AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : COMMENTS : . v9.1 | Docld: 32326187 Page 1 AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: - TO: TITLE: DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : ten Reeeris—CelLlLection Act of -1992-¢tt-te-2ttT Bote; — JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90044-10036 HQ 63-7145-15 Document Information FBI LA HQ 01/11/1962 4 FRANK MATULA JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/05/1998 INDEFINITE LHM 14 Date: 6/1/2015
bo | Please mder DATE: . 11-1472017 : y¥ Hssassination Records Co e ston Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Los Angeles, California In Reply, Please Refer to January 11, 196 2 File No. Conference Of JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA o FRANK J. MATULA, JR. The following information was furnished from a source of information who has furnished both reliable and unreliable information in the bas \ ieee ; Source stated’ éenas known FRANK J. MATULA “Secretary of Local 396 of thd Teamsters Union, Los. Angeles, California, for roximately ten years Source stated that when FRANKROREWSTER ER was{pr esident, of the Western ‘eainsters, MATULA was a "runner" for BREWSTER. According to source, MATULA.and BREWSTER were partners in a number of land development deals. in the Los 3 Angeles Cav Clif area and noted that streets in the San Fernando. ‘Valley were @ were. named after MATULA and BREWSTER. Source ome that MATULA -and BREWSTER were very friendly with BAB C COY when MC COY was a prominent Los Angeles boxing promo source said that when BREWSTER was in town hé and MATULA spent a great deal of time with MC COY. source stated that when f MES RIDDLE HOFFA took over the Teamsters Union and took a lot of BREWSTER's power \ away, MATULA dropred BREWSTER and aligned himself with HOFFA, It is source's opinion that at the present time MATULA is 4 as close to HOFFA as any teamster official in the Los Angeles \ area. . ; ; \ source stated that a number of years ago MATULA was convicted on a perjury charge in Los Angeles and spent a short period of time both in the County Jail and at a county honor farm. Source stated that he has heard that while MATULA was at the county honor farm he became very depressed and | actually cried on numerous occasions. As a result of his- period of incarceration MATULA would domything to prevent himself from ever being incarcerated ‘again. Source said: he has b3-ls-)§ “NCLOSURE wan | SNR ~ i Docld:32326167 Page 2
"Heten: a woe ee og = - - — — ——- — Reteased-under the iohn Ff. Kennedy Assassination Records Coltection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11714-2017 a “4 s w * L a . . . 1 , : &, , ° a. v Sy ~~ c ov | | \ reimbursed nyone else for these payments, but—seard-tre- OE te eee eee af PETNCO. BLENCO_ane-MAPU ba. Source does not know if BLINCO reimbursed Locah 598 with the money received from MATULA. ‘Source sited that MATULA and BLINCO are very friendly and that MATULA places a great deal of trust in BLINCO. Source has no definite proof but is of the opinion that BLINCO and MATULA are partners in some unknown business ventures and that BLINCO is holding property in BLINCO's | name for MATUBA. A Source “gtated\tnat MATULA is a very close associate.’ of Colonel JOHN O. GOTTLIEB of Beverly Hills, California, who source described as | a very close-associate @ HOFRA. Source stated that MATULA and GOTTELEB are engaged in various real estate deals. ane~t est VCBGrk OCCA: ONS ALO WHE 4 : ~bhosedeals. Source stated that Ghose obfcne-nene-made~oven-one—year-ago~ande at this time he cannot recall exactly the property involved. He OLA | recall, that oe oe occasim iebyshbOss MATU | and GOTTLIE he development of some realgesifate located. on Welshire develok ad. He sone egugectate rok making a statenent to variou Sievan that when he gets his building built on Wilshire Boulevard he would give them a er AeScion that MATULA and SOTTLIEB wnrehased some real estate from the Globe Laundry which, according to source, is owred by GOTTLIEB. Source also suspected that BAN WEINGART,a prominent Los Angeles investor is involved with GOTTLIEB and MATULA in business dealings as source stated\MATULA and GOTTLIEB spend a great deal of time tog ether. . This memorandum contains neither conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not .to be distributed outside your agency. m “ a Cc oe |. OS Vio Wane NM Docld: 32326187 Page 3