THE TAMPA SURVEY
REPORT
There are a few interesting items about the Tampa Report
that was recovered from the personal files of former Secret Service Agent
Gerald Blaine.
For one, it is titled: “FINAL SURVEY REPORT,” which to means
there were other earlier reports that this one is based on, and it is dated December 4, 1963 , after the
assassination.
Under PROTECTIVE RESEARCH (page 3) it is noted “Mr. Cecil
Taylor, Protective Research Section, was notified of this movement on November 9, 1963 . He advised that two
subjects were in the Tampa area.
They were Wayne L. Gainey, 00-2-33,815. Gainey was interviewed by Jacksonville
agents and remained in the custody of his parents during this movement. The
other was John W. Warrington, 00-2-33,902. This subject was in jail in Tampa ,
Florida , for threatening the mayor of Tampa .”
“No unusual incidents occurred on the Tampa ,
Florida , visit.”
This is belied by the Tampa
newspaper report:
Threats On Kennedy Made Here
In issuing notice to all participating security police prior
to the President’s motorcade tour in Tampa ,
Mullins had said: “I would like to advise all officers that threats against the
President have been made from this area in the last few days.”
A memo from the White House Secret Service dated Nov. 8
reported:
“Subject made statement of a plan to assassinate the
President in October 1963. Subject stated he will use a gun, and if he couldn’t
get closer he would find another way. Subject is described as: White, male, 20,
slender build,” etc.
Mullins said Secret Service had been advised of three
persons in the area who reportedly had made threats on the President’s life.
One of the three was – and still is – in jail here under heavy bond.
Mullins said he did not know if the other two may have
followed the Presidential caravan to Dallas .
1 comment:
All the Florida Secret Service reports were made available via the ARRB in the late 1990's. What IS missing: almost all the pre-10/31/63 reports. They appear to have been destroyed in January 1995. Blaine submitting these documents is a smokescreen to obfuscate the agency destruction.
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