JFK Assassination System Date: 6/1/2015 Identification Form oem  —- aaa eee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90044-10139 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR SEE TITLE : eee, Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: [Restricted] DATE: 01/18/1962 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : FRANK MATULA [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified : RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/17/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : AT eee v9.1 22 Docld: 32326290 Page 1
113-56) eee 4 WAL an r) 5 ‘ hl ‘Date: 1/18/62 “ee Hier the following in PLAIN a ] ~ (Type in plain text or code) ; ; Pals ° AIRTEL a AIR MAIL . ‘ . : (Priority or Method of Mailing) occ tre 5 TO : DIRECTOR, FBI a FROM SAC, LOS ANGELES (131-2617) (P) Ta “ESSLES ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED e By Ora | , nel Is iediosba ty ca ys pA 19 Above captioned source is identical. with JOHN W. FILIPOFF. Source resides in the Monterey Park, California area and is personally contacted through telephone number 722-4897, wherein plans are made for personally meeting with hin, SUBJECT: "Li , FILIPOFF is a former teamster official and has in _ the past, and.it is believed will be in the future, in a position to furnish intelligence information céncerning - JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, NATE STEIN and ANTHONY DORIA. It is “ believed that this source has all the qualities necessary to meet the requirements of the Top Echelon Criminal Informant Program. This source will be contacted exclusively by SAs JOSEPH A, ARWINE and ALBERT A, HUSTEDT. a, . It is noted that this source has furnished information which has been furnished to the Bureau in the. ease entitled, "MIKE HARABEDIAN; ‘FRANK MATOLA » Jr. et al LMRA-IM.". Fe bog ph aahe i: ee . A e { 3.- Bureau (RM) ar UNA fi 2 =~ Los Angeles VW, | fs 13 0—~ 7. I Cay JRB:GAM , D f (5) é GC. Wick e 13 JAN 22 1962 “ Approved: A Pas aa a. Sent _ M Per mon \ . . Q ok Yap in Charge ae a i Ps) "¢ \ eo \ Docld: 323262790 Page 2?
Wwe 8 LA 137-2617 Full background information concerning this source has not yet been obtained and the Bureau is requested to Sutel permission for further interviews. . This source has not been contacted with enough ; regularity to establish his reliability, and is referred to herein as an informant merely to differentiate the source , 5 of the information from the subject matter. It is requested that caution be exercised in the dissemination of some of the information contained herein as the nature of this information is attributable wholly to this source. Dissemination of the information contained herein | will be made under the appropriate case captions and furnished : to interested offices and the Bureau. mes its Ciauts. PEL TEC SE Secretary Treasurer of -_Local_206, Portland, This source dividual attending meeting at San D eB | Docld:32326290 Page 3
fae : | ALL INFORMATION CONTRINED HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED 4 aan, ae WESTERN CONFERENCE PENSION feo : FUND AND CENTRAL STATE PERSION FUND OF TEAMSTERS . — | UNION o On January 17, 1962; LA 4381-PC advised that a source of his who is a member of the Western Council of Teamsters, _ advised informant that on January 22, 1962, JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA 4 will be in San Diego, California, for a meeting with both the employers and members of the Western Conference to determine disposition of the Western Conference Pension Fund. | foax le Weal | According to informant, #he’ conference will be attended by 14 employers and 14 memberg-of/the Joint Council. President of the Joint Council 1sWACKTANNAND, who works-for the International ag an organizer. HENRY/iVERS, of Seattle who owns7;ivers Tru Company, is chairman for the employers. . Additional, council =~" who will attend are GEORGEACAVANO;*Local274, “Secretary _ beepers RI ec see ecak-206,_-Portl JOVEGE . SDAMERRILL; “EINAR 0... U ol, nenie ? Ooo bi f Reed Geis LTR. ria a SLs Md Calif e. | According to t “iformant, each/ of. the members of the oy soon ‘Joint Council has been contacted by JAMES#HARDING, who is fa LY reported to. be hatchet man on the wedt“teast Of HOFFA, and — Sxenmyihee HARDING has advised each of the members that they are to vote _ for the consolidation of each of the two pension funds. / ARDING, / ' who is from Portland, is taking over the duties of BUILLAFONTAINE, “ | ‘who is presently with Local 208 of Los Angeles. HARDING is" , / purported to have told members of the Joint Council that ale fe if they do not vote for this merger, that International wilt = a send an auditor to each of the locals and will be able to fire jv an Informant further pointed out source told him that he had received a call from JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA and HOFFA told him "what are you doing by opposing me on this merger.": Source reportedly toid him that he was not opposing but was voting for we | Docld: 32326290 Page 4