' Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 . 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 ~BDocld: 32295151 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. JFK Assassination System Identtfication Form Agency Information FBI 124-10214-10427 HQ 2-1423-49 Document Information FBI SAC, WMFO DIRECTOR, FBI ~ 04/08/1960 5 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C Redact 10/12/1996 INDEFINITE INC SUMMARY, NOTE Date: 4/29/201
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records collection Act of 1992 (a4 UsC 2107 Note) . oLpach.— (< DASES (Har 1d 2007 . oe > ke _ e $ , ad _ Tone A ~ fj Mx. Mohr. ZL, SBI. tr. Bp 0 a . , o oe - : o% i Se aeaeaas Date: April 8, 1960 ae camel Transmit the following in ' Mr. Torom. oe H Mr. “rotter._ | Via AIRTEL | i CLASSIFIED BY Sle ¢ 3 UBeRUES Heriot of ailing) fp | ie Teosals DECLASS ar OR GA ae Jet) : : Paes = TO: | ~.~‘DIRECTOR, FBI (2- 1423) 5 Y a FROM: rr SAC, WFO (105-26269) NY { I. IRVING DAVIDSON IS - ISRAEL Nab Re my telephone call to vr eon today. ae _. On this date [wr 568-S Be vised fof a conversa- , tion between the subject and-Colone HARON YARIV, Military Attache, Embassy of mde tee Kstated that vthe (® ordnance gentlemen" came tO his office today and wante two guns. They had a,memo from TWINING to come down, Ordnance inven. tgencafalag represented and five persons. came to see the subjéct. eS DAVIDSON fsa id that he gladly | gave them two guns and his visitors” indicated they were ia. tnterested, in the gun_for the armored tank division and ne airplanes. DAVIDSON continued that he told these Pee .. that althaugh he was fot prepared tofnegotiate for the yo | Geraci iain this matter, he would put them in. contact w $}, “lo: the proper people. DAVIDSON can only sell. His job is to- 7 . introduce the gun and later he would be selling tt commercially i) ep os ut XFrom other comments Puring this conversations{s) coh. (tt ts apparent that the reference to a known as the oo : -. UZ. pneu 7 ous information [from this sourced) indicates that a Chis yt type of machine gun which fires caliber 7 annunition. as N ‘ ; ae ~ abate ee we ays. [Later during the’ ‘donb3 nh tion] D4 7rDSON- | stated that tén minutes after the aforementioned delegatign | teft his office he received ios gall. ree ohe FBI. He saiaf 9 @: ‘Bureau. (Ences wor. fot ae - WFO gir totus (4) yy, YG so * ons) | Docld:322795151 Page 2?
DATE. 11-14-2017 “ ” - fc badd i co Eb See : . , “WFO 105- 26269 a tome Ep the call was from his friend, TOM WEBB. eae that he. knew WEBB. DAVIDSON indicated: that-he: was.asked to get two guns down to Mr. HOOVER and that he would deliver two to Mr. HOOVER this afternoon, [ante] jratcatea hts approval}, S) As the Bureau is aware, DAVIDSON is registered with the Department of Justice as an agent for Nicaragua and for the Israeli Military Industry in accordance with the provisions of the Porevgn Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended. . Transmitted herewith as an enclosure is a | copy of the complete information furnished by this source. Submitted for the information of the Bureau, which will be advised promptly in the event that additional information concerning this is furnished by the source. Ter wenn AF rl paso Docld: 32295151 Page 3 Tee ee OS aan 7 TRO BR Ne Coates 13 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44, USC 2107 Hote).
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records care dase DATE: 11-14-2017 { ws Pe a oye . : . : Sy aa WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY 4/8/60 ie SUMMARY CONT'D. > Ge 5€8-S)], APRIL 8, 1960. 2:10PM y DAVEDSON. safeouovst vanaf) : : Pa) 4), (O[zaRTy] says that he is leaving Washington on ‘Monday for Pittsburgh, with his wife and friends ffor.sedér athihe Hilton Hotel. DAVIDSON says he'll be. | in Piptgburgh too, staying at. the Hylton Hotel. . DAVIDSON says he'll bo[having | sederfAith his mother:while in Pittsburgh, then juires what the special oe-_J easion[for the sede he Hilton Hotel. (YA plies that(S0L,-BRAUMAN (ph)|§ and {DAVE LONENTHAL, ref(holding a séderfjpere and some. of "our" people are | going there for jite — eee ON says he understands: [a fund-raising deal, YARIVYG) exlaims that[Meaven forbid] it isn't a fund<raising MSPAVIDSON comments that | he knows [*LOVENTHAB and thenlfeut doesn know "them". that well. [YARI ts to sée DAVIDSON to say good-bye and ‘DAVIDS ¢ gays that they'll have a dri nk together in the hotel n- Pi sburgh. [YARIV/Strees.. DAVIDSON is leaving for Pittsburgh tomorrow,” Gane ks” abt AVI SON is doing for, Lunch today and D says that he has. a co wore “of men. coming: ‘int “here, DAVIDSON then goés one re ordnance gentelmen. came.ip the office: today,.wanted to have two. guns. They had a merio- “from {TWINING lo come’ down, © Disten to :this: There's a big } : (IC Neorbint! (pb~7 J} going Ons [Ordnance: invetaigene dds in. There. were five guys | “S in the office.” S)- re Me ‘Beand, erswell, it could be a lot of crap because they're having these hearings ! ae OF GF on the Hill;. 50 I very gladly gave. ‘then two guns, the IZZIES (ph). tes, Febe (3 And: they said, 48 they were, ‘hnmm, they're: interested 4 ‘in. the gun. ‘for: the armored: ‘tank division. (laughter) and airplanes, so, er- and. they said that fin a-few days I would be hearing from them and they said, 'MR. DAVIDSON, are fH) u prepared: ‘Soo ‘tofnegotiate: for., the ‘the Teraeligl in this matter?t Uy @ Yeah. (8). DeAnd I says,. Ho, “put. T.will put you. in contact with the proper’ people. wo can! I can only sell, my job. is:to introduce the gun and later I will bes ae commercially, - ‘but. er-this can be handled on a/government to government| ISLS of And ‘if you-he ang interest..other than. vh coukl tell you, I can put- you ise in touch vite tt the ‘sracli' Military Attache}Mere who will. Ti put you in || 3 sfiliccn, with [the ™ sraeli. Military. Embassy geet - (ee they er” very’ happy about” ‘this. - Anyway 5: iim writing a “metho to ere “Dat raat d a copy ‘straight. to SCHWIDAR (ph) gra (Ean-tov cone and ma : send a’ CopyS%o ‘your office. _ MEPL LS oe o-G - IF dd a an BY S46E 5 we Le oe aE 3 — a i Detne Ta tell: you: ‘the: men: who. were in and alithat craps ae OS Perfect. . wee D=But Ba Just: wanted you: to. In owe She on the: 26th of next-<By the way; Im | ‘so. “happy I never sold any guntts commercially. ‘They asked me if I- had any. in the hands of gun dealers, 6 of eahe | LA | told: then:no. = _ et [ aeod. flew A > | U Ay W _ contid: ny TENG SkCLOsTR oT. Geanisy 9 | DoclId:32295151 Page 4 gm Avot of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).
Released pnder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 a og Ve 7 i WASHINGTON, D.C. \ FRIDAY \ 1/8/89 Cas saan cont'D sp [owe elo SE ray . APRIL 8, 1960. ‘ s) aaa) 1 he be UT | 7 | R) (22: mails) DAVIDSON Ito to taravfQont'e as oe. } cont'd: DwLt's betause I was. Lazy Sebiiocn’ you ‘ang Wee. You. Inow what I mean? | (3) ft know ~ayoulre ‘neling met I know, you were not Lagy, yous ‘were busy with “ something else,” DeYeah, but. anyway whatever happens, : som tines happens for the best, Or ‘ alld: rather see, Ene government{Paie 4 them, right? You see, this is fredestination.  - red bén mimates- don't happens. they leave the office, Ri Be boa call from ihe FBT» a So, Lt. jMy friend. To WEBB, you iow? f¥}*eah, I knas him. ~ . Do, . DePlease get two guns down to ur. HOOVER. i , ofydteah. | Cp Do wo th delivering then this afternoon. = er Ne @ahy. e . fo a . : . . if ' wl don't knaw, word gets around, ‘eT SCCQ . Duo welre putting them dow. This aftemoon. wetll deliver’ ‘tuo to. HOOVER. S{¥aGood. : S  BeYou never can. tell,: Anyway, ‘Jisten to this. ‘the 26th of this. nonth, one of the heads of ithe (Pitteburgh: Bonds. Drive, Deap this: in the. back of =~ a nan igoiexemmat naned (NAT KANN (spelled)}()He'll probably be at that <1 ‘dinner tonight, er<on-Monday. He's having afbig fund-raising dealfind he ~asked'me if I wouldntt bring two or four guns up andhe's' seine. to, make: a. - display with the ° Fy btsburgh Folice Depte : oo Coa - AES TE KITTS ET i a ; So, when ¢ | 13 By. we'll ‘Let: "them shoob the v21 (oh) - I got: per- “wiesion- “from he- oe as , do it-as long.as Itm with the guns and so. théy'L. fire the UZI up there auif’on the 26th: and sell a lot of ees) 61} ¥}Good,. ‘good, good. One i oil ch round. Dei ‘gob. MR. HOFFA. tofluy:-$50,000. of War ond s grrr CyPYeah? . . 5) Bskin't that..good? caLeieah. Well, you're. a- fast- aperator,: L always said that. D-No, sh== I'm scold on’ ‘the uals but « anyuay it! 'S.  work.ng out for. thebetter, ofc onl 5|(6) - “peaRTy ays nat. he would like to. see DAY, ‘DSON before leaving to thank him personally. DAVIDSON arranges for [fART¥¥o “tage br yrast with him and his. wife on Tyesday merning,-in DAVIDSON! s - ‘room, ARIUIG: 11 be leaving about 9 that momings: DAVIDSG says he feéle pretty ° od shout what -happened this mornings ra does. [KARTV]S)D asks if there is ‘anything wrong about using. these JZi'g for inst. Bend drive (Axplaining that this was part of his, Dts, deal wit CA SCHWIDAR (p We YARIVJtelis D'that' this is a_commercial deal, that's Dts: deal. { | i] ] } J ~ \ D tells (YA at the latterco 1d mention fat: the Seder]Monday night that the|} oo, UZIt's it be coming for the(Bonds drive with / KANT) s REC Ff | oe Fp eb SEC Bey | Docld: 32295151 Page 5