AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : » ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 NW 45761 DocId:32287108 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10196-10384 HQ CR 62-9-50-273 Document Information FBI SAC, SE DIRECTOR, FBI ? 12/16/1966 4 FLC, ACT, ASSOC, BUSS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 02/19/1998 INDEFINITE INC RESPONSE MEMO Page i Date: 4/28/201
Ce 2 LC | “ “ “ UNITED STATES @_ ,/ERNMENT =f ae Memorandum | | ) . . / 2 DIRECTOR, FBI | DATE: 12/16/66 ~ c SAC, SEATTLE (62-0) rane é LE 0095 00 olen PTB Lae NG BLM soba _h ee LOI) THOMAS EDWARD PECKHAM, Aka Dr. dwardsBeckham: FEED. LEE RISMAN, Aka } Dr. F. LeéXCrisman; eek , dbayMATIONAL INSTITUTE _OF ' ~. CRIMINOLOGY, INC., and ESS OCIATED AMBULANCE AND TOW-CAR "OPERATORS, INC. WISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING a has advised SA CHARLES. E, | ROBINSON that ith captioned individuals, having become acquainted with them while endeavoring to secure approval of the Washington State Patrol as an ambulance service operator -at Olympia. The more he has become involved with BECKHAM and CRISMAN the more he is suspicious of their operations, They have established + a lobbying group Known as the Associated Amulance and Tow-Car Operators, Inc. and the National Institute of Criminology, Inc. Both corporations were formed by CRISMAN and BECKHAM as Washington corporations, Seca nr EE ET EET PPT IE ERS FSU 326 —_ BY 5 Captain CHET BREUER of the Olympia Police Depart- ment has obtained copies of material prepared for the National Institute of Criminology, Inc., wherein there is advertised a course of study promising a "PHD" for about $400.00. It appears that the firm is very likely a confidence game aimed at those with little educational background.’ | _]aavises that in August, 1966, he over- heard a’c ion between BECKHAM and CRISMAN wherein CRISMAN said that he was taking $100,000.00.in "cold cash" from the Democratic Central Committee to Califrnia, About ten days later CRISMAN appeared at[~ [place of =: - a TION CONTAINED | FIED pS UNCLASSIF, ALL livfORNMA HEREIN | DATE_¥ business at which time he commente e had delivered fe AG a- Bureau NEE ET ode - Seattle JEM/vtp ———-EX-104 (3) . V~750- 378 | Buy U.S. 5. Savings Bends Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan ‘ as | NW 45761 DociId:32287108 Page 2
~ SE 62-0 $90,000.00 to someone in a hotel lobby in California, the money coming from the Washington State Central Democratic Committee for use of the Democratic Party in California. However, he was short $10,000.00 and made a side trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to obtain the additional $10,000.00. [ ___|advises that CRISMAN claims to be a Doctor of Psychology working with various higher level state employees who have psychiatric problems. as claimed to have given $500.00 to BECKHAM and CRISMAN to assist in starting the captioned corporations and in response to their claims as lobbyists rf and a pretense that they will assist him in getting his } ambulance business approved by the Washington State Patrol, they in turn wanting ten percent of the profit in addition to a $25.00 monthly retainer. [ Captain BREUER has advised that he has made inquiry at the Texas Department of Safety, Austin, Texas; \- the Oregon State Police at Salem, Oregon, and the King County Sheriff's Office at Seattle of the subjects. with negative results. The Seattle Police Department records show that a FRED LEE CRISMAN, born 7/22/19,formerly resided at 1048 South Thistle, Seattle, as of 9/28/66. Captain BREUER has further advised that CRISMAN. and BECKHAM as co-owners of the Professional Research Bureau received a business license from the City of Olympia on 9/14/66, stating their purpose was public re- lations, research psychology and criminology. I suspect that BECKHAM and CRISMAN are con men. The Bureau is requested to advise if it has any information inits files which can be identified with BECKHAM and CRISMAN. -2- / ‘ NW 45761 DociId:32287108 Page 3 OTHER 4