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— UNITED Si: ATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Washington, D.C. 20535 In Reply, Ploase Referte January 27, 1972 File No. UNKNOWN SUBINCTS; CARSAR CHAVEZ - VICTIM , CIVIL RIGHTS ACT - CONSPIRACY -°-— Ly On January 26, 1972, E. INMoran, Administrative © “ Assistant to the President of the United Auto Workers (UAW), telephonically contacted the Washington Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrange an appointment to register a complaint of a murder plot to kill Caesar Chavez, prominent spokesman for farm labor workers in California. He advised UAW assistance had been requested by the United Farm Workers (UFW) organizing committee in presenting this matter. An appointment was made and at 4:00 p.m., Stephen I. Schlossberg, "General Counsel, UAW, Detroit, Michigan; Jerry Cohen, Chief Counsel, UFW, Delano, California; Paul Schrade, Sestern Region Director, LAW, Los Angeles, California; and Larry S. Shears, former informant for the United States treasury Pepartment, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division (AIFD), Bakersfield, California, appeared at the Washington Field Office and provivcd the following sndormation? Nv 2 . [nocd 1% rice ta an “undercover « Capacity, Shears was acquainted vith Richard Naryl\Pedigo, caucasian male, date of birth, August 9, 1947, residence 508 Castro Lane, Bakersfield, California, whom he described as a narcotics peddler and arson hit man. In the summer of 1971, redigo asked Shears for his assistance in Murdering Chavez, for which Pedigo had received a $30,000 contract, allegedly from farmers in the Delano, California, area. Shears went along and provided information to ATFD in this regard. Pedigo was subsequently arrested by the Kern County Sheriff's Department, California, for arson and sale and possession of dangerous drugs, before the plot was carried out. The contract money was allegedly returned to the Delano farmers and the feeling is that the contract has been let to soreone else. Schlossberg intends to personally aa the United Kichaid x JE. . Boon, - “ moo, ea mony - / SvtLacnments: 3 pee wb Pade re) / ee’ te tp tee We A Re: ee