NY 105~42387 ADMINISTRATIVE (CONT'D) Concerning S. BANKER and IRVING SCHWARTZ, who communicated with the subject in March, 1961, a STEVEN BANKER is a news writer at CBS, 485 Madison Avenue, NYC, where the subject was formerly employed, IRVING SCHWARTZ, 608 West End Avenue, NYO, operates Schwartz School Transportation from that address, From the above, it appears that the subject has routine contacts with these individuals, Therefore, no further investigation will be conducted concerning them, The New York Telephone Company has been requested to furnish toll calls made by the subject from his residence for the past three to six months, and these toll calis are still being processed by tnat organization, KEITH KERN, mentioned in the details of the report, is possibly identical with KESTH KERN, 21 Allen Street, NY, who made the FPCC tour to Cuba in December, 1960, (NY 1005-46028). ISOLDE DRECKMAN is possibly identical with ISOLDE DRECKMAN, subject of NY file 105-4401, who is reportedly closely associated with WILLIAM WORTHY. a . Legat aris in a letter dated 6/12/61, advised that[records of the Renseignements Generaux Surete Nationale reflect that OLIVER W, HARRINGTON, mentioned in the information proveded_by him, is currently residi at 1 Avenue Du General Leclere, Ivry-Sur-Seine, Franed WIS) INFORMANTS — Identity of Source Where Located. | NY T-1 Instant report by SOLOMAN KUTTNER SA THOMAS J, MC SHANE ; u) US Mission to UN, NYC eC ae oS eve Wet ee -C- COVER PAGE > [ Docld: 3231276589 Page 4
NY 105-42387 INFORMANTS (CONT! D) Identity of Source Where Located NY T~ Instant report to csnyf e128 . SA RAYMOND E, BOCLE NY 7.2 NY = i iRues Lbocumentation of DANIEL WATTS, NY 7-4 . PH 575-8 Documentation of Liberation Committee for Africa, p65 . Instant report to Legat GUSTAVE SACHINE Paris, France Renseignements Generaux General Investigative Section Surete Nationale le Paris, France NY T-6 ca 5042-s Documentation of PETER HUYN, NY T-7_ Records, Office of Security _ Department of State American Embassy : : Paris, France . Documentation of CLAUDE BOURDET. NY T-8 Instant report NY 3164-5 ; NY T-9 Instant report CSDE 794-S De COVER PAGE _———— t Docld:323127689 Page 5 k
| Docld: 32312689 NY 2005-42387 a NY 7.10 LA sO15=8 NY Ye1L SD B38—3 NY T-12 SD 80968 Ta13 RCMP Ottawa, Canada (3 / NY T~14 SF 2011-8 NY T-15 FLORENCE KEYINA Panel Source, Seattle NY T-16 DOROTHY IRENE CAPASSO - PSI NY T-17 NY 1924-s NY T-18 NY 3144-5 NY T+-19 NY 291L7-S NY T-20 VHOMAS M, TREACY Fanel Source Where Located OE a Instant repors Instant report Instans report Instans report by Legat Cucawa, Canada Instant retort Instant report Instant report Instant report Instant report Instant report Instant report -~-E- COVER PAGE Page 6 Oo
NY 105-42387 INFORMANTS (CONT'D) Identity of Source NY T-2l1 NY 3164-8 Ne TAs 4B) VHOMAS FRANCIS KEATING Qld Town Road, Levitton, NY Where Located Instant report Documentation of (former Treasurer of the T¥U of the CP) NY T-23 CG 6464~s* NY T~24 Anonymous Documentation of SIDNEY LENS, NY T-25 CG 6259-S NY T-26 BEA HARPAY. Chicago PSI NY T-27 CG 5933-S NY T-28 CG 5792-S NY T-29 ‘FRED W, DAY Los Angeles PSI NY T-30 Ca 6082-S Instant report Instant report Instant report Instant report Instant report -F- COVER PAGE SECREF SRE FAUL eee (u)
NY 10542387 eo | OC) INFORMANTS (CONTTD) | | : Identity of Source Where Located NY T-31—- NY 1286-S* NY T-32- NY 1537~-S* NY 7-33 - NY 694-S* 7-34 [i 2227-5" Je, / / | | NY T-35 7 ee x Nail Cover 105-4.2387 -134 NY: T+36 JOHN F, MULLADY _ _ Credit Department | 1105-42387 ~134 renee er ent eI gy, Chase Manhattan Bank ‘49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, NY (By Request ) NY T-37- . NY}3183 PST Instant report NY T-38-- NY 3245-S* NY T<39 | 100-41674~-72 Headquarters, US Army Communications . Gone, Europe, Office of the Director - of Security NY T-40 THOMAS P, MONAHAN, Jr. Monahan Brothers, Incorporated 535 Gravier Street oy New Orleans, Louisiana (By Request J | NY T-3- | _ _. NO 886-8 : 100~3906-209 Careful consideration has been given to each source concealed and T symbols have been utilized in the report only in thosdé instances where the identities of the source must. be concealed, oo, ‘Confidential source who furnished information - concerning the subject's bank account is JOHN F, MULLADY, Credit : Department, Chase Manhattan Bank, Rockefeller Center Prench. oth Street and Raclre: skew, NY, - oe AL i Docld: 32312689 Page 6 3
NY 105-42387 INFORMANTS (CONT'D) Confidential source who furnished information concerning the subject's wife's bank account is T, E, SMITH, Jr., First National City Bank, 96th Street and Broadway, NYC, Confidential source used to characterize WARREN MILLER is WILLIAM HOWARD DUFF, whose identity is concealed by request, ‘ Confidential sources set—forth in-the characterization of the FPCC are NY 711-S andyeG 5824=s* aL) Confidential sources set forth in the characterization of the Socialist Workers Party are NY 1013-S and NY 711-S LEADS CINCINNATI At Columbus, Ohio Will attempt to determine the nature of the contact had by Nationwide Insurance, 246 North High Street, Columbus 16 Ohio, with R, GIBSON, 788 Columbus Avenue, NYC, on 3/28/61, 3 (as set out in NY report of 5/16/61). WASHINGTON FIELD At Washington, Dc Will attempt to determine the nature of the contact had by the Treasury Department, Chicago, Illinois, with R, J, GIBSON, 788 Columbus Avenue, NYC, -on 4/12/61, (as set out in Chicago letter to WFO, 6/26/61). NEW YORK At New York, New York 1, Will await results of attempts by Legat London . to identify (FNU) CLAYMAN and a G, KAYE, who communicated \ with the subject from England during April, 1961, (1) ARE ey yy. “Re at Repth toast hn? eee ° | Docld: 32312689 Page 9
NY 105-42387 LEADS (CONT'D) 2, Will monitor the bank account of Mrs. JOY GIBSON, wife of subject, at First National City Bank, NYC. 3. Will continue reviewing subject's checking account at Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City. - 4, Will obtain a list of toll calls made from the subject's residence during the past few months, (AB set out in report of 5/16/61). 5. Will continue to follow and report the activities of the subject, 4a) 6. Will check¥Csny- ‘in order to further identify MARC D, SCHLIEFER. CLASSIFICATION This report is pron classified "Segrét" inasmuch as information from the] RCMP, Ottawa, Canadas "Secret" by that organization, In the event ‘this report is declassified, it should then be classified "Confidential" inasmuch as it contains information from highly confidential sources, the disclosure of which could compromise the sources who are of continuing value, - [#.- - COVER PAGE. , Docld: 32312639 Page 10
v. eee es q 4p tb oe I 2onk eg hteD Ri a 8 ee UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - . ore FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ff pal . san 7 -y Oo gg " aim oder (Are . SE 5 Hea Dae aca ve Copy to: DATE OFR Report of: JAMES F, HESKETH Office: New York, New York Date: 7/27/61 Ficld Office — | _ | File No.: 105 1.2387 Bureau: 105~-93072 Title: RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON Character: INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA ZCHARD THOMAS GIBSON resices et 788 Columbus Avenue, NYC, sui¢leds Aeting Executive Secretary of the National Ofrice of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (HPCC), He is also employed by "Revolucion", a Cuban newspeper, as a UN correspondent. He is also Secretary of the Liberation Committee for Africa, Some baskground infec ition concerning the subject is set out, as weil as confarmation concerning subject's bank account and his wife's bank account, iso set out are she rasults o subject's trav@t-throughout the US (ena C 6 -and his attendance at meetings of t FPCC, Subject testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on 4/25/61, and 5/16/61. Portions of this testimony are set out. Also Set out are results of a check of persons who communicated with the subject auving March and April, 1961, as well as a description of the subject, Synopsis: ~ Po This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. . cLassir=n BY 5668 Scp/Gae ——— SkcRe DECLASSIFY ON: 25X__@/6). GFL 6/46 ‘y Docld: 32312689 Page il
SECRET, NY 105-42387 Personal Background Information — fry 6.5, a confidens ial, (Bourse sbvoad, on Aprii_18, a 196, oederta iad the Pelleminginforastion concesaiug the subject and his: sobivities while in France: VS) RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON, born May 13, 1931, at Los Angeles, California, was married at Paris, France, on' March 24, 1956, to JOY MARJORIE KAYE, British citizen, who was born July 12, 1926, at London, England. They have two children, DOMINIQUE, born October 26, 1956, at Paris, and FREDERIC, born March 5, 1958, at paris POG) After having studied at Kenyon College in the State of Ohio, GIBSON came to Europe in 1952 and resided in Rome, Italy, until February, 1953. After fulfilling his military obligations in the United States, he spent a short ' time in West Germany and. came to France on December 15, 1954 \G) In Paris, GIBSON resided successively at 15 rue Delambre, 31 rue de Seine and 93 rue Belliard, prior to purchasing a small house at 10 Allee des Pommlers , Rosny=sous= Bois, near Paris, on November 9, 1957 URYS) When he first came to France, GIBSON was ehrolied at the College of Letters of the University of Paris and at the Ecole Superieure de Preparation et de Perfectionnement des Professeurs de Francais a 1l'Etranger (Advanced School for Preparation and Improvement of Foreign French Teachers}, 46 ze St. Jacques, Paris. (WS) In August, 1955, having become a professional journalist, Press Card number 15,481, he went to work for the Agence Francaise de Presse as a translator, art and pook eritic, and, in particular, handling Far Eastern matters fa(S) On January 31, 1958, OLIVER W, HARRINGTON, another American journalist, 74 rue de Sevres, Paris, filed a complaint against "X" for forgery and use of forgery GIBSON was "X", This matter is summarized as follows: fy¥S) —_ | Docld:32312639 Page 12
SECRET NY 105-42387 HARRINGION, who was away from Paris for several months, had allowed GIBSON, who was then single and living in a hotel, the use of his apartment. Violent arguments tock place between the two men in connection with the apartment, and GIBSON resolved to seek revenge by trying . ~ to bring about the expulsion of EARRINGSON from France. — Tor this purpose he sens to a weexly American publication and to the British daily 'The Observer", over the signature O, HARRINGTON, violently ancieFrench articles which were - printed in these publications and were of such nature that they could have brou ht. about the expulsion of their author from france, WS S . a Upen being informed of the publication of these articles of which he was not the author, HARRINGTON located proof of the very probable guils of GIBSON and . filed a complains. The resulting investigation, which was conducted by the Polise Judiciazre (Criminat Police) of the Surete Nationale, quickly led to che confession of GIBSON, who admitted having tried to pring abous vos expulsion of HARRINGION, to whom he epologized ( and who accepted the apology before withdrawing his complaint\£¥, Although the Agence France Presse did not } so specify, it appears logical that 44 was as a result of this incident that GIBSON ceased working for that azency {¥IS) The investigation 4n connection with the above matter, in addition to reflecting ‘GIBSON'Ss lack of principles, also developed the following additional details: a(S) , It was learned from a cource in the Agence France Presse that GIBSON was the animator of a group for aid to Cuba, This report confirms another, received from an American source, to the effect that GIBSON was chairman of the New York section of a crypto-Communist organization called. "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" which had as its purpose agitation in favor of the CASTRO regime in Cuba. eS) - 5 - spcheg, | } Docld:32312689 Page 153 F
i j t NY 105-42387 OLIVER W, HARRINGTON, the complainant in this matter, appears to be identical wi? sh the American Negro, OLIVER WENDELL HARRINGTON, reporved as being left wing, if not Communist » ye) This repors fits in with a portion of ths - statements made to the French police by GIBSON in which he claimed that HARRINGION was a friend cf a Korgan, PETER HUYN, who was a protege of CLAUDE BOURDET, Both GIBSON and HARRINGT have been reported as favoring the Communist Party (CP), S$) The various persons interviewed in connection with this matter, including RICHARD WRIGHT, tne American Negro writer who recently died; WILLIAM SMITH, an American. journalist with the Agence France Presse, with whom GIBSON lived for a time at 93 rue Belliard, Paris; and JOHN FLINT, anovher American journalist with the Agence France Press, with whom GIBSON aiso lived at 31 rve de Seine, Paris; all teok sides with HARRINGTON, praising his neutrality, They also affirmed GIBSON's neutrality, although they did not approve of his behavior in this matter. WW CS) GIBSON left his residence at 10 Allee des Pommiers, Rosny-sous-Bois, in the late summer of 1958, claiming that he was returning to the United States, where his grandmother was very seriously ill. His wife departed in the spring of 1959, after having sold their nouse. WAG) A characterization of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) appears in the Appendix of this report, NY T-6 advised on March 16, 1961, that a PETER HUYN, Los Angeles, was Chairman of the | March 15th meeting of the National Convezision of the American Peace Crusade held in Chicago, Illinois, 0 u) - 6 -— SECRET < Docld:32312639 Page 14
SECRET NY 105-42387 NY T-39, a confidential source abroad advised on Januery 18, 1960, that OLIVER WENDEL, HARRINGTON in 1959, belonged to a group of Negro residents of Paris, France, who were disciples of RICHARD WRIGHT and who tended to believe in communist idsologies, The informant also advised that he received information from a scures thet has furnished reliable information in tne past that OLIVER HARRINGTON is known to have progressive ‘but not Communist tendencies, On February 13, 1958, RICHARD WRIGHT appeared before AGNES SCHNEIDER, Consul of she United States, Paris, France, and, being duly sworn, stated he was not than @ member of the Communist Party but had been a member of the Communist Party from 1932 to 1942, . Docld: 32312689 Page 15
SEU, NY 2105-42387 Recent Travel of the Subject NY T-8 advised on May 5, 1961, that RICHARD CIBSON was scheduled to leave New York City for Chicago, Illinois on May 19, 1961, and is scheduled to travel to San Francisco on May 30, 1961. NY T-9 advised on May 13, 1951, that RICHARD GIBSON, Acting Executive Secretary cf the FPCC and Executive Seovetary of the LCA will speak in Friday, May 25, 1961, at 8:00 p.m. at the Workmen’s Circle Educational Centre, 18340 Seven Mile Road, West, Detroit, Michigan. This affair is held under the auspices of the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter, FPCC, : NY T-10 advised on May 15, 1961, that on May 10, 1961, at a meeting cf the Los Angeles Chapter of the SWP it was reported that RICHARD GIBSON was to be in California in June, 1961, and would spend one week in the Bay area and one week in Los Angeles and San Diego. NY T-11 advised on May 25,°1961, that GIBSON was” . to speak on May 31, 1961, at the San Diego State College, San Diego, California. : NY T-12 advised on June 1, 1961, that at a May 24, 1961 meeting of the San Diego Branch, SWP, 5243 San Bernardo Terrace, San Diego, the May 31 speech of RICHARD GIBSON was™ also announced. NY T-13, a confidential source abroad, advised on May 26, 1961, that at a rally of the FPCC following a protest march in Montreal, Canada, RICHARD GIBSON was the. main speaker. During the speech, he condeimned what he called any possible trend towards Communism in Cuba, but noted that the present conditions in Cuba are the direct result of shortsighted and imperialistic United States policies. The informant also advised that GIBSON spoke at a banquet held on April 29, 1961, at the United Jewish People's Order Center, Montreal, Canada, which was sponsored by the Friends(S) - 9 - SEckEp | pocla: 32312689 Page 16 ‘ ae ee
TD an NY 105-42387 of Vochenblatt Association (Communist. ) to delebrate the eloging of the Vochenblatt Campaign. During this _ speech, GIBSON stated that everyone was calling his group a front organization of the CP. He said that his group was not Communist but was fighting for the truth against exploitatio.: colonialism and for independence for Cuba.(S) a any T-14 advised on June 1, 19617 that at a meeting of the San Francisco Branch, SWP, on May 31, 1961, it was announced that RICHARD GIBSON, was cthospak’ at a FPCC meeting on June 3, 1961, ASHER HARER, head of the. San Francisco Chapter, FPCC, announced that GIBSON was to arrive on June 1, 1961, and was to stay at the St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco, California. A press conference — was scheduled for the next day for GIBSON, He stated - that while GIBSON is in the Bay Area, his talks will «be entitled "Lessons of Alabama and Cuba", He was to pemain in the Bay area from June 2, 1961, to June 6, 1961.( 4) fay [15 advised on June 9, 196P} ‘that RICHARD GIBSON, Exeéutive Secretary, FPCC, would speak on the topic "Tessons of Alabama and Cuba" at a public meeting on June 13, 1961, at 604 University Street, Seattle, Washington. The informant,advised that the meeting is to be sponsored, by the FPCC, (YU) cr = 10 = . ; } } 4 7 t f { | a Docld: 32312689 Page i?