124-90146-10108 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HY 50953 Bocld: 32339276 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90 146-10108 HQ 105-93072-128 THRU 131 Document Information FBI NY HQ 06/28/1965 21 RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Top Secret Not Assassination Related Withhold 12/09/1998 INDEFINITE INC 4 MEMO, LHM Page i Date: 5/27/20 1 rae
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cap ote Cs — ; | C) /1 - Mr. Mullins “  $AC, New York (105-42387) an 11-1565 Directgr, FBI (105-93072) —/39 | “107 «, 4 oy RICHARD THOMAS, GIBSON is - CUBA Reurlet -10-29~65. \_\ Prior to instituting action concerning subject's removal from Security Index, Bureau desires a report or memorandum be prepared for dissemination purposes to include any unreported subversive activities on subject's part. Submit promptly and you will be advised further concerning subject's Security Index status. WN 7 RAM: bjs (4) NOTE: ¢ | Subject was head of Fair Play for Cuba Committee at one time and is now living in London where he is connected with some communist publications. In 1962 subject offered to x- serve as informant for Bureau solely for financial reasons but: we deciined fan CIA advised it is now directing Gibson's activities] Prior t Yrenoving him from Index, it is felt a current report or memorandum. should be submitted to interested verneies: (BA & MAILED @ conrat Classified? by weQhe (ei Tolson _.._Declassily om: O84 Belmont Mohr DeLoach _ Casper Callahan Conrad Felt ‘Ga e a osu Rosen it ae Sellivan Hw. F : Tay cid. Trotter V 2 ? 1 6 ¥ 5 Tele. Room*__' 84 ’ j sHolmes — Gandy —— MAIL, ROOM TELETYPE UNIT L] nd told CIA of his offer. In September, 1965, } i ~ | | , HW 50953 Daoctld: 32339276 Page 45
OPTIONAL FORM NG. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101—11.6 UNITED STATES of “ERNMENT 6 ———— Memorandum . DIRECTOR, ‘FBI (105- 93072) ‘DATE: 10/29/65 * os : ALL THFORMATION CONT AIRED FROM ;¢ AC, NEW YORK (105- 42387 ) HEREIN (S UNCLASS'FIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE, -~ SUBJECT: RICHARD THOMAS &feson SECRET . IS - CUBA ReBulet, 10/22/65. Oe oe — RICHARD THOMAS. GIBSON is a SI subject of the NYO.|, ReBulet indicates that CIA has advised in confidence UG that is operati BSON and has assigned the code en to, GIBSON .7S" ~ Although GIB, 's previous activities would A Gp warrant retention on the SI, it is felt that inasmuch gf? as GIBSON has been debriefed by CIA and is presently 2 being operated by CIA, GIBSON no longer warrants inclusion on the SI, and accordingly it is being recommended that the name. of RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON be deleted from the *6) 7 - | : i Ay C 2fBureau (RM) l-New York . JEH: mm (3) Buy USS. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan HY 50953 DBoctd: 323392776 Page 6
£1965 OCT | MW 50953 nN vie aed fae . . 2 ON ee F/tive supervisor Dm tee eae ee LL... ao Ve. Mundi ns SAC, New York (€105~42387) Director, FBI (105-93072) PERSONAL ATTENTI _ wneneeae er (CP ey RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON IS - CUBA PS OT! Cree wea Le According to Bureau Source G, on 9.21.65 Richard~Gibson in London contacted Robert Williams in Cuba and indicated he had received an unidentified message from Willians. Gibson assured Williams of his personal loyalty and solidarity in “the. struggle." Gibson also said he was partially responsible for Willians" situati was ready to make any effort which would help “+ i and | As, you are. aware, Central Intelligent >) €CIA) has advised in confidence that it is operating Gibson and the message, would indicate that CIA is attempting 1 to have Gibson re-establish contact with Williams. Note Nithat CIA has assigned the code name. SUGAR to Gibson originating with him will be attributed to that code DSP 2 2.9 Fe *. . and Qgta » , i Xi IA's operational interest maintained in strictest confidence. 1B is for lead purposes only and must not be /communications prepared for dissemination. 1 = London (€100-2611)0)\ samara, ne. il - Foreign Liaison Unit Gs 1 ~ 100-387728 (Robert Williams) ) RAM: bis (BP DerLions 6 SOA. 9.0.88 '. NOTE: “Ss - . SS eee 2 Pane 72 & neers chSiay who fled to Cuba to Sjavoid a kidnapping trial and is now a Bureau fugitive. Gibson was formerly head of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee but has > claimed. to be repentant. We were in touch with him in 1962 at which time he offered t ORDED COPY FILEDIN 1, , i UNREC o serve as informant purely for financial yeasons without showing any, allegiance whatsoever to the U.S]. We advised CIA of, his offer to,cooperate and in -—_ May, 1965, did,make contact with Gibson in London where he — now resides PARES) ) —% jf. aN i we oe Cd SEK gyn | SCO RD ne Ga a ot weer /05- 93 099-4 Seren tooomact GFK) Ts: 20/4 by errr M8" OCT 25.4965 efi ae ol a Sify ong eo . , Boclda: 323392776 Page 7
Wf a OPTIONAL Form NO. 10 5010-107 ~ : ' “UNITED. “STATES GQ SRNMENT Y oe we oat HAT! row CONT rune ent ‘Memorandum  gux ameoiarog Re HEREIN Swit OTHERWISE: - WHERE SHE TO ~ DIRECTOR, FBI. (205- 93072) DATE: JUN 28 1965 yw ° SECRET FROM we ~ SAC, NEW YORK (105-2387) (Cc) aa () APPROPRYATE AGPACIES SUBJECT: RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON _ ND FEEDINOTEZCES IS - CUBA . LVISS ai GY | —_— , : # crf ReLegat, Londonlet, 4/26/65. \)} fer Enclosed herewith for the Bureaw are 10 a copies of a LHM dated and captioned as above. It Po is requested that one of the copies be furnished by. _ the Bureau to Legat, London as requested in re a NY T-1 referred to in the memorandum Om cra bs contained in relet, 4/26/65. aes aa \ ; HW R953 Legat, London letter. \\ NY T-2 is NY 4964.s*, - NY T-~3 ig) NY 3164-5 who is used to characteriz RICHARD GIBSON. 7 ‘. Mrs. JAY SAPIENZA, Superintendent at 45 Carmine’ Street, NY, NY, was contacted by SA JOHN EDWARD HEGARTY on 6/3/65. The - records of BSS and BCL, NYCPD, Were fee petrem GDh Co reviewed by SA AUGUST J. sagggn 5/31/65. Osta! Oeclassitidgyo ri Credit Bureau of Greater is M. O'BRIEN on 5/19/65. The records of NY were reviewed by IC "Bureau (Encls. 10) (RM) a ~ New York ich REC. Roe 5-H OTP - (28 JEH:ctd / Coy to slip aa | (3 ) , & _ action . date. LBLGOS - Uopy; to: CIA/STATE/RAO 3 SP fds | ONI/OSIZACSI_ 4 * By. routin, slip ‘for info. , a s” Boclda: 323392776 Page 6
oo aet, NY 105-42387 see By letter dated 4/30/65, Legat, Mexico, advised that the Mexico City Station of CIA, by memorandum 2/18/65, captioned "American Communists! Contacts in Mexico City" which was classified "Secret" with instructions | that the information not be disseminated outside the of Bureau, furnished information indicating that a leading pa member of the National Liberation Movement, a pro-Cuba, wet anti-US Communist front, stated. that LEOYHUBERMAN hnd) FRANCES KELLY, both of whom are editors of A WAL "Monthly Review" were in Mexico. According ‘to the,2& memorandum, HUBERMAN and KELLY were interested in discussing the possibility of publishing English translations of the writings of DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS, a well known Mexican artist and a member of the Central Committee of the Mexican CP, The mémorandum also indicated that KELLY arrived in Mexico on 2/14/65, and both she ad HUBERMAN. were in contact with American Communists in Mexico, S The enclosed LHM is being classified "Secret" as 1t contains information furnished by CIA which was , ee classified "seenet" (SS) . - ~Q— ; AW 50953 Daoctld: 323392776 Page 3
{— UTED STATES DEPARTMENT Ov jUSTICE ee FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No . New Yor. New. York . ve June Be i605 Bureau; >» 105-930 b5 New York 105-2387 SECRET | ALL INFORMATION coNTAINED WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE, at Richard Thomas Gibson _ Internal Security - Cuba On April 20, 1965, NY T+1, another Government . agency which conducts intelligence investi ations, furnished anformation indicating, that on April 2, 1965, an employee © of the Cuban Embassy, London, England, had furnished = * Richard Gibson the telephone number “of a girl who was going to stay in the United Kingdom and who wanted to see Gibson. NY T-1 noted that.the.girl_is evidently _ Frances\Kelley, of the "Monthly Review" of Néw York. — NY T-1 ad ised that Kelley had a letter of introduction to the above-mentioned employes of the Cuban Embassy, London, England, from Leo Huberman with whom she had po worked in New vei (6) Jeeeal. Seegn ty bA3-S0- AFOF é A characterization of "Monthly Review" is contained in the appendix oo | hereto. “: _ ; ; | On March 1, 1965, NY T-2, who has furnished reliable information in the past, furnished information indicating that Frances Kelly, who is originally froy 5 casted OY ae SECRET ceacapt from Penne Eee ed ’ at gaia o! D8 pepe " : downgradyng and | 12att9F ose Declassify on: QADR aa A het This document contains neither recommendations nor conelusions 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 agencys a o ; - GD try . wa . | MME SBE I~ {a4 : | “ . ~  BybLostas ae nannies [ \ ; HW 50953 Daocld: 323392776 Page 10
_ SECRET - Righard, Thoinas Gibson - . England: and who recently returned to England, was employed — -< by the publication. "Monthly Review" in.New York for. several - years.® NY T-2° advised that while residing in.New York, . ne -she resided at 45 Carmine Street, Apartment 25,;. New York, — “New York. -N¥ T-2 advised that Frances Kelly is the sister _ .of Pat\Kelly, .19 Gunter Grove, London, Southwest 10, - a _Fngland. ~NY T.2 advised that=her~soctar-security number =. “Es O§3-51-2509.. (ye . ~ an ’.. *NY Ts2 further advised that,in June; 1964, 0°» . ‘Frances: Kelly directed correspondenee on behalf of a "Monthly Review" to ‘the Ghana Mission to’ the United... -. Nations indicating that she had.done some-research ~~ 7 ve, ©. work regarding a cumulative index for the party book a ots -....- shop in Accra, which had been requested by the Ghana . . | Mission to the United Nations. ¥(W) | pad PHL PN en The March, 1964 issue of "Monthly Review" on page 623, contains a book review by Frances Kelly in which she is identified as an assistant to the editors ‘ of "Monthly Review" WY . On June 3,.1965, Mrs. Jay Sapienza, Superintendent, HS Carmine Street, New York, New York, advised that Frances : Kelly resided at hs Carmine Street, for approximately ; two years until January, 1965, at which time she indicated . | that she was going to make a.trip to Mexico and then return ~ ¥ i to England. Mrs. Sapienza stated that she believed that : “4 Frances Kelly originally came to the United States from England as she had-an English accent. .Mrs. Sapienza ‘ stated that Kelly is in her early 30's and was a journalist who worked for « magazine in New York, New York. Mrs. a) / i Sapienza’ stated that during her residence at 45 Carmine Street, Frances Velly was an excellent tenant. \ ~ ’ SECRET | ' % . \ , | HY 50953 Bocld: 323392776 Page ii
ey A Rg ge me one Tt perme LOTR a cen REE SRR RP Et es mC tN pe lime Rp - ee cen! ap ea - =p inant: j , . . SECRET Richard Thomas Gibson .The records of the Bureau of Special Services ‘and the Bureau of Criminal Identification, New York City Police Department, were searched on May 31, 1965, and no record identifiable with Frances Kelly could be | tocated| \ oT The files of the Credit Bureau of Greater New -- York were reviewed on May 19, 1965, and no record identi- fiable with Frances Kelly could be located. Concerning Richard Thomas Gibson, NY T-3, who has furnished reliable information in the past, has advised that Gibson was the former Acting Executive Secretary of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. In September, 1962, Gibson left the United States and went to Algeria where he remained until April, 1963. .The March 19, 1963 issue of "Monthly Review" -identifies Gibson as the Inglish Language Editor of "Revolution Africalne", a new weekly created by the Political Bursau . a of the Algerian Government. \ ‘ A characterization of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee is contained in the appendix hereto, SECRET . 3 a en —, HY 50953 Bocld: 323392776 Page i2
CO cet” SECRET PATR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE 006" ARO sete ante momenta arte thet Ah dee BREE PETE OTEEPCRERIECS irt BrE AAP 2 Gibson . ~The April 6, 1960,. edition of "The New York: Times" newspaper contained a full-page advertisement captioned "What Is Really Happening In Cuba," placed by the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC). “This: advertise- — / ment announced the formation of the FPCC in New York City Sos and declared’ the FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth Es about revolutionary, Cuba" vo neutralize the distorted ne Americ an press. A 7 Ythe New York Times" edition of January 11, 1961, ‘reported, that at a hearing conducted before the ° - United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dr. CHARLES A. SANTOS-BUCH identified himself and ROBERT TABER as: organizers of the FPcC, He. ‘also testified he. and TABER obtained | funds from the Cuban Government which were. applied toward the. cost of the efore-. - mentioned advertis ement. On itay 16, 1963, a source advised that during .the. first. two years of the FPCC's existence there was a struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers ~~ - Party (SWP) elements to exert their power within the FPCC and thereby influence FPCC policy. This source added that during the past year there had been a successful effort by FPCC leadership to.minimize the role of these and other organizations in the FPCC that ‘their influence as of . May, 1963, was negligible. Ws 4 “thé SWP has been designated pursuant to. ~ Executive Order 10450. A oo oS i . oo, on ‘May 20, 1963, a second source advised ‘that | - ” VINCENT "DED" LEE, FPCC National Office Director, was then | — | formulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no 7. ' dntention of permitting FPCC policy to be determined py any other organization. Tnis source stated that LEE believed that the FPCC should advocate resumption of. diplomatid relations between Cuba and the United States ‘and should. support the right of Cubans to manage their : r revolution without interference from other nations, LEE did nos advocate supporting ‘the Cuban revolution per se.\ =~ vee { a= Sa 2 i ' Tg Se = - | : 7 | : - 7 7 a, | : / | SECRET. - | ; | HW 50953 Daocld: 32339276 Page 13
SECRET 2. APPENDIX - PAIS PUAY | BOR CUBA COMMITTES j . The November 23, 1963, edition of “tae New York Times" reported that Senator THOMAS J. DODD of Connecticut had called FPCC "the chief public relations Angtrument of | the CASTRO network in the United States." It is to be noted. that Senator DODD was a member “of the Senate iintexynal Securlty . Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on the Frcc, LU a The December oT, 1963, edition of “pe New Vork World | Teles sram and Sun" newspaper stated that the pro- CASTRO FEC Was seeking to go wut of business and that | its prime activity during its lifetime had heen sponsor- ship of pro-CASTRO street rallieg and mass picket lines, ; os and the direction of an active prepeganda mili highlighting. 7 illegal trayel-to-Cuba campaigns. Ths comparatively brief —— Sp span of life was attributed to mounting anti-CASTRO American Ly! public epinion, the 1962 Congressional hearings which dis- , | closed FPCC financing ty CAS'TRO’s. United Nations Delegation, i and ultimately, the bad publicity which tne FPCC reccived from disclosure of activities on its behalf ty § suspect ced presidential assassin, LEE Hq. OSWALD, a - On February 6; 1064, the previously mentioned ok second source advised that V. T, LEE had recently remarked that the FPCC was dead and that there were no pians to | organize another. Similar organization, i" on April 13, 1964, a third. source- advised that: - there had not been eny FPCC activity in many months and _ fe that “the FPCO" had” been- dissolved, | tO i. nr aeenrennees ia 4 rn ad e | HW 50953 Daocld: 32339276 Page 14
A source advised on March 24, 1953, that Monthly - heview, Inc., was incorporated in the State of New York on October 19, 1951, and the corporation papers reflected it succeeded the individual business of LEO HUBERMAN at 66 Barrow Street, New York, New York, which operated since 1Shg under the title, Monthly Review Press. MONTHLY REVIEW The publication is “An Independent Socialist Magazine" with editorial and business offices at 333 Sixth Avenue, New York 14; New York, and mailing address at 66 . : ma Barrow Street, New York, New York, according to the March, A “7 1961, issue of "Monthly Review.” Its editors are listed : oo as LEO HUBERMAN and PAUL M. SWEEZY. \ : oo? LOUIS F. BUDENZ, former editor of the "Daily = i Worker,” an East Coast Communist newspaper which: suspended = | j publication on January 13, 1958, advised on June 235 72905 ff / _that LEO HUBERMAN was a member of the CP in 1945. Oe ‘i / code Anotrer source advised on November 2, 1954, that PAUL M, SWEEZY was known as a Marxist, but not: as a Communist «#; Party (CP) member. The same source stated that. the CP hard’ =’ core had been critical of SWEEZY because of his.independent; / ' application of Marxist theory. According to the source, |., / 4 ' SWEEZY was used to advantage in many oP front activities . ,; in the 1930's. i The. CP has been designated by the Attorney Jibs . General of the United states pursuant, to : : Executive Order 10450, oye | MW 50953 Daocld: 32339276 Page 15
oe * t i a (‘TED STATES DEPARTMENT 6... :USTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. New York, New York a June 25,1965 7 Bureau 105-93072 ALE WEGRMATION COWTAINED HEREIE 19 UNCLESS'FIED EXCEPT ity New York 105- 47 3 ; WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE, -~ 2387 SECRET Richard Thomas Gibson Internal Security - Cuba On April 20, 1965, NY Tel, another Government, . ase agency which conducts intelligence investigations: furnished Beene information indicating that on April @, 19605, an employee ae of the Cuban Embassy, London, England, had furnished . Ol: Richard Gibson the telephone number of a girl who was | rer going to stay in the United Kingdom and who wanted to. see Gibson. NY T~1 noted that the girl is evidently . Frances Kelley of the "Monthly Review" of New York. | NY Tel advised that Kelley had a letter of introduction to. the above-mentioned employee of. the Cuban Embassy, endon, England, from Leo Huberman with whom she had aah. worked in New York/@ A charactérfization of "Monthly Review" ig contained in the appendix = hereto. * oe On March 1, 1965, NY T#2, who has furnished | reliablé information in the past, furnished information indicating that Frances Kelly, who is originally from Cus @. T Clabsifie O08 Declassify. on: *  OADR PK 2 Thi¢’ 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. t a‘ . Se rte : | > } | HW 50953 Daocld: 323392776 Page 16
C 6 Richard. Thomas Gibson” England and.who recently returned to England, wasemployed by the publi¢ation "Monthly Review" in New York for several years. NY T-2 advised that while residing in Néw York, ° she resided at 45 Carmine Street, Apartment 25,-New York, New York. NY T-~2 advised that Frances Kelly is the sister of Pat Kelly, 19 Gunter Grove, London, Southwest 10, England. --NY: Te? advised that her Social Security number Ls LON NY T-2 further advised that in June, 1964, Frances Kelly directed correspondence on behalf of "Monthly Review" to the Ghana Mission to the United ia Nations indicating that she had done some research 4 work regarding a cumulative index for the party book or shop in Accra, which had been requested by the Ghana Mission to the United masons: uy) . i “ ! | The March, 1964 issué of "Monthly Review" on page 623, contains a book review by Frances Kelly in = which she is identified as an assistant to the editors h of "Monthly Review". We . On June 3; 1965, Mrs. Jay Sapienza, Superintendent, : 4S Carmine Street, New York, New York, advised that Frances Kelly resided at 45 Carmine Street, for approximately two years until January, 1965, at which time she indicated that she was going to make a. trip to Mexico and then return. to England. Mrs. Sapienza stated that. she believed that Frances Kelly originally came to the United States from England as she had an English accent. Mrs. Sapienza stated that KelZy is in her early 30's and was a journalist “> who worked for ¢ magazine in .New York, New York. Mrs. x . Sapienza stated that during esidence at 45 Carmine oe Street, Frances Kelly was &n: Sy cette nen tent ; ! | HW 50953 Daocld: 32339276 Page it
renee | .The March 19, 1963 issue of "Monthly Review" identifies SECRET Richard Thomas Gibson The records of the Bureau of Special Services and the Bureau of Criminal Identification, New York City Police Department, were searched on May 31, 1965, and no record identifiable with Frances Kelly could be Located. oO : The files of the Credit Bureau of Greater New -- York were reviewed on May 19, 1965, and no record identi-= fiable with Frances Kelly could be located. Concerning Richard Thomas Gibson, NY Tx3, who has furnished reliable information in the past, has advised that Gibson was the former Acting Executive Secretary of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. In September, 1962, Gibson left the United States and went to Algeria where he remained until April, 1963. Gibson as the English Language Editor of "Revolution Africaine", a new weekly created by the Political Bursau of the Algerian Government. A characterization of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee is contained in the appendix hereto. BDocld: 32339776 Page 16
HY _..Richard Thomas Gibson Lu VEL, CE lo | APPENDIX _ FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMIU'TES 50957 aaeeeenneeaenesenememmuaeeneaiamaanenemaaesaeaimena aan - The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New York Times" newspaper contained a full-page advertisement captioned "What Is Really Happening In Cuba," placed by the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. (FPCC). This advertise- ment announced the formation of the FPCC in New York City and declared’ the FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth about revolutionary Cuba" to neutralize the distorted American press. the New York Times" edition of January ll, 1961, reported that at a hearing conducted before the United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dr. CHARLES A. SANTOS~-BUCH identified himself and ROBERT TABER as organizers of the FPCC, He. also testified he and TARER obtained funds from the Cuban Government which were applied toward the cost of the afore-. mentioned advertisemeny. on itay 16, 1963, a scurce advised that during the. first.two years of the FPCC‘s existence there was a struggle between Communist Party (CP} and Socialist Workers fi Party (SWP) elements to exert their power within the FPCC and thereby influence FPCC policy. This source added that - during the past year there had been a successful effort by - FPcc leadership to.minimize the role of these and other .. organizations in the FPCC so that. ‘their influence as of May, 1963, was negligible. the SWP has been designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450, bn. ‘May 20, 1963, a second source advised that VINCENT "TED" LEE, FPCC: National Office Director, was then formulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no intention ‘of permitting FPCC policy to be determined by any otner organization. This source stated that LEE believed that the FPCC should advocate resumption ‘of. diplomatid relations between Cuba and the United States and shoul. support the right of Cubans to manage their revolution without interference from other nations. LEE did nob advocate supporting the Cuban revolution per se, Bocld: 32339776 Page i9
Richard Thomas Gibson EGRET 2. APPENDIX ee The Novemher 23, 1963, edition of “me New york Times" reported that Senator THOMAS J. DODD of Connecticut had called FPCC "the chief public relations instrument of the CASTRO neswork in the United States." Th is to be notéd || that Senater DODD was a member of the Senate internal Security | Subcomnalttee which twice conducted hearings on the FFCC. , - The December 27, 1953, edition of "he New Vork a ‘world Telegram and Sun" newspaper stated that the pro- CASTRO FPCC was seeking to go out of business and that its orime activity during its lifetime had heen sponsor- ship ef pro-CASVRO street rallies and mass piekst iines, and. the direction of an active propaganda mili, highlighting. illegal travel-to-Cuba campaigns. Its comparatively brief . span of life was attributed to mounting anti-CASTRO American public epinion, the 1962 Congressional hearings which dis- closed FPCC financing by CAS‘PRO's United Nations Delegation, and ultimately, the bad publicity which tae FPCC received from diselesure of activities on its behalf ty suspected presidential assassin, LEE H. OSWALD, on February 6, 1°64, .the previously mentdoned second source advised chat Vv. T, LEE had recently remarked that the FPCC was dead and that there were. no pians to organize another similar orga andgation,. On Avril 13, 19654, a third source: advised thet there had not heen any FPCO activity in many months and : that the FPCC” had” been. @issolived. . \ , | NW 50953 Daocld: 32339276 Page 20
| HW 50957 MONTHLY REVIEW _that LEO HUBERMAN was a member of the CP in 1945, Richard Thomas Gibson S EC R Ey A source advised on March 24, 1953, that Monthly Review, Inc., was incorporated in the State of New York on October 19, 1951, and the corporation papers reflected it succeeded the individual business of LEO HUBERMAN at 66 Barrow Street, New York, New York, which operated since 1949 under the title, Monthly Review Press. ' The publication is "An Independent -Socialist Magazine" with editorial and business offices at 333 Sixth Avenue, New York 14, New York, and mailing address at 66 Barrow Street, New York, New York, according to the March, 1901, issue of “Monthly Review." Its editors are listed as LEO HUBERMAN and PAUL M, SWEEZY. _ LOUIS F. BUDENZ, former editor of the "Daily Worker, an East Coast Communist newspaper which suspended publication on January 13, 1958, advised.on June 23, 1950, inothe r source advised on November 2, 1954, that PAUL M, SWEEZY was known as a Marxist, but not as a Communist * \ Party (CP) member. The same source stated that the CP hard ¥ core had been critical of SWEEZY because of his independent . | application of Marxist theory. According to the source,,. —_ SWEEZY was used to advantage in many CP front activities in the 1930's. The CP has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450. Bocld: 323392776 Page 21
HY 0 Quy aopeaeonTa Se Datet o Fuly 835 2968 50957 “gouree abroad that according ta a South African who was ran _ 4n Chins in 1963, there were seventeen Anorican na, voces also - training at thie school. The source further stated that thia -/ Was not the 2 . €waining there 7 oo Rating tha above allegation, However, a review of our files 75). am@icates that a source of your Agency, who utilizes the ~~ “4 (. Giyptonym “Sugar,” evidently bas @ wide acquaintangeship in = 4.” . @o furnish information concerning this matter, Xt 4g theree Bs . owe requested that “Sugar” be contacted fey. : he may be able to fursish inthis regard /G 180 BG cea . LEAtamfpler (7) ee . ft Is possible the negroes referred to are . igs presently on the Security Index, CIA has recently initiated _ '. Contact with him in Europe and plans 2) . Hie initial debriefing by CIA indicates he should be contacted an -,, concerning captioned matter, This letter Classified "Secret" since 4 . at Yepeats data from MI-~G memorandum so classi bff COL 2 pote! . 7 ~ oe Eg : co OTD wt Coad eon win € tral fatelligence Agonay 7 oer Attention! “Deputy Director, Plans a ~ John Rdgar Hoover, Director - S : 1) Uwewown sunzmcts; Seventeen Amorican Negroes |. Training in Nanking, China (| THRERNAL SECURITY = CRIHA. ssieaeninealle!  Enformation has boen recoived froa a confidential’ aa CN trained in guerrilla warfare at the Nenking Military School _ 2 oy ' ca © roup eg émerican negroes to receive such . ese Ho aditfonal information has bean developed corrohos. | 4 _ Airican nationalist movements and therefore may be in s position 7“ ~ 105-3072 (Richard T ona Gibson) «=. SJ ncctassity ont OAOR | EGE NOTE: Original information in this’ matter was furnis rom Sou or Centra . America, if, in fact, thoy are Americans, Logical Laver fentTat to 7 date has failed to develop any additional corroborating data. -Sugax | referred to above is Richard Thomas Gibson, formerly involved with |)” the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, and well-known ‘to the Bureau, He to operate him as a source. - fied, Wes [Exeluded/ from automatic: Bocld: 323392776 Page 22