZ (Secretary- i Treasurer, Local 901, Teamsters Union, Santurce, Puerto os tee Rico, who was recently tried in U.S.D.C., San Juan, for ~ a - attempting to influence Grand Jurors, which trial resulted in no verdict), have been the attorneyes for TRAFFICANTE for many years. .They are FRANK RAGANO and HENRY GONZALEZ, ' of Tampa, Florida. RAGANO has been TRAFFICANTE's attorney | Since TRAFFICANTE dominated gamb? ing and the hotel business in Cuba under the BATISTA reg Bureau (1 - 63-7821) EXO v4 - - Miant (98-88) 2 cc 31 [~ - Miam 2-00) O34. 1 -'New’ Orleans }63-'3u83)(meo) ® 7 > — f/ dn Fol 2 - Tampa (92-1) 4 ~- San Juan 1 Le | ve : 4 Wo. iy awe re wy aa} 92252 TRAPFICANTE 92-144 HOTEL PONCE DE LEON) 159-17 TEANSTERS UNION) <p 625524 HOFFA ; TUPF LOANS) — 5 novt 198 UNRECORDED COPY FIL ty . 1 / 1 ers mev BT CG, i, OS Ate NG eid oe WU "sabree te | Docld: 32293394 Page 2?
OATES 1-44 the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19929 (44 USC 2107 narey" DATE: Ji- Y4-2017 , mm : - en . > . > ~ A . ~ 7 eel te ‘ e 7? * e. : ’ 4 SJ 92-52 For information Miami and Tampa offices, eatensive investigation has been conducted by the San Juan Office regarding the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Santurce, . Puerto Rico, in connection with the case captioned, "JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, ETAL, TEAMSTERS UNION PENSION FUND LOANS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; MAIL FRAUD; FRAUD BY WIRE; CONSPIRACY, " Chicago Origin, Bufile 63-7821, in which it was determined that, apparently, ZACHARY A. STRATE, JR., a co-defendant with HOFFA in the above matter, owns a 25% interest in the corporation which owns the land and will apparently own the hotel, the Ashford Condado Realty Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and a subsidiary of the H.R. Weissberg Corp., New York City. The H. R. ae Weissberg Corp. purchased the Fountainebleau Hotel, New 7 ; ee Orleans, La., from STRATE, by means of buying STRATE's ‘ stock in the Pelican State Hotels Corporation, a recipient of Teamsters Union Pension Fund Loans. .. LEADS: - a ~~ “MIAMI AND TAMPA OFFICES ' Will contact informants familiar with subject's activities, and advise San Juan of any inforna tion that — s a TRAFICANTE has an interest in the Hotel Ponce de Leon,-.. Santurce , Puerto Rico. SAN JUAN OFFICE ‘At San Juan, Puerto Rico Will maintain contact with Lt. RAFAEL ALVAREZ JIMENEZ for any further information received’ from "ACE" regarding this matter, | Docld: 32293394 Page 3