. ee 124-10072-10413 AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI . RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10072-10413 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE-NUMBER: 44-24016-863 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: CIA TO: ‘ TITLE: DATE: = 12/20/1963 PAGES: 4 . SUBJECT: JR, ACT, TRAVEL OUTSIDE US DOCUMENT_TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 06/30/1997 UPDATE DATE: — 01/22/2001- STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: INCLUDES DIRECTOR, FBI RESPONSE TO SAC, DL HW ADOAT Docld: 321435876 Page i
. f , | Valin? i Weel : : 5P-4988 of FOR RELEASE 1953 | | STORICAL REVIEW, PRO ay 20 December 1963 | dis “ways Gas eed bie (7H iggy Mf if | SUBJECT: aon RUBY 1. A reliable source has furnished this office with a copy . | ion dated December 16, 1963, received-from ding as follows: jy lac / peat LENNIE shh AT "After hearing. from you of rumors which intimated that Jack Ruby was a member of the Histadrut Delegation, and after learning that this was pinpointed to a Delegation of 1955 in which _E.H. Williams participated ~ I culled the material in the ‘youl of office in New York and I would like to present the facts to. you "(H) In the summer of 1955 a delegation consisting of active trade union people left the United State's for a short visit to Israel and the Histadrut. a) e : ie * v en "(2) The delegation consisted of the. following people: 4. a2 we fa / George Cavender = : Harold Gibbons Jacob Clayman ne APPEAL + E. H. Williams CLVIL AGE Frank Winn - , EO. $k | Joseph Applebaum DATE ‘ale Anthony Bailerini ft ) Ker C/ A f Roy Brown . Alf ° cial Wop '(3) Confusion resulting in present rumors may have been caused by the fact that on thevgamic | Bu An flight there likewise travélled, 4 _completely on his own initiative and at his own expense, a man named Nate Stein, head of a Byptic relations firm from Los ‘aren This, Becad tl 1a TRH Hie - REC. 12 pes x fe (é& * Representative of the ‘Histadrut in New York a BDoclda: 327143876 Page 2?
HY 50957 eM Tolson Belmont Mohr Casper Catiahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen ____ Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy UN ‘by wea, . ou te . lly, oo ; of \ ag SAC, Dallas 44-1630) 12/27/63. | 5m as (44-1638) SECRET 7 aa Director, FBI (ae-2a010) — 863 BNE a JACK paar, saa LEG. BARVEY ObvAlb, Axa “(iacEASED) vicrin "  guassttied MPs CIVIL RIGHTS ewenpt fF we oF ai Set forth for your eommunigation dated 12/ 12716/63 Bureau Confidential ieee roi “ifter hearing from you of rumors whieh istimated that Jack Ruby was a somber ef the IMetedrut Islagetion, and after learning that this vas pispeitated te a Uslegatica / of 1955 im which BE. 8. Willieus participated - I eulled the material in the Histadrut effice im Hew York aad 1 would like to preseut tho fasts te you: (z\/y “(1) Im the sumer ef 1955 o delegation comsiating of .to Iareel and the Hictetr=a aative trade unfen people left =e States fer e@ short visit "(2) The delegation consisted of the following people: AES SERIE AT rere likewise travelled, esapiletel. bis e@m @mpeage, &@ man adred relations firm frem lee aageles. Ta ves told, impressed bineal? atceneny ce top mnt sad srleedbetmtenia lu) 1 = Mr. s. J. Papich (Room 845 BB) fe JWH: pab 4 [yh Td ——= $33 “7 two , sig . alte . SECRET, MAIL ROOM Vd unit L_] , BDoclda: 327143876 Page 3 rar’? 9003: Doc clas city ou: SADR
“0 BL, es . C) 5 a : ) Letter ta SAC, Dallas Ré: JACK L, RUBY, AKA. SECRE "(4) Greg ‘Bardacke who wae on that tour remembers Nate Stein very distinctly. He atates @atepor ieally that Nate Stein was not Jack Ruby whose picture is publicized on beth TV and: raaig SY ‘ agé Moratt has informed ne that Jacob Clayman, on looking over again the pictures of ,the trip; ‘Likewise States that Nate Stein was not Jack Ruby. (4 The Regional Director of the Histadrut Campaign » in Los Angeles, Bernard Jacobson, has confirmed that Nate Stein is listed in this year's telephone directéry in Los Angeles under the same address 4s in 1955 (Nate Stein, Public and Labor Relations Coungel, 426 S90. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hilts, Calif. Telephone CR 1-6930) (2) “(3) May I repeat again that Nate Stein, whoever he whatever he does, was not invited to Israel by the "altel gy "It ia simpler to start a rumor than to quash one, Z do hope, however, that the above mentioned facts will help clear the air. { T Ran ' NOTE: Krne above lettexy’ which was received 2% Bureau informant 100, was fyrnished by . informant to SA S. J. Papich, Liaison™“Section3¢ Any future correspondence concerning this matter should “Be coordinated through SA Papich. nformation from a source in Israel originally alleged that Jack Ruby had visited Israel and the Histadrut, the national Israeli labor organization,with a group of trade union people from the U. S. in 1955. The above is a follow-up of that allegation which indicates it has no merit. Our investigation doas not support the allegation and Ruby denies having made such a ‘il B HY BDoclda: 327143876 Page 4