‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) 7 DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/27/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90146-10064 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = 105-93072-NR Document Information — ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 08/25/1961 - ‘PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS :; . FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/16/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE _ COMMENTS : AT v9.1 , 14 Docld: 32339232 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 WSC 2107 Hokey: Da TE: Lt NS + ore ca lle, ‘Transmit the following in_ fey -11514-2017 Dates ; 8/25/61 PLAIN TEXT (Type in n plain texte or SaaS " riority or Me Hoc OF 1a ng} Via_AIRTED DIRECTOR, FBI (97-4196) FROM: SAC, NEW YORK (97-1792) a SUBJECT: FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE (FPCC) RA=CUBA; | IS~CUBA; a DELL gEoR er gy a aca - . IS-SWP ; , Ae co eesi The following information is being submitted to. . the Bureau and.offices covering FPCC chapters, inasmuch as (x it ‘appears to contain the Key 1 to the FPCC membership list, X) Bureau Fncl. » Bas lB? érsow) 1106-10555 2} ge GREEN) - (1-97-4196-3 }-Baltimore (in?) (RM) 1-Boston (INFO) (RM) 1=Chiéago (INFO) ae 1-Cleveland (INFO (Re) “ f ' 1-Denver (INFO) (RM) . | _1-Detroit (INFO) (RM) i “1=Los Angeles Oy Ra) as | 1-Minneapolis (INFO) (RM | Dp Sor sor Pra NED Zs) , | 1-New Haven (INFO) (RM) 1-Newark (INFO) (RM: 1~Philadelphia (INFO) (RM) 1+“San Diego (INFO) (RM) 1-San Francisco’ (INFO) (RM) | 1-Seattle (INFO) (RM) — 1-Tampa (INFO) RM) . l-New York ao5i2387) RICHARD co) 1-New York (100<92522) (BERTA cn) van 16) AUG 29. 1964 % Clee aes ote. . “™e ‘ . Al 7 4 SEP 6 1961 se } Docld:323392732 Page 2?
elease . DATE: - . of the code letters through sources and investigation, , a a a aad oa has been developed as follows: under e John . Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 sc 0 oO ‘11514-2017 -1792 sO, NY 97-179 oo setXet NYO has been cognizant of the code letters Hi Ago" which appear on some of the FPCC addressograph plates which . were made available by NY 3245-S* on 5/21 and 22/61, and has been attempting to resolve the signifigance ~ . ~- On 8/24/61, SA FRANCIS I, LUNDQUIST contacted NY 3229-8 who furnished the following information: On the night of 8/23/61, NY 3229-8 assisted in the preparation of a propaganda mailing at FPCC head- quarters in NYO. Approximately 1500 envelopes were stuffed with propaganda, stamped, and were addressed on the addressograph machine for mailing to individuals in the NY area, Of these, approximately 400 envelopes . were withheld from the mail by the FPCC due to a shortage | ‘in the number of one of the propaganda leaflets. ‘NY 3229-S grasped the opportunity to confidentially inquire of .BERTA GREEN, Secretary-Treasurer of NY, chapter ~ of the FPCC, as to the signifigance of the code letters "262", "B62", and "c62", which appear on approximately 1/3 of the addressograph . plates. GREEN confided to NY 3229-S that the FPCC has been gradually converting its addressograph plates so that members on the mailing list would be identified by code lettering which would signify a quarter of the year in which the membership would come up for renewal, GREEN explained that the code letters "a62" on the addressograph plate identify a member whose membership comes up for.renewal in the first quarter of 1962, She’ said the code letters "B62" indicate a member whose ‘membership comes up for renewal in the second quarter of 1962, The code letters "C62" indicate a membership renewal ‘due in the third quarter of 1962, . ° NY 3229-S.volunteered his services and the use of. his car to FPCC in order to transport the mail to the Post Office, Thereby, NY 3229-S made the mail available to . . SA LUNDQUIST who in turn had all envelopes bearing either e p Docld: 32339252 Page 3 2107 Hote).
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination ‘Records Collection Act of 1992 (44.08¢ 2107 Hokey: DATE: *11-14-27017 . NY 97-1792 the ‘code "A62" or "B62" or "C62" photostated, Enclosed for the Bureau are Photostats of the 364 names identified with one of the above eedes which were included in the mailing. . This information is not being. disseminated outside the Bureau at this time inasmuch as it has not been sufficiently confirmed through other sources, Furthermore, other factors _ set. forth here and after appear contradictory, and yet some of the factors set forth here and after-appear to support -the information developed by NY 3229-S.. Moreover, NY 3229-S was unable to determine whether or not the complete FPCC mailing list had been converted as yet or whether’ just the NY mailing list was being handled ‘thus. ae ie ~ The Bureau will note that there are certain establishments on this matling list which are also identified with code letters. This may be the resuls of clerical error at FPCC headquarters or on the other hand, FPCC. may regard these as friendly establishments which they consider eligible to receive all mail sent to members . Other pertinent information deve loped concerning membership follows: winery 2164-9 Pirst requested FPCC to place him . on the mailing st in éarly 1961, he then received mail | ddressed_to him with the code "a62," Subsequently, - XY 3164-Syeomplained to FPCC that he was receiving general (uw) "Mail whereas h Gesired to be placed on the press maili vm | lL) "B62. On 6/30 "NY 3164~Sbecame a member of FPCC - He thereafter received mail from FPCC with the code "C62," ‘on 8/7/6%E_NY 316h-s%dvised that on 8/4/61, he mentioned to RIC GIBSON that he had received three separate envelopes addressed to him all containing the same literature, but that he noted one envelope carried - the code "A62", the second envelope carried ode "B6e" and the third envelope carried the code "C62 5% NY 3164-S list NY 3164- began tg receive mail with the Kes | Docld: 32339932 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records ‘Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hote} = DATE :*14-14- 2017 1 NY 97-1792 . si ET reiterated to GIBSON that he wanted to be sure he was receiving mall distributed by the FPCC to the press, He mentioned then that it appeared he was receiving only general mailings, GIBSON merely replied, "0h, that's the list that was given to (Senator) DODD." Also, on Byr(6afee 3164-S7advised. that on one 8/5/61 ANDRE MARTINSONS (who is employed in a at on (i) | re capacity at FPCC headqu rs ) remarked that there a three FPCC mailing list MARTINSONSsaid there is a “ concerning whic ARTINSONSSaid “We hav: special list. for people a little revolutionary, " On 5/23/61, CG 6259-S advised that. Bi RICHARD GIBSON met- Omit the Executive Councilof the Chicago chapter . of the FPCC on 5/20/61, at Chicago, Tllinois, he remaried that the National Office of the FPCC would soon send out membership renewal notices on a quarterly. basis, wo eee tee ee ae ere eT A FOE general mailing list, a press 18, and a third citi) It therefore appears quite likely that the FPCC is coding its mailing list to indicate memberships, and that GIBSON possibly perjured himself when he testified before the Senate Internal Security Sub Committee. Never- theless, it has been determined from above information that BERTA GREEN has knowledge of the membership list. -It is possible GREEN. may be the custodian of the list. oO NYO is malting arrangements to recontact NY 32h5-5# “4n mid September, at which time attempts will be made to: obtain complete current mailing list of the FPCC and examine it for coded notations. fen eye ~ “Ih the meantime, all offices receiving a copy of — this communication should be alerted for any information pertinent to the coding of FPCC malling list to reflect membership. oe t | f Docld: 32339232 Page 5