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FBI response, 11 May 2017

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This is a letter the FBI sent Michael Best on May 11, 2017, answering FOIA request 1347908-000 about Fred Lee Crisman. It releases 9 pages after consulting the CIA. The release includes a March 10, 1970 Seattle FBI memo calling Crisman a scoundrel and doubting that he had any CIA tie. It also includes an anonymous file claiming Crisman was a CIA "Disruption Agent" and a March 1970 FBI transmittal passing that material to the CIA.

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  • p. 1 …1347908-000 CIA No: F-2017-00367 Subject: CRISMAN, FRED LEE Dear Mr. Best: You were…
  • p. 5 …that CRISMAN has some connection with the CIA, it appears to me that this possibility is…
  • p. 7 …do love this nation we cannot have CIA people such as him in terforcing with local…
  • p. 8 …To ask for a report from the file of a CIA agent is asking for a…
  • p. 9 …File Number OSS/CIA 4250050 contain an incomplete record, an copy of the material has not…
  • p. 10 …In 1960 the later problems that were to develop in the CIA with their contacts with…
  • p. 11 …There were two more regular CIA agents assigned to this project in 1960. It seems a…
  • p. 12 …The Coon Nootra cooperate and they stay the way of all CIA agents. The CIA does…
  • p. 13 …LHM prepared at Seat of Government to transmit information to CIA concerning subject who is alleged…
T. M. H. I. G. C.

March 20, 1970

1 - Mr. F.J. Cassidy

FRED LEE CRISMAN, aka Doctor F.L. Crisman. Jon Gold

Assisted individual is a resident of Takoma. Washington where he is connected with a radio station. Fred L. Crisman On March 4, 1970, the attached information was received by a Representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In view of the allegations that Crisman is connected with your Agency, this is being furnished to you for your information.

Enclosures - 4

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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED#211326

DATE 8/29/85 BYSP6B2A/GCL

NOTE:

LHM prepared at Seat of Government to transmit information to CIA concerning subject who is alleged to be an employee of that Agency.

1 copies made

2-28-78 156/914

Re: Common

for review at EDUL by

ECCA re 126-79 request.

(See Burile 403-117250)

Tolson ___

Del ooch

3 MAR 24 1970

MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT

ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SENT TO

NATIONAL ARCHIVES (JFKARCA)

DATE 8/10/94 HSCA SUCJ

EH FRED LEE CRISMAN

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FOIA release, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 13 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.