JFK Assassination System Date: §/27/201 Identification Form Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 7107 Hote; - | DATE: 11-14-2017 Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90147-10079 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-93072-80 Document Information ORIGINATOR: | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM: CIA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 09/11/1962 ‘PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT" CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B CURRENT STATUS: Redact . DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 10/19/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : MEMO vol | , 69 Docld: 32339366 Page 1
Released ‘under the Jonn's . Kenmedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 ‘Wéte ey. “DATE ty 11- -14-2017 \ “Kk downgradi 2 declassific’ ‘a oe \_GENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENG GIA HAS NO OBJECTION T6 WASHINGTON 25, D.C. DECLASSISSATION ANNVOR ~ An RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION Tate IN THIS BOCUMENTAS SAoITIZED : hw fi = % Blu lay WaSEP 1962 [pe ) BV (1) Wi : > Director ‘ Federal Bureau of Investigatiod) \@p Attention: Mr. S.. d. Papich as FROM: Deputy Di ome (Plans) ~wx* SUBJECT _: Richard BSON, Fair Play for Cuba Committee ~ 1. Reference is made to conversations between Mr. Victor Wallen of this Agency and Mr, William Cregar of the ‘Bureau concerning Subject. The substance of this report has been ‘discussed with Mr. Cregar. “2. ‘(This Agency received a letter dated 4 July 1962, I stationery of the ir Play for Cuba. Committee, 799 Broadway, Pk New York 3, N. Y. igned "A Friend", In the letter the writer indicated e could be of assistance to this Agency; ‘suggested Montread?, Canada, as a discreet location for a | meeting if this Agency were interested in discussing the Za ‘ possibilities of cooperation; asked that this Agency arrange ‘for his transportation and expenses while in Montreal; and ., requested that he be personally ew: tacted by, phone at the . Committee's address or at his home JT he Committee . stationery letterhead contained two names, Robert TABER, Executive Secretary, and Richard GIBSON, "Acting Executive Secretary. From the letter there was no way to determine whether TABER, GIBSON, or some. other person wrote the letter. This Agency J . ‘took no action on this letter. - Jos” ” G3 072. -8O Rae 3. Mr. Wallen made ECM apie a Pie of the above letter a to Mr. Cregar on 16 Jul; Shien & SEP 18 1962 Is, KA. 4, On 19 July. 1962-Phiiip KW Reiss, Department of = * Agriculture, Code 111, Exténtion 86 i“Tequested an inter- & -view with a representative of this Agency. Reiss, a former _ . employee of this Agency, was subsequently interviewed on 20 ‘i July 1962, at which time, he produced a personal letter, uf dated 16 July 1962, fr, Richard GIBSON, Fair Play for Cuba: Committee, to Thorto yHagert , 214 £E, Columbia, Falls Church, Virginia, Reiss' stepbrother. “Reiss explained that GIBSON ‘ tend of his stepbrother, and apparently at sometime | WAS" STi D Oe f as ze A Drivin CONTAINED’ _ £5 veg wages ee 490? O be w/e or” SEC | DocId: 32339366 Page 2?
ee paTe 1 ad the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. DATE :. 11- 14- 2017 ‘ NNER RT ORO N Cae | GROUP 4 ve SECRET Excluded fram a 2 cs : Cc dswagrading 2 x“ : ao . declassifie~7or, ; omens Samoa Qe was. a former employee of this Agency. [In the. letter GIBSON asked Hagert to: tell Reiss to inform h Reiss') former employers. that he (GIBSON) had written a letter several weeks ago discreetly. trying to get in touch with the Agency}. time .was running out; it was a matter of life. or death; suggested ‘Montreal as meeting place;. and suggested this Agency contact him at his office..in New York (799 Broadway) or his home, phone YU 2- -6011. }) in the past. his stepbrother had told Gas that he (Reiss) 5. Mr. Wallen made available a ‘copy of this second letter to Mr. Cregar on. 22 July 1962. Reiss: was informed on 24 July 1962 that he (Reiss) would be contacted by the F.B.1I.. with. regard to the. letter. ‘6. Richard GIBSON has been the subject of previous a correspondence received from the Bureau; this Agency's se security file on Philip K. Reiss, a former employee, contains no. derogatory information, and this Agency . has no record of Thornton Hagert. ‘ 7. Attached are copies of Richard GIBSON's letters’ dated 4 July 1962 and 16 July 1962. i _ . CSCI-3/772., 384 4 , Attachments: Herewith - As stated above , OMNES carte i | Docld: 32339366 Page 3