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FD-302 (REV. 15-27-70) e& (CY . soo -_- . * FEvcRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ie Dots of wenscription2/ 18/72 JERRY COHEN, Chief Counsel, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), Post Office Box 130, Delano, California, telephone (805) 725-9726, appeared in the office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Bakersfield, California, with an individual he introduced as JACQUES LEVY and advised as follows: All tape recordings and transcripts concerning the death plot against CESAR CHAVEZ, UFWOC Director, are in the possession of LEVY, who has been transcribing them. ‘hese tapes were originally obtained from LARRY SHEARS, former informant for the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Department of tlic United States Treasury Department. ix, LEVY has not trans- eribed and/or copied all of the tapes involved but will do so in the near future and they will be made available to ~~ the FBI, According to COHEN, many of the tapes or parts of the conversations on i3pes by SHEARS and others are not necessarily pertinent to this matter, but are being made available in any event, Many of the tapes involve telephone conversations recorded by SHEARS. COHEN admitted that it was at times very difficult if not impossible to interpret the weanii, , ‘of some of the conversations or the identities of the individuals involved. COHEN stated that he had no additional information of possible value in this matter at this time. Interviewed on, Fue #_SC 44-443 _ SA SA 2/18/72 by Dote dictated, Thu document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI I Is the property of the FBI and ls looned to your agency;