"Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: ir SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32327980 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hote). Date: JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90066-10221 HQ CR SEE TITLE _Document Information FBI NY HQ [Restricted] 12/02/1964 4 SALVATORE GRANELLO [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/23/1998 INDEFINITE AT 32 $/21/20]
{Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note}. DATES Ade LAsBOBT ; { al . roan ~ RO FBI Date: 12/2/64 PLAIN TEXT Transmit the following in rg a ad a (Type in plain text or code) Via AIRTEL tt (Priority or Method of Mailing) | oe ee bo eee b . TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (137-8862). L 3 (ATT: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR A. ROSEN) he FROM: SAC, NEW YORK (137-9495) put INFORMATION CONTATIED Fy ; EREIN IS UNCLASD IED iy SUBJECT: NY 3936-C nat [41-851 Sp 6. C MSE O COMP, Ose ‘Re \ ° vf anaes meet TF This informant furnished the following information on 11/23 and 11/25/64:  SKERWOOD GENERAL HOSPITAL, DETROIT, MICHIGAN MICHIGAN : Me ie DATS 5 \ Informant stated he is in> contact ee OE A : ~—FLOUIS, wife of former heavyweight champion\ JORM. US. MARTHA ! I TOULS told the informant that she has obtained an okay from | fe JIMMY HOFFA to put through a Teamsters loan for the Kerwood . ; | General Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. MARTHA LOUIS told =} | the informant that she went directly to JIMMY HOFFA and told ; a bay him that JOE LOUIS had received $7,500 in advance payment in} Jy i” this loan and it had to be put through. She told the informant: “ - that JIMMY HOFFA agreed to do this to repay JOE LOUIS for my) past favors. MARTHA LOUIS also told the informant that she POW does not kick back any money to any union officials. [Ba 7 aoe t as Informant advised that the déal sori‘the Kerwood. 12: |~ / General Hospital had been brought to hiin by. PHITRWEISS and : A JOHNEKEILLY, He stated he received escrow funds and”advance: |[“\__| eipensés on’ this loan, but when he was unable to put the loan | ' through, he returned the escrow and :is currently paying back the advance funds by installments to MARTHA LOUIS, who is : currently representing the hospital. | Aepureau (137-8862) = 1-New York (137- 9895) ip wavs | a VAL a et oe Avproved, j EZ le \ Mt Dip gisee O'S AEG GT ys LA tah ch \ ag BEG | > Jo L pee < gen mee Were TATRTET + eee ehiael | Docld: 32327980 Page 2?
; Released-under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). 4 ————— - : 11-14-2017 NY 137-9495 — Y | JAMES HOFFA and SALVATORE ‘GRANELLO ; N “Informant “advised he “had received information that SALTGRANELLO, aka Sallgkeurns: is presently attempting to se € some trouble for JIMMY HOFFA in NY. He said he had been told that JIMMY HOFFA is in troube with the "wise guys" in NY and that if GRANELLO is able to settle this matter, he will be able to get anything he wants out of HOFFA. Informant was unable to pinpoint the source of the trouble HOFFA is having. © . Informant learned that on 11/20/64, SALLY BURNS met with TONY PROVENZANO to negotiate loans from the Teamsters | Pension Fund through PROVENZANO, He stated that-in the event any. positive action is taken, he will not be handling the loans for GRANELLO. ° ; Informant has also received information that on the 13th of November, GRANELLO was supposed to pay an individual in Nassau. County $25,000 to fix his current extortion case in Nassau County. He stated, however, that GRANELLO was able to raise only $10,000 of this amount and would make a payoff of that much. . Informant des not know to whom these monies were. to be paid. Concerning the information above regarding an attempt of GRANELLO to fix his case in Nassau County, this information has. peen: paraphrased and disseminated to the Nassau County ‘DA'ts Office with proper caution to protect the identity of this informant. » The above information concerning the activities of MARTHA | LOUIS, SALVATORE GRANELLO and JAMES HOFFA is furnished for the information of the Bureau and no investigation concerning any of the above: is being considered _ by the NYO, HIGHWAY VAY HOUSE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA Torrente Soy Nf nee enn en | Docld: 323527960 Page 3
“fteleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 : : a A : n: a - ‘ Loe 4 “Ny 137-9495 Informant advised that PETE LACOVELLI from Phoenix, Arizona, is a close associate of JOE BONANNO, head of the BONANNO "family", of "La Cosa Nostra”. LACOVELLL as presently attempting to handle a deal to get a Teamsters mortgage for the Highway House in Phoenix, Arizona. He stated that oP STHURELUBEL mortgage is being re a sos negotiated by JOHNKKEILLY, ARTHUR({LUBELL, an attorney. Located in the Empire State Buriding™and an individual named BERNIEYROBBINS, who is a front man for LACOVELLI. Informant adviséd that he was originally a participant in. the negotiations to obtain the loan for this corporation and represented LOW EAS, a NY labor official who was also ~ > € interested in negotiating this loan. Informant advised he ; 4 3 heard that if the principals are successful in obtaining the loan, r tr ‘ ARTHUR LUBELL will receive ten per cent of this lom by check e. * and will probably disperse "under-the-counter" payments to various individiais from this ten per cent. Informant advised \ he and LASKY have withdrawn from the negotiations but the above information was obtained by the informant from EDDIE*LANZ IERRI aka EDDIEXBUFF, alleged hoodlum figure in the NY area. EDDIE BUFF ISA soOGial acquaintance of the informant and the informant ' stated that information conceming the ten per cent is pure speculation on the part of EDDIE BUFF. The informant further advised that he has no personal knowledge of the current. attempt of LACOVELLI to obtain a Teamster mortgage and stated — he will not be in.a position tgget any further information in i> this matter unless this information.is furnished to him by EDDIE. BUFF without his asking about it. Pr IRON an ree arma a cenit? Aste ee ae ae \ oO - In wew of the paucity of information obtained and the indications that any possible illegal activity on the part Of individuals involved in speculation at this time, no ° investigation is being considered by the NYO. EXTREME CARE AND CAUTION MUST BE USED IN DISSEMINATION ‘OF ABOVE INFORMATION.  _ “ : , c oe ' Docld: 323277980 Page 4