Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, SJ
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/6/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

6/11/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10211-10170

HQ

92-2781-901

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: SAC, SJ

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS:

11/06/1963

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LST, BUSS, ASSOC

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF-LAST REVIEW:: 10/16/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

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Released Under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 2107 Higte).

DATE: 11-14-2017

OPTiONAL FORM NG. 10

MAY 1982-EDITION

5010-106-05

OSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

-*UNITED STATES

VERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

FROM

SUBJECT:

DATE:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2781)

11/6/63

SAC, SAN JUAN (92-52) - P -

T88

SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR., aka

(00:

TAMPA)

The following information was furnished to the

San Juan Office, in the form of a written report, on

.. 11/4/63, by It. RAFAEL ALVAREZ JIMENEZ (NA), Field

operations, Police of Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, P. R., who

received the Information from an informant using the

code name "ACE" (identical with Bufile 92-3524 captioned

"FEDERICO VIRELIA RODRIGUEZ, aka, AR") (characterize as

a confidential source of information who 1s in dally

contact with officers of Teamsters Union Local 901,

Santurce, P.R., and who has furnished reliable information

in the past.,

The new Hotel Ponce de Leon, Santurce, Puerto

Rico, despite the fact that it appears to be one of the

H. R. WEISSBERG chain, 1s in reality a property of SANTO

TRAFFICANTE and JIMMY HOFFA.

The relationship of these

two with the Hotel

Ponce de

Leon, is verified by the fact

that the attorneys who defended FRANK CHAVEZ (Secretary-

Treasurer, Local 901, Teamsters Union, Santurce, Puerto

San Juan, for

Rico, who was recently tried in t.S,pwhich trial resulted

attempting to influence Grand Jurors,

in no verdict), have been the attorneyes for TRAFFICANTE

for many years. They are FRANK RAGANO and HENRY GONZALEZ,

of Tampa, Florida.: RAGANO has been TRAFFICANTE's attorney

since TRAFFICANTE dominated gambling and the hotel business

In Cuba under the BATISTA regime

EX-103

Bureau (1 - 63-7821)

- Chicago (62-6001) (Info)

Miami (92-88)

* Orleans

(62-3483) (Info)

REC 3192-278/-

Tampa (92-1)

901

- San Juan

62-524 HOFFA; TUPF LOANS)

1? flaws

92-52 TRAFFICANTE)

• NOV. 18-1963

1

92-144 HOTEL PONCE DE LEON)

159-17 TEAMSTERS UNION)

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

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SJ 92-52

For Information Miami and Tampa offices,

extensive investigation has been conducted by the

San

Juan Office regarding the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Santurce,

Puerto Rico, in connection with the case captioned,

"JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, ETAL, TEAMSTERS UNION PENSION FUND

LOANS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; MALL FRAUD; FRAUD BY WIRE;

CONSPIRACY," Chicago Origin, Bufile 63-7821, in which it

was determined that, apparently, ZACHARY A. STRATE, JR.,

a co-defendant with HOFFA in the above matter, owns a

25% interest in the corporation which owns the land and will

apparently own the hotel, the Ashford Condado Realty

Corporation,

a Delaware

Corporation, and a subsidiary of

the H. R. Weissberg Corp., New York City.

The H. R.

Weissberg Corp. purchased the Fountainebleau Hotel, New

Orleans, La.,

from STRATE, by means of buying STRATE'S

stock in the

Pelican State Hotels Corporation, a recipient

of Teamsters Union Pension Fund Loans.

LEADS:

MIAMI AND TAMPA OFFICES

Will contact informants familiar with subject's

activities, and advise San Juan of any information that

TRAFICANTE has an interest in the Hotel Ponce de Leon

Santurce, Puerto Rico.

SAN JUAN OFFICE

At san Juan, Puerto Rico

Will maintain contact with It. RAFAEL ALVAREZ

JIMENEZ for any further Information received from "ACE"

regarding this matter.

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