JFK Assassination System Date: 6/25/20 | Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10348-10066 ; Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). asex:NW 45927 Date: n2a—-11-2017 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — CR 9-60052-806 Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM: DE TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: — 09/22/1975 PAGES: 516 SUBJECTS : ANTHONY PROVENZANO DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted; 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 09/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF INTERPOL COMMENTS : RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES 5-11, PART #1 PAGES A-248, PART #2 PAGES 249-503, INC ADMIN PAGE, REFERRED TO INTERPOL v9.1 ] HW 45927 Docld:32316537 Page 1
\ DE 79-359 allegedly involved in a New Jersey murder about 10 years ago; DANNY RUBINO and JOSEPH CHAIMPI, New | Jersey, associates of PROVENZANO ; FRANK DI PUMA, an individual allegedly involved in organized crime in the Chicago area who supposedly attended 2 meeting in July jn Detroit concerning HOFFA's disappearance. Among the theories offered by New York sources was thet HOFFA was done away with due to a coal mine deal he was involved in. Allegedly, HOFFA was to assist in the financing, but allegedly rejected the deal because he thought it was bad and smelled like 4 "rip off". a _ New York sources also offered the opinion that -FITZSIMMONS is now actually owned Niock, stock and barrel" Dy organized crime figures. Philadelphia Division A former Philadelphia source and currently an Indianapolis source advised that he was approached by one LARRY YOUNG about four to six weeks prior to HOFFA's dis- appearance and offered a contract of $50,000.00 to kill HOFFA. The informant passed it off, subsequently came to Detroit in mid August, 4975, at which time YOUNG made a state- ment that he (informant ) could have made a quick $50,000.00. Source, later the same day; overheard a conversation between one DON WELLS and YOUNG, apparently without the two knowing of source's presence, and WELLS stated "They could never find the (obscene) pody up on the farm." WELLS is described as a white male, 45 years of age, 5'8", 240 pounds, with — dark brown hair. YOUNG ig a white male, 35 years of age, 5'410", 210 pounds, stocky build. Source furnished the lo- cation of WELLS' farm as being in Petoskey, Michigan, also one being located in Wixom, Michigan, where WELLS allegedly | resides. WELLS and YOUNG and one TOM (LNU) reportedly operate the. DIL Warehouse at 2411 Vinewood, Detroit. TOM (LNU) also was identified as the owner of Imperial Steel in Detroit. Lo Pittsburgh Division A Pittsburgh source advised that LCN member JOHN FONTANA, close associate of SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, LON -H- COVER PAGE HW 459297) Docld:32316537 Page 2?
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| NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY INTERPOL , | HIG The, NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAU #/,, 2-Chome, Kasumigaseki ANd sy Hes Ny Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100 [Ng PAN | Japan ANS f a es Telegraphic Address: “INTERPOLJAPAN TOKYO” < : , oe TOKYO, September 1, 1975 Mr. Harold L. Child, Jr. , : a Legal Attache 7 . _ GC DV oo American Embassy - . \ r ire - Tokyo 107 . . mo i ” Re: James R. "Jimmy" HOFFA ” - bs Dear Sir: . ; ; m | In reply to your letter of inquiry No. 7-11 of 8/28/1975 concerning subject matter, we are sending you the following findings we have established so far in connection with this matter: ~~. 2, Under our request, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD checked out the lists of hotels in Tokyo joining the Tokyo Hotel association. There are about 2,300.hotels in Tokyo, however ,» there -were no hotels in the name of "IKASAKI" Hotel in Tokyo. The TMPD further checked those hotels in Tokyo having similar ro names to IKASAKI where foreign tourists have often stayed. They came up with the information from Akasaka Tokyu Hotel that a male who was born in Arizona USA., whose age was placed somewhere - around sixty years, stayed at this hotel without any prior reservation from August 18 to August 21, this yeare Lo yo However there were no entries on his hotel card concerning his | passport and other matters. " 9, We also checked hotels in Kyoto, in particular, OKAZAKI Hotel ho there, however no relevant information came up 50 far. . Judging from the above findings, we cannot locate any hotel “in Tokyo . | jn the name of "Hotel IKASAKI". We trust that the above findings will be of some assistance to you. Yours very sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED (JINYO KANEKO) “Director a International Criminal Affairs Division - ge FO 4g Criminal Investigation Bureau 7 National Police Agency B9g HW 45927. Dog yg: 32719537 Page 6