Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 2/10/66
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/26/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

FBI

124-10333-10047

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 105-148989-2

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

LA

TO : HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 02/10/1966

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

HANK GREENSPUN

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

04/28/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: MEMO, INC LHM

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

•DATE: 11-14-2017

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

In Reply, Please Refore CRET

File No.

AT& INCOREAS TOY CONTAINED

ROPREY T9 UIOLASGIRTAD DICERS

SHERS SHONG ORHEANISEO.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Los Angéles, California

February 10, 1966

CONFIDENTAL

STANLEY W. EPSTEIN

also known as

"Buddy" Epstein

APPROPRIATE AGENCIES

AND FIELD

DETICES

ADVISES

Бірс

DATE

In 1940, NATHAN LIFF, Honolulu, T.H., advised a MeA

special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that

BUDDY EPSTEIN was then associated with HERMAN#GREENSPUN and

ABE LEVIN. LIFF, who is GREENSPUN's nephew advised that he

(LIFF) shipped ninety-five wooden cases labeled airplane en-

gines, from Honolulu to Los Angeles consigned to Universal

Airplane salvage Corporation, Los Angeles, shipment receive

by ABE&LEVIN.

LIFF reported

he believed the shioment con-

tained airplane machine guns to be shipped to Palestine.

GREENSPUN was reported to have removed the firing pins from

the guns and to have shipped the pins separately.

was further reported to have been arrested by Mexican author-

ities possibly in connection with this shipment and was thought

to be in jail in an unknown city in Mexico and that BUDDY

EPSTEIN was believed to be in Washington, D.C. to arrange a

release for GREENSPUN.

It was also reported that forty-four

boxes containing engine blowers were sent to B. EPSTEIN,

American Airmotive Company, Miami, Florida. U

Cd.

lassified

Declassily

STANLEY W. "Buddy" EPSTEIN was interviewed on Oct-

ober 14, 1948 by a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation and he advised that forty-four boxes of blower

cases had been purchased by him from ABLE LEVIN and had been

received by American Airmotive with four boxcars of aircraft

HED 2Y566852

parts.

EPSTEIN was questioned concerning the arrest and re-

lease of HERMAN GREENSPUN in Mexico and claimed that he was

CASSE

DECLASSIFY ON: 25X

unaware of GREENSPUN's arrest and also stated that he barely

knew this individual.

During this interview EPSTEIN stated

he purchased the aircraft parts as a speculative deal and

that he had no immediate plans for their disposition.u

In 1950 a source who has furnished reliable in-

formation

organizations and

Official establishments

classification uphild

accordine to this

6:85501 3/15/28

CONNDENTIAI

SECRET

OmL

ВргС

GROUP! 1

Excluded from automatic

downgrading and

declassification

105-148989

307.

ENCLOSURE

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