the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. AGENCY INFORMATION — AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10256-10033 RECORD _ SERIES: DL AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 89-43-10396. 10397 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM:  SAC.MM TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: \ DATE: 12/11/1978 PAGES: 4 SUBJECT: JFK, REMARKS, ALLEGATIONS, STURGIS, FRANK DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: c ; CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 11/07/1996 UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2001 STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: ~— INC LHM Docld: 327191599 Page 1
“Released wider the dol F. Rennedy Resaseination Records coLirectinn net or 99s EP west ter wore . q A wes re - ro DATE: : . “ss UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to ; , , File No. Miami, Florida 89-35 December 11, 1978 RE: ASSASSINATION OF i. JOHN F. KENNEDY | NOVEMBER 22, 1963 My DALLAS, TEXAS a we By letter dated October 20, 1978, the United States \, -Secret Service, Miami, Florida, furnished to the Federal Bureau, '..9of Investigation (FBI), Miami, a copy of a letter sent to ‘N that agency by the United States Drug Enforcement Administra- , | tion (DEA), Miami, Florida, dated October 13, 1978. The DEA So letter advised that an informant for DEA had indicated that  «§ .\\ -| he was acquainted with Frank Sturgis of Watergate Notoriety, AN -and during a conversation Sturgis told the informant that he an had killed President John F. Kennedy. This remark was supposed | - t0 have been made in the presence of an individual by the | \ name of Bill John DEA advised that this informant could\ \ be made available fer interview. rn oe Poa! ‘, , . vote ».. On November ‘7, 1978, Peter F. Gruden, Inspector in \ an ‘Charge, DEA, Miami, Florid& advised that the informant in YA this matter was Thomas Joseph.Holt. Gruden stated that Holt \ \ ~ was of questionable reliability, irrational, unpredictable, ' \ --and describedhim further as a wurderer and perjurer. He af « “advised that the only reason Holt was an informant for DEA at this time was that Holt had furnished information of internal | (4, -.fature. .Gruden: advised that David R. Wiser, Inspector, DEA, in ie : . ; ‘ A Miami, could furnish more details concerning Holt. ...- Vw of. On November 8, 1978, David R. Wiser advised that . i _.2sHolt had. come! to. DEA and had made allegations of wrongdoings ra .against'a DEA Agent. Wiser advised that to date the internal - investigation inthis DEA matter has not uncovered any evidence to indicate any truth to the allegations of Holt. He, advised : »< -that the evidence: to date indicates to the contrary. ~ velit Wiser advised that. Holt had stated that during the late. ;  o-gummer “1978, he (Holt) was on Biscayne Boulevard in the downtown” /— .. Miami area, when he came upon Frank Sturgis, who was accompanied. --yby one Bill Johnson, Wiser advised that Holt stated: that) during | © s. \ - “This document contains neither recommendations. nor concluisiong, of the FBI. .It is the: property of the FBI and is loaned .to-yours agency; it and its contents are not to be: distributed ontside’ a - your agency. t Bo: _ c On : Docld: 327191599 Page 2?
“Released under the dohn Fo Kennedy Assassination Récord= Collection Act oft 1997 (ad Use Ji wore DATE: 11-14-2017 RE: ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F, KENNEDY NOVEMBER 22, 1978 ‘DALLAS, TEXAS - ~ this encounter, Sturgis stated that he had killed John F. Kennedy. Wiser stated that he asked Helt "Why would Sturgis impart this interesting bit of news to Holt who was a known government witness and publicized DEA informant from the past?" And Holt replied that it was “ one hit man to another". Wiser advised that Holt had indicated an intention to go to the news media regarding his allegations against the DEA. Wiser further stated that hethought it likely that Holt would also make mention of the Sturgis comment, in that he had reported this to DEA, and that they had done nothing about it. Wiser advised for this very reason he wrote a mene concerning what Holt had reported, and for this reason it was furnished te’ the Secret Service. Wiser made available a copy of this memo dated Oetober 4, 1978, which is attached. Wiser further stated that in a case in which Holt was a witness for the prosecution Holt had allegedly called a defendant during a trial and told him he was going to “get him". The defendant in this matter, at the time of the call, had a recording of his telephone call made which was played for the presiding judge. Holt denied making the call to the defendant, and the judge ruled that Holt's testimony could not be permit- ted. On November $, 1978, Wiser had advised that Bill Johnson.was William J. Johson, date of birth March 11, 1931, PBI number 133677c, last known address 1896 N.B. 118th Road, Miami, Plorida. On November 31, 1978, Wiser advised that Holt. had © been polygraphed on three occasions by DEA on November 30, 1978, and he had failed the three polygraphs concerning | his allegations about DEA. Loe : - y~S : Nie a” Docld: 327191599 Page 3