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Cesar Chavez — Part 15

126 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Jul 8, 1968 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Cesar Chavez · 124 pages OCR'd
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Pe FEDcRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Lo . no a 44 oa > Sg A Betas 4 Bore toe PE A Mr. “sont OREDAIN, , Office ss age, Form peerage S 2° 2 Yorkers Organizing Comittee, AFL-CIO Sree 02 eee % qo Street, Delano, California, advised as follows: . Pot * Approximately one month ago he received a Letter” aan at Post Office Box 130, Delano, the Post Office box used by ~~ *. -: UFWOC, which letter was addressed to CESAR CHAVEZ, Director ~~ of UFWOC, addressed to Gilroy, California, and forwarded to ~ Delano. "This letter was written in very poor Spanish and contained threats to the safety and well-being of Mr. CHAVEZ, The letter contained a postmark at San Jose, California end — the name “T1RSO P. MELLOSA" " appeared in the upper left comer of the envelope. - . sO He read this letter at his UFWOC office ‘end then - 7 7 exhibited it to BILL WHITMAN, UFWOC Controller, On the sane Dee 7 date he returned it to the Post Office through an unknown . || postal employee, possibly the Postmaster in Delano, advising - this postal employee that the letter contained threats. .. . Approximately eight to ten days later an individual froa the Post Office in Delano called and asked that someone be made © available to translate the threatening letter. DAVID FIsuLoy, | oo Editor of the "El Malcriado", the UFWOC newspaper, obtained ... - - the letter from the Post Office, translated it, and returned. it to the Post Office in Delano either the same day or the - © folloving day, This letter was never shown or mentioned to ~~". .: oe eh tag eee Et pe cog Ss not faniliar to him, He said he hes no idea who prepared ; rd the ab above mentioned threatening letter. Mr. GREDAIN eon- oe ost hie 1 letter at his first * opportunity. ite. panne Mime we E ro: This document conwing neither recommendations ner tenchvelons of the FEL ft ls the property af the FEI ead & leened & your sooner: _ Sand ts contents ere not te be dietribuled evbiée rewr agency. - . - - . erst . . i ote a. -— - ow aT NA xf
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