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FM               WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE     FILE: b2
TO               HEADQUARTERS (ID-ACB/REG 1)
SUBJECT          WILLIAM THOMAS


(A)  INTRODUCTION

     REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE REFERRAL TWX #076 BY ID.  DATED    12/28/81 AND TO THE PREVIOUS TWX'S IN THIS CASE.

(B)  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND 
 
     CRIMINAL HISTORY                  
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ON 12/25/81 THE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED BY U.S. PARK POLICE AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT.  HE WAS CONFINED IN THE CENTRAL
CELL BLOCK ON 12/25/81 AND RELEASED ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE BOND IN D.C. SUPERIOR COURT ON 12/26/81.  ON 1/5/82 THOMAS APPEARED BEFORE JUDGE 67C IN D.C. SUPERIOR COURT WHERE HE WAS FINED $25.00, PAYMENT SUSPENDED, AND RELEASED.

(c)  INTERVIEW WITH SUBJECT

ON 12/25/81, THE SUBJECT WAS OBSERVED HANGING BY HIS WRISTS FROM A STREET LIGHT IN FRONT OF 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE N.W. AND WAS ARRESTED BY U.S. PARK POLICE.  THIS INCIDENT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY UPI AND WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN ARTICLE BY THE WASHINGTON POST.  AT THE TIME OF ARREST, THE SUBJECT WAS IN POSSESSION OF A ONE-PAGE STATEMENT PROTESTING POLICE HARASSMENT  (COPIES OF THE ARTICLE AND THE STATEMENT WILL BE FORWARDED TO ID UNDER SEPARATE COVER.

ON 12/25/81, AT 1:45 PM, THE SUBJECT WAS INTERVIWED BY SA'S 67C AND 67C AT THE PARK POLICE SUBSTATION ON OHIO DRIVE.  THE INTERVIEW REVEALED THAT THE SUBJECT'S PURPOSE WS TO SOLICIT THE ATTENTION OF THE PRESIDENT REGARDING HIS DISPLEASURE WITH CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS. HIS PRIMARY COMPLAINT SEEMED TO FOCUS ON HIS INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FREELY CROSS CERTAIN NATIONAL BORDERS.

THE SUBJECT INDICATED THAT HE HAD STAGED OTHER PROTESTS NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE AND HAD BEEN ARRESTED SIX TIMES FOR MINOR