ql \ Hote) . » DATE: 11-14-2017 ' ws v, SJ 105-5396 | | INFORMANTS (Continued) reg under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 | Oe . le e Source Tate Contacted CSWF 1285-S 3/15/62 CS JOSE R. PUIG 3/16/62 (we 1280-8 | (Ss) 5/15/62 ADMINISTRATIVE matters, that mail cover not be used at this time. . abroad .(6) oe. COVER PAGE te pier PR Fy vin ' DoclId: 32289669 Page 3 The report is classified "Confidential" as it contains information so classified by confidential sources Information copies of the report are being furnished to Miami, NY and WFO as they have an interest in Dominican No request for mail cover is being submitted inasmuch as JUNE CHAVEZ advised Agents of the L. A. Office that she knew little about CHAVEZ and his union affairs and that she had no knowledge of any associates of the subject, making it appear as if all mail was forwarded to the union office. Inasmuch as subject's bank account and subject's present wife's bank account have been located, it is recommended Careful consideration has been given to each source concealed and "T" symbols weze utilized in those instances where the identities of the sources must be concealed. S108
Released under the Jo F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o Hote). DATE: Hin14~297 ; e, . . : FD . -204 (Rev. 3-3-59 ‘ . 7 . a , = J UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSaIC FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATG6ONF I SECRET 1 ~ ONI, 10th ND, San Juan 4By Hand) 1 - 471st INTC Detachment, San Juan (By Hand Copy to: 1 - OSI, Ramey AFB (RM) PY HAS ve OBJECTION TO spy | DECLASSIFICATION ANDIOR, RELEASE CE CA INFORMATION Office: cary Ih HIS bere SiD| lS Report of: Date: JOHN A. NORRIS, JR. 6/26/62 105-5396 Field Office File #: Bureau File #: tw CONTATNEB WHERE SHON OTHERYLS Ss 2° Ng | Shoraster INTERNAL SECURITY - Classen 9 ots OR 5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA Declassify on: OA ( Synopsis: Titles y 7 IDA ELISA ESPAILLAT, sister of ARTURO R. ESPAILLAT, advised that FRANK CHAVEZ was | married at ARTURO R. ESPAILLAT's home in the DR at the end of 1960. (CHAVEZ reportea LG to have visited Nassau Bahamas during October, 1961. CHAVEZ paid hotel bill with a Teamsters Union check, ‘wo other checks were returned by the bank for.insufficient funds. Bahama: authorities in Nassau did not request CHAVEZ and his wife to depart upon.arrival of powerful "Trujillistas" in Nassau) flo record concerning entry of CHAVEZ into Canada located’ (s} IN VIEW OF CHAVEZ' ARREST ON 1/19/61 FOR CERRYING ARMS, Hi SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS . es semen hedieeaeen ee nanan te - PP u- DETAILS: oy | IDA ELISAKESPAILLAT, Sister of ARTURO RAESPAILLAT, ‘was interviewed on March 19, 22, 26, 1962, at Washington, D. Ci. by SAS JAMES CALVIN CONRAD and GERARD C. CARROLL, at which } time she advised that FRANK CHAVEZ, whom she described as a Lf gangster leader of the Teamsters Union of Puerto Rico, was wv well known to her brother, ARTURO R. ESPAILLAT. She stated that ESPAILLAT permitted CHAVEZ to be married in ARTURO's “home (in the Dominican Republic) (DR) at the end of 1960. my” Cantciistite , EME cons peNTTAL, This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the p erty o e FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ee Oe: %, WEAUCSE| GB DoclId: 32289669 Page 4
“ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote)...‘ DATE: 11-14-2017 + e OO 4 a ee t. SJ 105-5396 CHAVEZ originally came to know ARTURO R. ESPAILLAT because of CHAVEZ! interest in starting a Teamsters Union in the DR. When CHAVEZ learned that ARTURO ESPAILLAT was imprisoned (in the DR) in the summer of 1961, CHAVEZ made it known to RAMPIS TRUJILLO and those responsible for ARTURO's imprisonment that if anything happened to ARTURO, "the Dominican Republic would forget what a ship looks like" and that "Chavez would get Jimmy Hoffa to back him". : ARTURO R. ESPAILLAT is 2 former general in the army of the DR and served as Ccnsul General for the DR in New York. ESPAILLAT presently is reported to reside in Canada. SJ T~1, a confidential source abroad, has advised CHAVEZ checked in at the Nassau Feach Hotel on 6 tober el, 1961, in company with two men, one being TATMAARADOR, 800 Figueroa Street, Santurce, Puerto Rico, with whom he shared a-suité until their departure on October 2lt, 1961. On checking out of the hotel, CHAVEZ paid the hotel bill with a Teamsters Union check drawn on the Banco de Puerto Rico, Stop 17. Branch, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Besides paying the hotel bill, CHAVEZ cashed two checks for himself but these have since been returned by the bank in Puerto Rico for insufficient funds. The hotel manager has written CHAVEZ at the address furnished by him, namely 30 Calle Doncella, | Santurce, Puerto Rico, but to date has received no reply.(@) ee a tw ==> According to SJ T-1, Bahama authorities in Nassau did not request CHAVEZ and his wife to depart upon the arrival of powerful "Trujillistas" in Nassau. CHAVEZ departed from the Bahamas on October 2 961, and was not in the Bahamas at the time of ARISME RUJILLO on November“T, 1961. (© ewe ee ee SJ T-1 further advised that it was rumored that on October 22, 1961 , ARTURO ESPAILLAT spend the afternoon drinking with some "foreigners" in a room at the Nassau Beach Hotel, CHAVEZ may have been present but this has not been confirmed, &) . 5006 33_ DoclId: 32289669 Page 5
— ~ Released under the Jonn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 iN Hote)...» DATE: 11-14-2017 O oO t SJ 105-5396 JAIME AMADOR may be identical to JAIME _ ISMAEL (MLA DO fC. ASANAS, President of ocal 1" 901 “OF of ‘the Teamsters t Union in Puerto - Ricé, Sememeewernen | a AEH AMY f ARISMENDI TRUST LO may identical with JOSE ARISMENDIYTRUSILLOAMOLINA (Petan), brother of the’ late Generalissimo RAFAEL LEONIDAS SRUJILLO MOLINA, SJ 7-2 on April 16, 1962, advised that the Canadian Department of Citizenship and Immigration could locate no record/of entry into Canada for one FRANK CHAVEZ of Puerto Rico.(S) eres aT Captain JOSEPH E. STEVENS, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, California, on April 17, 1962, advised he had no pertinent information concerning CHAVEZ, nor did the files of the Los Angeles Police Department gontain any information not previously furnished. ee ee JUNERGHAVEZ, nee suNEEA RSON, .born in dune,..1921,. \ Redondo Beach,, California, and who resides at 1521 West. \~e04thi Street, Florence, California, furnished the following titi. | < ~infornation~to~SAS"WILLIAM W. COLBY and GRANT C. BARL on / \ March 1, 1962. . s ptf: - | Ako | Peete, { She mare tee PRAMACTAVEZ< ‘about ten years ago a Jf a of this marriage they"Had“two"Ghildren, a son, MARK bh geet ce HAVEZ, age and GENES HAVEZ, age 4. as " ’ pu Ae Le Be sie “B. APPROK, IEE ( a Be approx: (9? Several years ago her Husband was sent to Puerto | Rico to establish a local and organize employees in San Juan > and vicinity. She understood that JAMES HOFFA sent him there. For about the first year that she and CHAVEZ lived in San Juan, they had no marital difficulties, after that, however, he spent very little time with her and she suspected, and obtained evidence that he had girl friends, CHAVEZ — ee ee. -~3- nn RR SR =A RR = Docld: 32289669 Page 6
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 ~~ Hote).- DATE: 11-14-2017 oe ws : ok, sl ‘ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE + a ‘a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ane Post Office Box 4312 In Reply, Please Refer to San Juan 21, Puerto Rico SL OGET File No. . June 26, 1962 3% i- ‘ E : an Re: Frank Chavez Internal Security - Dominican Republic - Cuba Reference is made to the report of Special Agent John:A. Norris, Jr., dated and captioned as above at San Juan. Q abroad.)(s) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FEI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agancy. SJ T-1 and SJ T-«2 re confidential sources 105-446 33-107 DoclId: 32289669 Page 7