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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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Oblique referenced in the report load one to the conclusion that the EASY Service of the CIA would not hesitate to enter into a full fledge gang war with the world to get the cooperation they seek they need. The hoodlums also are aware that the CIA EASY Agents are not interested in crime fighting unless it is part of one of their control efforts. The Coon Nootra cooperate and they stay the way of all CIA agents. The CIA does not make arrests. They have boon, knz. a kill on enemy and they consider all persons in their way as an enemy.

It was later ascertained that it was the effort to block John O'Connell that responsible for giving Jim Gerrison the information that CRISHAH was an actual agent and a specialized agent of that department. He was informed by Cora Hortz relicds in Las Vegas that CRISHAH was interested in the complete New Orleans washington state operation of both Boeing and the politics involved. This loss aided him to later accuse CRISMAN to being a government-military CIA complex. CRISHAH was given prizes in 1968 to enter the political fight to remove the 2 government that is known as Manager-Council government from the city of Thessaloniki he has made no effort to keep his name in /ho background of the political and no effort has been made to give him a special cover. This may be due to the fact that he claims Zacona, Washington as his piece of birth and roving. He oat now to date has been to launch a radio program which he has made a趁took on the Tacoma government for a year.

There is a copy of an order for him to enter this operation but there is no on given no to why it is felt by the EASY Solution of the GZA that this form of government is wrong for this area. Reference is made to Projoot W-21 but there is clear out reference that will tell what Projoot W-21 might be. The GZA does appear to be unduly upset or interfering in other places where there has been manager-Council form of government.

Host of GAXSMAN'S recent reports have not stated programs reports but have be long for help. He has asked for money, (granted) assistance, (granted) and he has asked for interference of the CIA with the FGC in a license master for state AYE in Payrollup. Washington (the station ho broadcasts over) thin him was all granted to him and he has not stated how long he feels the project will take be a has been ordered to Viot Nam by November, of 1969. Thoro As a copy of a late equent asking cancellation of the Viot Nan order.

Currently his reports state that the situation is well under control and that light not be needed to remove the Manager form of government from Tacoma but he is allowing his efforts to clackon. His control of the situation seems to be complete and he has asked for an investigation into the beginning of regional action in Seattle. The project has not been started as of this date (9/8/69).

There does not seem to be any short range purpose in this effort in Tacoma to oppose that CRISHAN has submitted reports that have not been taken from the current file and placed in this record file. All that is known at the present time that the EASZ 425000 Cootion of the CXA in notivo in Tacoma and that it has assigned one of it's boot Disruption Agents to the local job there.

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