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 HW 45927 DoclId: 32306771 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/24/201 Identification Form Agency Information Released under the John FBI . Eennedy Wes5asgsination Records ollection Act of 1992 124-10296-10099 HQ (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 45927 Date: CR 92-2956-63 11-17-2017 Document Information FBI MOORE, ROBERT L. DIRECTOR, FBI 03/18/1963 15 APR, TEAMSTERS UNION, ASSOC, BUSS, CRIM AND GAMBLING ACT PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 10(a)2 Redact 05/23/1998 INDEFINITE ive) Page 1
"DE 92-216 ee _INFORMANTS : Identity of Source Agent to Whom’ Furnished DE T-1 is ee a Mrs. QO DONALD HERRON. . . - SA ROBERT L. MOORE 82 Webber Place Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan -DE.T-2 is SF 2550-C-TE . . $A HAROLD V.. CATES DE T-3 is SF 2543-c -- SA ELLSWORTH F, HEMINGWAY . DE T-4 is LA 4350-C . — . Unknown | DET-5 is( cs, PCT = SA WILLIAM A, LAMB _DE T-6 is DE 878-C-TE ‘SA ROBERT N, FITZPATRICK DE T-7 is DE 919-c¥ | en DE T-8 is DE370-C = —. Ss SA PALMER M, WEE a ~ CF - COVER: PAGE “HW 45927 DocId:32308771 Page 2 Ce |
DE 92-216 On’ October 22, 1962, Dz T-2 advised that ANGELO MARINO, prominent member of the Italian criminal - element in San Jose, California, had been in touch with GENE BUFALINO on October 19, 1962, and had been instructed to make the necessary arrangements to get a job for SAL COSTANZA,; Martinez, California, a close associate of MARINO, as a union organizer in the new General Motors Plant being built in Fremont, California. According to Informant, MARINO described BUFALINO as a union man from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area who had been associated with ANGELO BRUNO in that area, According to Informant, MARINO described BUFALINO as a. brother of the right hand council man to JAMES HOFFA . and further described BUFALINO’s brother as a. "friend", meaning a member of the "organization", Informant related that he got the impression that MARINO was under “orders to do something about obtaining an organizing job- for SAL COSTANZA and that MARINO had been designated to handle all union matters of this nature for the San Jose "family". According to Informant, MARINO remarked that he had been in the east recently and in contact . with ANGELO BRUNO in Philadelphia, a cousin of MARINO. He further described BRUNO as a big shot and as a member of the national commission of the "organization". On April 16, 1962, DE T-3 advised that GENE BUFALINO was at a dinner party at an attorney’s house in San Francisco. on March 26, 1962. Informant advised that BUFALINO was - .. then civorced and resided in Los Angeles where he is HW 45927 employed as head of the Distillers, vine and Sugar \jorkers. According to Informant, BUFALINO is the brother of the BUFALINO who is the chief attorney. for JIMMY HOFFA, National President of the Teamsters Union in Detroit. GENE BUFALINO during the course of dinner conversation mentioned that he is very close to his brother, who serves as HOFFA's attorney and explained that his brother had recently received a $10,000.00 settlement from "Time" Magazine because of an article defaming his character, which alleged that the brother had been an attorney for criminal types and hoodlums such as HOFFA. Informant advised: that GENE BUFALINO ~5 = DoclId: 32308771 Page 3
HW 45927 DE 92-216 | noted that he and: his brother frequently discussed matters relating to HOFFA, in. addition to purely legal matters. ‘-It is the Informant’ Ss opinion that GENE. BUFALINO has ‘considerable - information concerning HOFFA and his crowd, informant advised - that GENE BUFALINO appeared willing. to further their acquaintance and indicated that he might move to- San Francisco _ during June, 1962; DE T-3 on July 11, 1962, advised. that no further contact or information had. been obtained with GENE BUFALINO _and that BUFALINO had not moved to San Francisco in June, 1962, as planned. Informant advised on that occasion that no further information regarding BUFALINO'S. activities was then - available, “In 1961, DE. 7-4 reported - that the Wine Distillery and Rectifying Workers Union was formed by WILLIAM BUFALINO _ of Detroit, Michigan, and that his brother, GENE, is presedent © of. the union, with offices at 9015 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hillis, California, = ‘This source also reported. that the ‘office space at that address is apparently used only as a telephone service and no business activities are conducted there. In late August, 1961, ‘DE T-4 reported that the | Wine Distillery and Rectifying Workers Union of which GENE BUFALINO | is president, was formed solely for the purpose of furnishing members of the Atalian mob with legitimate employment, II,. ASSOCIATES The’ following information is not to be made public: except in the usual proceeding Following the ‘issuance of. a subpoena ‘duces tecum: . In the ‘event ‘the. following “information ‘is desired mo in a court proceeding, a subpoena duces tecum should be issued-to the Manager of the Michigan Bell Telephone’: Company (MBTC), 1365 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Records of the MBTC, Detroit,. disclosed that ‘telephone number TU 1-6859 (NP) is subscribed to by. VELLIAM zB, - BUFALINO, 79 Webber, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. - 6 - -Doclda:32308771 Page 4