Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Us 2107 Hotey;. DATE: 11-14-2017 FB<36 (Rey. 5-22-78) ( C > , ! I FBI ! TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ! {_] Teletype (] Immediate (_.) TOP SECRET [] Facsimile [_] Priority (_] SECRET C_] [-} Routine (og CONFIDENTIAL (co) UNCLAS EF TO [4] UNCLAS | Date ! PAGE TWO MM 89-35 UNCLAS E F T O | PRESENCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF BILL JOHNSON. DEA ADVISED THAT THIS INFORMANT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW. ON NOVEMBER 3, 1978, ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT PETER F. GRUDEN, INSPECTOR IN CHARGE, DEA, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHO HAD FURNISHED ABOVE INFORMATION TO U.S. SECRET SERVICE, MIAMI, DETERMINED THAT HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ON NOVEMBER 7, 1978, GRUDEN WAS CONTACTED AND HE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMANT.IN THIS MATTER WAS THOMAS JOSEPH HOLT. GRUDEN STATED THAT HOLT WAS OF QUESTIONABLE RELIABILITY, IRRATIONAL, UNPREDICTABLE AND DESCRIBED HIM FURTHER AS A MURDERER AND PERJURER. HE ADVISED THAT THE ONLY REASON HOLT WAS AN INFORMANT FOR DEA AT THIS TIME WAS THAT HOLT HAD FURNISHED © INFORMATION OF AN INTERNAL NATURE. GRUDEN ADVISED THAT DAVID R. WISER, INSPECTOR, DEA, MIAMI, COULD BE CONTACTED FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING HOLT. @W% NOVEMBER 8, 1978, WISER WAS CONTACTED AND HE ADVISED THAT HOLT HAD COME TO DEA AND HAD MADE ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING AGAINST A DEA AGENT. WISER ADVISED THAT TO DATE THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IN THIS DEA MATTER HAS NOT | UNCOVERED ANY EVIDENCE TO INDICATE ANY TRUTH TO THE ALLEGA™ION OF | ° { : Transmitted Per _. Approved: (Number) (Time) FBI/DOJ eee Docld:32200366 Page 3
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hote). DATE: $ TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFICATION: Teletype \ [J Immediate ("() TOP SECRET ("] Facsimile _{—] Priority [_] SECRET Approved: _.C—C—C—C—C—CSCSC—S*~—“‘“‘s«‘érT rattled Per 11-14-2017 ; FD-36-(Reve; 5-22-78) C) FBI ae ae (J Routine — (7) CONFIDENTIAL {_] UNCLAS EF TO ((] UNCLAS PAGE THREE MM 89-35 UNCLAS E F T O HOLT. HE ADVISED THAT THE EVIDENCE INDICATED TO DATE INDICATES TO THE CONTRARY. WISER ADVISED THAT HOLT STATED THAT DURING THE LATE SUMMER, HE, HOLT, WAS ON BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN THE DOWNTOWN MIAMI AREA WHEN HE CAME UPON FRANK STURGIS, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ONE BILL JOHNSON. WISER ADVISED THAT HOLT STATED THAT DURING THIS ENCOUNTER, STURGIS STATED THAT HE HAD KILLED / PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. ‘WISER STATED THAT HE ASKED HOLT 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". INSPECTOR WISER ADVISED THAT HOLT HAD INDICATED AN INTENTION TO GO TO THE NEWS. MEDIA REGARDING HIS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE DEA. INSPECTOR WISER FURTHER STATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT LIKELY THAT HOLT WOULD. ALSO MAKE MENTION OF THE STURGIS COMMENT AND THAT HE HAD REPORTED THIS TO DEA AND THAT THEY HAD DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. INSPECTOR WISER ADVISED FOR THIS VERY REASON, HE WROTE A MEMO CONCERNING WHAT HOLT HAD REPORTED AND FOR THIS REASON, IT WAS FURNISHED TO THE SECRET SERVICE. INSPECTOR WISER 5 (Number) (Time) ‘ FBI/DOJ Docld:32200366 Page 4
. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC ?7i0T Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 ms FH-36 (Rov. 5-22-78) . fo ! a C) FBI NY} % w-t “rAb’ TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFICATION: ! (-] Teletype ("] Immediate (cl) TOP SECRET [7] Facsimile (7) Priority (_] SECRET Qe [J Routine []) CONFIDENTIAL (J) UNCLAS EF TO (4 UNCLAS \ ! Date $$ PAGE FOUR MM 89-35 UNCLAS E F T O ADVISED THAT HOLT IS CURRENTLY RESIDING AT 1627 NORTH SWINTON AVENUE, DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA. A REVIEW OF MIAMI FILES INDICATES THAT THOMAS JOSEPH HOLT, DATE OF BIRTH MARCH 23, 1941, WHITE MALE, WAS A SOURCE OF THE | MIAMI OFFICE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME UNDER MIAMI FILE 137-6905, | BUREAU FILE 137-41174, FBI NUMBER 320 23 F. HOLT ALSO ARRESTED BY FBI AND DEA AGENTS, JULY 26, 1976 AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR UFAP MURDER CHARGES, BUFILE 88-73308. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN MIAMI FILE 45-1777 IN WHICH HOLT A SUBJECT ALONG WITH JAMES RONALD MONACO AND SUBJECT EUGENE OTIS HICKS INVOLVING CRIME ON THE HIGH SEAS - POSSIBLE MURDER; GERALD HERBERT LERNER - VICTIM, ALL SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS. REPORTS IN THIS MATTER HAVE BEEN FURNISHED TO THE BUREAU, BUT BUFILE NUMBER NOT KNOWN TO MIAMT. MIAMI MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH DEA MIAMI AND CONTEMPLATES INTERVIEW OF HOLT, JOHNSON AND STURGIS. RESULTS AND LHM'S TO FOLLOW. BT ‘4 ee ) : Transmitted Per _ Approved (Number) (Time) Fei/poJ i RR Docld:32200366 Page 5
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 USC 2107 Hote} DATE: 11- -14=2017 a “ MMODZE 3131939. PP HE DL DE MM P g9 Wov 78 FM MIAMI (89-35). TO BUREAU (62- 199960) PRIORITY DALLAS (89-43) PRIORITY BT “UNCLAS. EF TO . ATTENTION: -CONGRESSTONAL INQUIRY UNIT. — OF PPESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, ‘NOVEMBER co 19655, TEXAS, OO: DALLAS. on ENE ‘FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU sis ian atta DATED OCTOBER 23,°1978, THE UNITED STATES SECRET! SERVICE, MIAN, FLOFIDA FURNISHED To THIS OFFICE A COPY OF A LETTER SENT. To. “ THAT AGENCY BY U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT “ADMINISTRATION: ¢ FLOFIDA DATED OCTOBER 13, 1978. ‘THE DEA LETTER ADVI SE MANT FOR DEA HAD INDICAT ED “THAT HE. vas. aonieabted WITH AN INFOR STUPGIS TOLD THE INFORMANT THAT ie KENNEDY. THIS REMARK WAS SUPPOSED’ 1 Docld: 32200366 Page 6
DATE: 1171452017, aa : A) Ds to ©. e ' 2 ‘* . . rn a _ ve . . 7 i ; Lo a ; . . nd ~ | ; ; | | PAGE TWO mM 89-35 UNCLAS EKF-T O03 _ . i : : _— oo PRESENCE OF all INDIVIDUAL BY, THE NAME. OF BILL JOHNSON. DEA | ADVISED THAT THIS INFORMANT, COULD. BE MADE. “AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIE “W oa “on NOVEMBER |S; 1978, ATTEWPTS To cOHTACT, PE ERP. GRUDEW, _ INSP sotoR tt cxanee, ‘EA, ‘MIAME, F FLORIDA, WHO HAD: FURNISHED ABOVE INFORMATION TO es. SE ECRET SERVICE “Mati DETERMINE ED. THAT HE WAS | Nor AvATLABLE . on woven BER: 75. 1978, GRUDEW was ‘CONTACTED AND oe HE ADVISED. THAT: THE INFORMANT IN. THIS MATTER was THOMAS “JOSEPH oe “HOLT. “@RUDEW STATE BS THAT HOLT was oF, QUESTIONA BLE RELIABILITY, IRRATIONAL, UNPREDICTABLE, AND ‘DE SCRIBED: AIM FURTHER AS AUMUR -DERER AND PERUUP ER. HE: ADVISED THAT, THE ONLY REASON HOLT WAS AW : oe | INFOR MNT FOR DEA AT THIS TIME “WAS. THAT-HOLT: HAD FURNISHED yw . i . an i. . ! : _INFORMAT TON OF aN INTERNAL NATURE. -giuben ADVE SED T HAT. SAV ID. Reo ow see . — S| sepa 8 SPE ATOR, ‘DEA, “MIAMI, eOULD BE conTacteD. FOR FURTHER : | ETA ALL ONCERWING HOLT. Of ‘NoveNBER 8, 1978 WISER WAS ne . CONTACTED. AND HE ‘ADVISED, THAT. HOLT Had COME TO. DEA. AND HAD MADE = = ALLEGATIONS OF wP O1NG. AGAINST & DEA AGENT. WISER ADVISED THAT. oy} “To, DATE THE: INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. or THES DEA ‘MATTER HAS WOT a UNCOVERED ANY EVIDENCE: TO. rnbrca TE ANY. TRUTH To THE ALLEGATION oF - 1 ‘ ~ n - Docld:32200366 Page 7
: sder the DATE: 11-14-2017 | ee ee 8 = hescas=LiationBecerds~Ca Te ee ; = Tr os een oo v a rn " . : . : Does . eo . =" 7 ve . ‘ . , . se . St mo ~ : foo, ce o . > ‘ , , ‘ es) GE THREE me 89-35 uncLas E f + oO a sours HE ADVISED. THAT THE EVIDE NCE. INDICATED TO DATE’ INDICATES 10 THE ’¢ GONTRARY. “WISER ADVISED, THAT HOLT STATED THAT DURING - 7 THE LATE SUMMER: HE, HOLT, WAS: ON BISCAYNE BOUL EVARD If THE: ) DOURT OWN. TAME AREA WHEN HE CAME ‘UPON ‘FRANK STURGIS, WHO WAS oy pocowinien BY Owe BILL JOHNS SON. WISER ADVISED: THA r noke s84rE, THAT: DURING. THIS ENCOUNTER, STURGIS STATED, THAT HE-HAD KILLED PREST DENT JOHN Pe EM NED BY.0 7 ‘WISER, STATED THAT HE ASKED HOLT wy - Wout. sTureis IMPART THIS. Et TER ESTING: BIT: ‘OF NEWS TO. HOLT yHo _ on . yas A KNOWN GOVERNMENT WiThE s ald puactorzen’ DEA INFORMANT os co | a FROM: THE. Past “AND HOLT REPLIED THAT IT, was “ONE WIT aN ‘TO oo -  ANOTHE Re nS ae oo os a INSPECTOR WISER. ADVISED THAT. HOLT HAD « inp IGa TED AN iin “10 G0 To THE. sus MEDEA, REGARDING HIS” ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE . DEA. INS sPEcTOl WISER FURTHER ‘STATED THAT HE THO HT IT LIKELY _ 7 . mar HOLT WOULD ‘ALO itqxg. meUTION. OF THE STURGIS COMMENT AND: THAT E HAD REPORTED: THIS’ To DEA AND. THAT. THEY HAD. owe “NOTHING - oat tte INSPE ctor rer anvisen FOR THIS deny eeAsdR, ME | WROTE A MEMO COR iCERNING. WHAT, HOLT HAD REPORTED: AND FOR: THIS “REASON; It-AS FURNISHED ‘To THES SECRET: SERVICE. “INSPECTOR WISER ‘Docld:322700366 Page 6
t, . ” ~ - DATE OF. BERTH MARCH. 255, 1941,. WHITE MALES wae, SOURCE OF THE MIAME orFic se FOR A SHORT PERIOD; ‘OF TIME UNDER MEANT. FILE 137- 69g 75 be i BUREAU FILE, 137 Alita, “FBI NuMBER 528 (23 Pee HOLT ALSO. ARRESTE D- BY FBI ‘AND. DEA AGENT 5, -JULY-2 26, 1976. AT. SMIAML INTERNATIONAL “ATPPORT FOR UFAP. WURDE R OHARGES, BUFILE ‘88 13508. < ADDITIONAL - ‘iwFoRMA TION, CONTAINED. IN MIAMI, FILE - 1777. EN WHICH HOLT A SUBJECT ALONG WITH: JAMIE Ss RONALD WONA.CO, “AND: suB ECT EUGERE OTIS “HICKS: INVOLVING: RIM ME ow THE HteH SEAS ° - | POSSIBLE AMOR RDERS GERALD HERBERT LEPNER - VICTIM, ALL. susPEcted ‘DRUG DEALERS. PEPORTS IN “THIS! MATT sae stmrcins TO THE BUREAU, BUT BUPILE NUMBER oo wor Kade TO MIAMI: ee 7 ae oe ot - “| tami mareTarNise CONTACT. WITH “DEQ MIAMI AND CONTE PLATE So TATERVIEW OF HOLT, “asuvson AND STURGIS. ae oan RESULTS: AND | LHS. TO) FOLLOW, ne re es oe - of - Docld: 32200366 Page 93 ‘DATE: fart nee? . OR oe pee eS tte FO ey . Oo fe. by an en re . ; . : 7 PAGE FOUR MM. 29-3 -UNCLAS E EF TO, eereaeee nos a ADVISED THAT HOLT. 1S CURRENTLY RESIDING AT. 1627. wort SWINTON - we - AVENUE DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA. oy ae an - os A. REVIEW OF MIAME FILES: IWDTCaTES: THAT THOMAS "JOSEPH. HOLT,’ a “| 1 J i | (Released under the John F. Kennedy Resaseination ‘Records Co Trection Ac E or 1592 ar usc 2107 “Ho fe y- v4