124-10180-10298 AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10180-10298 RECORD _ SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-93072-104 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: | FBI : FROM: LEE, ROGER H. TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/31/1964 PAGES: 21 SUBJECT; LIAISON WITH AMERICAN EMBASSY IN PA, INTV, GIBSON, RICARD THOMAS, FPCC, LHO, ASSOC DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: . REVIEW DATE: 10/22/1998 UPDATE DATE: — 02/12/2001 STATUS  Redact RESTRICTIONS: JEK Act 6 (1B) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: HW 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 1
HY 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 2? a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION « Hi REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF Weer K L/31 / 64. oF ERI] / 64 "FP D26r (Rev. ‘SeleS9) { . ( SY . ee “ nit of ee NEW YORK TITLE OF CASE : . REPORT MARE HY. LEE nom -— RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON aka CHARACTER OF CASE veo ALL (FORMATION IS - CUBA 7 4 pencis IS UMELA sors RA - CUBA onl S VEPT WHERE SHOR” : : | o0 Otnsaepeg act . em of New York report of SA JAMES A. DAY,~10710/62. ~~ a - C= {Wey thet Hi ( nus A stop has been placed with INS so that the Bureau may be advised upon subject's return. All logical informants having a knowledge of subject have been alerted to advise immediately the NYO in 7a a the event of subject's return to the US. A copy of previous reports ooncerning subject have been furnished to OSI. On 1/3/63, OSI advised _ they had closed their case on subject and did not F retain an interest in this matter. ed . we : La “ a = _—--_ — “ Sec 7 Se —— coe a eer ernnnnnnnn AY PECIAL AGENT APPROVED AS IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN 0 NOT WRITE IN' SPACES SELOW COPIES MADE: Ne OS a (9) Bureau (105-93072) (RM) 2Q £1.-, New York (105-42387) | copies madd B fl ps4 HSC-A for review at FBLHQ byt te LH. Ould £on3 o/2817” A Notations 0. ita, % 4 4g Fn eR NNN RETIN th bali a fan OO SRE ee a ae ee SIND Ne A BE RY ROME ROR WEEE stern OE ETCH & ees : eat epee oe : : VL eet ley pears
NY 105-2387 The sources mentioned for the documentation of the Liberation Committee for Africa are the "New York Times” issue of 3/1/61 and PH 575. (NY report dated 4/21/61 - Bufile 105-98055 - Liberation Committee for Africa.) L \ COVER PAGE SECREL - Al - HY 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 3
SEGALT NY 105-42387 “\ On 10/19/62, the following letter was received at the NYO: "c/o Librairie Anglaise iQ, rue de Seine Paris-VI, France L7 October 1962 "Mr. James Day Federal Bureau of Investigation 201 East 69th Street New York 21, N.Y. "Dear Mr. Day: 4 \ ) i | { ' C2 can still be of use_to you, even from here, if You think 1t worthwhilej[$/The Committee could shut down within a few days without any serious | difficulties, especially now that Lee has learned i i H I i H i Posie , % “tn, he isn't going tg get any money from our friends in the Caribbean. {Or as I said before, it could be preserved and made. harmless for use. as a cover for an information-gathering agency “Ye, 7 "Tf TL am no longer here, Tony will know where to reach me. "Best wishes, RG! It should be noted that a copy of this : letter was furnished [eo CIA ey the Bureau on 10/26/62. j On 1/21/63, [CTA Javised that a reliable fn: f. V4 SeraNDE informed them that he had approached ABDEKADER @CHANDERET, Permanent Representative to the UN for “Algeria, for an opinion of the subject. CHANDERLI advised this source that subject was not someone the source should get close to and commented that o @&) is paid by the Cubans. COVER PAGE 7 Be . HY 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 4
NY 105~-42387 SECRET a On 12/24/63, Legat, Paris, advised that | subject was interviewed by Mr. JOHN G. GASSETT, Acting Consul General, American Embassy, Paris, on 12/9/63, 4n connection with GIBSON's knowledge of LEE HARVEY OSWALD and his PPS activity in the FPC¢)>~————— sé AHXaS CC ee egat, Pars, advised that DARWIN CURTIS, CIA, Paris, stated {that GIBSON may be of interest to them in the future, They stated that an attempt may be madejto develop GIBSON as a source of infor- ‘mation for "CIAYS) INFORMANTS Identity of Source /NY T-2 NY 3229-5 NY T-3 NY 2917-S 1 Ny T-4 AY 3164- nha) BF Ray 2 ny’ T- NY T va Legat, Paris . ANY T-9 | / SE 763-8 2 (S) File Number Where Located 105-39139 134-3722 134-664 134-5574 Fi34-5638A (RM ; -7 J reeats Madrid YU) cot SRT COVER PAGE . 4 -C- HY 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 5
Identity of Source File Number Where Located y “NY Te 13448177 EiG339 COT NY T-11 ) CG 134-558 fa 6131-8 é NY T-12 Legat, Bonn / | | COVER PAGE ‘SECRET -~ De HY 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 6 |
SECKET = Uri ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEChet PY LPO UU AS San260 Copy to: ar bfaulgg on. Report of: ROGER H. LEE om New York, New York Dete: 1/31/64 es | Field Office File ds 105- 42387 105-93072 ' Bureau File 2: Ti RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON je: . ALL INFORMATION cow INTERNAL SECURTTY - cun, — REREMM IS evciase 8 ty - EXCEPT WHERE SHOU Cheracter: . a REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA OlLnGawieg Synopsle: Source advised subjedt resided in Algters from October, 1962, until April, 1963. While residing _in Algiers, subject edited ‘Revolution Afvtoane", - Sources advised Subject moved from Algiers to Lausanne, Switzerland, in April, 1963, and presently ” resides at 17 Escaliers du Marche, Lausanne, Switzerland, and is employed by the publication, Africa, Latin America, Asia Revolution", 10-21 Metropole, Lausanne, Switze land. Summary of activities set forth.. (u) # Soe OS, Serapy ny ~~ « = This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It da the property of the FSi and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents cre not to be distributed outside your agency, SF Docla: 91 PAST WAGE Te rent nt ne ener pend tee gear HW 50953 Docld: 32174889 "Page 7 : 7 oo es Bee mS
ae NY 105-42387 SECRE I a] , me aber ) Feir Hay Far Cube Comm He & On October 30, 1962, NY T-5 advised that yy, y a meeting of the FPCC was held on October 29, 1962, _ 7 at 74,Fifth Avenue, New York City. At this meeting, \STE VG LTZER, Treasurer of the FPCC, stated that tne New York Chapter of the FPCC had been inactive duviug the previous year but that the inactivity had been caused by a person who has since left the United States and was residing in Algeria.. NY T-5 stated Ly that SELTZER was referring to RICHARD GIBSON. NY T-5 advised on November 13, 1962, that a meeting of the FPCC was held at 374 St. Marks Place, New York City, on November 8, 1962. During this meeting the source overheard a conversation in which it was stated that RICHARD GIBSON was living in Rome, <taly, in the company of a woman oo other than his wife. It was also stated that . GIBSON's wife and their two children had departed © a the United States aboard a Yugoslav freighter destined for Europe. On January 2, 1963, NY T-5 advised that on December 29, 1962, he had obtained a memorandum from FPCC Headquarters, 799 Broadway, New York City, which was directed to "To Whom It May Concern”, 4 stating that VINCENT TED LEE is hereby appointed Office Manager of the FPCC ring the absence of RICHARD GIBSON. This memorandum was signed by RICHARD GIBSON. On January 2, 1963, NY T-6, another ; government agency which conducts security type investigations, advised that subject was the subject of a newspaper article in the Front Liberation Nationale (FLN) newspaper, "Al Chaab". CHT NY T-6 also advised that information was received that subject, in the past, attempted to establish an FPCC Chapter for Algeria. uw) On December 12, 1962, NY T-7 advised that a an investigation had been initiated in Tangier regarding subject and his associates. This investi- gation was being conducted by the Internal Security x (u) Branch of the Spanish High General Staff. a. SECRET HY 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 8
{ H } H i i NY 105-42387 | SECREL On January 9, 1963, NY T-7 advised that the Spanish High General Staff reported that they f> Uu had received no information regarding the subject ‘wenn 6 ) as a result of their investigation. * Ori Jakicey8- 1563, NY T-5 advised that if DANTE ATTS, Head of the Liberation committtee.for_ Africa) received a letter from RICHARD GIESON, who was in Algeria. ATTS told the sourcegthat GIBSON (ax U) was presently editing "Revolution Afrf@ane", an A official publication of the Algerian Government. oX. WATTS stated that GIBSON no longer had any connection ~— with FPCC and wanted nothing further to do with this organization. A characterization of the Liberation © Committee for Africa is contained a in the Appendix of this report. ~ On January 16, 1963, NY T-6 advised that a reliable source in Algiers reported that the Subject was to become a member of the editorial staff of a new weekly magazine, "La Revolution Africane", to be published in Algiers. The source Stated that the magazine was to be sponsored by the A ane Algerian Bureau Politique. The source stated that ‘ "La Revolution Africane" would follow the format ™ of "Jeune Afrique", a weekly Tynisian paper, but would be "more to the left." U) On January 28, 1963, NY T-5 advised that a meeting of the FPCC was held at 799 Broadway, New York City, on January 18, 1963. At this meeting, the source learned that RICHARD GIBSON had recently written to an FPCC member. In this letter, GIBSON Stated that he was organizing a newspaper, "Revolution Africane", and that GIBSON was interested in getting individuals he had worked with. previously to work: with his staff. In this letter, GIBSON stated that his wife and two children were residing with him in \ Algiers. ie “ os SECREL \ HY 50953 Docld: 32174882 Page 9
ow “zenlangine learned that ANDERSSON published a luxury-edition ee , NY 105-42387 ‘SECREL \ ; On September 10, 1963, NY.T-6 advised that the ‘following information had been received from fan anf official Swissjsource;: at pa acy | _f*.” RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON, a United States | enone ot | citizen, born May 13, 1931, in Los Angeles, occupation | wogh journalist and translator, arrived in Lausanne, Switzer~ land, from Algiers in late April, 1963, and has resided there ever since. GIBSON, who holds United a States passport B-131994, issued in Washington on 25 January 25, 1961, is married to JO¥_MARJORIE GIPSON nee yKAYE, a journalist and British Alay Who -. .. - o My) Oe ae meee hOldS” British passport © 156546. ) GIBSON came to the attention of thefofficial Swiss} source recently through his association with | FREDY GILBERT NILS¥ANDERSSON. ANDERSSON, a Swedish, tz ee /and citizen, born February 14, 1933, in Lausanne, éditor- publisher of "Ia Cite" and editor-secretary of: “SOCGLeté Co-operative CHARTEE EDITIONS" has offices Swed? oy at 10-11 Metropole, Lausanne. ANDERSSON has been — known to have had, for the past ten years, numerous contacts in international leftist circles of all . shades, including FLN-Algerians, Congolese, Angolese, om other African politicians, Spanish emigrees, French v "refractaires anti-colonialistes”, etc. Despite all the aforementioned contacts, ANDERSSON cannot be definitely labeled as a Communist and is viewed with some reserve by.. the Swiss Communist. Party (PdA) prominency. More recently, ANDERSSON came to special notice for his close contacts with the CHICOM Embassy in Switzerland, particularly with LAGRFAIN, the Cultural Attache. In.April, 1963, it of a brochure, entitled "Leninisme et Revisionnisme Moderne" on CHICOM orders. This brochure raised many unfavorable reactions in PdA circles. Three thousand copies of this borchure are reported to have been shipped to China. (A -8- SECRET HY 50953 Docld: 32174862 Page 10
O nembe r of ; When Vice President ioteffun of the Committee r, for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Stayed Chine in Switzerland in April, 1963, he reportedly met ANDERSSON-and placed more orders for ANDERSSON to publish Chinese Communist brochures supporting the CHICOM line in the present Sino-Soviet ideological VY controversy. Xu NY 105~-42387 ANDERSSON is the distributor for Switzerland of the monthly review "Revolution Africaine" which is published in Paris. RICHARD GIBSON and Ris wifes are employed ay ANDERSSON (i.e. for the Paris publishing firm) and they are responsible for translation, proof- reading, etc. of the English-language edition of ‘African Revolution" which is printed in tausanne. (59(U) On October 11, 1963, NY T-12 advised that the following information had been obtained from a confidential source of known reliability: A(u) The publication "African Revolution" was created by the Algerian Front of National Liberation. Its English language edition is published in Switzer- iand. There have been several changes in the editorial composition and policy of "African Revolution" recently. Following a disagreement with BEN BELLA, JACQUES . CAMILLE\WERGES, the editor of the publicatién, was fi dismissed from his functions. VERGE (4820, Algerian a y national who was born March 5, 1925 Hts“place as editor was taken by MOHAMEDMAARBI, former Secretary General of the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. r Since HARBI became editor, the editorial policy has Bloeria changed and the June, 1963, issue of "African Revolus 9. —~ tion" indicated that the journal is now closely reflecting BEN BELLA's policy and attempting to promote a more Algerian image . (S) nee ee n n i NN LG AI se SECRET — - on 4 i : a . ~~ HY 50953 Docld: 32174862 Page 11
NY 105-42387 SEC} (EA Although VERGES is no longer connected with the Algerian venture, he continues to publish the English digest of "African Revolution" from Lausanne, Switzerland. The July, 1963, issue was retitied "Africa, Latin America, Asia Revolution". The phrase "the third world", which is now in vogue among VERGES's group to deserilbe the underveloped nations of Africa, South America and Asia, indicates. 4 the scope of the magazine in its new form. The ¥ source described this publication with which VikGks is presently connected as pro-Communist (G) Two members of the Lausanne office of the "African Revolution" have remained loyal to VERGES after he was replaced by HARBI. They are FREDY GILBERT NILS ANDERSSON, a Swedish national who was born on { February 14, 1933, in Lausanne, and RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON, a United States. citizen who was born May 13, j 1931, in Los Angeles @) j ANDERSSON apparently heads the office of | the Lausanne edition of "African Revolution” with offices at 10-11 Metropole, Lausanne. He is also v4 editor-secyetary of "Societe Cooperative Clartee . Editions. va} * : : $ r GIBSON has United States Passport number B-131994 which was issued at Washington, D.G., on Janugry 25, 1961. His wife is JOY MARJORIBAABSON . neeAKAYE, who was born July le, 1926, in London. wpland She is a British subjécty;~carries British passport-o7 s C156546, and is also a journalist. She resides in Lausanne at L7_Escaliers du7Marche, where she Syspesteerres ‘fom Algeria in late April, 1963 (this is 4 presumab the residence of her husband, RICHARD THOMAS eTDSON) (6) LS rn " LN arn HY 50953 Docld: 32174862 Page 12
According to the source, VERGES has been denied permission to enter Switzerland. The case against ANDERSSON is still pending (probably relating to whether or not he will be allowed to a remain in Switzerland), RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON has been refused a Swiss resident's permit and has been ordered to depart from Switzerland before December . On January 14, 1964, NY T-2 and NY T-3 were contacted, and they advised they had no recent information concerning the subject. ee rarer een ere inne etter RRR AR Sy RA ore mE a a . . ey HY 50953 Docld: 32174862 Page 13