Part 111, page 500

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

Federal Office Building, Room 2-011 300 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

February 2, 1968

---

Sub 431

---

Bureau of Customs U.S. Treasury Department Room 309 125 North Fourth Street Los Angeles, California 90013

---

RE: Alvin C. Hartley

Dear Sir:

Officer [REDACTED] Las Vegas Police Department, who is employed part time in a service station in Las Vegas telephonically advised this office on January 31, 1968, of the following information:

Alvin C. Hartley, who is a former police officer employed by the Las Vegas Police Department, is suspected [REDACTED] the service station, identity not stated, of smuggling platinum into the United States from both Canada and Mexico.

[REDACTED] was unable to furnish any specific details as to why his employer suspected Hartley other than that Hartley had once been in the service station in his personal automobile which bore a sticker from some unknown hotel in Canada. [REDACTED] stated that Hartley drove a 1967 Lincoln two- door bearing Nevada license NY10150. He stated Hartley also had access to and drove a 1965 Mercury bearing Nevada license CA7684.

Hartley is described as a white male American, age 46 - 48, 6', 190 pounds, brown hair.

The above is being furnished to your office for any action deemed appropriate.

---

b6 b7c

---

Sub 437 16 4-81- [guess: 4368]

---

1-Addressee 3-Las Vegas (1 - 540) (1 - 97-6) (1 - 66-42) MBP/lcd (4)

Very truly yours[EARCHFD]

DEAN W. ELSON Special Agent in [Charge]

---

SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] INDEXED JAN 2 6 1973 [guess: FILE] FBI--SEATTLE

---

97-6-7