Mercury News

Ronald Reagan worked as an informant for the FBI, providing information about pro-communist influences in the Screen Actors Guild and other Hollywood organizations. FBI documents obtained through a Freedom of Information request reveal that Reagan, identified as T-10, began his work in 1941. The information was shared in a memorandum from a Washington, D.C.-based FBI agent to Hugh Clay, who was then the Assistant Special Agent in charge of the Los Angeles Division. Ronald Reagan served as a confidential informant for the FBI, according to records released by the Bureau. The FBI documents obtained by the Mercury News in a Freedom of Information request show that Reagan, identified as T-10, kept agents informed about pro-communist influences in the Screen Actors Guild and other Hollywood organizations. The first mention of Reagan in the documents comes on September 17, 1941, when a Washington, D.C.-based FBI agent, whose name was crossed out, wrote a memorandum to Hugh Clay, then the Assistant Special Agent in charge of the Los Angeles Division.