“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 3107 Hote). 5/27/2011 . DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld:32339382 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90147-10095 HQ 105-93072-87 Document Information FBI WANNALL SULLIVAN 10/25/1962 2 RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON ~PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B Redact 10/19/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA MEMO 80 Date:
Released under the John F. Kennedy As, ssinatio Records Collection et oF 5 | DATE: 11-14-2017 ‘REWES. " oPTIONAL FARM NO. 10 ~. C= Las 2 be j air we eS olson UNITED STATES GOVERN?? XS sek 3 &. = on i. Belmont . & es ot ae ~ Mohr __” ee yt ALL INEQRMATION CONTAINED > Memorandun x BE: C3 saa B HEREIN 1S UNCL ASS! FIED EXCEPT. a eS oo. Pa = S an WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE. _- a pegoach —#— roe L TO WW. C. Sullivan si SJ ‘DATE: ~Oetober 25; 1962 $ Ace FROM: W. R. Wannall ey = Se. 1 - Mr. Belmont. 4 Ts es An, YD Be. lo - Mr, Sullivan = tdines. | oO = 1 - Mr. Wannall ” SUBJECT: RICHARD 1 THOMAS GLBSON Stoner, 1 - Mr. Dunn | Se 7 REGISTRATION 7 ACT“ ="CUBA CL ageineh BY SLb8 Shee Supeee. hg oe , INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA DECLASSIFY ON: 25x | 25X_G). SK) 7 a Subj ect is former acting Executive Secretary of pro-Castro: . , organization, Fair Play for. Cuba Committee (FPCC). He is on the Security are | Index, Following results of interviéw of subject by New York. Office 8/16/62, it.was instructed- not to initiate any further contact with him but ta accept, any data he might wish to furnish, Subject is in Paris, France, ‘and has written - etter to. Agent of New York. Office offering to "be. of use to. youl Dissemination_being made to. Central ntelligence Agency (CIA) and State: Department y | _—~ Memorandum. 8/24/62 et forth results of interview of subject te New York: Office “8/16/62 4uring which he indicated he would assist nd/ot. CIA in. return For: ‘financial remuneration,Yeit not becausd& T allegiance to. U8; He stated he did not. particularly Like FBI, Interviewing Agents stated.Gibson’ is’ a:weasel-like characte: | evasive, opportunistic, ‘with very little or no moral fiber;at oy Oe ! Since subject's dislike of FBI indicated. he couitid never be controlled: aS source or informant, and since it did not Appear Sthat the. risk involved would be worth our attempt to operate him, owe instruct-| ed New York: ‘not to initiate any further contact with subje ect but to accept any data he might wish to furnish. 5 a 7 ant : our interview of subject on 8/16/62 was based on a letter [ich had. been..turned over to- CIA which “troerectigfS thei-subject oF desired to get in- touch with. that. Agency. discreetl Jaccordingly,’ we. advised CIA and State Department, of results of interview of: ‘subject. We also furnished results of interview to Attorney Generalijsince, during interview) we gutained a deal of background data‘on Cuban = | matters, resi AGI -: Se Fsub PK) to get in touch. with GIA, is) a check with that’ Ag aye -? on 10/22/62, ‘Eevealed that it does not-plan to contact? ge > ei ; , DG NUy.e, oe bh 6 Oe] - 7 Enclosure ecch } 105-93072 “JID: asi (6) 1 is 97-4196 (FPCC) eee ae Docld: 32339382 Page 2
€ DATE: 11-14-2017 _Memorandum for Mr, Sullivan: —-105-93072 | | _ . | setae! - from Paris, France, in which he stated that ("I can still-be of use to you, even from ‘here, if you think it worthwhile. The Conmittée could. and made harmless for use as a. cover for an information-gathering who iS now acting as head-of FPCC, In making mention of the "Committee! _ Gibson is referring evidently: to the FPCC. Y _ OBSERVATIONS: Department an Collection Act of 1990 {4 RE: RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON A press release of the FPCC dated 9/24/62 indicated that subject had left ‘the U. S, for a visit te Algeria and was also expected: to visit. several. African countries, He apparently is visiting these | countries as a journalist. y Ce .On.10/17/62 he-sent letter to Agent of our New York Office shut down within a few days without any -serious- difficulties, expecially’ now’ that Lee has. learned he isn't going to get any money from our friends in-the Garibbean, Oras I said before,{it could be preserved agency ,"! Lee: refers to Ted Lee, who is Security Index subject. and “Data set forth in Gibson's letter and his present whereabouts would be of interest}. to State and CIA,_\It is not felt that his letter is of sufficient. importance ‘to notify the Attorney General ; however, we should advise the Internal Sécurity Division. Y “Cw ACTI ON: If you approve, attached letter will be sent taKcra, State De nternal Security Division setting forth data in Gibson' letter to our New York Office, Weare advising Legal Attache, Paris, of. subject's presence thére. (QA Uy) | Docld: 32339382 Page 3