JFK Assassination System Date: 5/27/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90146-10029 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-93072-18 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE: . Peleased under the John ; Kennedy WSsassination Records . oOllection Act of 1992 DATE: 05/16/1961 (44 Use 210% Note). ‘PAGES: 22 ase#: Nl 54464 Date: 1O-10-2017 SUBJECTS : ; RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified . RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 10/16/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT v9.1 6 HW 54464 Docld:32339197 Page 1
Report Form FD-263 (Rev. 5-12-55) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OFFICE OF ORIGIN "| DATE REPORTING OFFICE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD NEW YORK NEW YORK | 5/16 jer 3/15 - 5/4/61 | TITLE OF CASE ~, ' | REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY. -_ JAMES F, HESKETH ie RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON aka_ CHARACTER OF CASE oa IS - CUBA . Se . WHE air OWN ry SYNCH BF IC XX REFERENCES: -” G Report of SA EDWIN C. TAYLOR at NY, dated 3/31/61. NY letter to Bureau, dated 4/10/61. Letter of Legat, Paris to Bureau, dated 3/30/61. HON ~ pet = a NY letter to Bureau, dated 4/26/61. BS) : _pPp. OC 6a8 The indices of the NYO contain no information oe i Bea identifiable with a LARRY: WALLNICK, Phoenix Book Shop, aS. «° | ; F uy aA BANKER, IRVING SCHWARTZ, a (FNU) SCHLEIFER, DONALD SINGLETON, ? Lt Ps AGE BEAUFORD. DEHANEY, GEORGE W. GEASEY, III, (200) GLICKSBERG or <x @ (FNU) W En Agena ates: OEE EY ay saree APPROVED SPIN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES. BELOW. a COPIES MADE: i ©-pureau (105-9 a) (RM) ost wale ) 7 1-Chicago cm we 1-Cincinnati (RM) an reer pon Field i230) - \ 1-New York. (10 5123 Dale) Ty a anor Copy to: CEA ‘State /RAB re _ ; YST /G-2 EN” by rou sin for nto. — Ctassif “ y : 2 a - Exempj/tor patslaZes- pyle Date f OK toes PROPERTY OF FGI.—This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and nei HW 54464” Docld:32339197 Page 2
NY 105-42387 By separate communication the St. Louis Office is being requested to furnish background information contained in subject's Army Service file. ee tee Also, by letterhead memorandum, the Legat, England is being requested to attempt to identify a G, KAYE and an (FNU) CLAYMAN, both residing in Engiand, who communicated with the subject during April, 1961 INFORMANTS t | Identity of Source File Number Where Located NY T-1 | 105-42387-88 “pane p or vn) Program Officer, . : ON 3 3 y Office of Cultural Exchange, US State Department, GP RELEASE IN FULL 350 West 57th Street, NYC (by request) | c i TOA n IN PART ae AL DENA a NY T-2 105-46537-35 ns ra PH 575-S 4 105-42387~-100 T-3 N 105-42387-102 NY 3164-s | Ny 7-4 105-42387-93 JUNE COBB ; ) C. : by reqtes ; NY T-5 | 105-42387-106 { NY 711-S- | . ne | NY T-6 '105-42387-101 Oy NY 2524-S Sor 7 ; an  GOVER PAGE _ Sn, DoclIda: 32339197 Page 3
NY. 105-42387 Identity of Source File Number Where Located NY T-7 “Dina fA T.8 cae a 105-42387-113, 114 NY 3042-S NY T-9 + Instant report, Mail Cover . SA JAMES F, HESKETH, . Page 11 NY T-10 Instant report, FRED LA CHANCHE, SA BOYD B, HENRY, Signature Control Page 15 Secretary, First National City Bank, 399 Park Avenue, \ NYC (by request) ! NY T-11 Instant report, KENNETH PERRY, SA BOYD B, HENRY, , Assistant Manager, . Page 15 Chase Manhattan Bank, : | Rockefeller Center Branch, 4 4Oth Street and Rockefeller - Plaza, NYC . (by request) NY T-12 . oS Instant report, . CSNY~-1 . Ic ‘JOHN T, DOWNEY, - Page 15 Careful consideration has been given to each source concealed and T symbols were utilized only in those instances where the identities of the sources must be concealed, a : ~ C-- 4 COVER PAGE [NW 54464 Docld:32339197 Page 4
* C aa NY NY 105-42387 _ Room 329, 799 Broadway, NYC, is the offices of Feir Play for Cuba Committee. The confidential source who furnished the information - concerning subject's bank account is JOHN F, MULLADY, Credit Department, Chase Manhattan Bank, Rockefelier Center Branch, kOth Street and Rockefeller Center, New York City. The confidential sources set forth in the characterization for the Fair Play for Cuba Committee are NY 711-S and |G ane Fe The confidenti ources set forth in the characterization for the Socialist Workers Party are NY 1013-S and NY fil- Ss. -D- 7 COVER PAGE | aaa ie ™ <A { HW 94464 Docld:32339197 Page 5
NY 105-42387 NY T-6 advised on April 17, 1961, that he had lunch with DANIEL WATTS in the Delegates Dining Room, UN Secretariat, New York City, During their conversetion the informant said that WATTS admitted organizing th demonstration-at the UN in February, i961, He stated to the informant that he is of the firm opinion that violence is necessary to attract attention to the cause of. the LCA, He said that he dislikes the United States but sees hope for it in the future, ... whereas RICHARD GIBSON dislikes the United States and sees no hope for it in the future, On April 21, 1961, DOROTHY TAMPONE, Clerk, New York County Clerk's Office, New York City, made available the office's 1960 file number 68023, which reflects that a Certificate of Incorporation for the Institute for the Improvement of Inter-American Relations, Inc. was filed with the State of New York, Department of State on May 19, 1960. This certificate reflects that this organization's purposes are educational and cultural. It is to disseminate factual information concerning Caribbean affairs and concerning of American diplomatic, cultural and commercial relations with I other nations and peoples of the Western Hemisphere by means of publications, lectures and other media. RICHARD GIBSON cy is listed as one of the directors of this organization. | . NY T-7 advised on April 22, 1961, that RICHARD | GIBSON of the FPCC told him he was attempting¥to get_an (s) la) appointment with RAUL ROA, Foreign Minister o Cuba <gouring the conversation he told the informant that Mrs, ROBER TABER, wife of ROBERT TABER of the FPCC presently in Cuba, was very much upset over the news that. ROBERT TABER was in a Cuban hospital with machine gun bullet wounds in the leg fromcovering the recent fighting in Cuba, GIBSON stated that the "New York Times" article of April 22, 1961, concerning United States and CIA involvement with the counter- revolutionary mercenaries, removed the last doubt about the United States involvement and support. He stated that there was very good world wide reaction against the United States on KHRUSHCHEV's reply to President KENNEDY, ; -§. | ¢ DoclId: 32339197 Page 6