AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER: RECORD_SERIES: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: 3 SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: — 05/06/1996 UPDATE DATE: STATUS. Redact | RESTRICTIONS: JEK Act 6 (1\(B) JFK Act 6 (1C) COMMENTS: Docld: 327148156 Page 1 ORIGINATOR: FBI SAC. WMFO DIRECTOR. FBI AGENCY INFORMATION - FBI 124-10084-10088 HO 44-24016-737 DOCUMENT INFORMATION 12/16/1963 JR, BKG, ASSOC, LABOR PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT 01/22/2001
. FD 36 Rev. 12-13-5 ) . a — . | irant. eT ee = -_ | a oo | _ _ ; __ s \ - | - | FBI - Date: 12/16/63 SEC R (Type in plain text or code) Transmit the following in ET Rudi AIRTE Via (Priority gr Meghod of Mailing) eciuscng OM NDADA, eam ON TO: DIRECTOR, FBI ( DECLAGSIT® Ws gq Tor punecroR, rex (as-zaon6) O° i Pp FROM: SAC, WFO (44-520) (P) — ' JACK LEON RUBY, aka; LEE HARVEY OSWALD - VicTIi (Deceased) i218 CIVIL RIGHTS (00:DL) ReNew Orleans teletype 11/27/63, with info from EB. He WILLIAMS, Regional Director, AFL-CIO, Shreveport, Louisiana, concerning group of U. S. labor leaders who made a three-week trip to Israel in 1955. One of the group was uv ° Uni “ enact KETEE DEM  gnown to WILLIAMS 3974 TSpreaGRhatsy©. 2b bith RARBb EE Banton ON .by the name of SACK AMUSENSEEIN. WILLIAMS stated HAROLD IBBONS, a National Teamsters Union representative, was alo ““5“¢He group and was ‘very close to RUBENSTEIN. ““WILLIANS . vy, , doubted RUBENSTEIN was identical with subject but desired to f/f : ff tos” | furnish info concerning this possibility to the FBI. Aare Requested interview of HAROLD GIBBONS was not | conducted by WFO, as stated in WFO teletype 11/28/63, since i investigation determined that no passport had been issued - to subject. i- Bureau Ree 88 Ye OY of 6 4 g {3 Sy’. Dallas (44-1639) (RM) (AM) / 1 - New Orleans (44-2064) (Info) (RM) 1 - New York (Info) (RM) 2 - WFO (a {205-5247} OY GCC/acp eae Me \ oe C.C. Wick ye : “! 'ATRPED ©, NS Approved: —————— pett 312: Si M >. Lo Special Agent in Charge cre | Docld: 32148156 Page 2
WFO 44-520 15 Me RANE edo denn On 12/13/63,(uF F 568-S* advised that™ ons Bme “Gate «HUGOQXMORATT ,° Labor | Counselor, Embassy of £ Israel, .vjashington, el De .Cescontacted ‘BENNY ELAN (Phonetic) “Of thg}Hist adrut, Israeli Labor or ization, in New York CityKand discnsse Ser, with hi istadrutfeponsored trip to, Israel in 1955. (M Caan fees stated he had tailed to JAKE CLEMMON (Phonetic), not further ‘identified, about an unnamed person: (context clearly indicated reference to JACK RUBY) who may have made this trip, to Israel and attached himself to HAROLD GIBBONS. CLEMMON indicated he had recently contacted Mr. WILLIAMS, Natiqnal Director, AFL-CIO, Louisiana, about this possibilitylg§ )i f , During angther discussion,gn 12/13/63 with an uniden- tified person (ioxatt} aisctosed GREG \RDAKI (Phonetic), notl$3 further identified ad indicated tHe man.in question wi, Vara CA made the trip: ‘to Israel went by the name of NATE or NASAPLELNL (Phonetic), a public relations man from Los “Aneel 6s . The i unidentified person commented that if there was any possibili&£g= STEIN was identical with "the guy" in Texas (context again indicates reference to RUBY), BARDAKI probably would have heard from the FBI because WILLIAMS had told the FBI about : @) Sg above possibility (RUBY having taken a trip to Israel in 1955 The informant further related Lai) later disclosed Cs} CS} to(iiorart he had talked to BARDAKI, who knows NATE STEIN. D " BARDAKI Stated STEIN is not ‘identical with "that man" (RUBY) & * JUwhom BARDAKTI laf’ seen on TV. BARDAKI stated STEIN is a close ur® friend of JAMESKHOFFA, Teamster official and leader. BARDAKI rr oxplaining this watter to (MORATT) that™STEIN Cs B} was on trial about six months ago and HOFFA camé to his defense, It was agreed that there was no basis whatsoever for rumor that this person iG. took the trip to Israel in 1955 is identical with RUBY ’ Us fe ; eS C5) Cuorari) aiso contacted ALAXACK (Bose) not further identified, to assure him that thére was no basis for the _ above rumor. ZACK, apparently referring to FBI interview of WILLIAMS, remarked that "the man" told the. FBI about two weeks ago, adding "If nobody has heard from it ‘in two weeks it is obviously not so Docld: 327148156 Page 3
nro’ 44-500 SECRET Above is being furnished for the info of the Bureau and recipient offices and. for whatever | assist ance it: Bearen may be to New Orleans relative: to, the interview of E. H. WILLIAMS «,- - In the event any of above info is set out in form suitable for. dissemination, the identity of the informant | , must be protected and information appropriately paraphrased. ‘ The information should be classified  Gombicentek” since it reflects an FBI investigative’? «foreign diplomatic Cs | establishment] and since information from the informant, coul reasonably résult in the identification of armconfidential informant of continuing value and compromise the future effectiveness mene BB — a Docld: 327148156 Page 4