HW 45712 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 DocId: 32309290 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10298-10077 HQ 29-3 1889-157 Document Information FBI SAC, DE DIRECTOR, FBI ‘11/07/1963 6 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified Consulted; 4; 11(a) Redact 09/23/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF DOJ, IRS REFERRED TO DOJ, INC LHM 31 Page 1 Date: 4/21/201 Released under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 45712 Date: 1i-i17-2017
“FD-36 (Rev. 12-18-56) *? _ g . \ “ , a. . Oo 6 Se 8a ox oS 0 FBI Date: 11/7/63 Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) { Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL | (Priority or Method of Mailing) r TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (29-31889) ‘A FROM: SAC, DETROIT (29-1432) (P) | d ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED “i JAMES RIDDL OFFA; HEREIN NGL ("  DOMINICK EDWARD BARTONE, aka.; ET AL ante /0- LAG « pial pa FRA; ITSP; MF; FBW; CONSPIRACY I (00: DETROIT) | JFK) bi Rerep SA(A) VERNON G, WALTERS, Detroit, 6/12/63, which sets fe, out information from records of DOMINICK EDWARD BARTONE. fhe... concerning various individuals, including PETER H, CLAYTON . and ——ST=*df Meissner Engineers, Inc., Chicago, 111. /JFK Act 6 (4) Enclosed herewith to the Bureau are four copies of an LHM containing additional information concerning PETER H. -CLAYTON, aka. Peter Heinrich Klein. One copy of this LHM is rently 2) for the information of Miami inasmuch as CLAYTON currently resides in Miami Beach, Fla., and is employed by Rader Engineering Co., Miami. One copy also _is enclosed for the information of Chicago, inasmuch as[__——sressides there, — The information contained in this LHM was made available at Detroit by Department Attorney W sed upon information obtained by him from Addi- tional information obtained from the same source by FRENCH, concerning BARTONE and JOSEPH F. VERHELLE, is being reviewed by FRENCH; and pertinent data will be furnished to Bureau by LHM, FRENCH has not requested any investigation concerning the enclosed information at the present time but will give it further consideration in connection. with other information developed in this case. \3i- Bureau (Encls. 4) | + BEG Vi AL BUT 9 i 4 - Chiago (29 - 1999) ciNFO) inet. 1) roi ce t, thy wt fh AO Criminal Division if IENCK VGW: SLZ A Senso 0 sn — (6) Attention: Mr. Walter J. Sheridan . ys Room 2509 hyph.? J CDi aa? Mele Ka ttf) _ 2, ma | of Wi, “ i - mes o/h, OF “jer 8 Ne ua (jsexs Per, —_____ 6G WU iL «Special Agent in Charge Me ZZ ae y, Bed: _—_, Ba es HW 45712 DBocld:323092790 Page 2? wie, JOEL Y OF Fim P — JF TLED i UNRECORDED COPY
U:_ LED STATES DEPARTMENT 0. USTICE \ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Detroit, Michigan Te ahi: Please Refer November 7, 1963 JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA; DOMINICK A wroanstin cov EDWARD BARTONE; ET AL. HERE S UNCLASSIE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT; INTERSTATE pai¢/b: GY sie 2Emac TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN ALD) LOK SE PROPERTY; MAIL FRAUD; FRAUD BY Sel) Fil) WIRE; CONSPIRACY | A review of records made available by Dominick Edward Bartone, as previously reported in this casey.,disclosed a letter dated March 22, 1961 to Bartone from Peter i> layton, Vice-President {i\eissner Engineers, Inc. (MEI), Chicago illinois... which ‘indicated MET had received and investigated a proposal by Bartone regarding the sale of Niagara Crushed @ ~~, Stone (Humberstone), Ltd. (NCS). In regard to the subsequent , bankruptcy proceedings in Canada involving NCS, the Clarkson i Company by letter dated July 17, 1961 to MEI requested the | names of officers of NCS. In that connection a list of / officers showed Peter H. Clayton as President, and there also 7 was an undated statement signed Peter H. Clayton indicating 7 .he resigned as President of NCS "on this date". The following if, / information regarding Peter H. Clayton has been received by Wisin | the Department of Justice from a confidential source who has gene, furnished reliable information in the past: Ale 1 Clayton's true name was Peter Héinric lein, a, need \ born in Austria, he and his family were associa with and NN sympathetic to the Nazi cause during World War II, and he came “to this country from Vichy, Erance in, late 1945 or early 1946. He attended classes at Harvard University for three years | before being expelled for alleged homosexual tendencies, and ; he had a record of homosexual arrests in New York City. He became associated with the campaign organization of President Eisenhower and Vice-President Nixon and was reportedly under —. the sponsorship of one Jack Whitney, supposedly a cousin of Clayton. In 1956 Clayton reportedly was General Counsel for the "Citizens for Eisenhower" organization. In 1957 Clayton was hired by MEI, Chicago, at a salary of $20,000.00 a year plus a percentage bonus on the volume of business done by MEI's civil division, and was given \ the title of Vice-President and Director of Public Relations | -<sn0% a 3 hb | SSS oad oer ren wee ee ee con ee we ee oo a ee - Foe wee - - -- - : ~- _ OO es HW 45712 DBocld:323092790 Page 4
pone ee HW 45712 JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA; DOMINICK EDWARD BARTONE; ET AL for MEI. Clayton had many contacts in Central and South America, and was fluent in English, German, French, and Spanish. In 1958 Clayton traveled primarily in Mexico, Jamaica, San Juan, and Caracas. In 1959 his travel was pri- marily confined to Central and South America, but in both 1958 and 1959 Clayton made at least two trips to Europe. In connection with matters handled by Clayton at MEI, it was subsequently discovered that there were in the files supposedly originating from jLL EL President of MEI, requesting that Clayton travel to Europe, oo Mexico, San Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras. It was also noted that some of the incoming correspondence to Clayton at MEI from Europe was incoherent on its face and presumably was in code. | JFK Act 6 (4) Clayton continued in the employ of MEI until September 15, 1962 when he formed a company entitled Pan- American Council for Engineering, for the purpose of servicing MEI accounts on a contract basis. This company was believed to be a partnership between Clayton and a fictitious person and was registered in Cook County, Illinois. In 1960 Clayton had brought a friend by the name Ls LEE Pe ‘Maktos to MEI in Chicago. Maktos, an alleged attorney from Cleveland, Ohio and Boston, Massachusetts, was accompanied by Dominick Edward Bartone, with whom Clayton also was acquainted. Bartone discussed with MEI officials the need ; for anengineering survey of NCS in Canada. MEI conducted the engineering survey and subsequently there were two or three , meetings in MEI's Chicago office regarding financial diffi- culties of NCS. Present at these meetings were Clayton, Bartone, Maktos, James Ganoom, Gregory Pahules, and Meissner. Clayton claimed to be acquainted with Ben Cohen, Tommy Cohen, Sam Kaye, Ben Dranow, Lou Poller, Bennie Hussick, Dave Yaras, and James Hoffa. This acquaintanceship resulted from an alleged loan from the Teamsters Pension Fund to Tommy Cohen, from which Hoffa, Maktos, and Clayton were each supposed to have received a $50,000.00 "kickback", Clayton received $2,500.00 by wire regarding this transaction from Maktos. Hoffa was interested in Clayton because of his political background and the fact that he was "of counsel" for the firm of Javitz and Javitz in New York. Hoffa allegedly wanted Clayton to contact "Fuller Warren and Pepper’) in an attempt to form a strong political team to fight "Bobby" Kennedy. WAKVSS DoclId: 32309290 Page 5
pe Te i thane emi ert n nt cae ee ae ee 7 ———— ==; ere ee = JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA; DOMINICK EDWARD BARTONE; ET AL Clayton reportedly also was friendly with or did business with many prominent individuals in various parts of the United States and other countries, including businessmen, industrialists, public officials, and politicians. Clayton appeared to be knowledgeable in the field of foreign banking and claimed to have opened bank accounts in Mexico City and in Switzerland for various individuals. i On at least one trip to Europe, Clayton reportedly was carrying at least $50,000.00 in cash for deposit in one of these accounts. In regard to Clayton's banking connections in Switzerland he reportedly was in contact with Dr. Nicholas Bar, Julius Bar and Company, Vahnhofstrasse 36, Zurich, Switzerland. To conceal some of his financial transactions Clayton allegedly had created a non-existent person with a name dissimilar to Clayton's, having a Post Office Box mailing address on an island in the Bahamas, and having bank accounts there and elsewhere, Clayton had indicated that such non- existent persons could be utilized by making up aname, getting a Social Security card.in that name, opening a small bank account, and subsequently obtaining a domestic air travel card and other credit cards. ‘JFK Act 6 (4). eT Clayton and Bartone allegedly had[—sobtain a bank charter on Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies, in 1961. Bartone had mentioned to Claytonthat "they" had started a bank in Nassau, Bahamas, but "the feds blew it right out of the water", Bartone claimed to be working on "certain matters" with."Jimmy" Hoffa, and also said Grand Cayman Island was an excellent location because he could do business for and with the head man of the Seafarers Inter- national Union. This document contains neither recommendations nor ] 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. HW 45712 Docld:32309290 Page 6