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 : v9.1 169 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10282-10329 HQ 100-339235-204 Document Information FBI SAC, NY DIRECTOR, FBI 03/01/1965 5 SHF, ASSOC, CP ACT, FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, PLM, RCF, CP MEMBER, RODMAN, JACOB, EMP, TESUR PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ° Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 08/27/1998 INDEFINITE Released under the John Kennedy WSesasgsination Records 3 ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ases#: NW 54464 Date: WO-10-2017 HW 54464 Docld: 32302617 Page 1 » $/4/2015
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 - SO1O-106 MAY 1962 EDITION : : . eo GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27 UNITED STATES cd SRNMER aot 1 Memorandum TaN f IRECTOR, FBI (100- 339235) CIA HAS NO OBJECTION. 1/1/65 DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR, - 3 a PELEASE OF CiA INFORMATION as SAC NEW YORK (1200-42479) IN THIS DOCUMENT. K G-49- 47 = O yh] od a SUBJECT : SUSAN HEILIGMAN FRANK fs pf  & jt IS - CH Neh —~ CIFIED BY 566? Sw/at-—- Clas g | 3 CLASSIFIED BY Clas DECLASSIFY ON: 25x U6? Rebulet 1/27/65. . Ge 265f9e- S/ NY 694-S* advised SA A. C, BURLINSON on 2/11/65 that he does ~ | SO not know what information GUS HALL has to back up his statement that “the subject is the "Chinese paymaster." NY 694-S* stated that it is his opinion that since HALL knows that the subject has been in China and is now working day and night for the Chinese cause, she must be a Chinese agent. NY 694-S* advised that HALL is inclined to "talk off the top of his head," A review of the subject's banking activities since | September 1963 has not revealed any unexplained» financial transactions. All i deposits and withdrawals are in line with her income, Concernirg the statement attributed to PHILIPBART that the pro-Chinese group in New York has four permanent employees and an ‘enormous sum of money at its disposal, it is pointed out that the group in New York which adheres strictly to the. Chinese Communist line is the Progressive Labor Movement (PLM). u The subject is in frequent contact with the leaders. of the PLM. ae _ ON A review of the PLM file in the/NYO and > formation furnished by NY 4661-S indicates that MILTON, K ROSEN, FRED JEROME, LEVI LAUB and JACOB ROSEN are the leaders | of this organizati n and have no means of support out de of the PLM. a | . / Nope PHILIPSL Ein a-  eonversation with HERBERT} admitted former Communist. Party. Members. has stated thdt these | individuals ‘completely dominate. the PLM. |. ERSTEIN, ae and. Ve From. the above nit would: appear that the pro-Chinese group | referred t6 by BART is the <PIM and the four individuals sic, _ above are the four: permanent employeespratgrred ‘to PY BART & 4 [O° a i) 3 ia we. 8 eee mi an Ty Le; a : a RM. ff Ps fico. /ziner bare - a sip 21 MAR 2 1965. NEW YORK cI info apie at | a. m DAF: EMD ; AN 7 GMAR 1 9 es HW 54464 Docld:32302617 Page 2?
NY 100-42479 These four individuals are the subjects of Bureau investigations... / j | These four individuals are in ,frequent contact with the subject and her husband, RICHARD CyS$PRANK. wy. - Eng Concerning the financing of the PLM, PHILIP LUCE y || advised ROMERSTEIN that he believes the funds for PLM come from ‘i China but he does not know how. , ~ 4 NY 4661-S recgrtty went to Canada on PLM business. 1 7 While there he met ABE JMAINHEIM, who works as a translator for the demwaston, | Hsinhua News Agency, as well as two Chinésé nationals employed a | atthe néws"agerncy~ MAINHEIM spent several years in China and ¥ “| is plannirg to return to China. / 4 NY 4661-S had several discussions with these people about the various PLM publications. During one of the discussions it was brought out that PLM is apparently getting outside funds to pay their staff, operate a press shop and print their publications. Tt was brought out that PLM might be getting money from Peking, to which MAINHEIM replied, "They probably are." MAINHEIM #hdicated the Communist Chinese would be willing to subsidize an organization similar to PLM, , A review of the PLM file indicates that this organization, - although relatively new, does not seem to have financial difficulties. The Bureau of Special Services, New York City Police _ Department, who have an interest in PLM because of their involvement | in-racial rioting in NYC, has advised that PLM seems to be well financed. BSS advised that the PLM seems to go from a period of letting bills pile up to a point where they pay all their bills and have plenty of money. a te a » ) fo Nin the summer of 1964 the NYC PD arrested WILLIAM L. VEPTON, a PLM.leader, on charges of criminal anarchy. EPTON had five $100.00 bills in his possession at the time... The serial numbers of the bills EPTON had were in the same sequence as the i pills discdvered on a Chinese Intelligence Agent previously arrested HW 54464 Docld:32302617 Page 3
4 4 NY -100-42479 in South Korea, who was carrying $200,000.00 in American currency and $1,000,000.00 in Korean currency. The closeness . of the serialization (56 numbers apart in one instance) would tend to indicate EPTON'S. money was part of the same shipment as the money in the possession of the Chinese agent, but, of course, it would not be possible to prove the money was all a part d one shipment. During the race riots in the summer of 1964. another PLM member was being questioned by a grand jury about reports that he had been! carrying $5000.00 on his person. He said he had no” recollection of this, but did say that he had received some money recently ffrom the Settlement of an estate. 14 aj/ in the latter part of 1964, vnahieenone, JACOBK’ ew) Mee and LEVI B were discovered late at “night -by police in Westchester County in the act of burying two attache cases wrapped in plastic. They had a rented car and two brand new shovels. JEROME told police the attache cases contained old family records and it was his mother's wish that they be buried on this estate. Police checked with JACO MAN, owner of the estate, who said they had his permission to bury the records; RODMAN was a CP member in the ' 1940's and has been employed as:a correspondent in Moscow for a British newspaper. He and his wife were uncooperative witnesses when they appeared before the HCUA. The police did not open’ the attache cases. ROSEN and the others said they would return the next day, during the daylight hours to complete their task, but they did not. Both PHILIP LUCE and NY 4661-S have stated that . publications of PLM are sent to. China and the Chinese send money HW 54464 to PLM in payment for these publications. Information has been y received that such a transaction was handled through the Two ‘Continents Commodity Corp. (Chicago letter to Bureau dated 3/25/64 captioned "Communist Party, USA - Factionalism; IS - C") This may be a source of the money coming from Peking to PLM. Recently WILLIAM L. EPTON told an individual that if he wished to make a tax-free donation to PLM the individual should donate the money to the Louis M. Rabinowitz Foundation (Bufile 97-4878) and this foundation in turn would give the money to PHM. DoclId: 3230276817 Page 4
EE aR ete ne rae gE ET RET INT EAR ROE On ac ep nen eet CERRY nen die ERIE NY 100-42479 , a This also may be a source of income for the PLM. | (NY 4O4u7-S* has advised that the subject is in frequent contact with MILTON K. ROSEN, FRED JEROME, LEVI LAUB and JACOB ROSEN. ; ~ This informant has also advised that the subject is 5 in rrgaquent contact with JAMES and ANN. FC, of the "China Daily 24). aeyiientn ernst AY (RICHARD C. FRANK_is reported to have met with {PANG Ming=chouan London in 1964 (4)TANG is one of the founders of the "China Daily News" and is feported to be the head of political fA , intelligence in _English- speaking countries for the Government VA EEPROM TES | has been in contact with TANG Ming- -chou.’.. (Page 31, report of SA DANIEL A. FLYNN,dated 5/4/64, at New York). This informant has ~~ | also produced evidence that’ the subject may have been in covert contact with the New China News Afency in London, (Legat, London letter to Bureau 6/29/64 and NYlet to Bureau 7/30/64.) | a ‘NY 4112-S* has produced information that the subject There is strong evidence to indicate that the subject attended a meeting of pro-Chinese militants held in Albania in August 1964, u) The abtve information indicates that the subject maintains >eontact with the Chinese community in New York through JAMES and ANN LEE, the Chinese Communist Government through TANG Ming-chou 7 * and the New China News Agency and the PLM. This gives rise to the | f possibility that she may be the "Chinese paymaster.' If the subject is the "Chinese paymaster" these funds could come to her fremChina through Chinese seamen or Chinese traveling from Hong Kong to the U. S. who would transfer these - funds to the LEES and thence to the subject. Since the regent establishment of offices of the New China News A@ency {in Canada and Mexico, these funds could come tothe subjecttthrough these a8 neies of the Chinese Government. It is to be noted that NY 4047-S* has recently advised that the HW 54464 Docld:32302617 Page 5 100-F59I2GEEROL, oe ; nea
NY 100-42479 subject and her husband had intended to go to Mexico but have postponed these plans indefinitely. ‘° SS It is to be noted that LEO MTUBERMAN , alleged tobe a contact of TANG Ming-chou, is currently in Mexico City.. (Bufile 100-8436) — It is also to be noted that PLM has an organization in Canada and PLM members from New York travel to Canada where they may secure funds from either the New China News Agency directly or from PLM in Canada. The NYO realizes that the best coverage of the subject's activities is live informant coverage, and to this purpose the NYOQfis attempting to put ww oes in touch with . the subject Ww ) _ S) The NYO is also remaining alert for an opportunity to develop gophisticated coverage of the subject's activities at her residence. . (9) he Bureau is requested to contact the Legats at [Ottawa andl Mexico City to request them to contact established 5 determine if funds from the New China News | Sources Agency, these Citié@ i being sent to banking channels in the U. S. , Le _ ee re HW 54464 Docld:32302617 Page 6 Ss =