AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE : PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90044-10018 HQ 63-7145-2 Document Information FBI HQ LA 09/28/1961 4 FRANK MATULA JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/05/1998 INDEFINITE AT HW 45864 DocId:32326169 Page 1 Date: 6/1/2015
9/28/61 Airtel | To: SACs, Los Angeles | Seattle | From; Director, FBI (63-New) \. pom wy . baat A JAMES RIDDLE SOFA Wt | FRANK J(/MATULA, JR. : ooo ; / MISCELLANEOUS ~ INFORMATION CONCERNING ‘ (ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD SECTION) ‘ (00: LOS ANGELES) Reference is made to prior communications from Los Angeles wh out information received from informant referred to as and particularly to that which relates OTHER 4 to Frank J. Matuia, Jr., an International Trustee of the Teamsters Union. _ The Bureau has opened a2 new case, captioned the same as this airtel, and the field should i:do:: likewise. A full and complete investigation of the allegations concerning Matula as set out in page 25 of. the enclosure to Los Angeles airtel of 9/1/51 captioned "James Riddle Hoffa; S. George Burris; First Berkeley Corporation of New York; Miscellaneous - Information Concerning’ (ccounting and Fraud Section)" should be conducted. : For the “benefit of the Seattle ‘Division, which did i not receive a copy of that airtel, the following information was set out on page 25 of the enclosure which was captioned "Frank Matula." ; “Frank Matula, Teanater official, Los Angeles, California, and International Trustee of Teamster Union is in about 20 real estate deals with Colonel John Gottlieb of Nereemneaparcny e Tolson , Belmont — “lhe Honolilu (information) ; So << y | Mohr — > R “> i Callahan Conrad \eDeLoach Evans Malone Rosen Sullivan | \} Tavel = Zi 9 SEP 29 jag) wn rere Nes \Gandy ee eres
~ Airtel to SACs, Los Angeles . 5 Seattle RE: JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA 63-New f) ? oO Beverly Hills, California. Matula on local probation and used to be runner for Babe Mc Coy and Frank Brewster, former Teamster officials. Matula wants out of Teamsters, is deathly afraid of being arrested and is. ripe for intensified interrogation." "John B, Stevenson, former West Coast attorney for Teamsters Union, is close associate of Brewster and. Dave Beck. Stevenson now semi-retired and lives in Honolulu. His office in Los Angeles is run by attorney Charles K. Hackler whom Hoffa does not respect. Hackler pays Stevenson $400 monthly although Stevenson does not work. Stevenson holds approximately 80% of Matula's cash. Stevenson has a boat in Honolulu where it is suspected that currency may be hidden." — The Bureau has not disseminated any of the information quoted above to the Department. Therefore, it is desired... | that the informant be reinterviewed immediately to obtain further specifics with respect to this information. Efforts ‘should be made to pin down the informant as to the sources . of his information on all of the above-mentioned points. ee et As soon as this has been done, Los Angeles should incorporate all information given by.,the informant on these points (both at the time he mentioned’ them originally and upon subsequent recontacts) into a letterhead memorandum suitable for dissemination to the Department. . The letterhead memorandum should bear the same caption as this airtel and ‘should be forwarded to the Buréau by cover airtel. The identity of the informant should not be revealed therein nor should he be reférred to as[_____] The additional information OTHER 4 the informant furnishes also should be utilized as the basis | for further investigative leads in this case.  — ; ‘ For the information of Los Angeles, the story told by concerning Matula as set out in Los Angeles airtels OTHER 4 of 9/13/61 and 9/20/61 (LA file 62-4945) is being made available to the Department, in paraphrased form, by the Bureau. Therefore, Los Angeles's letterhead memorandum should not include or make any reference to this information. A copy of the Bureau's communication to the Department in. this regard is. being forwarded to Los Angeles separately... err Lee en Pi HW 45864 DocId:32326169 Page 3