AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10276-10464 RECORD _ SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 89A-DL-60165-5 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: Docld: 32300643 Page 1 DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI SAC, WMFO DIRECTOR, FBI 01/21/1992 5 JFK, ASSA, SUSPECTS, TEAMSTERS, HOFFA, JIMMY, LCN, TRAFFICANTE, SANTOS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT , NEW ecret —— . CLASSIFICATION: 09/24/1997 UPDATE DATE: Redact . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) } INC INSERT
Released under ‘the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). ‘s ronre _1p-14-2017 “*  FD-36 (Rev. 8-29-85) oN - Oo . FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: | CLASSIFICATION {2 Teletype C) Immediate ("] Facsimile {] Priority AIRTEL ([) Routine —ooooo SScnly (ct TO 4 DIRECTOR, FBI (ATTN: VIOLENT CRIMES § FROM : SAC, Washington, Field office (DL g9A- V0 fleolrs io. 26-93 Cat, KS¢ ‘SUBJECT +: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN. F.KE 4 DALLAS, TEXAS, . 11/22/63 KFO (00: DALLAS) Re WMFO telcalls to Violent Crimes unit; FBIHQ, 1/17/92 and FBI, Dallas, 1/21/92. Lo Enclosed for FBIHQ, Dallas and New York:.a copies each of a self-explanatory insert documenting » information from a high level New York source concerning captioned matter. 8 Fror information of FBIHQ and Dalia 3 source ding the attached information is .a ‘fo Echelonfsource. vel source has nin both cri reliabl 1 sensitive high levelfinformationfin both criminal and FcrI CJ matters] for many years. - ® - For clarification, attached inform s being - provided by WMFO as WMFO-SA;i WILLIAM .M. MACKEY{is:the original. >> “ae source case t who now is a designated an alternate source contact agent. A MACKEY is responsible for diss minating any criminal information developed by source regardin activities outside the New York Metropolitan are tor FORGIATION con TAINED HEREIN i$ Ueni SStRIED =Bureau (Enc. 2) - oo u SHOT ! -New York (Attn: SA Dave Cayana , Squad I-6) oa -2-WMFO (Enc. 2) Ue ae Se ore a ‘ . . REASON: 1.5 (ZG)) SIA - Aas \ DECLASSIFY ON: X op  Pstancuen _ANDEKED | . a ef rm Ht gram eons ae (A USERIALIZED fi “sth | ao wi AVE - aur RTAL fp JAN ad 1950 Approved: Teenaminit (Number) (Timey Docld: 32300643 “ Page ?
| Released under ‘the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (s usc 2107 Mote). DATE; 1-14-2017 . =. DEL 89A-43 PAGE TWO inclusion in source file oniye The attached is es for whatever: a ion deemed appropriate. Leads are being left to the discre ion. of ‘Dallas. a Since no leads are outstanding, WFO placing this matter in RUC status. te. oe, ADMINISTRATIVE: ¥ \7856-0A.| KS) WARNING: INFORMA » enon Fs 856-OAKIS HIGHLY SINGULAB_IN Heat NATURE AND DISCLOSURES ane Gess- URCE’S IDENTITY. *S0uU Cc Source providing the attached informa # IS A HIGH LEVEL INFORMANT {CRITICAL TO MAJOR FCI AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS]*WHOSE IDENTITY, IF REVEALED, WILL POSITIVELY LEAD TO PHYSICAL DANGER TO SOURCE AND SOURCE’S FAMILY <> ' WARNING: DISSEMINATION OF THIS INFORMATION TO [UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE] VIA CHANNELS THAT WOULD BRING INFORMATION TO THE ATTENTION OF [INR EMPLOYEE JESSE CLEAR MAY CREATE SECURITY PROBLEMS FOR omnnan | 4 WARNING; STATEMENT TO BE ADDED © & ammenities. INFORMATION ON THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT BE PROVIDED | TO ANY OTHER AGENCY WITHOUT PRIOR BUREAU APPROVAL. 7 WARNING: STATEMENT TO BE ADDED TO ANY DISSEMINATION: - INFORMATION ON THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT BE ‘PROVIDED. ‘TO THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA). to) ane DoclId: 32300643 Page 3
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records DATE > 1¥-14-7017 4 : e 4 89A-DL-43 ollowing “iiformation was ‘#85 ye ; KL. SECRET ang \ Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). bically provided | p by NY ) o Special Agent WILLIAM M. MACKEY, Federal Bur Investig on (FBI), Washington Metropolitan Field Office, 1/16- 17/92: Source learned Tampa, Florida, attorney FRANK RAGANO - (phonetic) would be appearing on the ABC News show "PRIME TIME LIVE" on 1/16/92 claiming to have information that former TEAMSTERS President JIMMY HOFFA instructed La Cosa Nostra (LCN) bosses to kill President JOHN F. KENNEDY in 1963. Based upon source's past relationship with both HOFFA and RAGANO, source categorized RAGANO's claims as "lies". YU Source advised source's relationship with HOFFA began in the late 1950s while HOFFA was a Vice President of the ce's relationship with HOFFA lasted until HOFFA's disappearance ®Source described the relationship between source ose"! fhoting that source was one of HOFFA's few associates who could meet with or call HOFFA at any time without Source stated HOFFA offered source a position as one of HOFFA'S trusted assistants which source respectfully ‘TEAMSTERS. So and HOFFA as "cl an appointment. decl IMLS) n-reg three or four me which were also contact with RAGANO for many years, ard to racano [gource recalled attending only O&O F. etings with HO attended by RAGANO others in the early 1960s lthough source has not had source recalled RAGANO (like most people attempting to contact HOFFA) was required to make an ee HOFFA in the early 1960s. Source was not aware if RAGANO'S status with HOFFA changed in later years. appointment to s Source identified attorneys close to HOFFA as EDDIE c), a partner of the late EDWARD BENNETT WILLIAMS in Washington, D.C. and an attorney (name not recalled) who was a close associate of the BUFFALINO LCN family. Source did not BCU) SHAFITZ (phoneti consider RAGANO A7iILCN for free. LO - DocId: 32300643 Page 4 of ordering a contract "hit". ‘doing favors" for high level LCN members and, a contract "hit", the "hit" probably would have been done by the an attorney "close" to HOFFA. fon Be te Source advised HOFFA was very close to LCN boss SANTOS TRAFFICANTE and other LCN members. Source said HOFFA was capable Source advised HOFFA was always if HOFFA requested JAN 27 1898 FEL — DALLAS
" Released undér the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote; DATE: 1¥-14-2017 a : RO, . . + ao. 7 toe to . e - ae , . ' SU ofesa ~ O os . Source identified JOSEPH CONNO (phonetic) as a current TEAMSTERS official in New York City. Source described CONNO as one of HOFFA's close assistants in the 1960s who may have knowledge of HOFFA's activities prior to are was, nation of PRESIDENT KENNEDY. CORT Based upon source's relationships with past Lc Ono f source commented that if RAGANO's claims about an LCN contract against PRESIDENT KENNEDY were true, RAGANO would have been ~killed by the LCN: years ago.-Based-on RAGANO's.claims that -HOFFA, through RAGANO, requested TRAFFICANTE to arrange for the murder of PRESIDENT KENNEDY, RAGANO should have been killed shortly after PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S assassination. This would have been done to prevent RAGANO from identifying either HOFFA or TRAFFICANTE as orchestrating the "hit". ADMINISTRATIVE: WARNING: INFORMATION rromuy (Ze -O S HIGHLY ksoupce IN NATURE AND DISCLOSURES COULD nowtuy (Ze SURG IDENTITY ee sd IS A HIGH LEVEL INFORMANT ITICAL TO MAJOR FCI AND CRINTNA INVESTIGATIONS)] WHOSE IDENTITY, IF REVEALED, WI POSITIVELY LEAD TO PHYSICAL DANGER TO SOURCE AND SOURCE'S FAMILY DEPARTMENT OF STATE]VIA CHANNELS THAT WOULD BRING INFORMATION TO THE ATTENTION OF ENR EMPLOYEE JESSE CLEAR] MAY CREATE SECURITY PROBLEMS FOR SOURCE . (Bx 8 WARNING: [ OF STATE]VI OF THIS INFORMATION TO (nz D STATES G) WARNING: STATEMENT TO BE ADDED TO ANY DISSEMINATION: INFORMATION ON THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO ANY OTHER AGENCY WITHOUT PRIOR BUREAU APPROVAL. WARNING: STATEMENT TO BE ADDED TO ANY DISSEMINATION: INFORMATION ON THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT BE’ PROVIDED TO THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY BY cECRE] equroBey: Docld: 32300643 Page 5