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Originator: FBI
Document date: 7/9/65
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JFK Assassination System

4/2/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10201-10456

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-106633-24

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

DATE :

07/09/1965

PAGES:

31

SUBJECTS :

FCH, AKA, NCK, ASSOC, JHO, TEAMSTER UNION ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

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CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/11/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

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the John F. Kemedy Assassinatin Records Collectiun Aut uf 1992 111 USe 2107

CORRELATION SUMMARY

Main File No:

See also:

Subject:

105-106633

51-479

63-7189

63-8962

92-6683

92-7508

134-2965

159-504

159-757

Frank Chavez

One Chavez*

Date: 7-9-65

'ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCUASSIFIE

DATEL 2•13-9V BY SP&

ide

Date Searched:

9/28/64

All logical variations of subject's name and aliases were searched

and

identical references were

found as:

Frank Chavez

Frank Chaves

rankle chavez

Frank: chavz

All identical references marked "A" on the search slip.

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This is a summary of information obtained from a review o1

all "see" references to the subject in Bureau files under the names

and aliases listed above. All references under the above names

containing data identical with the subject have been included except

any indicated at the end of this summary under the heading REFERENCES

NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SUMMARY.

summary is designed to furnish a synopsis of the

information set out in each reference. In many cases the original

serial will contain the information in much more detail.

THIS SUMMARY HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR USE AT THE SEAT OF

GOVERNIENT AND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR DISSEMINATION.

Analyst

Coordinator

Approved

peggy Ann Boss

Theda W. Duncan

PAB/rma

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ordo P. Benedict

# Not completely searched. See page 17 orEGarch

105-106633-74

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On 8/18/60 Investigator Tito Belaval, ONI, 10th Naval

strict, san Juan, reported that according to

an informant whose

reliability had not been fully established

Gil traveled to Cuba

In July, 1960, at which time he carried a letter, supposedly from

James Hoffa, head of the TU, to Fidel Castro. The letter indicated

that should a US boycott of

shipments to Cuba occur, the Teamsters

would back Cuba. Gil also gave a letter to Angelica Cruz De Henriquez

(97-4274) from Frank Chavez addressed to the Cuban Government, which

• letter attacked the Puerto Rican Government's action against Cruz and

supported her activities with Puerto Rican independence groups.

Add. info:

9754274-16 p.14-16

SI par. 1

7-0-1814

(20)

Palace Hotel,

frequent visitor at his hotel, was usually alone and often departed •

for Mayaguez when leaving the hotel. He stated that his records

disclosédthat she was a quest there at various periods during the

and thereby furnished dates and telephone calls

month of July 7/17/60 she called 2-4729 which was listed to Teamsters,

Warehousemen and Helpers Local Union 901, 800 Figueroa St., Santurce,

PR, of which Frank Chavez was President.

Add. info.

97-3825-19 p. 4,6

( 84)

SJ 394-S reported on 6/28/60 that Frank Chavez met with

Jose Gil De Lamadrid

(105-11130) and Federico Virella Rodriguez, who

was also on the Teamster payroll, PR. Plans were made at the time to

burn the Venezuela Print Shop in San

assisting "El Imparcial" in printing its paper.

in prin sag

Juan as this shop was ällegedly

On 7/6/60, the same source advised that the plan was not

carried out inasmuch as there was a police guard in the vicinity of

The shop.

REVIEWED BY FEUIFK TASK FORGE

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ON

4/3/97 dab/ met

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According to US Customs, San Juan, on 7/23/60 Chavez,

while accompanied by two unknown individuals

and Abreu, met one

Enrique A. Valls Y Verames, 312 44th St. Mariano, Cuba, at the

San Juan International Airport when Valls arrived

from Aruba,

Dutch West Indies.

USCS

REVIEWED BY #BI/JFK TASK FORCE

ON

723-92 dut

DE PELEASE IN FULL

105-87123-7

(10V)

SI par. 1

100-237194-924 P.34,35

(8) lAdd. 1n10..

I RELEASE IN PART

D4722/60 the Division of Intelligence (DI), POPR reported

Rafael Abreu's

• (105-87123) arrival in San Juan to menace the pickets

and indicated that arrangements had been made in the DR with the

local Teamsters leader,

Frank Chavez, and the International long-

shoremen Association (ILA) for the Teamsters and the ILA to cross

the picket lines.

Add. info.

105-87123-11 p.2,5

(10%

In connection with the Teamsters' activities in the "El

Imparcial" (94-8-1106) strike

in San Juan on 5/26/60, SJ 394-S

reported that Frank Chavez had been told by James R. Hoffa to "get

tough." According to informant, most strikers were armed.

SJ-420-S stated on 7/28/60 that Chavez allegedly nac

issued 65 unmarked revolvers to strike participants with the under-

standing that the guns would be returned later unless they had

been used, in which case they were to be disposed of. Informant

advised that most of the weapons were not being returned and that

Chavez was

receiving various reasons as

to why the guns had to

be destroyed.

SJ 394-S related on 8/11/60 that according to Chavez, "E1

Imparcial" would run out of paper soon and that the TU in the US.

had made certain

that paper

suppliers in the US would furnish no

more paper to PR.

As a result, it was anticipated

that the newspaper

would either submit to the demands of the Teamsters or stop printing.

Add. info.

94-8-1106-27 p. 3,4

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On 11/9/60 a source (unidentified) furnished the following

information:

After Local 208, Local Freight Drivers, TO, in Los

Angeles, California, filed its Labor Organization Financial Report

for the period september, 1950, to October, 1959, with the US

Department of Labor, W. Blaine Patton and Charles Ira Brenner,

members

of the local, discovered that for years local funds had been

to pay personal contributions of the local's officials' pension fund.

on 8/1/60 Patton and Brenner filed charges against Sidney

Harry Cohen (159-512), Secretary-Treasurer, who ran the local.

drop the charges.

PR to see Brenner in early October, 1960.

Chavez promised Brenner

a job with the Teamsters

in fk it he would drop the charges.

Brenner

areed to this offer but decided later not to take any iob in PI

after he was told that if he went there he would be of no further

use to the Teamsters and would probably end up in the bay.

159-512-1 encl. p.2,3

( 164)

Records of the Division of Intelligence, POPR, disclosec

that information was received on 9/20/60 that Angelica Cruz De

Henriquez, Cuban Government representative in San Juan, received

instructions from Cuba to leave PR immediately.

She asked Frank

Chavez for money, but he had none.

Jose Gil De Lamadrid (105-11130)

drew a check without funds to pay

for her flight ticket and she

left with $10.00.

PCI Brunilda Cumpiano (protect identity) stated on 11/21/60

that Gil had contacted Chavez requesting funds.

Chavez had not sent

him any in view of the fact that Chavez was then mad at Gil No

further details)

Add. info.

105-11130-54 P2-,

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The weekly edition of "The New Crusader," Chicago, Illinois,

dated 1/7/61, page 20, column 1, featured an article by Joe

Jefferson

captioned "Puerto Rican Teamster Exec. Faces Fake Murder Rap by P. R.

Government."

The article related to the arrest of Frank Chavez on a

charge of murder.

The article stated that this was a fake charge;

that Chavez had been a victim of many faked charges from which he

always emerged victoriously because of his innocence; and that the

people of PR loved and respected Chavez because of his struggle ir

their behalf and had witnessed a rise in living standards since Chavez

began his fight for the laborers.

100-341561-48-A

(97

"The New Crusader"

1/7/61

On March 15 and 20, 1961, NY 2305-C advised that Chavez,

who was heading the organizing drive of the Teamsters in Pl the

or ancket 11re

to Ny and instituted a picket line in Brooklyn to embarrass

Seafarers Union.

He stated that the Seafarers were making a strong

both in PR and NY and he attempted to enlist the aid of John O'Rourke,

IBT International Vice President. O'Rourke told the informant that

he would not support Chavez since the latter failed to consult him

prior to the picketing violence in Brooklyn. It was informant's

opinion that 0 'Rourke was not supporting Chavez because of his,

O'Rourke's, close friendship and working alliance with Paul Hall,

President

of Seafarers Union.

63-6466-74 p.2

(17)

SI 63-6466-86

(17) (FCI Nicholas Kisburg,

NY State Legislative

Directate informant, and

In reference to the above,

the "New York Times" dated

' article on page 48 captioned "Hoffa's Election

forces of the past and

Beach.

One factor mentioned was the establishment of the Brooklyn

picket lines by Frank Chavez and the resulting protest by John J.

O'Rourke. According to the article, O'Rourke denied that any personal

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A San Juan source (not identified) advised that he stayed

at the Flamboyant Hotel in 1960 with Chavez who stated that it was

in taster hotel and added that the Teamsters had another hotel

It was noted that the Miami hotel was probably the

Everglades Hotel.

63-7103-15

This reference set out information concerning Frank Chavez

a business trip to the Virgin

to the DR with Luis Pagan Colon, Teamster bookkeeper, and san Juan

Teamster President Jaime

• Amador

to open a Teamster office there;

long distance calls to Jimmy Hoffa; his arrest for carrying arms;

the postponement of his trial in Caguas on charge of conspiracy to

commit murder; and his attempt

to make friends with the heads of

other unions in PR. Also set out was a list of numerous telephone

calls made to and by Chavez to and from various individuals in the

US, Canada and DR as well as a list of checks payable to and endorsed

by Chavez, many of which contained no explanation as to the purpose

of the funds.

92-5301-10 p.d-1, 1-3,

(75)

7-11,13-19,23

The following references in the file captioned Arturo R.

Espaillat, file # 105-52901, former Domincan Consul General set out

the close association between Espaillat and Frank Chavez during the

period 1960 to 1962. Chavez was married in Espaillat's home; Chavez

visited Espaillat in the DR prior to Trujillo's death possibly to

secure assistance in organizing a union in the DR; at Trujillo's

death, Chavez rendered assistance to Espaillat in order to save his

life; and after Espaillat settled

in Nassau, he and Chavez still

conversed frequently by telephone.

SERIAL

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The letter "Allenated as being from the office of Allen M. Dorsman,

was signed

and addressed to Frank Chavez, Local 901, 800

Figueroa St., San Juan.

This letter stated that the Central

Casualty Company had been "on the risk" for the Teamster insurance

program since 12/1/60 and that no premium payments had been received.

A typed note attached to the above communication, also signed "Allen,"

disclosed that the International Office would be

contacted in two

weeks if he did not receive a response from Chavez.

63=7107-17 p. 2,3

information

regarding Prank Alave profo take ever an entrol the docks mas

plan of attack included distributing handbills to discredit Juan

Perez Roa of the Dock Workers Union; offering support to PR IlA*

representatives who were opposed to Roa; and extending Teamster

support to US docks where cargo was shipped to PR. Chavez proposed

a united

union front to be controlled by the TU. (Details set out)

It was noted that the POPR's informant was "Ace" (protect

identity) who was in a position to know the activities of Chavez and

the TU

in San Juan.

100-13124-351

(87

*International Longshoremen's Association.

On 10/10/62 Lt. Rafael Alvarez Jiminez (NA),

POPR, Hato

Rey, reported that although Federico Virella Rodriguez (92-3924)

was

longer with Local 901 of the TU as Organizer and Public kelations

man, he was still a close associate of Frank Chavez. According to

source, Virella was currently, employed as secretary

to Senator Arturo

Ortiz Toro, Commonwealth Government of PR.

92-3924-4 p.1;3

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The following references in the file captioned James Riddle

Hoffa, file # 122-1384, set out information concerning Frank Chavez.

This information was requested in mid November, 1902, by walter J.

Sheridan of the Criminal Division, Justice Department, at Nashville,

Tennessee, in connection with the

Hoffa trial being held there.

According

to Sheridan, Chavez was in Nashville and in close contact

with Hoffa.

Sheridan believed that Chavez was brought there by Hoffa

for a purpose, the nature of which was unknown. Information included

pending court

actions against Chavez, arrest records, a 10g of

telephone calls made by Chavez during his stay at the Andrew Jackson

Hotel in Nashville, and his return to Puerto Rico on 11/23/62.

SERIAL

SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER

768

(11)

796 p.1-4

(117)

804

p.1-4

(11/161

818

P.1-3

(11.16

823

(11/ 16)

857

(11)

959 encl. p.1

(114

On 4/17/63 NY 3936-C advised that Jack Mc Carthy operated

a labor consulting firm in the NY area and had extensive contacts

with both the criminal element in NY and with highly placed union

officials. It had been alleged that Mc Carthy had an intense dislike

for Frank Chavez. Mc Carthy had indicated

that Chavez had taken a

"contract"and murdered two revolutionists in the DR. In doing this,

Chavez incurred the wrath of the NY criminal element because he

handled this "contract" at a much cheaper rate than the Ny people

would have handled it. Mc Carthy described Chavez as an individual

who would "murder anybody for a price."

Further, Mc Carthy had been informed that there were many

people who would pay money to have President Duvalier of Haiti murdered.

He stated that he would speak "to people" regarding a "contract" to

Carth have got:

ki11 Duvalier.

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on 8/1/63, Ken Younger of Sea Land indicated that he was

also present at the meeting with Chavez and he corroborated information

given by Bailey. He stated that Chavez demanded nothing except

that contract terms be met.

167-131-2 p. 1,6,7,

(141

10,14,15

A San Juan report dated 5/13/63 reporting on labor racketeer-

ing revealed that Frank Chavez had been charged in the US District

Court, San Juan, on five counts of attempting to influence the members

aunt, federal crand aury

Grand Jury in violation of Title 18, US Code, Section

1504.

Add. info.

62-9-48-175 p.13

(38)

miserie care a verate ou toe not trade nane the ta

jury was

of Local 901 were currently under investigation in an effort to

determine if an embezzlement or misuse of Union funds had occurred.

SJ 394-S advised on 8/13/63 that the Union de Trabajadores

(Eusebio Moreno and Frank Chavez, respectively) agreed to assist

each other in breaking the picket as the TU drivers would cross

the UTM picket line.

The picket was not placed into effect by UTM

but the agreement between ILA and TU was still in existence.

in ex stfect.

It was noted that in September,

1963, Moreno was charged

with violation of the 1954 PR Income Tax Law.

Add. info.

62-9-48-198 p. 19,20

(31)

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to cover the activities of various

come to Nashville to assist Hoffa in his trial there, even to the

vArious intri drain

individuals who he suspected might

intent adore a he danga neva Bonding a teans to:

Chavez was one of the supects. Information

representative to present a fake testimony at the trial; and forwarding

a letter to the President condemning the AG, Director and FBI for

convicting Hoffa in Chattanooga.

SERIAL

395 p.3

888enc1. p.1

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1928

2094

2106

(

21.23

2130

2134 p.3

2205

2248

2249

2268

2281

(60)

* The Hoffa trial was originally scheduled for Nashville but was

changed to Chattanooga when defendants claimed they were unable to

get a fair trial in Nashville.

This reference set out information furnished on 3/12/64

by Lt. Rafael Alvarez Jimenez, POPR, Hato Rey (protect identity), •

(protect identity).

This information

concerned non-Teamster members at Valencia Baxt in San

Juan receiving

benefits from the Teamsters Medical Plan; Frank Chavez' negotiations

for the purchase of the La Rada Hotel in San Juan to establish a

luxurious hospital with funds from the Pension Fund of IBT; and

Chavez' purchase of about $14,000.00 worth of office furniture with

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By airtel dated 6/3/64 the San Juan Office forwarded

photographs of several individuals, as requested, for the benefit

of the Chicago Office.

One of these was of Frank Chavez, which photo

was obtained from POPR files. His description was also set out.

72-1589-15

Correlator's Note: According to serial 14 in this file, an unknown

person was reported to have been surveilling Vaughan B. Connelly

(72-1589), a principal Government witness in the James Hoffa tria.

which began in Chicago on 4/27/04. A Departmental Attorney indicate

that the

unknown man resembled Ivan Coll, an IBT organizer in PR.

According to serial 20 of this file, Coll was identified

as the unknown man.

On 9/11/64 NY 2305-C (protect identity) advised that James

Hoffa (63-5327) had requested Frank Chavez to come to NYC and organize

opposition to Robert Kennedy in his bid for a US Senate seat.

Informant stated that he thought he had Hoffa convinced that Kennedy

would gain support if Hoffa openly opposed him; however, he had

determined that Hoffa was still considering asking Chavez to come

even though John O'Rourke, President of the NY IBT Joint Council,

had endorsed Kennedy. According to informant, O'Rourke and Chavez

were bitter enemies.

that Chavez had

a permit in PR for carrying a weapon.

The above informant further advised that should Chavez

come to NY, he would probably contact the informant since O'Rourke

wanted no part of him.

63-5327-3900

( 44)

Detective Rafael Gonzalez, Office of Intelligence, POPR,

reported that Frank Chavez and his

Trinidad, via PAA« Flight 211.

(continued)

* Pan American Airways

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REFERENCES NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SUMMARY

The following references on Frank Chavez located in files

maintained in the Special File Room of the Records Branch of the Files

and Communications Division were reviewed and found to be identical

with the subject of this summary; however, the material contained

therein has not been included.

REFERENCE

SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER

72-1481-10

21

137-8862-17 p. 1,2

122%

(12)

(12%

37 enc1.p. 3,8

48 p.1

62 p.2; encl.p.4,5

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See the search slip filed behind file for other references

on this subject which contain the same information (SI) that is set

out in the main file. Differences

source will be noted on

search slip.

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