107 Hote}. i 1997 (44 USC 2 i ection Act of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Coll Released under e JFK Assassination System Date: 6/25/20] . -14-7017 . ° “ DATE * 11 Identification F orm | Agency Information : AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-10348-10049 RECORD SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 63-5327-325] Document Information ORIGINATOR - FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 05/1 7/1963 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : ANTHONY PROVENZANO DOCUMENT TyPE - PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified RESTRICTIONS - 4 CURRENT STATUS : Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA ‘INDEFINITE COMMENTS : AT 94 3 Docld: 323165270 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 27107 Hote) ATE:, 11-14- “FD-36 att eos.) . mony — \ ._ / woos F f x | we ° aD _, ‘ \ / \ yy fy? / « FBI Date: 5/17/63 Transmit the following-in (Type in plain text or code) Via__f TRTEL TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (63-5327) FROM: SAC, NEW YORK (62-12235) JAMES RIDDLE OFFA a MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING Re . ONS Former NY 2305-C telephonically contacted this \ yy 4 office on 5/16/63 and requested that he be contacted. on : Source was contacted and voluntarily furnished the. t an} ct following information: Pe cay \ \ IN \ x ae Re: PETE, fo eno “oh eens an fj cae f ' DE FEO is a member of the New yorkzcrimiaal |, = JL felement. Source advised that on 5/10/63, DESREO appeayed ¥ eA fat nis home and requested that informant speak" to JAMESy f oe hh y HOFFA regarding thegforum Motor Lodge, Teamsters loan. “ \i | | \ Va VL. Source advised that’ DE FEO was driven “to his #ome By A itl | fanother individual (possibly EDDIE LANZIERI) “whom he could , Sol 4. wy i not identify since he remained in the automobile. DE FEO an er Stold the source that the owners of the Forum Motor Lodge NG ak PSR i requested a Teamsters loan of $1,000,000.00 but were ~ Ne laf § approved for only $500,000.00,. which was not adequate. i KS SS “He requested source to contact HOFFA to ask Irim to raise ) . \ a a 5 »“Bureau (63-5327) ow (1 — 137-8862 a ee by - ae 0g} REC-64 be 3 OS eo foo 3 1 - New York 157-3508 y, 1 - New York (137-3504 62-12235 Bo MAY 18 1963 me 2bEc! Wie’ New York eae err eg POE AS bE CYT tyuhhe «tee rg em . hee HS) spe shyadtl, ode. HGF Pte ae WAV LER ™ “| EEE oul Ph DETAR ™~. ZL : vo re Appro Ga “ 2 ’ Sent ____ EM Per ‘ ~) ro Hint 4 oy Spesig! Agent7in Cifarge Docld: 32316520 Lplalyel i963 : any
Released under th e John F. Kenne Fy = DATE: ,11-14-2017 dy Assassination ‘Records Collection Act of 1997 { 44 USC 2107 Hote) v 2 . A 0 ; ‘ ~. ! es -. ; ey ” 5 See NY 62-12235 the amount. source told DE FEO he would not see HOFFA in Washington because of his illness and did not care to discuss this matter on the phone. He told DE FEO he would speak to HOFFA in his pehalf if HOFFA visited his home. Source advised he will not do anything on this loan for DE FEO since he feels that HOFFA does not want the Forum Motor Lodge to get the loan through DE FEO or he would not have allowed the ,loan to be reduced to $500,000.00. Source was telephonically contacted by HOFFA from philadelphia, and HOFFA requested source to get in touch with SPINDEL and send him to philadelphia; He left messages for SPINDEL, who contacted him from TONY. OVENZANO!S. headquarters in Local 560, IBT. SPINDEL’ bold the" seus would see him soon and would contact HOFFA immed} Re: SAM BARON * ‘ nm source was visited py SAM BARON; who is presently in New york put is leaving shortly to take a job in Europe. BARON told the source that sometime in the past he nad spoken to WALTER SHERIDAN, Special Assistant to the AGs and asked SHERIDAN to go easy with informant when he was questioned in Nashville, since he (BARON) considered ; informant "the only good thing in the Teamsters." Informant said that he was questioned py SHERIDAN in Nashville, and SHERIDAN requested him to furnish information concerning HOFFA and to testify fully concerning the TBT. Source — declined to cooperate and SHERIDAN then said, "We know you are cooperative and are furnishing information but I would like you to furnish it directly to me since we are getting the information late through Washington.” Informant said that he received the definite impression from SHERIDAN from this and other conversations that he knew source had been furnishing information to this office. Docld: 32316570 Page 3