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AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-10275-10247 RECORD SERIES: MM AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 89-35-545. 546
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
ORIGINATOR: FBI · FROM: SAC. MM TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE:
DATE: . 12/11/1978
PAGES: 6
SUBJECT: SEE FBI 89-43-10396, 10398, 10399, 10397
DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL NEW Unclassified CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION:
REVIEW DATE: 12/05/1996 UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2001
STATUS Redact
RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4)
COMMENTS: INC LHM, INTV, MEMO, A/T
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Mi&-ni, Florida 89-35 December 11, 1979
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·. ~ RE: · ASSASSINATION OF < .· :·.'; -~- .·~.-...·- .•·. ' ·. ._:. .:.: . £1~ · JOHW Po KE;NNEDY - u ~ •. -. . • tiOVE.t·iBER 22, ·. 1963 1 (i r- · .· ~ ·• !,' '· i . p~LLAS, · TEXAS. ~ ;. J ~ Sy le~t~r dated Opto~r 20" }.978; the United S-t:ates Secret Service, Miamiu Florida, furnished to the Federal Bureau· of ·Investigatiop (FBI), Miami// a copy of a letter.sent· to · that· agency by 'ths United States Drug· Enforcement Administra tion (DEA)~ Miami, Florida, dated October 13, 197So The DEA . letter advised that an informant for DEA had indicated that·. he was acquainted with Frank Sturgis of Watergate Notoriety, and during a·aonversation Sturgis told the in,formant that he had killed Prasident John F o.. Kennedy o This remark tvas supposed · to have been made in. the presence of. an indiv!dU:al by the name of Bill JOrulsona DEA advised that this informant-could be made available for interV'ie'tl., -, : On November 7 i 19'78 ,· Peter-F., Gruden; Inspactor in Charge, OEA" Miami, !<~lorida, advised · that the. informant in this matter was Thomas Joseph Holt.o Gruden stated that Holt was o.f q\lestionab~e relia~ility, ·irrational(/ unpredictable, and. described him further .as a. murderer and perjurero He advised.that the only reason ·Holt was · an informant for OEA at this time was that Holt );lad furnished inforniation of internal natureo G,x:uden · advised that· David .R. Wiser, Inspector~ DEA r . i>4.iami, could furnish more details concerning Holt$ ·
On Noveml;)er Sv. 1978, David ho Wiser advised that Holt·had come to DEA and had made allllEigations of wrongdoin llEt ASSASSit~TXOfi OF J01Uil F ... KEI\iNEDY l'il'OVEMBER 24, 1978 . PALLAS I . 'l'E~ · this enciounter,, Sturgi~ ~tated that he had killed John F. 1\ennedyo ~iiser stated that. he asked . Holt uwhy :;vouid .Sturg-is i,.~par.t. this int<.arestinq bit of· l1BWs to E:ol~ T>J'ho was a . . I;;:.no~n tlOVernmerit \fitne.$s. and. .P"llblicized PEA informant frotn. the pa~St.?u Af1d Holt replied that it tllas fl one hit man to another1ro tiise.r advised that Uolt had indicated an it.rtention to go t.o the ne., tUser mad0 available· a copy of this mam,o dated · October t!', l$78, t-;hieh is attached. .. rliser further· state(! that. in a. ease ·in which l!olt. ti'a.s a witness for the. prosecution Holt had alleq~dly .called a defenda..&tt duri~i9 ·a trial ·and told }l_im be was going · to ' if get .h~ml¥ '! . The defendant in. this matter., at the tirile of the. call, had a recording of hi.S ~elepho.ne call made t!l'bi.cb \'?~S played .for the . p~Q!Biding judgao Hol.t deni.ed making thG call to the drafende.nt, and the jud90 rl;lied tbat aoltqs t.eatimol1Y could not be permit- t~. ' . on November !Po .·1973, - ~u . ser .had advised that Bill Johnson was iii .lli~' J' .. Johson, date of birth iYtarch 11 1 l~li31, FBI :nwtmer 133.677¢,. l.ast kuown a~dress 1890 t-t .. E~ llOth Road,.· Miami,. Florid4o .. . · , on. November 31., _ i9'7a, W:tsier advised that Holt had been polyg.taphed on three- occrasion.s by DEA on t~:ovenmer 30, 1973, arid .lle had failed the three po,lygraphs conea~ning his al . legations ~ about D&ilA.. - .\. •) ...... ~ . ... - --~ -- -. · .. '1 ·---f. •, . :_. •.. ,, ,' , . : ~ FEDERAL "'BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . ~ .. ••• • ' ' ' l2/ll/13 .' ' Da~e of tran~criptipri,.;-----.--... ______; . . :· ___ Ta~ J .• -HOL!f -a~i.)Quee.-a-t the. e£fice of the-_ __ . . ;w~e4sa.1. Bureau · of J:l!Ves:ti.gat,iC»l (FBI) ,- litll JS1seayno. Bcnl.ev~rd,. .ai~i, 1?l~rid:at .tfhel:e 'h&, -~a11'iritervl,e.wea ·by Sp~1iii4 A9en~· Ri'Bn B .. .S'Ci!OPPE!UaE ~tlcl ~-iT~. DtnWORD, F:SX ..;;· Prior to the-· .interview,. · · special Aqen·t · (SA) SCBOPPJ}~ .htid uplaiued t.o t~ ... · BOY.f that. the · Fedm:al Bureau ef lnveetiqat·icn (FH) was desirous of knowinq any information eoncernin; remarks made by one Fn.N:nt SWRGIS in •· · 'his presenc~ eoneernln9 .the assassb..ation of P.r~sictent. JOSH F .• - !tm'JNBD'i at Dallas., ~xa~~: ., ...... ' .. -;---· .· . . . .. l, -~~ -&dV.if:~ ti:tat. ·be ~~c n()t. tha;~ ~1i acq.aain'te4. wi·th !"R.AUK S~RG:IS# but that ;fle 11$t · ~im approximately ~ y~ar .. ago ~t ~.- party g~ven 4!t .Fort Lnud.er4a.J.-G, Flot'i4a .. ·: H-e $t!ated -that. . _ he was i.."'at.~oduced ·to ·s~u~ b)' ·a friend- o£· his, atLLY JO&"iSON .. 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I . .•. •· ...... ·· Doo'l:d; 32200J6B .:. :5 ,: ·.: ·. ~ag~ . . -~ ·· ... J,UL T 1873 f .OITfO"" -GS.e.. rPNR i 41 CfRJ t0l-t1 ;e . c;;;= · ~ liNITED STATES GOVERNMENT• • . -i o" d.,. . / · ~ '' . ~femorandum '~f"V~~ \ .. . TO Peter F. Gruden, Inspector-in-Charge DATE: Oct. 4, 1978 : :;~~~':< ..· .. :·· .:·;-- . FROM David R. Wiser, Inspector SUBJECT: Allegation by Thomas HOLT regarding the Assassination of President Kennedy ' 1. On October 3, 1978, Inspector Donald Clements and I were interviewing Thomas HOLT regarding an integrity matter. During a rambling discourse on his belief that the drug traffic is a mammoth conspiracy headed by DEAt HOLT mentioned that he was acquainted with Frank STURGIS of Watergate notoriety. HOLT stated that STURGIS once told him (in the presence of one Bill JOHNSON) that he (STURGIS) had killed President John F. Kennedy. When asked why STURGIS would impart this interesting bit of news to a known government witness, HOLT replied that it was said by "one hit man to another." .: ·~ .· 2. STURGIS' alleged i~volvement in the late President's assassination has been widely reported by the news media. HOLT had previously stated his intention to go to the news media regarding his allegations against DEA. Therefore, he is likely to mention the STURGIS allegation as well. Assuming that he would also tell them that he had reported the ..: ·· \ ;\ :; ;~;~'.:. > allegation to two DEA Inspectors, I feel this memo is necessary • •1·:,::' :~ · :·. :-::·: ::-~ . . . 3. Should another government agency wish to pursue HOLT's allegation, he said he vaa willing to meet vith JOHNSON and discuss the matter on . :. tape to corroborate ST'lJRGIS' statement • .··: · -~ .·: - : , . .. DRW/lh . ·:· . ··... .. - ~ .... : ::·. .· . ' · .· ~~ · .. I _-·· . . - ..:·. ·' 5 ..·· -. . · __ , . . 6.Buy U.S. StttJingJ BondJ Rf:gul~rly on rbt Pa~IJ Stavin~J Ptan / ~. - - - -· . \'/ -- ~~ - , • ' Airte1 December 11, 1978 TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-109060) . (ATTENTION: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT) FROM: SAC, MIMU (89-35) (RUC) SUBJEC'r: . AS SASS !NATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, NOVEL'iBER 22, 1978. DALLAS, TEXAS Re Miami teletype to ~e Bureau dated 11/9/78 .. Enclosed for the Bureau are five copies of an LHM dated 12/11/78, as captioned-aboveo Enclosed for Dallas is one copy -of · same LHl>-1 . and original interview notes ·for ~HOMAS J.. HOLT .. For the information of the Bureau and Dallas, in the opinion of the interv.iet-dng Agents, THOMAS Jo HOLT is a mentally unstable individual, and DEI~ suspects that he was a one time heavy user of cocaineo DEA has -no objections to identity of HOLT (Name) being set forth in LHMo · · No further investigation is .being conducted by the I-iiami Office, and this matter is being considered RUC • . 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