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se mime Se im —_ . &3 — : . . « Treatas yellow -~- No Airtel to SAC, Sacraments NOTE: This is the matter involving alleged plot to assassinate - . Cesar Chavez, well-known California group labor organizer. At the - request of CRD, Department, we are conducting a limited investigation. - CRD requested we obtain tapes and other matcrial in possession of one - Jerry Cohen, Chief Counsel, United Farm Workers (UFW) of which ' Chavez is the leader. Tapes and materials obtained by our Sacramento Office and have been furnished to CID for their review. Only one copy of ten cassette tapes available and pursuant to CRD, they were furnished directly to CRD along with 374 paves of typed and written material. Tapes < and written material obinined from Jace ucatevy, a free-lance writer who interviewed cone Larry‘Shears, the orivinal source of the plot against - . 7 Chavez. Levy's interview with Shears was taped and Inter partially pou, transcribed on 374 pages. Based on Levy's interview with Shears, variuus officials of United Auto Workers (UA‘Y) and Ui'W contacted our WFO and "requested an investigation. Results of interviews with these officials furnished CRD which subsequently requested a limited investication. namely, to obiain the sforementioned tapes and written materials available in this matter. Tapes sent to CRD directly at their rc picst and not revieved by Bureau. Copy of written materials (374 pages) which anpear to bea transcription of aforementioned tapes was reviewed, ‘Th 374 pages basically reflect interview that Levy, Cohen and his associates had with Shears, a former informant for Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Divisicn (ATID), U. S,. Treasury Department during Decembor, 1071, as a result of Shears revelations to a local television station, Delano, California, area during . August, 1971. Shears revealed to the TV station that a plot was underway to kill Chavez and that ATFD, and local « eu tmor is were awnre of it but tcok no action. The transcription of the interview cf Shears by Layy inciuded conversations Shears taped of individuals he nile ed were involved in the plot and also his telephonic contact with several asenis of AT>D 2nd local and state authorities (police). The transcription is a rambling, disjointed account of * Shears' contact with ATFD and his associates. Levy's efforts to pin down Shears for concrete evidence were fruitiess. The tape recordings Shears made of conversations he had with several individuals he alleged were involved in the plot were worthless as no mention or admission by these indivijuals were made. Shears only reply to Levy when this point was raised was "the implication is there or "these guys talk in a different language not exsily understood by the average person," Shears’ allegations concerning the plot appear to be a complete | fabrication and obviously the result of refusal by ATFD to pay him any additional! money unless he could produce additional information cf the plot against Chavez. Shears; in the transcription, alludes to having contact with an FBI Agent QUEER Becrstieis, California) in a ¥ogue manner; however, in view of the / iability and unpredict2 ilies of Shears, Sacramento being "instructed to oohe eT i ee ce ee resolve the reference to Agent yx ts — a #2eh Stet *