/ tye Ws. ; ( ( IFIED MESSAGE (0 a | Se ROUTING _ — i ry _ ) DIRECTIN . - ae : ———~ - BERN - oe | . PONS cA (HR waurred, Ww IFIED AND COPY SLOTTED AT: 1260 30 Nov Lye) OF ott, o/oc!, DbP, c/cl, vey reer —— nai a SOLA052 0 eee 7 3M Rey ba m7 ORBLE 0 GNVA CITE BERN 2519. RECORDS OFFICER STAMP , 24 ) cr a sern 2507 (\™ ae oo B DIR 85472 xx oe a a R.O. #1 - Unit | 1. FOLLOWING ODENVY REP AND STATION VIEWS RE POSSIBLE ee OE Yote: If f:7 = SONTACT. vin GIBSON IN SUISSE BY OSTENSIBLE CONSULAR OFFICER reasc:é tf a> copriate. RIORITY SIR TORI | | ..e following action is - FeRT Gparoor ‘authorized: s SENSITIZE an2 cooxrdinat I , 2ER REF Be ODENVY, REP CABLING PLAN TO HIS HaS AND ASKING \PPROVAL « A. JUDGE INANITION WILL NOT BE CONCERNED TNAT APPROACH = 3 7 [0 GIBSON MIGHT EXPOSE THEIR TECH OP AS LONG AS AMERICAN REP. § 3. REFERS TO STATSIDE INVESTIGATION AS SOURCE OF INFO RE GIBSON, g Zz | CONTACT WITH OSWALD. — oe Se oe 3 8 fb, BASED INFO ODENVY BERN FILES APPEARS GIBSON GENERALLY = a | UNCOOPERATIVE, THUS POSSIBLE HE WILL NOT: AGREE TALK | | | i 2? oe RE OSWALD. | ODENVY REPORTS RELATE HIS’ PHILANDERING AND BLACKMATL™ 3 So ACTIVITIES, CITE HIS STATEMENTS THAT HIS FIRST CONCERN IS o | HIMSELF THEN THE NEGRO RACE AND THAT HE WANTS NOTHING TO . CLASSIEICATION REVIEW ' IeonpucTeD OR 24 MAST a SZ. DO WITH THE UNITED STATES. P \u SO ae) w wal OQ REPRODUCTION BY OTHE? HW 53320 Docld:32369825 Page 2?
ns oa CLASSIFIED MESSAGE Co IF APPROACH “MADE IN SUISSE IT BESTS “DONE WITHIN COE ‘SULAR CONTEXT AND BY GENUINE CONSUL IW “ORDER: AVOID. ayy APPEARANCE OF SECRECY OR STEALTH IN VENT GIRSON PRESENCE SUISSE AND CONTACT BY AMERICAN AUTHORITIES SUBSEQUENTLY | PUPLICIZED. “De. INTERVIEW BY consu- NOT LIKELY TO. BE. AS COMPLETE ray eae, ve ow. AS IF HANDLED BY EITHER ODENVY OR KUBARK REP BUT ON BALANCE FOR REASONS CITED ABOVE BELIEVE APPROACH BY GENUINE CONCULAR REP PREFERABLE. | | Co Ee CONTACT WITH GIBSON COULD. BE MADE (1) BY HAVING = CONSUL GO LAUSANNE AND TRY CONTACT GIBSON AT RESIDENCE 20 HAVE CONSUL PHONE AND ASK GIBSON COME BERN FOR INTERVIEW BB RCHY Meariw fod Oocnwens jiteupe jcc tepenee (3) HAVE CONSUL PHONE AND ASK IF GIBSON WILL RECEIVE CONSUL — -FOR INTERVIEW AT LAUSANNE. TEND FAVOR COURSE (1) BECAUSE. | OTHER COURSES WOULD ALERT GIBSON AND GIVE HIM CHANCE REFUSE ANY contact. Fe BELIEVE INTERVIEWER SHOULD NOT TRY ELICIT INFO FROM GIBSON BUT IMMEDIATELY INDICATE REASON FOR CONTACT Is iP eae TRY CLARIFY ALL BACKGROUND RE PRESIDENT KENNEDY DEATH, . THAT INVESTIGATION IN STATES HAS REVEALED THAT GIBSON FORMER ~ ose ASSOCIATE OF OSWALD AND THAT STATE DEPT HAD ASKED INTERVIEWER’ DISCUSS OSWALD WITH GIBSON. | G. IF INTERVIEW HELD IN AMCONSUL BERN OFFICE WOULD COVERTLY RECORD IT. 2. ANB DAVIS AND DCM KELLERMANN BRIEFED RE CASE ON HW 53320 DocId:32389825 Page 3
| CLASS: FIED MESSAGE ae nn 29 NOVEMSER, THEIR VIEWS AS FOLLOWS: AL THO TMEY- nyt youn DETTER INTERVIEW JOR COULD BE DONE BY ODENVY OR “odane ROP THEY APPRECIATE THAT CIRCUMSTANCES RAY MAKE USE OF CONSULAR “OFFICER ADVISABLE. (FYL ODENYVY REP RELUCTANT UNDERTAKE | TASK PECAUSE OF STANDING INSTRUGTIONS HE NoT TO BEC one INVOLVES IN ANY MATTER WHERE HE RIGHT LATER HAVE TO APPEAR. “AS WITNESS IN COURT PROCEEDING:) THEY WILLING MAKE CONSUL AR OFFICER, AVAILABLE BUT WISH HAVE INSTRUCTION FROM STATE DEPT . To THIS EFFECT. (FYI ANB WHO HAS JUST TAKEN CHARGE DEFERS - TO KELLERMANN VIEWS RE ACTION ADVISABLE. ) 3. IT MADE CLEAR TO ANB AND DCM THAT ODENVY HAS EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OSWALD CASE BUT THAT KUBARK COOPERATING | “CLOSELY. DCM SUGGESTED THAT VIEW SLOWNESS OF ODENVY - COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL IT PRFERABLE HAVE CONTACT WITH DEPT RE USE. OF CONSULAR OFFICER BE HANDLED THRU KUBARK CHANNELS. ELMARD REPLIED STATION ‘PREPARED TRANSMIT ANY NSG ANB DESIRED BUT SUGGESTED AMB WAIT UNTIL openvy REP RECEIVED ‘GUIDANCE FROM HIS HOS RE CASE. ANB CONCURRED. | a. ELMARD INFORMED ANB AND ODENVY REP HE INTENDED “REPLY TO QUERIES WHICH ME HAD RECEIVED FROM KUBARK HOS, WOULD FORWARD FOR HQS INFO ONLY VIWS OF AMB, ODENVY REP AND ELMARD RE POSSIBLE APPROACHES RE GIBSON INTERVIEW, ASK HOS DEFER ANY APPROACH TO DEPT. UNTIL ODENVY REP RECEIVED | -BULDANCE FROM HIS HOS. 7 | | 5, KUBARK ONLY; ODENVY REP CONCERNED AND EMBARRASSED HW 53320 DecIa: 32389825 ‘Page 4. oe penscomuaggpatnen i ng em
a a oe » « . re he HaS AMD NO REPLY RECD YET. HE HAS SENT ADDITIONAL STACT ”~ Le SABLE REQUESTING IMMEDIATE REPLYo 6, CHECK AMEMB BERN FILES REVEALS *O INFO RE GLBSGNs vi UMARITION REPORTS THAT INFO FROM LAUSANRNE INDICATES GIBSON TENTATIVELY PLANNING GO FRANCE WHEN DEPARTS SUISSE PRIOR TQ 15 DECEMBER. DATE HIS DEPARTURE NOT KNOWN. 8. FURTHER INFO FROM INANTTION CONFIRMS THAT ALBERT ‘SCHYELTZER COLLEGE, CHURWALDEN 1S REPUTABLE SCHOOL WHOSE CIRRICULUM PLACES EMPHASIS ON HUMANISTIC STUDIES AND WHOSE GENERAL ORIENTATION IS AWAY FROM LEFT IN POLITICS. NO INFO HAS EMERGED AS TO WHY PROCLAIMED MARXIST OSWALD WOULD EEK TO ATTEND SUCH A SCHOOL. mE mt s ne feet 2 an. 2 ne ag 8 OS Caewnments: ‘tation informeation on Odeson. = Orand 2 : . 2 ied Station on wisdom and security Of