JFK Assassination System | Date.  —s- 3/31/2001 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:.  124-10372-10099 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 62C-HQ-1029205-925 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CI TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: = 09/15/1995 ‘PAGES: 11 ‘ SUBJECTS : JFKARCA OF 1992 DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 3 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 03/04/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : OE ___________ a, v9.1 116 Docld: 32319767 Page 1
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ob SSEp 15°38 "id:22ANCINCTINGTE a Pit ee eee : — | : ee FD-302 (Rev. 3=10-82) . ~ * to. f -i- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ee 1) J 0 AHS Date of transcription 9/13/95 JOHN FABRY, JR. (protect“idehtity), 154'1/2 Maple , Avenue, Smithfield, Ohio, was interviewed and furnished the following information: He considers now, as he always has, that the specific, direct and unequivocal promise of confidentiality that he - requested and received from the United States Government and the i Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding his identity and information which he may have provided to the FBI to be binding : forever. He firmly believes that his children, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren could be subjected to physical harm i: or embarrassment were his relationship with the FBI ever made a i matter of public record,. He has never told his children of his relationship with the FBI, and would consider it devastating if that relationship were to be made public in any way. , He has a clear recollection that when he first agreed to become an FBI informant, he requested and was given a form to Sign which specifically and expressly promised and guaranteed that his identity as an FBI informant would never be revealed by the FBI, and that that promise extended beyond his death, but was to be in effect forever. He also clearly recalls conversations that he had had with various FBI Agents who were assigned as his \ contact Agent, in which that same promise and guarantee of permanent confidentiality was repeated and emphasized, He would not have become an FBI informant without such an express promise of confidentiality. . ~ He expressly requested that his identity continua to be protected for all time, and that any documents that would identify him, or tend to identify him as the source of that information, be withheld from public release for all time, _ eee . ‘+ Investigationon 9/11/95 at Smithfield, Ohio 7 oo . te og} ‘Fie # 62B-109060 / a by SA J. ROCKNE WILSON Date dictated 9/11/95 ~ , . . . N ne re This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the PBI and.is loaned to your ageneyn . S, ft and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ee oe | Docta: 32319767 Page 3 a ae . ee Ser eee
_ OSEP 15 795° i@!2@3AM CINCIMNETI Oe igs . - - ee | So! ee Lets ‘PD-302 (Rev. 3-10-82) roy -l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SHIRLEY FABRY (protect identity throughout this document), 154 1/2 Maple Avenue, Smithfield, Ohio, was interviewed and furnished the following information: She served as a confidential informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for many years. As a condition precedent to her association with the FBI, and without which she would not havé agreed to serve as an informant, she recalls that she signed a document in which the FBI promised and assured her that her identity as an informant would never ba divulged, that there were no exceptions to this guarantee, and that the promise “would extend beyond her death and would last for all time. This promise was express and explicit and was not subject to interpretation. Throughout her tenure as an FBI informant, she discussed the confidential status of her relationship with the . FBI with each of the FBI Agents who were assigned as her contact Agent. Bach of these Agents affirmed the confidential nature of her relationship with the FBI. She has never told her children or closest friends of her relationship with the FBT, would be personally devastated should they ever learn of it, and believes that her family could ba put in grave physical danger in the event it were made public that she was an FBI informant. She ensured that all contacts she had with the FBI were conducted in such a manner that they would be sacret. She has never been identified as an informant, and Mo believes she has nevér even been suspected of being an FBI ~ oh informant. She expressly requested that her identity continue ‘to be protected at all times, and that any documents that would identify her, or tend to identify her as the source of that information, be withheld from public release for all time. Investigation on 9/8/95 im _smithfield, ohio Bie 62B-109060 “gh J ROCKNE WILSON . tatedtad O/LD95 “Docldrs Date of transeription 9/13/95
Be Oe ee ae nie P.3 fo: SEP 45 "95° 10:24AM CINCINNATI © | a | oO Le 7 Ney 7 ote / * PD.$02+(Riev!3-10-82) ee -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 9/14/95 DORIS PALMER, 300 Packer Street, Uhrichville, Ohio, was intarviewad and furnished the following information: She is the widow of CHARLES W, PALMER (protect identity throughout this document), who died in 1992, having been married to him for more than 50 years. In response tO & question va Soncerning her knowledge of any relationship her husband may have - had with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), she knew there was some kind of relationship, but indicated that mr, PALMER had never confided to her the specifics of exactly what it Was end what it entailed. she described her husband ag being a very quiet individual and one who valued his Privacy above all . else. Because she Was unaware of the Scope and full nature of tha relationship that mr. PALMER had had with the PBI, she very firmly believes that he would not have told his Children or friends of such a relationship, and believes that since he never told anyone of it, he would want such a relationship to remain a secret, She has always been somewhat afraid that mr, PALMER 's relationship with the FBI would be made public, and fears that npere Could be some kind of retaliation taken againgt her, her Childven, or grandchildren, if it were, } While she was somewhat aware of her husband's relationship with the FBI, she would not want it to be made known now, as it could cause embarrassment, criticism or contempt for herself, her children, or Grandchildren, or it could put them in Ganger, and would request that the relationship never be made public. ~ Investigation on 2/95 og . Cincinnati, Ohio . ae tes ODB-169085 by SSA EDWIN H, BOLDT _ | Z Date dictated 9/14/08 Se 2 NEARS ey DESL STP ap Decid.
-'7 eo te po ve : nos : : ees . : ne +, % SEP 15 °95...18: seh, CINCINNATI - es ee FD=303 (Rev, $-10-82) ne . ~ a -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription — 9/15/95 DORRAINE MILBURN, 330 Claymont, Uhrichville, Ohio, telephone number (614) 922-3521, was interviewed and furnished the following information: She is the daughter of CHARLES W. PALMER (protect identity throughout this document) and DORIS PALMER. Her father died in 1992, and her mother, while in ill health, continues to reside in Uhrichville, Ohio. _ Her mother contacted her on Tuesday, September 12, ‘ 1995, and told her that an Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had telephonically contacted her that evening and questionned her as to her late husband's relationship with the FBI many years earlier, and that it had greatly worried her mother. Her mother told her that she had lived in fear for many years that CHARLES PALMER's relationship with the FBI would be made public, and her mother had been looking over her shoulder for years in the fear that she, her children, or grandchildren would be physically harmed in retaliation for the work that CHARLES PALMER had done for the FBI. Her mother told her that because of this fear, she hoped with ali her heart that CHARLES PALMER would never be identified as an FBI informant. While she was grwong up in the 1940's, -50's and-60's, she had a non-specific knowledge that her father had some kind of relationship with the FBI, but it was one he never talked about, and never discussed with her or her brother or sister. She -believes this is true because he wanted to protect her from knowledge that could have somehow caused her harm or put her in danger. She too, along with her mother, has had a long-time fear that her father's informant status with the FBI would somehow be made public, and that she or other members of her family would be in very real physical danger from unknown persons who would want to retaliate against her father for his FBI involvement. Since the FBI contact with her mother on September 12, 1995, she has discussed this issue with her brother, MICHAEL PALMER, and he has NN told her that he feels the same way, and that he believes the a threat of physical harm is a very real one if their father's FBI informant status were ever to be made public in any way. ss Investigation on 9/14/95 at Cincinnati, Ohio (telephonically) ee te | Docld Fede? cont BOP Ay oy recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the pronerty of the PRT and ia laaned fa veutanahey'S. Ct a eat
tee is "95 10:27AM CINCINNATI ; DP, Sameer nt nee _f a + FDs302a (Rav. 11-15-83) ‘D 62B~109060 Continuation of FD~302 of DORRAINE MULBURN LOn 9/14/95 , Page 2 H added pressure of the Possibility that CHARLES PALMER 's identity 48 an FBI informant Might be made known can have only a most made through her, to lessen the anxiety such a contact would ‘Occasion, herself, she expressed the Strongest wish that her father would / Never, in any Fashion, be identified as an FRI informant,1 -Docld: 32319767 Page 7 an ;
. ie an eee a SSS ; : ae * ’ Coal. SEP 15°95. 19:278M .CINC ee ne . a cee ee Pa FD.202 (Rav. 3-10-82) -l.- _ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 9/13/95 B, GENE WYATT, 289 Westview Drive, Winchester, Virginia, telephone number (540) 667-4725, was interviewed and furnished the following information: He is a retired Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As part of his responsibilities as an FBI Agent, while assigned to the Cincinnati Division of the FBI, he met with various individuals who provided information to the FBI on @ regular or intermittent basis, and who were designated as confidential informants of the FBI. 7 From the late 1960's, until approximately 1972, he was assigned as the contact Agent for JOHN FABRY, JR. (protect . ss identity throughout this document) and SHIRLEY FABRY (protect 73 identity throughout this document), husband and wife, who were : each formal confidential informants of tha Cincinnati Division of the FBI. Hach had been informants of the FBI before he became his/her contact Agent, but he was the assigned contact Agent when they each were closed as informants. While each of the FABRYs knew the other was an FBI informant, they were each very much concerned that the confidential nature of their relationship with the FRI, and their identities as FBI informants, be maintained in “the strictest confidence by the FBI, and noted this desire with him on several occasions. To the best of his knowledge, neither of the FABRYs was ever suspected of being an FBI informant, and neither was ever publicly surfaced or identified as an FBI informant. All meetings that he held with the FABRYs were conducted in private places so that that relationship would - remain confidential. To the best of his knowledge, neither of the FABRYs even told their children of their informant status with — the FBI. While he can no longer remember specifics, but because he made it a practice with all informants he contacted, he believes he specifically and expressly promised that the relationship of the FABRYs with the FBI would forever be kept secret, and he believes the FABRYs relied on these assurances to maintain their informant status. ~ t + ’ . : i “Y Snvestigation on _ 9/7/95 at Cincinnati, Ohio _ telephonicall a . ; 7 rile¢ 62B-109060 | OT ee = by EDWIN He BOLT | Data 9700/95 Docld: 32319767. Page 8 |
‘ -/2.5EP 15 ’95.. 40:286M CINCINNATI Tek Ore FD-3034 (Rev, F=15-83) / ; ~ $ 62B-109060 . : Continuation of FD-302 of B. GENE WYATT . ,On 9/7/95 , Page 2 “Docld:32319767 Page 9 He believes that Mrs. FABRY terminated her relationship with the FBT some time before Mr. FABRY did, and he does not. specifically recall what she may have said at that time, but does recall Mr. FABRY's statements and wishes at the time Mr. FABRY's relationship with the FBI was terminated, and is confident that Mrs. FABRY's wishes mirrored those of her husband's. He recalled that one of the reasons that. Mr. FABRY wished to end his informant status with the FBI was because of his desire te become involved in local politics, and he was quite emphatic that it was his express desire that his informant status, and that of his ~ wife, be kept confidential, as it was his belief that disclosure would effectively ruin his chances for a political career. In fact, Mr. FABRY was elected mayor of Smithfield, Ohio after his relationship with the FBI was terminated. He also recalls that Mr. FABRY had indicated that he would not testify in open court, ° as to do so would identify him as an informant, He recalls that also during his tenure as an FBI Agent assigned to the Cincinnati FBI Division, from approximately 1969 until he was transferred out of the Cincinnati Division in 1975, he was the contact Agent for another Cincinnati Division informant named CHARLES W. PALMER (protect identity throughout this document). He characterized PALMER as a very private, close-- mouthed and secretive individual who repeatedly stressed the importance of maintaining the confidential nature of his relationship with the FBI. He does not know if. PALMER ever confided in his wife as to his FBI informant status. All meetings and contacts he had with PALMER were held in private places, for the express reason to maintain the confidential nature of the ~ cs relationship. While he is unable to recall specifically, he ve re: believes that he would have expressly and specifically promised . ye to PALMER that the FBI informant status of PALMER would be - protected for all time by the FBI. During the time he was assigned as PALMER's contact Agent, he is sure that PALMER wags never suspected of being an FBI informant, nor was he ever identified as such by the FBI, himself or others.
oe. 0 +,SEP 15 °95. 10:308M CINCINNATI FES ye SRB SEP NGINNATI Ip —_ ; Oe a C) : i, ‘< FD-362 (Rev, 3-10-82) . | -1-- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 9/13/95 DONALD R. REESE, 159 Keethler Drive South, Westerville, Ohio, telephone number (614) 882-3131, was interviewed and ~ furnished the following information: He is a retired Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As part of his responsibilities as an FBI Agent, while assigned to the Cincinnati Division of the FBI, he 7 met with, various individuals who provided information to the FBI on a regular or intermittent basis, and who were designated as informants of the FBI. ow, . Among those people he was assigned to contact on a i. regular basis was CHARLES W. PALMER (protect identity throughout | this document), who had had a formal informant status with the FBI for many years prior to his assignment to PALMER. From \ approximately 1975 until approximately 1977, when PALMER was discontinued as an FBI informant, he met with PALMER on a regular basis, during which meetings he would debrief PALMER as to the information provided to the FBI. These meetings were always held clandestinely, in places selected for their private nature, because PALMER did not want his relationship with the FBI made a matter of public record, a desire that PALMER explicitly and specifically related to him on several occasions. To the best of _ his knowledge and rememberance, PALMER was never surfaced or even suspected of being an FBI informant during the more than 30 years uo of his association with the FBI. He characterized PALMER as a very close-mouthed and private individual. . AS an example of how seriously PALMER viewed the secret . and confidential nature of his relationship with the FBI, he. VO recalled that when PALMER was closed as an FBI informant, PALMER indicated that he would never testify in open court or before administrative hearing boards where he would be identified, or potentially identified, as an FBI informant. \ 2 " f la TT File # 628-109060 | Os ‘Docla: 3231990 age LU Lo VM OFNAQAN
[pepe ee j ATI SEP AS G5 -- 16: 318M CINGANNAT I" “sO - "oe ry a 2 . . f oe \ e: ae "lo : : ok 7 ‘Sg a 7 ¥ . FD-302 (Rev, 3-10-82) as € { ; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transeription 9/13/55 “ARTHUR J. HOLDER, 1306 E. Grove Street, Bloomington, Illinois, telephone number (309) 766-2311, wag interviewed and furnished the following information: - He is a retired Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of of Investigation (FBI}, As part of his responsibilities as an FBI Agent, while assigned to the Cincinnati Division of the FEI, he on met with various individuals who provided information to the FBI ips / On @ regular or intermittent basis, and who were designated as i . Confidential informants of the FBI he was assigned as the contact Agent for JOHN FABRY, JR. (protect im identity throughout this document) and SHIRLEY FABRY (protect i For approximately a two year period, from 1967 to 1969,. Po. identity throughout this document), husband and wife, who were r Sach ‘formal confidential informants of the Cincinnati FRI < | | Division. Hach had been confidential informants before ha became er | his/her contact Agent, and another Agent became their contact mo \ -_ Agent when he was reassigned to other duties. Each of the FaBrRys ma f knew the other was an FBI informant, but it was his understanding ~ so . that no one else in, their family, including their own children, Vo knew of their informant relationship with the FBI, and to the \ ips best of his knowledge, neither of the FABRYS were aver surfaced as FBI informants, nor ever Suspected of such activity, All of his contacts with the FABRYs were conducted in | . 5 & Secretive and confidential manner to ensure that the. informant » -'*  ¥@lationship the PABRYs had with the FBT would not become known, not only by the people on-whom the FABRYs were providing . information, but also by their family, friends, neighbors and others in their community ‘and elsewhere. The FABRYS were very. an much concerned with this issue, relied on the assurances of the OY FBI as to their confidentiality, and would ; "not for some lesser period of time. When he of confidentiality with the FABRYsS, he certa bromise to be Permanent, - PR ay AUIS cai cage ’ ' “ . . \ 7 oo ere Pores corey, AP “ a tony my _ ~~ . Jobe sis crag Soe ye Y ze " PP PTR oe we: A Mae i eect Sa B2 = ki ; [ I, i | | Docld: 32319767 Page 11 k
- . . i” . - Sa ewe FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83) N 1 62B-109060 Continuation of FD-302 of ARTHUR J. HOLDER. ,On 9/8/95 Page 2 During approximately the same period of time that he was assigned as the contact Agent for the FABRYs, from 1967 to 1969, he was also assigned as the contact Agent for another confidential Cincinnati Division informant, CHARLES W. PALMER (protect identity throughout this document). PALMER had been an informant for some time befora he wag assigned as the contact » Agent, and continued on as an informant after he was reassigned to other duties and another FBI Agent was designated as PALMER's contact Agent. He described PALMER as exceptionally private and security conscious, and he would not be Surprised if even - PALMER'S wife did not know of PALMER's informant status with the FBI. He is sure that PALMER would never have agreed to become an FBI informant had there not been an Sxpress promise of permanent ~ confidentiality, and he believes he would have given PALMER such assurances when he was PALMER's contact Agent. All of his . contacts with PALMER were conducted in such a manner as to ensure i That PALMER'S status ag an informant would not be compromised, | During the time he was PALMER's contact Agent, PALMER was never suspected of being an FBI informant, and to the best of his knowledge, PALMER was never surfaced or otherwise identified as an informant for the FBI. fim mena : * ae ee age Fe Floqu testes Tp ty ite tg eke Ale p e a eig ht Seeeten © ge ee 7 Fae 1 4 ' pocld: 32319767 Page 12 4