. * ie tne Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 - Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017T on . . © SJ 105-5306 cia eewensins wot hain et REN oo (ee : Stl ” | . (3 r12|s ted that on November 28, 1960 ROLANDO HERRER\ ; visited the Teamsters offices regarding "pedal pushers" | hat time had not yet arrived in Puerto Rico. The - was coming from General ARTURO ESPAILLAT and JOHNNY. GARCIA.In the event the shipment arrived by Compania Doniiritcana de Aviacion (CDA), it would be sent to Dominican Consul’ NILO H, SOTO, who would hand it over to FEDERICO VIRELLA. Vy Y Dans Rep J yfhons GARCIA is~the former Chief of” the -e eo ‘e) _the Dominican SIM? [sa vas] le that on November 16, 1960 it was indicated that“ts of that date the "pedal pushers" were - | od expected to Bla "Ozama" owned by RAFAEL ABREU, |! | - ~ 4 . (SF 7-12] aid on December 20, 1960 that he learned that FRANK CHAVEZ was in a position to become the owner of the Escambron Beach Club, Indications were that CHAVEZ | will operate this business outside of the unionand there were indications that the Teamsters were taking over all |exports from Santo Domingo arriving in to Rico, iw . n January 16; 1962 so n-1Ja séd that on July 20, 1961 he learned that FRANK CHAVEZ is planning to bring to Puerto Rico Major General ARTURO ESPAILLAT who was threatened with death by personsin the Dominican Government. According to information received by SJ T-1,General ESPAILLAT was detained in prison and laterput at liberty by President JOAQUIN | $0,200" ESPAILLAT reportedly has offered FRANK CHAVEZ $100,000 to get him out of the Dominican Republic as soon as possible, . & T-8 on October 4, 1961/4dvised that FRANK CHAVEZ and JAI AMADOR were in the Dominican Republic for the. purpose of opening a Teamsters office in that country. [8g roy Stated that the last time that CHAVEZ was in the Domin n t | Republic he ran into difficulties and allegedly was detained for questioning by authorities there, t an army officer in the Dominican Army and after the Slaying According to the source, CHAVEZ was friendly with ; ~l4. DoclId: 32289656 Page 10
“ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hote). ‘DATE: 11-14-2017 O e its hands off its longshorements local” in the Dominican ‘Republic. The article indicates that “more surprising than the pull-back from the Dominican Republic is the deci- sion of the Teamsters not to charter members there at least for the present, thus abandoning months of groundwork pushed through firstly under the dead dictator andmre recently under his son RAMPIS. A lease the Teamsters had on office space in Ciudad Trujillo was cancelled about two weeks ago. The. Teamsters program for the Dominican Republic, which was to begin with truck drivers, falteréd-when-General ARTURO ESPAIE fell from grace last July.More recent talks with RAMPIS UJILLO have reportedly yielded a promise not_ to obstruct Teamsters organization, but officers of the HOFFA union feel the climate will not make organization worth- while, , Xf _$J T-1l advised on December 11, 1961 that ARTURO. BALESPAL SJ 105-5396 LLAT, Savoy Apartment_Hotel,. Ottawa, Canada, on ovember 24, 1961 had telephoned one Mr. CHAVEZ at Telephone No, 724-4729 in San Juan, rto Rico. On the same date. ESPAILEAT telephoned HEINAXAMADORE (possibly JAIME AMADOR), Telephone No. 724-4445 gn/San Juan, Puerto Rico. (S)) | The Metropolitan Telephone Directory as published by the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, lists the Teamsters Local Union 901, 800 Figueroa, Santurce, Puerto Rico as subscriber of Telephone No. 724-4729, On January 8, 1962, a Special Agent of the FBI | using a suitable pretext called No, 724-4445, The telephone was answered by an unknown female saying "Union de Tron- quistas" (Teamsters Union), Travel of CHAVEZ to the Dominican Republic Sergeant FRANCISCO POVENTUD, Airport Detail, POPR, on July 20, 1960 telephonically advised SA J, CORTEZ BALL that he had been informed by a source that FRANK CHAVEZ and FEDERICO VIRELLA, of the Teamsters Union, were planning to nent a private airplane from the Mack Aero Company, » eh 4 -18- NO ester DoclId: 32289656 Page 11
Released under the John F:: Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o (44 USC \ Hote). DATE: 11-14-20t7 _ ov? 4 C) le STATES DEPARTMENT OF~JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Post Office Box! 4312 ¢ 4. FileNo. San Juan 21; Puerto Rico™ RET | stb J FEB 20 1952 FRANK CHAVEZ INTERNAL SECURITY-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CUBA Reference is made to the report of SA JOHN A, NORRIS ,JR. dated and captioned as above at San Juan. ce ne eR I a SJ T-1, who has furnished reliable information in the past, received the information furnished on January 16, 1962 from an individual in a position: to _ know suc data but whose reliability is not known ey SJ T-10(is another governmental agency which cqnduct LX () ae background and intelligence type, investigations (SU is a foreign source abroad.) All other sour urnished rellable information in the past, J T-1l e This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI u ' and-is: Loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. | ee ee nee | P1395 | DoclId: 32289656 Page 12