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13-00000 TS CC TOM a OT a aE a i CLASSIFIED MESSAGE OU; : a. 4 APPEARS CLEAR GISSON REFERENCE THROUGHOUT - CONVERSATION Is TO ACT IVITIES OF FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE WHITH WHICH HE AND oswaLD ASSOCIATED. | “5... CAN. NOr IDENTIFY PERSON IN NEW YORK REFERRED TO AS “LY” (NRE FROBASLY LEE) ‘PHONET IC. POSSIELE THIS COULD BE REFERENCE TO LEE OSWALD BUT FROM CONTXT THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY. 6... CAN NOT IDENTIFY PERSON REFERRED TO AS “TIBOR” (PHONETIC). Te FROM CONVERSATION CONT ENT: CAN NOT IDENTIFY OTHER CALLER. SPECULATIVE COMMENTS BELOW. MAY BE ABLE IDENTIFY OR MAKE BETTER HYPGH RESIS AFTER TALK WITH INANITIONS RE DETAILS OF PHONE COVERAGE INCL UD ING WHERE UNKNOWN SPEAKER APPARENTLY LOCATED. 8. CLOSE ASSOCIATE GIBSON IS FREDY GILBERT NILS ANDERSON, BORN Ja. FEBRUARY 33, LAUSANNE, SWEDISH NATIONAL, LAUSANNE RESIDENT, EDITOR-PUSLISHER. SEE ATT TO(ESBA 12659 FOR FURTHER INFO | INCL CONTACTS TO CHICOMS BERN AND PEIPING. -POSSISLE THESE TwO MEN vOUD CONVERSE IN FRENCH SUT ENGL ISH WOULD SE MORE LIKELY LANGUAGE. | Oe POSSIBILITY OT HER CONVER SAT LON PARTNER IS JACQUES VER GES, 7 COMMUNIST, _FORMER DIRECTOR OF La REVOLUTION AFRICAINE, NOW BASED PAR IS. _ NOrE VER GES CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH “CHICOM LINE IN FRANCE AND IN SUISSE, HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SWISS "CHINESE COMMUNIST” SPL INTER PARTY GENTERED VEVEY. VERGES, ANDERSON AND GIBSON “ASSOCIATED NEW ISSUE OF WAGAZINE PRINTED IN MONTREUX. PUPLICATIJON NOW BEARS TITLE “REVOLUTION, SUBTITLE “AFRICA, LATIN -AMERICA, ASIA“. EDITIONS IN SPANISH, FRENCH, ENG ISH. | 1%. IN ANSWER ELMARD QUERY CLNANIT ION 6 6 STATED | OF* GIBSON CONTINUES AND PROMISED ARRANGE PASSAGE CONTENT TO STATION | Fi ee 2@ “& oe or?
13-00000 AND ODENVY REP ON PRIORITY BASIS. WILL. Discuss DETAILS at 27 NOVEMBER MEET. 11. CINANIT. TON 6 INDICATED REFERENCE TO LIWIT SET FOR . | | GIRSON DEPARTURE FROM SUISSE BEFORE 15 DECEMBER 63 REFERS TO. SWISS DECISION NOI TO RENEW HIS RESIDENCE PERMIT BEYOND THAT i. ATE. WILL CLARIFY AT 27 NOVEMBER MEET. 126 KUBARK ONLY: ODENVY REP BERN CABLING HIS HQS MOST IF NOT ALL OF (NANIT ION WEMOS REF. IN INTERESTS SPEED STATION OFFERED HANDLE . ANY TRAFY ac HE WISHED ORIGINATE BUT HE PREFFERRED HANDLE VIA HIS | “PRIVACY CHANNEL. NOT AWARE WHAT COMMENTS HE MAY MAKE RE CONTENT. OF {WANITIONDREPORT. ESSENCE BUT NOT ALL DETAILS ABOVE INFO GIVEN TO HIM ORALLY IN DISCUSSION PRIOR TO DISPATCH REF AND THIS CABLE. WE PRESENT DURING ELMARD PHONE TALK WITH QNANITION 6) WILL , ok CONTINUE FULL CORD INATION WITH HIM RE REF MATTER. [TES Le tee een ae coment prenee station ste os tthe RCE ede es ee ' 13.  KUBARK ONLY: AS HINTED IN CINANIT ION) MEMO AND ORALLY BY CINANITION 6TO ELMARD, INANITION WORRIED RE POSSIBILITY ODENVY NIGHT FEEL UNDER SUCH PRESSURE RE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION H : & Sor 7: THAT SOMEHOW IT WOULD LEAK INFO RE GIS8SON AND OSWALD CONTACT IN BEL IEVE WE CAN OBTAIN ALL INFO FROM [JOR ANY OTHER COVERAGE OF GIBSON OR ASSOCIATES AND PROBABLY GET ACCESS TO ORIGINAL meee ame tbe tee nt en cehine ES LIS PY | AS LONG AS QUESTIONS OF “COURT RECORDS" OR “EVIDENCE” ARE SOFT PED ALLED. : (14. ANOTHER CABLE FOLLOWS. é SECRET C/S COMMENT: *RE GIBSONS ASSOCIATION WITH "FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE" AND ALSQ WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD. ae SEGRE!