‘oe ° iy ‘ ~ an) Mr, Herbert J. Miller, Jr. Becember 11, 1963 a tf i Assistant Attorney General } Dixector, FBI | nou NECK EDWARD BARTONE, BT AL. 1 - Mr. Conrad | _ FREDBRA RVE ACT; INTERSTATE 1 - Mr, Evans; 5F “QRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY a MALL FRAUDS FRAUD BY PERE; ConpeERACY | rn in we oN ‘Thie is to ‘¢ontim receipt of your  vequést made on..,= & Decenber 10, 1963, te Special Agent Robert A. Garvey of this ~ = Bureau to equip Robert ©. Meissner with a tape reeorder con- 3 " cealed on his gordon fer the purpose of recording a conversation: wes during a eontemplated meeting between Meissner and Jeseph fF. Verhelic, Pa, 1963. of Public ‘Bank, » Batroit, Hachigan, You advised that Waiguner, a Chitago, alineis, consulting engineer, ig cooperating with the Government and has furnished considerabie information which he has obtained from Verhelle relating to the activities of Hoffa and the gtanting of Pengien Fund ioans. Meissner reportedly stated his meeting with Verbelie, scheduled to occur in Meissner*s ‘apartment ina CRACREO g was called by Verhelle to discuss ways: they can nelp Hofia in the Nashville CABC. _ Gm accordance with your request, . our ‘Chteago Office has been instructed to equip Meissner with a tafe recorder for the purpose stated above. The Criminal Sivision wall be furnished with the results. co Ro! | ena ALL nroRWaTON CONTAINED ~ ° oF seme — a Sy a pare OES, | - RE mn Me LRK:eem_ _. ce V/0 1% € “NOTE: See memorandum Mr. Rosen to Mr. Belmont, captioned ob as above, dated 12/10/63, LRK:eem, which contains a “request by Assistant Attorney General Miller to equip ; Meissner with a tape recorder for the: :afore-mentioned 5 purpose, Our Chicago. Office was. télephonical ly instructed at 6:30 P.M., 12/10/63, to contact Department Attorney William ‘French of. the Criminal Division, who mi cin Chicago in connection «with captioned matter, and-arrange. th igh h hrtaliegy#? Meissner ———' with this tape recorder .. 4, / T Callahan Conrad DeLoach Rosen i ——o ti Ig oY Trotter WW Tele. Room WW Holmes Gandy wai. RoomL_) TeLerype unit LI * Docld: 32309315 Page 2?
q . ornionat FORM NO. 10 CO . co” ! _ UNITED’ STATES GOVERI_ ANT - Belmont : \ _) Mohr . Casper r y Calluhan emoran um ; é Conrad - DeLoach ik Evans fof ; TO : Mr, Belmon DATE: December 10, 1963 ‘°° Rt | ree ttte Sullivag FROM : A, Ros Tele. Room . Holmes . ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED: Gandy _ IN IS UN Lassi 0 ! SUBJECT: JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA Dae /2-! Ale BYG2E [My acl KSE- : DOMINICK EDWARD BARTONE, ET AL. (IFK) | YW ake FEDERAL RESERVE ACT; INTERSTATE By. ih, TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY MAIL FRAUD; .FRAUD BY WIRE; CONSPIRACY Assistant Attorney General Herbert J, Miller, Jr., has | telephoniically requested that the Bureau equip Robert C. Meissner, principal in captioned matter, with a technical device concealed on his person to-record a contemplated meeting between Meissner and Joseph F, Verhelle, former President, Public Bank, Detroit, Michigan, which is supposed to take place at Meissner’ s. apartment in Chicago, Illinois; during the early morning of 12/11/63,. According to Mr. Miller, Meissner is cooperating with the Government and has furnished consid- erable information concerning which Meissner has obtained from Verhelle relating to the activities of Hoffa and the granting of Pension Fund loans, Meissner has informed the Department that his meeting with Verhelle on 12/11/63 was called by Verhelle to discuss ways they can help Hoffa. in the Nashvilte case. . . es st rom f . an ye itr. Miller pointed out that recently sich a “device was 5 2. successfully utilized in the Osborn Obstruction of Justice case at Nashville, which resulted in Osborn being indicted sby. Nashville Federal grand jury. on 12/6/63, In this case a damaging conversa tion was .re~ corded between Osborn and an intermediary (on whom a tapeirecorder was concealed) Osborn was using to influence a potential Juror in _ the forthcoming trial. ; fet to Both Meissner and Verhelle were principals in captioned — matter, which involved a series of LOandiiade by Public Bank, Detroit, totaling $800,000, to virtually insolvent’ Gérporations. It is. alleged that these loans were made at the insistence of Hoffa, who threatened to remove Teamsters Undone funds; on Og ggposit at Public Bank unless the loans. were grantéd, ! wa th Gin . Lar yf er [. RECOMMENDATION: | | ye? peat pal tip 1 . . tent -¢ WV \ vs By view of the need for expediency At is» Pei enaed that our” “Chicago Office be .telephonicalty SERED | to_arrang Pe Rey Ox ee ; Si pater “1 - Mr. “eonrad 8 <2, x3 2 DEC 18 1963 yy 29-31889 ® 12 DEC b LEK - LRK: gem f . _ jr (Cs Goa Docld: 32309315 Page 3
NL - Memorandum to Mr. Belmont ; Re: James Riddle Hoffa; Dominick Edward Bartone, et al. Department Attorney William French of the Criminal Division, who is now in Chicago in connection with captioned matter, for Meissner to be equipped with a concealed tape recorder for the afore-mentioned purpose. Chicago will be instructed to insure that full security is afforded this installation, It is noted that Meissner is President of Meissner Consulting Engineering Company of Chicago, which company was engaged to perform a survey on one of the insolvent corporations which had borrowed funds from Public Bank, Detroit, in an effort to determine if the company could be made into a profit-making concern, Je - 2. ¢ Docld: 32309315 Page 4