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 Docld: 323072716 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 27107 Hote). JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10291-10356 HQ CR 63-5327-3876 Document Information FBI SAC, NY DIRECTOR, FBI 07/28/1964 2 APR, ASSOC, JHO, LEGAL EXPENSES, LOAN, TEAMSTERS OFFICIALS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT - Unclassified 4 Redact 06/13/1998 INDEFINITE Date: 6/24/201
r the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colfection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 * TE: 11-14-2017 ¢ ‘@ “OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-107 MAY 1962 EDITION Y - 2 GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES cgpenmenr - Memorandum TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (63-5327) | DATE: 7/28/64 FROM SAC, NEW YORK (62-12235) CO JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD SECTION) SUBJECT: va NY 2305-C was contacted on 7/24 and 27/64 and furnished the following which is being set out for information of the Bureau: ;_BMANUETA GELLER P Informant advised that he spoke to~Réprésentative EMANUEL CELLER last week and asked him if the House Judiciary Committee was pushing their inquiry into the Justice Department "af methods of handling the HOFFA investigations... CELLER told the [F informant that he had no intention of conducting any inquiries until after ROBERT KENNEDY leaves office as Attorney General. The informant then said, "If Kennedy is nominated and becomes vice president, we probably will never gét the hearings", CELLER indicated that this would probably be true. ' Informant also advised he was in Chicago when HOFFA’ o Was discussing -CELLER 's. committee with SIDNEY ZAGRI, legislative representative of the Teamsters. ZAGRI was attempting to é : convance HOFFA that CELLER's committee would shortly commence an inquiry into the Justice Department, but HOFFA cut him short and indicated that this talk makes for publicity, but he knew, imfact, that 2CELLER would not conduct any bearings as long NY Informant advised he he has spent considerable time with 0 "ROURKE recently and O'ROURKE has es many of his @). Bureau (63-5327): aie ‘c REC- 64 e3~ apm = 5 896 7 New ort! (eacis235) sy 307 ay, L ° | wayne i "Sl 4 29 1964 Te Wo4 oe Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll’ Soi Pla DoclId: 323072716 Page 2
Prete under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote} DATE: 11-14-2017 ; ; a » 2 poe aa NY 62=12235 positions concerning HOFFA and operation of the International Union. O'ROURKE has been instrumental in getting all officials of Teamsters Joint Council 16 to make personal loans to JAMES HOFFA in amounts varying from five hundred dollars to one thousand dollars each. These loans are to assist HOFFA with his legal expenses. ant advised that O'RQU has become very / ciosele ‘fons EROVENZANO, and CHARLESCKARGER, an attorney who/ ‘ handles all 'ROURKE's legal work in Néw York, is presently ~ ~ handling PROVENZANO 's court appeal. Informant speculated hat O'ROURKE and PROVENZANO have joined forces with JOHN . \/BACKHUS, an International Vice President of the Teamsters ‘'\ from Philadelphia, to form an Eastern bloc in the event ‘there is a struggle for " Power in the Teamsters International Union. Iie Re: BERNARD SPINDEL Informant spoke to BERNARD/SPINDEL last week and. - SPINDEL told him that he has not yét received full payment ‘“ from HOFFA and CHUCK O'BRIEN for his work in Nashville and ae Chattanooga. He told this source when they spoke that he was to going to Chicago. The informant asked him if he was bringing / iu any of his sound equipment and SPINDEL replied that he was not. Informant was of the opinion that SPINDEL was going to Chicago to try to get additional funds from HOFFA, EXTREME CAUTION MUST BE USED IF ANY OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS TO BE DISSEMINATED, Docld: 323072716 Page 3