Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 4 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90147-10067 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-93072-70 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WANNALL TO: SULLIVAN TITLE: DATE: 08/07/1962 ‘PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : , RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: _ 10/19/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : rr A A pr v9.1 Docld:32339354 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information MEMO 59
| furnish any additional pertinent data _Tegarding subject. é wu . [4 Ly - New York has advised that it has ino, doit bilation indicati eG " Tos ecuke cl ea CLAN We 4 | JIDidjwit ' if éleased undér. the John F. Kennedy Assassination “Records Collection Act of T99T tai Use zIUT Hotes DATE: 11- 14- 2017. : . ; eo , ‘e . c ea ; ; > OPRGNaL FORM NO. 10 , i Jay. f Tolson .* “umrED STATES Gover’ é Belmont ENT jWEORMATION CONTAINED - Ce eal Callahan _. HEREIN [IS UNCLAS SSiftep EXCEPT Gwe Conrad _ —Memorandum* He SOIR GeeRey a TIAL seine fae ivany}i yl : August 7, 1962 Ghaie” Trotter Tele. Room - Mr. Belmont Holmes L - Mr. Sullivan HOMAS GIBSON ““" J Mr. Wannall Mahi SECURITY ee af ati ve Secre _~___ ation Fair "Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC). In jexter turned over to the Central ‘Intelligence Ageney (CIA), he indicated desire to get in touch with that Agency discreetly° He indi gated it was a matter of "life or death." (CIA has indicated it would be willing to contac: subject in New York and arrange subsequent meeting,} if we so desired 7% ‘ Recommended that New York be instructed to contact™Gibson and that © 5 Tneeo ; jf he Oy). Meise ‘Ee ive See ES f ad : _ advised that our New York Office is handling contact of gi psor dw Ne will furnish it any pertinent data developed. ben = a a WIG sare la 8)¢? ; By letter 7/16/62 to Thornton Hagert, Falls Church, Virginia! N subject requested. that Hagert’s stepbrother, Philip K.. Reiss fcontact his former employers (CIA) and tell them that (Gibson has been trying to _ get in touch with CIAKfor several weeks. Gibson indicated that this fe ‘was a matter of "lif€ or death"! and indicated thet (he believed he could#Piz.6 great help to himin §& PT. be of extreme value to CIA and. that they could be.o a "very difficult’ situation if gert was requested to destroy“ the letter after he had read it. CIA turned the letter over to us and indicated . that Reiss was a- pa or aaa who is,now employed by Department of Agriculture, vocal “y neon, SOAR LORRY gy /05 7-998 / Lo 70 fashingtén Field to 4nterview Reiss and Hagert. Interviews of these ‘two individuals revealed. that subject and Hagert - . went to high school together and were very close friends at that. time. _Hagert has seen the subject intermittently since that time, and Hagert is of the opinion that. subject is an opportunist. Hagert Stated that, in | ‘connection with the above letter, he had received a phone cail during « first week of May, 1962. At that time subject asked whether Reiss was. ‘ff still with CIA::.Hagert could not furnish any details as to why subject 7 furnished data.as set forth in Gibson's letter 7116/62, - Reiss could not _(} COPY AE ELE a3 -AUG subject. has become. ret with aneet 105- 330% fe veal 196 ate Play for ' Docld: 32339354 Page 2? t.
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 UsSc 7107 tey> DATE: 11-14-2017 . : (: . oN : . A . aan % Hi ‘ ‘ Office has been instructed to contact Gibson and that ke will furnish ’ poke yy, 1 Memorandum for Mr. Sullivan RE: RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON CONBYEENTIAL evant . — tt Ave: Shei 105-93072 (1) Belief that he may be subject to attack by anti-Castro \ Cubans in New York City; . (2) [Desire to cooperate with CIA in order to be able to say x “ at a later date that, though he was working with FPCC, he was cooperating|4* with U. S. officials; ) - : a) : (3) Monetary reasons in view of the fact his actions indicate f™ |; he enjoys living well and traveling first-class. It has been reported IX that he is presently having financial difficulties. If subject desires to cooperate with U. S. Government, it is not known why he, did not contact us. He certainly must be aware of our poi interest in FPCC]_ i There is a good chance that since he thought\Reiss was) pee still with CIA, (Reiss might ggrve as an "in" for him. WhateveF subject's. |” reason was in contacting CIA, Rit is not felt we should pass up this \S) Do opportunity to contact him, r investigation of the FPCC developed dafa from inadmissible sources that FPCC received money from Cuban Government. /¥; | We have been attempting to make Registration Act case on FPCC and Gibson i could very well be individual who could furnish pertinent data in this | regard le” [gf he is desirous of cooperating with U. S. Government, we could operate him "in pace” and he would be able furnish us‘a great deal of |. data in view o s high position with Frost is felt. we should have () New York conta@t him and indicate to Gibson t ey are contacting him in “| regard to letter he wrote to tage Men results of contact of Gibson are known, we will be in a position fo determine whether he might be utilized by us or whether he is just looking for an "out't in view of dwindling activities and prestige of Pct] fu) Vy \ RECOMMENDATIONS : . (1) If you approve, CIA will be advised by Liaison that, in response to data which it furnished regarding subject, our New York . it any pertinent data developed of interest. to aS (2) That the attached airtel bé“sent'-to. New Y 4 bk instructing | it to promptly contact Gibson, but not at office 9; | pecta: 32339354 Page 3