Tete oo | BO. NOE BEPRODUCES ‘ CD/CO Case b2061 ” | oo . i et Information on Professar. f. ec, Bishop 2 at ae on Te + _ University & tn the US ani France. we ‘ ty. eres a" most or all of the isyaptant vasie biographie deta on o fe Og )i@ available to bog, that renson, we will not attempt to y ny great mount of this except as it will provide a better setting &. Our normal source deseription fer (representa @ capsule summary. Wang ee 10 was born in( | France. His father ta a 1D  Gitieeme His mother was French at tha time of his birth, _, Sat may since hove been uwvturalized in this country. ob spent Wis youth alteruately in France or the US aad grew up to be demplotely bilingusl in these two iang- veges. He syeake French vith no foreign accent. University, he took graduate wor vo ee Oe! wf During this Latter period, in 1941 ., . He Joined the Free French Forces, wes comslesioned a lieutenant i. therein and served fa Africa undex General LeClair in the cene- _« , Polen fred Lake Chad t6é Timisia. Later be ius vounded in ain. dtely, mesrly lesing his _ [Be spent the oo ej) Acton tad varia exnsteied his graduate work and took a .., Peaition at niversity and distinguinhed himuelf in. | — the pervforunidé oF bis dutées there. He wes hired from | 05 [he __)iatverssty end hag been at the ever jx SSHCG, OO sirce's elose eeeoclation with began at this partiouler pericd. oO a) Somevkere along the line, ( was converted to Catholicisn «ad ux source desortbes him es « devout Catholic. He mer- +»: Fded s from whom bi hes been separeted in recent e) Genorest) is a great aintrer of President DeGenl) end knows . Aine Lly. He hes a strong ari. seatinuing interest in French Politics and whils our source does not know each of RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only 3 | | je IP, wt | _° Do Not Reproduce - ///@3
3e a a ora. enterent pelisscah foekings ne @xesees that “Tn eddition, he feels an obligaticn to explain DeCaalle's 7 Gnd Gaullict vievs in tile comtry when he is sked to do so, ie in France ca & grant vhieh allows meh. Ga tho Emuseripts of ta Late Breagh auther, ebout him forwarded over the past years. In the efrcusstenc fomily end eulturel heritage, it is quite natural that  éavelop'an active interest in France end matters Freash.oCiis explariations ¢f present eenditions in France refleet his continuing close association with hic friends and associates there, many ef whom are in politids, government or the military. Ow source sgroes vith us, hovever, that thia is of Givided loyalty betveen the US aad Frence. He feels that ie a loyel American who hes a long ob PPtanting legitimaicUnterust in Faunce. From cur ova contants witha we can not disagres with this. he (a eneee to people is Preneis govermimit gad army circlse Le eet expreceed in the series af reperta submitted fras him under Cases 4ONL3, 37605 and 35135. A review of this méterial wilh provide clear - evidence of the range of his gerseaal asscedations in France fran Presi 5e Gent, Degeulle of down. 6 During the years of our continuing contact wia( nawe waver had reason to queetian hic discretica or €q@uiuet., His appre. - ejation of Agancy requirements that we have diseutsed with him nes been elosr end complete. If anything, he bas become wore avare of our needs as his experience with us has imereased. ( de a bright, alert, ob
cal 6. Te 8. . intreduee & @ and continuing element of risk for him. We have been CBSO Case &2962 OO -3e _pergomable individual who has a wide reage_of interests. Our souree agrees with.us, ineddentally, that-bis impact con olumal groups mast hoth cospiserable and favorable. | d tlonship.hss bean. able to complement these, that would, prevall under.a relationship vith the 9/P, Our rels- not demage his personal and professional gantests end escoeieticns in France. Im other words, the collestion of FPI - which in this_instance has been substentiel - is a form ef cooperation under which asked to assess, performance in an actual ‘approach’ and ‘reeruitment' situation." The potential ia ‘approach’ and ‘recruit- ment’ situations ie to us quite dable.ollt tekes no stretch of the imagination to foresee the ruin of profesaicnal cereer in France (an4 possibly here es well) or lese of his leng-stanéing friend~- ships there if an operetien favelving him were to go sour. Trere ie no reason to believe that he will not resoguize this potential immediately if operational matters ere discucsed vith his. Frenkly, we can not predict his reactica to this sort of thing, but we dowbt that he is aaive, let along nedve enough to put himself voluntarily unéer the gsillotine. As we have indlested earlier, ‘revel plans ia West Ezrope. mre for the most part Little mom by Bie associates ote ie by decig: to ,the widest freedom of movement Le he is ebroad. No ta H the US for a fev days in early June, Gut | Following thie, he will return briefly to France end will epend the sumer treveliug, probabiy in ether cocutries of West Burope. Before he left(__)an 63, be told vs tiat be would like to drive through the Seendtrnavinn-tountries during this ccuing summer, but, ve have no way of confirming this sow. Toys, it would appear tha will spend very little time in France from kere on cut - very Littia ot any one pate Jy Coat Rarope for that water. & eeconé cleared source at obtail the above brief travel plan thet ve sight wielfto speek with him while in the US, cur source arrenged through this mu friead for Mr sf thig office to have en appointment with om 3 Jum 65 at 5:30 PM in Rew York City. In the event thet a 0D/P representative vould wish te meet, at that tdiae (| leoula keep this appointment in hie company. of, 603
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