med I A I = eo ee yor HW 55509 HEREIN 1S Aenean cont aa gagereren TERRES Mr, Sullivan  gecrey 1/36/67 L-Papich | Ah eek REVOLUTIONARY ACTION MOVEMENT (RAH) INTERRAL SECURITY - RAM Reference is made te Papich to D. §, Bromunan memorandum dated 1/12/67 wherein it is reported the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has volunteered to brief Bureau Agents concerning the aature and extent of CIA's relationship with their infermant, SUGAR. This vas suggested because SUGAR's activities may touch om our Saterest in the black nationalist movencat . SUGAR is cryptenym for Richard fhonas Gibson, . forwerly involved With the Fair Play for Cuba Cemaittee, and well kaown to the Sureau. In 1062, he effered to furnish iafornation te the Bureau im return for money but mot because of allegiance to the United States. He is a person of no moral fiber and wo obviously declined his offer. CIA has been attempting to operate Gibson abroad 2s,an informant since 1965 and bis status ac a Government informant is well kRovn te black astionalist groups in the United States 3) The Bureau does not dhare CIA's confidence in Gibson and in view of bis reputation in black nationalist groups, there appears to be no value in : heing briefed by CIA as te their plans for Gibson. Such Ge a briefing could put us in a position of 4oining or . supporting CIA im their operation of Gibson which vould NY be highly untoeirabie. (6) , Lo 4 ‘ KK : . —s SE . That &. J. Papich, CIA Liaison Ageat, advise ot <> them the Bureau is not 4nterested im being briefed by Ae CEA concerning their plans for Gibson. However, CIA should ” be advised we are interested in receiving any information: | re) available to SUGAR concerning (e\ervgom in which, 3 .<) 4 have an investigapiye intergst /C vw? 1S 9S (lines 1% 9TH trom GDS PR 2 By Spa. HAL TT e172 iz) Data of Declassilie tic pTre:deh My oneal “BABE a . Ma! § a co W522 73970 a4 Are ae oo 167 san 27 1967 a a Docld: 323392979 Page 2?
A va [(S) seat cf received ag, the nd, Hi bg see oho on “EE GIL O/S~FbY afta THCAUO InGetiate | 4 2. —— tnscmueh, ‘as: Gibson. appea ei 06.3 be: “pantossiae mo) c Committee: ‘abroad band. ‘because he has woterued. Exempt from ChSeOateen, a ies : ld advise | the Bureau, Smremeany FLED aN DRiser (9) (V/- -'105=93072 (oinsoa) NOTES Ad Hoe Committ ‘irected | to tiga, . in ‘November: 2 Senses at Marxiet-1 CIA source. ‘As Gibs furni a :0 the “Ad’ Hoe’ Prati, v Wssi e: LLL chi ow Oe RSE WOT RECORDED chu s 174 Jaw 29 1967 EY SATE. poo} HW 55509 DBocld:32339279 Page 3
woe ~ i > : | 1/9/67 - SECRET. AIRMAIL fit TO: DIRECTOR, BBI (100-156243) _ FROM: LEGAT, LONDON (108-3772) (P) PROPOSED WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL ORGANIZED BY BERTRAND RUSSELL FOUNDATION, LONDON, ENGLAND . or Ig ~ VIETNAM REGISTRATION ACT - VIETNAM (00: NY) Re London airtels 12/16/66 with enclosures, 12/9/66, and 12/8/66 with enclosures. The contents of referenced airtels, LHM's and enclosures were obtained by MI-3 from a well placed and comparatively new secret source. ee Subsequent communicatiois will also indicate certain , || information was obtained by MI-~5 from a subsgource. Gn 1/38/67 pe a CIA, London, representative advised that\“Sugar," subject of SS ‘Bufile 1006-93072, 1s the source of the information set forth aa in referenced communications, and that the sub-source, which TH will be subsequently mentioned in MI-5 communications, is a source developed by "Sugar." in England concerning the Tribunal, CIA, who handled "Sugar" in _ this country, furnished information received from him to MI-5, and has suthorized MI-5 to disseminate the information as though it came irom a source of theirs. CIA, London, furnished the a above information because of awareness that this office receives’ such MI~5 reporting and forwards it to headquarters, where it is undoubtedly disseminated, thereby duplicating CIA , S) NS CIA stated that befause of the political situation 4D Sy, 4 = Bureau (1 - 105-93072) 3 Lena" alsnh?s, Sp8 nace’ VOT A> a 2- London asa on: Sot aECORED Z| LM: em . 123 JAN 18 +906 ct ("8) SECRET, 4 C'7IAN 2 T1967 ; y t® q . an 7 _ _— we L___ ORIG i t 4 HW 55509 DBocld:32339279 Page 4
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OPTIONAL FORM.NO. 10 — 5010-106 MAY 1962 EDITION . GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT | M emorandum | Mr. Dy de ‘Brennan, egy “pate: 1/5/67 oo Pe, . RET a C. D. Brennan Ke SECKE (Shade 1ford) 1 - Liaison fx 1 - Mr, Papich _ Reference is made to Bureau letter to CIA dated 10/7/66 -The Liaison Agent periodically has. been,checking - with-CIA for the purpose of obtaining replies t&geveral ) yy. questions presented in the referenced communications \ \ e On 1/4/67 the Liaison Agent discussed this matter with Cal Tenney, CIA, at which time he expressed concern over CIA's delay in replying to us. It was emphasized that we were Ait} extremely interested in obtaining the answers since the infor- {HN mation could be most useful to us in following the black bY nationalists activities in the U.. Se The Liaison Agent vecommented that if CIA's informant, SUGAR, had developed -4nformation of interest to us and it had not been reported the Bureau, we obviously would have been "'s pap ning our NX, Wheels" for the last several weeks, The Agent “referred to ; Y\the specific questions raised by us and placed particular : <3 tress on our interest in any information developed by CIA concer ning Ernest Thomas, The Agent stated that any contacts XC between Th and SUGAR should be reported to us as soon as IN possible, KS oC a Tenney received the foregoing comments as a specific complaint and then advised that CIA very definitely was not with- holding any information and was not involved in any skulduggery. He admitted that CIA has considerable difficulty “ in handTing and communicating with SUGAR. In this connection, . he stated that for security reasons a CIA intelligence officer meets with SUGAR about once a month, .CIA has not been able to meet with the informant for. the past two months. Therefore, it is read SUGAR may have ar) information of interest to» _the Bureau Ree os 2, G3B.IOTR 4 Tenney stated that y anorecikted the Bureau's position in this matter and he. personally-was taktag== steps to push for replies to our questions as soon as possible, @ JAN 10 1967 { ACTION: The above information is being directed to the attention of the Internal Security 3S ion, The Ltawrson , | Agent will follow PT ioe cIA._] | ON . SJP :rabay; ars [8 pL MA 7. . er ~ (4) § “ati el) 2, er Deciassity oa pelle Tecra 7 f ad Pees na 2 | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 6
Me, D. Js Brennan, Jr. oo aht S.J. Papich BRR REVOLUTIONARY ACTION MOVEMENT (nam) Cal Tenney, CIA, advised the Liaison Agent on any iaformat ien ‘tdontss table: with “Marcort Investments, Ltd “ACTION: fe . The above information is being directed to the ‘ attention of the Internal Recur ity fection. We + if a- ©. Ds mennan (Shackelford) i + Lisison oy, - Mr. Pap dich p< 2)= | 105+98072 SUGAR 100~442684 ‘SIP:¥ab. a cate bY. — pant! gsclase jos FB OOF Dam aft | 4 | ectassity ° Ps aii “a4 NOT RECORDED 126 Ja. 16 96h cowermerces! we === | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page ?F 1/5/67 that @ review of CIA records has failed te disclose fe ) ee LFMEDL (0O~ YY 26 7. 4 chs ORIGIN
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miGhard Glosem Lovort | international, nev : Sr ne October 1966, ewe : Saath : . Fgh ROBERT F. WILLIAMS’ "SECOND EXILE" BP _ Afro-American Leader in Bile Leaves Quba for China 4% cS . . by RICHARD GIBSON ee Robert Fe7Williams, Ohairman-in~Exile of the. militant all-black Revolutionary Action Movement in the United States, has left Fidel Yastro’s Ouba for what he calls a "second exile" in China. ee. on a: Former President of the Union County, North Carolina Branch of gitte National Association for the Advancement of' Colored People ( NAACP } tv Wiliiams, who is now 41 years old, fled to Cuba in 1961 when: local 4. police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation sought to arrest hin. , © charges of kidnapping a white couple during a racial clash in Williams’ hometown of Monroe, N.C, j 4 In those days, one of the proudest boasts of Ouba's revolution. | ary Leaders was that they had wiped out racial discrimination on the island, and it certainly seemed to be true. Although few black “aDais Were among the leaders of the revolution, the revolution ulckiy gained support from the country’s large black population, e ad in the United States, it was no accident that Fidel Castro re- “* welved an enthusiastic welcome from the blacks of Harlem in 1960, while anti-communist whites picketed everywhere else he went in New York City. It was no accident that Robert F. Williams should flee to Cuba to continue his struggle. He had been one of the founders of the now-defunct Fair Play for Cuba Committee in the United Qvates, eight of whose original 30 founding members were Negroes; 7 +ncluding such well-known writers as James Baldwin, Julian Mayfield ~~] © and John Killens. Such Negro participation in a movement not directly — related to the civil rights struggle was virtually mae ra | Maw a Ks, “the Spirit of the 26th of July" | ee: te eh: a EI ee OTN IANO RAR Net orton € Lieto onmtoenitee oa Hed Ay After his arrival inf Havana, where -hé was joined shortly there-"y" after by his wife, Mabel/ and their iwo young sons, Willisms resumed | publication of his monthly newsletter, The Crusader, in April 1962 and at length persuaded the Cuban Government to allow him to braad- cast to the United States several times weekly over Cuba's "Radio =. | Progreso." He called his program "Radio Free Dixie" and its tone | j wes set in Williams’ first broadcast on July 27, 1962, the day after]. + grandiose celebrations of the ninth_anriiversary of the beginning of } the Cuban revolutionary struggle against the Batista regimee "Tre | } Spirit of the 26th of July is no longer just a spirit for Cuba-or the i Cuban people,” Williams declared. "It is JO 5- F30 FQ por 0, | . ae | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 9
merica, for Asia, for Africa. Yos, and for the down-trodden and ‘essed black people of the U.S.A. whose lives are valued less > common street dogs.’ But on August 8, 1966, Williams remarked bittered at a rally in lreking: "Some so- called Socialists, we thought to be comrades and class brothers, have joined the international Ku Klux Klan fraternity] ifor white~supremacy world domination. To our consternation, we have | - discovered that the bourgeois-oriented power structure of some iSocialist States, even one with a black and white population, would ipxefer to preserve the white reactionary anti-communist power }sgructure in racist America, their natural na tional enemy, than to lsee a just, democratic, fraternal Socialist State brought about by ithe revolutionary action of oppressed blacks that would serve the 1 f best interests of all people of all races, Like their Yankee counter|- j*oarts that they love to ape so well, even to the point of emulating -— \. | tocir racism, they are moving might and main to frustrate and defeat | the revolutionary movements of the oppressed peoples throughout the world. . |The Dream of the CPUSA . are The rally had been called to celebrate the third anniversary lof Mao Tse-tung's "Statement Calling on the People of the World to Unite to Oppose Pasial Discrimination by U.S. Imperialism and Support the American Negroes in their Struggle against Racial Discrimination," made on August 12, 1963 in reply to a request by Williams, Although” given extensive coverage in the international press, The Worker and lbther publications of the U.S. 6ommunist Party ignored Mao's" “State- _ Ment. Williams had never been close to the CPUSA and the Party's -fleaders made no secret of their fear that the black militancy that Williams and the late Malcolm ¥ weve advocating might destroy for- lever the Party's lingering hopes for a “Negro~Labor Alliance’ that might eventually dominate the Amcrican political scene, ‘ reo : In the years between 1962, when Williams arrived in Havana, and f 11966, when he left for China, there had been occasional signs of per~ |. ~ Isisting racial antagonisms in Cuba: There.remains open social pre- fjudice against mixed marriages. Black lower-ranking Cuban Army af fjofficers, said to be sympa the vis to the militant Chinese position ih |... jthe Sino-Soviet dispute. reportedly hed serious difficulties with the}. regime, In 1964, Carlos More, a young Afro-Cuban cf Jamaican origin, |: j Vioiently attacked the Cuban Governmont in an article in the Paris= (| Berar French-speaking African review Présence Africaine, charging ~ Sn "there has been no evolution ~~ which explains the total, labdsence or proiévarians aia “arrs ~ Cuoans in the affairs of the aictas | : i\torship of the proletariat” and: the.;" government of. the people. ! mo By «4. this, the openly anti--comrvnist: More a Lleged that the “revolution” #4 Werely another attempt by white /Subays to maintain ‘their traditions: eagemoriy over tae. blacks. cn ‘the’ sland. Wine dere, = i | ; HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 10
‘In a letter to me on September 7, 1965, Williams categorically wejected More's extremist views. But Williams added that More had "eo% too much truth mixed in with his exaggerations for comfort." Williams added: “A lot of things I have tried to conceal, but the gase looks hopeless. It seems that:a certain group here is trying to compete with Mississippi." = . Williams visited China twice before deciding to move there. His sons were sent to a Chinese sshool before then, When he did esk for permission to leave Cuba; he was prevented from doing so. for -Many-months. <And his Cuban hosts suggested that he ought to return to the United States, despite the warrant for his. -arrest on kidnap- ping chargeSc Reaching China at last, Williams set down some of his reasons for leaving Cuba in an anguished 16-page, 8,550-word letter to Fidel Castro on August 28, 1966. But the Cuban Bnbassy in Peking refused to accept the letter for transmission to Havana and it was sent by ordinary airmail, : In October, recel ying no reply fron. Havana, Williams released the text of the lov: _ Declaring that he would "always be grateful to the Cuban’ people" for assisting him to escape from the U.S.A., Williams told the Cuban Premier he was writing because he could not beliéve that those around Castro had informed him truthfully of the "ignominhous experiences that I encountered while living in Ouba." | | _ u "A New Fascist Tendency" in Cuba? Outlining in detail more than a dozen specific grievances, © Williams declared that he hoped "these demoralizing and agonizing experiences do not indicate a new fascist tendency on the part of the Cuban Revolution. The only complaint that I make to you is on behalf of my people, the Afro--Ameri~1n people who are engaged in'a struggle for survival, liberation, equality and freedom inside the U.S.4, I make this complaint because of the fact that your govern~ ment has allowed saboteurs to sabotage our struggle and have set us back for a number of years and have allowed them.to frustrate and demoralize our people in our struggle against our oppressive enemy Williams said that many promises made tc him by Cuban officials had not‘been kept and many of his legitimate requests had been re- fused.s He was never allowed to open an information office in Havana to tell the world of "the revolutionary potential of the Afro- dmgrican struggle." He was restricted to using only the progressive- ly weaker longwave facilities of Radio Progreso and never permitted ‘to broadcast over shortwave on Radio Hav vana, the official government station. Even the promise $200 a month to purchase records and ublications for use on. the program was no kept. And when listener HW 55509 DBocld:32339279 Page 11
Seean to donate records and other materials, much of this the Cuban Post Office and even from the pouches of the Cuban Unlike other Americans living in Cuba, Mrs. Williams was never authorized to visit Canada on business for her husband. Williams remarks: "I later discovered that this was Just a plot to try to , wreck our.struggle and to crush our organization, and was done im cone] A4unction with forces inside the U.S:, including the U.S. Communist Party which was opposed to our method of struggle and which advocated a policy of non-violence in support of Rev, Martin Luther Kinga" . There were increasing difficulties in getting The Crusader eeplished, "There was always some excuse about paper, or we had to ° sae through a lot of red tape which would make it impossible to gablish some issues while oshers came out extremely late," Williams writes. He adds shat, when a so-called "October 1965 Special Edi- tion" of The Crusader was forged and distributed, containing "an attack on the Sovies Union and surreptitiously anti-China and oce designed to make my exile in Cuba difficult," he had no cooperation from the Cuban Communist Party in making a public announcement about | the forgeryo Moreover, mail was heic up or even returned to senders. lLong~ | distance telephone callers weve sometimes told that Williams was un | | available, When Williams requested permission for some members of on 2 ' [esis Revolutionary Action Movement and Negro journalists to visit or ae | Cuba for talks with him, ihe rvecuest was refused, although some of.. these persons had already. travelled as far as Mexico City and Pr gue | ar, rouse to Cubae When the Tricontinental Conference was held in Havana in January 1966, not a single American Negro newsman was \_ J permitted to attend and Williams himself would not have been allowed { into the conference if some friendly African delegates and a Puerto Rican delegate had not protested against his exlusion. White dmeri- can jourze”i.c"s were present, howeveaie "te conference was being | manipulated especially tc kecp fPro-tuopigans ows and this was being | | dcne by officials of the Cuban Goveramen’ and not by the conference | } as a whole, Williams charges. , . Willians tells at length now Cuban officials refused to investi-~ | gate his charges that a Tanzanian newsman, D. H, Mansur, had received] . | $°-550 and a coded uessage Szcn alm “so ve gont to come Afro-American |". | people working in tne struggle vo help sac our," Weither the money: | } nor the message ever reached New York, Williams maintains. He also | ‘claims that "secret ovganizational information" that he had filed pos with a high-ranking Cuban official, Commandante Pineiro, "was later :| | oynically cited to me by:an official. of one of the so--called free . . - world embassies in Havana." When he was asked to make a speaking ", tour in Sieden, the Trban Covernment refused, to allow him to travel ; there. nd he says. he.was so criticized for receiving "a small .f stipend in Pesos as the goveranent's support of me and my activities in behalf of the Atro--dmerican people," that he refused to continug accepting toe stipend, ce 2 net eo omen | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 12
oof — “” ‘ . Z Need ; cau . an . . . . . re (voce Guevara's Disappearance SEORET : The only Cuban official who "showed any genuine interest in our ; struggle and who had really promised to help was Commandante Che . i} Guevara," Williams writes. He recalls how Guevara had told him that - | he would be returning to Havana from a trip to the interior of Quba fin 30 days and would help Williams then, Guevara said he was not | leaving the country. "My interview with Commandante Ohe Guevara was one day before the letter that you read from him over the radio and television was dated," Williams tells Castros Williams adds! "I find bets hard to velieves srs The. reason that I bring.this up at this time s’ because I wonder if 'Ohe! did not meet foul- play in the interior and that may be the same people who contrived his disappearance may ‘be planning to do away with you in the same mannéra In conclusion, Williams explains he is writing to Fidel Oastro Decause of his personal obligation and loyalty to the Cuban Revolu~ | tion. "and I. hope that I will be more fortunate in reaching you than |. was n the more than four years that I resided in Oubae I hope at jicast this time you will feel that what I have to say is important. |eneugh for a personal response and I hope you will not commit this © y amportant and serious matter to the hands of the same racist, erate, counterrevolutionary agents of U.S, imperialism who are jj sonst blo for frustrating and subverting that part of the Afro- . erican freedom struggle that was being conducted from the revolu~ pslonary territory of Cuba. f Robert Williams still waits in Peking for an answer from Fidel” | Oastro or any other official of the Cuban Government. That silences fF i-tsslf marks a turning point in the Cuban Revolution and certainly tne end of the special relationship of Ouba's present: jeaders \ vi th black militants in, their neighbor to the worth: Dod a HW 55509 DBocld:32339279 Page 13
ony! JONAL FORM NO. 10 r, 5010-106 ! UNITED STATES @ ERNMENT. C. a MT No . . wo} Wick é : Casper : Memorandum | Sali . Conrad . . Felt 4 Gale TO : D. J. Brennan, yy) Sulliven . os Tele. Room FROM": §, J. Papich ALI (NEDRMATION CONTAINKG, 4 Helge HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE» — ace Agency (CIA) ’ has been exploring ways and means of trying to move their "informant, SUGAR, to Hanoi and Red China. On 11/8/66, Cal - Tenney, CIA, advised the Liaison Agent that certain CIA intel- ligence officers were exploring the possibility of developing i SUGAR as a Significant figure in the Black Nationalist movement, As a part of this scheme, the CIA people felt that SUGAR, possibly, could be used to create a split in the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) and that he might even utilize Robert i Williams in bringing about such a development. Tenney stated that some of the questions raised were: Does the FBI believe | that a split, such as visualized, would be a desirable develop- a ment? What is the Bureau's estimate of the feasibility of os attempting to accomplish such a split? Would th eau desire that CIA direct SUGAR as suggested above? IS : po For some time the Central Inte Ligne f Pursuant to a discussion with the Interiial Security - Section, the Liaison Agent informed Tenney on 11/9/66 that % CIA appears to have an erroneous conception of the true status. “of the Black Nationalist movement in the U. S. It was pointed j out that this movement has no. base of substantial strength, it ,< ¢/ is very much fragmented, and any objective to promote a split {ij would result in something of little or no value. The Liaison Agent further stated that as far as we are concerned, Robert Williams does not have any particular stature of sign ficance in the Black Nationalist movement in this country. The Agent then emphasized that the Bureau very definitely does not share CIA's confidence in SUGAR. He further stated ~ that the Bureau very definitely would not join or support CIA", in any plan as described above. The Agent elaborated by stating | that under no circumstances should CIA assume that we are, di or indirectly f yrnishing any approval to any such schene J € Dectassify om 15,pAOe . tao tds ae 1 - Fe Je Baumgardnér ae ty fs G ona (weet - Do Kyan aa oS G3 O Mey . 1 - Re Le qonackelford ; ain ae ea i al i 1 | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 14
Memorandum to D. J. Brennan, Jr. . .: Fro J. aBapich SEC Soney.,RE: [SUGAR HY Com vee Ry Tenney stated that the Bureau's views certainly made sense, He further advised that if, by chance, CIA became involved in any plan as outlined, the Bureau would -be immediately alerted. ACTION: The above information is being directed to the attention of the Internal Security Sections \ ) mt | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 15
‘a ' oe a SECRET 11/7/66 Seek ALE INFORMATION CONTAINED Airte: HEREIN {S UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT Airtel WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE, .— 1 - Mr, Mossburg 1+ Mr. Ryan fot = BAC, Chicago (Ss j From: Directer, FBI] (100-442715). ) appRoPREA NAM HOC COMMITTEE FoR MABNIG?-LENENEST PARTY, USA \ TY, USA | SP] INTERNAL SECURITY ~ ¢ pare . Re sairtel 11/1/66 setting forth your reconmendat: that RickardGibson be deleted from the Ad Hoe Comittee mailing sa Authority is granted to delete Gibson. LAL For your information, the Bureau has not to date received any response from the Central Intelligence Agency regarding allegations that Gibson. is a Central Intelligence Agency Source, which were developed by CG5908-S abroad. You will bs advised of any pertinent information received in this regard, and you should promptly advice the Bureau of any informati. indicating Gibson continues to be accepted or ta nen pro-Chinese communists abroad. septed or is rejected by Gibson, who was formerly active in the domestic le movement, currently is operated as a source against European black nationalists and pro-Chinese organizations. While abroad, traveling as a representative of the intelligence AEC, CG 5908-S was advised by Italian Marxist-Leninists that they suspected ® Cldssifiey b NOTE: Declassily on: to relay this information to the Belgian Marxist-Leninists. By letter dated.10/24/66, we advised the Central Intelligence Agency of the allegation concerning its source. We are deleting Gibson from the AHC mailing list because it would not be in ; correspondence with him.after being alerted he may be a "spy. /e - 105-93072 (Gibson) SEGRE! DR:lmm (6) ON gy pn . fr nie Reap ern g NOT RECORDED PS pes Meow tocbduiig” Bi. 98! NOV 9 1966 Noy I 61966 7ane/ | | —_— | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 16 Gibson of being a "CIA spy." It was necessary for the informant: Pps 5 en fh ft-win character for our allegedly pro-Chinese organization ws Pony (5) haved "s y = eee Ts pe VE Of $2 iNAL FILED IN ORI
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4S f € , & a ra ra . - ' ‘ rice CHOWN OY iscabvuleie WHERE. SEP HUG, mee . ‘\ @as) 10592072 BY LEATSON Date:  @etober 24, 1966 gr piston ae l= Mr. Ryan . Tos Director Central Intelligence Agency Attention: Deputy Director, Plans | ‘Brom: John Edgar Hoover, Direetor i Subject: RICHAR A&A source of this Bureau who has furnished reliable ~\ information in the past recently advised that during the phe) \Pall of 1966, a momber of an italian pro-Chinese Marxist- EAI \))ieninist organization stated that ene Richard Gibson was »/ff Suspected of beiag a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency. - if Ascording to this individual, Gibson recently had been in Willan, Maly, im the company of a female secretary from Paris Vi whose. home. is in New Reechelic, New York. At that time Gibson. remarked his travel and activities were pessible because he had married a wealthy English woman. Other things were said which aroused the suspicions: of the a) ._ . ... &ecording to our source, the Italian pro-Chinese Harzist-Leninist- subsequently relayed his suspicions concerning Gibson to Rene Raindorf, a momber of the Central Committee . of the Communist Party of Beigium (Marxist-Leninist). _ Raindor?- reportedly thereafter met in Brussels, Belgium, with  Gibsen although he had indicated the Belgian pro-Chinese communists, would look into the charges of the ftalian Marxist- Leninist ( S\ } Z f° “p es le P pag St. a f 4 ie Ney Qe! EX-104 er — SSemosr Soe, Kb DR: Imm | ) 7 Ni GOL TA pete) big ile er aes Bi. — Declassity on OA Ghorp 1. ( 7 Wires automatic dh, ( faa \ > = PER “OG a { a Qa a => Q a hol D 5 A STS Se SETS" =n <8 g nent < oO we i) 2 a fe) c 5 ve | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 20
SECRET, Rie we Director Central Intelligence Agency NOTE: Gibson is identical to a CIA source who operates in Eurepe in the pro-Chinese communist political field. The information above was recéived from CG 5908-8, a representative of our intelligence Ad Hoc Committee, from members of the Marxist-Leninist pro-Chinese communist grouping in Milan, Italy, The informant was instructed to convey the information to the — Belgian Marxist-Leninist grouping and he did so in order to protect his security. We are furnishing this information to CIA in paraphrased form to protect the identity of our pare (S) Classified “Secret" because previous incoming so Classified and because this letter relates to an operational Central Intelligence Agency. source as well as an intelligence operation of this Bureau of continuing value, The exposure of the latter could result in grave damage to the national defense. mS | HW 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page ?1
ah. 10/26/66 Ren IS UNG eee ali NHERE SHOWN OTHERW “ye Re Chicago airtel 10/19/66. UL. Attached hereto is a xerox copy of a flyer captioned) "Solidarity with Paulino Garcia Moya and His Comrades", which wd ‘was received through the Ad Hogs Committee Post Office Box .on j— Gctober 24, 1966, from RICHARD GIBSON.. This is submitted Par nen —“yastpipebiennase for the information of the Bureau. Y eet a is _2/~ Bureau (RM) * sae << ‘1 - Chicago : RRG:mac (3) chs see _ | a 55509 Docld: 32339279 Page 22