Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: ROSEN, A.
To: BELMONT
Document date: 12/10/63
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/21/201

AGENCY: FBI

RÈCORD NUMBER: 124-10298-10105

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

29-31889-184

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

ROSEN, A.

TO:

BELMONT

TITLE:

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

12/10/1963

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DOCUMENT TYPE:

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

05/26/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

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Belmont

Mohr

Casper

Callahan

Conrad

DeLoach

Evans

Gale

Rosen

Sullivan -

Tavel

Trotter .

Tele. Room

Holmes -

Gandy

ur. herbent o. Miller, Jr.

Assistant Attorney General

Daree tor, ESI

December 11, 1068

JANGS RIDDLE HOISA

DOMINICK MONARD BARTONG, ET AL.

FEDERAD RESERVE ACT; INTERSTAUE

TRANSPORZATION OF STOLEN PROPEATY

MALE FRAUD, FRAUD BY WIRE; CONSPIRAGY

1 - Mr. Conrad

I - Mr. Evans y

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This is to confim receipt of your request made on

December 10, 1983,

to Special Agent Robert A. Carvey of this

Bureau to equip Robert C. Meleener with a tape recorder con-

cealed on his person for the purpose of recordine a conversation:

during a contemplated meeting betueon Meissner and Joseph 1.

Vorholle, former Pronident of Public Bank, Detroit,

on December 319

2903.

You advised that leissner, a Chicago, Illinois,

consulting engineer, ts cooperating with the Goverment and

has furnished considerable inforation which he has obtained

fron Verhello relating to the activities of Holta and the

Stanting of Fension Jund loans.

Meisener reportedly stated

his meeting with Verbelle, scheduled to occur in leissner's

apartnent in Chicago, was

called by Verhelle to discues ways

help Mofla

In the rasaville case.

In accordance with your request, our Chicago Office

ine been instructed to equip leisenor with a tabe recorder for

the purpose stated above.

The Criminal visiow will

furnished with the results.

29-31889 - 184

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

LRK: eem

(20%%

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NOTE: See memorandum Mr. Rosen to Mr. Belmont,

captioned

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 aforementioned

purpose.

Our Chicago Office was telephonically instructed

at 6:30 P.M.,

12/10/63,

to contact Department Attorney William

French of

the Criminal Division,.

with captioned matter,

and

gonna throath cite dep mession

with this

tape

recorder,

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TELETYPE UNIT

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" OPTIONAI FORM NO. 10

UNITED STATES GOVER!

Memorandum

iNT

TO

FROM

SUBJECT:

Mr. Belmont

A. Rose

0

JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA

DOMINICK EDWARD BARTONE, ET AL.

FEDERAL RESERVE ACT; INTERSTATE

TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY

MAIL FRAUD; FRAUD BY WIRE; CONSPIRACY

DATE: December 10, 1963

Toison

Belmont

Mohr

Casper

Callahan

Conrad

DeLoach

Evans

Gale

Rosen

Sullivan

Tavel

Trotter

Tele. Room

. Holmes -

Gandy -

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE/D-11-94 BYSP8 MACKSR

(JFK)

Kippatrinke

principal in captioned matter, with a technical device concealed

his person to record a contemplated

meeting between Meissner and

which 15 Verhelle, lormer President, Public Bank, Detrolt, Michigan,

'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 Nashville case.

r. Miller pointed out that recently such & device was

successfully utilized in the Osborn Obstruction of Justice case at

Nashville, which resulted in Osborn being indicted by Nashville Federal

grand jury.

i on 12/6/63.

In this case a damaging conversation was re-

corded between Osborn and an intermediary (on whom a tape. recorder

was concealed) Osborn was using to Influence a potential furor in the

forthcoming trial.

Both Meissner and Verhelle were principals in captioned - .

matter, which involved a series of loan kade, by Public Bank, Detroit,

totaling $800,000, to virtually insolvent corporations.

alleged that these loans were made at the insistence of Hoffa,

threatened to remove leamsters Union, lunds;

unless the loans were granted.

RECOMMENDATION :

In view of the need for expediency it

our Chicago Office be

telephonically instruney

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is recommended that

to arrange

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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.

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