Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System 6/8/2015 Date: Identification Form ° Agency Information AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : . AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 62-107996-12 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, BU TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 08/21/1964 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : ‘ [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT. CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 03/20/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE INC A/T, LHM COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32304315 Page 1 FBI 124-10285-10330 HQ
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act 6f Pe (44 DATE: 11-14-2017 i; nl, 8/28/64 Airtel | > REC- 48 ( Pole ee die 7 To: SAC, Buffalo (924100 Sub 1-4) JUNE From: Directer, FBI REED SUPTON WILSON CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM Reurairtel 8/21/64. a ; . Loar cA There ave encloséd herewith two copies of Identification Record for Reed Sutton Wilson, FBI number 360 244 A. A copy of this record may be made available to Inspector Thurston\of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Department on a confidential basis. As you recommend, you may also furnish orally to Inspector Thurston on a confidential basis the \substance of the information | | . ~ The person referred to eairtel as readlostach Cog is quite likely identical with rreqatash, a private’ detective” who in 1957 had an office in Suite 105, 1342 North Laurel a Avenue, Hollywood, California, On the basis of information furnished, Morton Farber could not be identified in Bufiles. | | COMM-FBI MAILED Z AUG 28 1964 1 - Les Angeles 1 - New York 1 - J. D. Donohue (815 RB) - aa Tolson —__ CLG? call phe Belmont A Mohr —— (7) , Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel "na: Drsd Otash_. Sy Tre A rs ais Trotter Pa . os SESE? 4 1964 aes MAIL, ROOM TELETYPE UNIT L | Docld: 32304315 Page 2? / appearing in Bureau airtel to all SACs dated April 3, 1969, ta ayy
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. | DRBES (hbvb-20037 |, a RL NY : SP Date; 8/21/64 \ I I | | | | | | Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) | Via , ATR-TEL ATR MAIL - REGISTERED MAIL tA“ “ (Priority) | fry $e me te le | 4 \f 00: DIRECTOR, FBI JUNE | | FRow: Acs BUFFALO (92- 100-Sub 1- 4) REED SUTTON WILSON CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM | Re Bureau airtel to all SACs dated Fhe. Forwarded herewith for the Bureau are five copies of a Letterhead Memorandum captioned "REED SUTTON WILSON, 3 FRED OSTACH, MORTON FARBER" reflecting information furnished to SA JAMES P. MC MAHON of this office on a confidential basis by Inspector HERBERT THURSTON, Morality Bureau, | Metropolitan Toronto Police Department (MTPD). ' It is noted that in furnishing this information, | Inspector THURSTON did not identify the stock brokerage firm involved nor did he furnish the name of the stock promoter who employed WILSON in Toronto. Inspector THURSTON explained that the nature of this operation was so delicate that if the identities of the stock brokerage firm and the stock promoter became a matter of public knowledge, the effect upon the Toronto Stock Exchange could be disastrous and for that reason the Toronto Police Department was not even recording those names in their own files. Inspector THURSTON also stated that no criminal or other charges were anticipated in this case since the victim of the technical installations did not sign a complaint for this same reason asvthat cited above. Inspector THURSTON @- . Bureau sank SF) 25) (AMRM) 1 - BuffaloY | *#, oi ” TEMoM: bas | vaste AG: Bag Ady 4 ent Docld: 32304315 Page 3
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 1 — a a | a o> BU 92-100-Sub 1-11) added that he was furnishing this data to the FBI principally | because of the allegation that REED has done technical work for both the FBI and the CIA in the past, and furthermore, because of the possibility that he and his associates might be engaged in this or similar type activities in the United States. , It is noted that the unverified and unevaluated allegation that WILSON did technical work for the FBI is not being included in this Letterhead Memorandum. No request for investigation by either Los Angeles or New York is being made by the Buffalo Office, but two copies of the Letterhead Memorandum are being furnished herewith for each of those offices for their information and so that they will be available in the event the Bureau specifically instructs either or both of those offices to conduct investigation based upon the information contained herein, REQUEST OF BUREAU: Bureau authority is requested for the Buffalo Office to furnish verbally to Inspector HERBERT THURSTON the information set forth in Bureau airtel to all SACs dated April 3, 1963. ; In this connection it is further requested that a copy 6f the identification record of REED SUTTON WILSON, FBI No, 360244A, as well as a copy of his photograph, if one is available, be furnished to the Buffalo Office so that same may be made available to Inspector THURSTON. L2-/0297% ~7 a -2. Docld: 32304315 Page 4
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hotes. | DATE: 11-14-2017-, - - vo, e es) Je ° . . 4 of wy REED SUTTON WILSON FRED OSTACH MORTON FARBER After explaining to FARBER what his wishes were, FARBER told him that he would make the necessary arrangements. Shortly thereafter FRED OSTACH, a private detective, who used the address 949 North Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood, — California, and who reportedly has done considerable work in the past for one of the top men at Warner Brothers Studios |. and for the deceased Hollywood attorney JERRY EISLER, arrived ° in Toronto and checked into the King Edward Hotel on July 27, 1964, < He was accompanied- by an individual who used the name R. WILSON and who was called REED while in Toronto. In - checking into the King Edward Hotel, the latter individual gave his address as 1128 North Fuller Avenue, Los Angeles’, “After looking over the situation, these individuals agreed to make the necessary installation for a fee of ; $25,000 plus the cost of the technical equipment. The office obtained by these individuals for the setting up of their recording equipment was located in the same building but six floors above the offices of the stock brokerage firm which they planned. to monitor. A har” a : nspector THURSTON stated that he has since calf learned that, the equipment reportedly cost. $7,000 and was_.j it» by Air Express under boriad“from°“Los Angéles on August 11, cmc | 1964. arriving in Toronto on August 13, 1964. It was thereafte a picked up by WILSON at the downtown Air Express Office in Toronto on August 14, 1964 and présumably was installed over de the weekend of August 15-16, 1964. a Inspector THURSTON said that the shipper of this . technical equipment was W. S. Jones Company, 8961 Wonderland Avenue, Los Angeles 46, California. He also advised that the eventual monitoring of the equipment was to be done by a local Toronto criminal whose name Inspector THURSTON did not disclose. . Inspector THURSTON stated that the investigation indicates that after the equipment was installed and determined to be in operating condition, the stock promoter in Toronto paid WILSON and OSTACH $25,000 cash at noon time on August 18, ' 1964 and OSTACH thereafter used part of this money to pay Be- fe FFFE -72 Docld: 32304315 Page 6
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 USC Si0T Hotes. DATE : 11-14-2017, vous a) > J dos REED SUTTON WILSON FRED OSTACH MORTON FARBER the King Edward Hotel bill for himself and WILSON when they aie out of that hotel shortly after noon on August 18, 19 According to Inspector THURSTON, OSTACH and WILSON: - departed from the Toronto Airport at 2: 36. PM on August 18, 1964 both destined for New York City with OSTACH scheduled to stay in New York while WILSON had further reservations to Washington, D. ¢C. Inspector THURSTON stated that he had been told by the stock promoter who was behind this scheme in Toronto that he had been informed presumably by MORTON FARBER that WILSON was one of the most accomplished sound technicians in the United States having handled the installation of sound equipment in the past for the Central Intelligence Agency. Inspector THURSTON advised that the work done by WILSON in this particular job in Toronto was of the highest caliber with all wiring, microphones, etc., extremely well concealed, and that the setup found by the Toronto Police Department was sufficient to handle approximately eight such installations, 12-7906 07 = Docld: 32304315 Page