Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: STAFFORD, LEMAN L. JR.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 10/14/1959
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/22/201

AGENCY :

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10283-10227

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

105-80291-7, 8

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO :

TITLE:

FBI

STAFFORD, LEMAN L. JR.

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 10/14/1959

PAGES:

64

SUBJECTS :

DEB, ASSOC, JHO, WAM, WEAPONS, CUBA, ACA, POLIT,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, B/F INT, PANAMA, FINANCES,

TEAMSTERS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/26/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE i, INDEX PAGES i-iv, INC A/T, NOTE

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subfect,. who has

investigation by

Customs,

was repe

ntact with

William Alexander morgan,

cuban revolutionary

figure,

7/30/59. Although the Dominican

General Consul is alleged' to have given(S)

subject one hundred and fifty-two thousand

dollars for Morgan, Morgan claims he is not on

friendly terms with subject.:

CV 428-C has

advised subject has been in and out of Clevelan

for several weeks and is apparently connected

with group of Teamster officials including

"Babe" Iriscaro, Joseph Iriscar, Al

Naiman, and possibly James Hoffa.

According

to informant, subject apparently planning.to

enter into a business venture with Teamsten.

group.

On 10/18/59 subject in possession of

two fifty thousand dollar cashier's checks

which were to be negotiated to finance venture.

These checks were drawn on foreign bank and

subject indicated to informant he had

received them from Batista group for a plane

deal.

Being disseminated to State,

Internal

Security Division,

customs, and CIA.

SIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATIOMA ND/ORS

CURELEASE ERINEBMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT KP. 1-14-97

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DAIS

-- ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

(JFK).

AND INSOSIATION CONTAINED

BREDIN US UNCLASSTET"D EXCEPP

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FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56)

F.BI

Transmit the following in

Via:

AIR TEL

TO:

Date: 10/23/59

PLAIN TEXT

(Type in plain text or code)

AIR MAIL

(Priority or Method of Mailing,

DIA L4S NO ORIFCTI

DEC

RELS:

Mr. Tolsok

Mr. Bembade

Mr. McGuire.

Mr. Mohr

Mr. Carsons

Mr.FRasen

Mr.

Tamm

Mr. Trotter.

Mr. W.C.Sullivan

Tele. Room.

Mr. Holloman.

Miss Gandy

FR

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (105-80291)

SAC, CLEVELAND (105-3877

DOMINICK E. BARTONE

IS - CUBA;

REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA

A0!

nd Shivintiow

IN THIS DOGUWENT 10-10-97

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

IS UNCLASSIFIt

HERE IS CASSY PARACE INF

Re report of SA LEMAN L. STAFFORD, JR., at Miami,

dated 10/14/59.

CV 428-C advised 10/22/59 that on 10/18/59 he was

contacted by DOMINICK BARTONE and met with him in the office

CV 428-C

stated BARTONE exhibited to him what he described as two

$50,000.00 Cashiers checks drawn ion à foreign bank,

probably South America, which he indicated he had received

for a plane deal. He stated BARTONE told him the money

was coming from the BATISTA grOUp.

He stated that BARTONE

told him they still had ten planes left and mentioned

that he had sold or had intended to sell two planes for

Gm

delivery to Nicaragua.

is

CV 428-C advised that BARTONE told him th

would never come a ernst him in Mamt was being fixed and

10/28/59

lof Cleveland for

428-C advised that BARTONE has been in and out

several weeks and is apparently connected

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CV 105-3877

with a group which reportedly included LOUIS "BABE" TRISCARO,

his brother JOSEPH TRISCARO, AL NAIMAN, and other unidentified

Teamster Officials, and possibly JAMES

HOFFA.

Source advised

that the above-mentioned group succeeds the Tri-Mix Stone

Co:, a Cleveland distributor for Niagara Crushed Stone Quarry

Located in fort colbourne, ontario, Canada, reportealy ownea:

by AL NAIMAN.

CV 428-C previously advised that in a meeting in

NAIMAN's Office,

on 10/17/59 attended by BARTONE, the TRISCARO

brothers, and AL NAIMAN that this group was making arrangements

to get money from a Detroit bank previously utilized by the

Teamsters Union to secure funds to continue the operation of

Niagara Crushed Quarry in Canada, owned by NAIMAN.

CV 428-C

stated that if this refinancing was successful that NAIMAN

would own about one half the company and the other half would

be owned by the above-mentioned group.

CV 428-C advised that

BARTONE told him on 10/21/59 he was leaving Cleveland that

date for Detroit to arrange financing and was to meet there

with attorneys for the Canadian Steamship Co., who have been

transporting stone from the Niagara Crushed Stone Quarry, Foom

Port Colbourne, Ontario, via their boats across Lake Erie

to Cleveland.

CV 428-0 opined that the two $50,000.00 Cashiers

Checks were to be negotiated at the Detroit bank and were to

be utilized in the financing of the new venture.

Two copies of this communication are being designated

for the Detroit Office in view of their interest in JAMES

HOFFA.

It is being left to the discretion of the Miami

silice as to what investigative steps they desire taken ir

captioned matter since Detroit does not have a copy of

referenced Miami report.

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985.10581

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MM 105-2006

ISECRET

INFORMANTS

IDENTITY

MM. I-IJis MM 635-S, contacted 5/26/59,

SA GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR.

MM T-2 is General MANUEL BENITEZ, Cuban

exile living at 220 Zamora Avenue, Coral

Gables, Florida, former Chief of Cuban

National Police 1944-48, contacted

5/29/59, 6/19/59, by SA GEORGE E. DAVIS,

JR. and by SA DAVIS and SA LEMAN L.

STAFFORD, JR. on 8/14/59. (By request)

MM T-3 is JOSEPH CAMILLERI, 3761 NW Ist

Street, Miami, Florida, a pilot at Miami,

contacted 6/10/59, by SA GEORGE E.

DAVIS, JR. (By request)

MM T-4 - ROBERT AYLOR, doorman, Montmartre

Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, contacted

7/28/59, by SA LEMAN I.. STAFFORD, JR.

(By request)

MM 1°5 1s Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba;

Legat cable to Bureau 8/3/59.

MM T-6 is MARIANO FAGET, 75 SW 32nd Court,

Miami, Florida, former Chief of Cuban

Bureated Repeat a Cosm (BRAC) (S)

contacted by SA GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR. on

8/20/59. (By request)

LOCATION

R-ink

134-211 Sub A -1461)

(M)

105-1742-263

105-1563-39

105-1563-47

105-1571-33

105-1563-46

Instant report,

page 2a

105-1563-57

105-1563-88

105-1571-41 p. 2

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ISFORETI

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MM 105-2006

SECRET

IDENTITY

MM T-7 is RICHARD B. JAFFE, PSI Under

Development, Miami, Florida, almosta

LOCATION

134-370 Sub A-2,

Sub A-9

constant companion of ROLANDO MASFERRE,

former Cuban senator and newspaper

publisher, now exiled Miani, Florida.

JAFFE contacted 8/21/59, by

SA GEORGE E.

DAVIS, JR. and on 8/24/59, by SA LEMAN I.

STAFFORD, JR.

MM T-8

CIA

reports

Out # 90344, 8/27/59

Out

# 90983, 8/29/59

(u)

Out

# 91714, 9/2/59

Out # 92844, 9/4/59

105-2006-3

10592006-2

105-2006-5

MM TO9 is GEORGE MARIAN, PCI,

137-185404

Miami Office, Doorman, Americana

Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida,

contacted 9/4,12/59, by SA JAMES E.

HASTINGS.

MM T-10 is JANET SUMMERS, District

Manager's Clerk, Southern Bell Telephone

Instant report,

page: 39

and Telegraph Company,

Miam. Beach,

Florida, contacted 10/7/59, by SA LEMAN I.

STAFFORD, JR. (By request)

Careful consideration has been given to each

source concealed in this report and "

symbols were utilized

only in those instances where identities must be concealed.

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