CABLE CONCERNING INFORMATION AND BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR, CIA
To: BERN
Document date: 11/26/1963
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY

RECORD NUMBER

RECORD SERIES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

CIA

104-10300-10225

JFK

80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 53217 Date:

06-22-2017

ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM : BERN

TO : DIRECTOR, CIA

TITLE : CABLE CONCERNING INFORMATION AND BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON

RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON.

DATE: 11/26/63

PAGES :

3

SUBJECTS : GIBSON, RICHARD

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

SECRET

RESTRICTIONS : 1B

CURRENT STATUS :

RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/28/98

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS : OSW-SF: F2 1998.01.28.13:51:44:263082: DUP OF

104-10015-10147; ARRB RELEASE

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2. SUBJ IS RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON, BORN 13 MAY 31 LOS ANGELES,

US CITIZEN, RESIDES LAUSANNE SINCE APRIL 63. NEGRO JOURNALIST,

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"GIBSON RICHARD THOMAS, BORN 13 MAY 1938

EVAN LOS ANCELES, JOURNALIST AND TRANSLATOR, US-PP. NO. B- 131994,

. DOMIGILED, LAUSANNE, WE JUST LEARY FROM A DELICATE SOURCE THAT

GIBSER MAS ACQUAINTED WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

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UNKNOWNS CE DOIT ETRE AFFREUX.

GIBSONS IL EST DANS UN BAIN ET AUSSI POUR TIBOR

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PAS ETRE MOUS.

GIBSONS IL NºY A PAS DE (UNTELLIGIBLE) PAR EXEMPLE,

TOUTE CETTE CORRESPONDANCE EST DEPUIS LONGI EMPS DETRUITE, MOI JAI

PRULE TOUT CA••..

AS MENTIONED IN OUR INFORMATION A LIMIT HAS BEEN SET

FOR

GIBSON®S DEPARTURE FROM SWITZERLAND BEFORE DECEMBER 15, 1963.

OWING TO THE DELICACY OF THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION, WE MUST INSIST

THAT THE CONTENTS BE LIMITED IN CIRCULATION TO THE STRICTEST MINIMUM

AND SHOULD NOT BE INCORPORATED IN ANY COURT RECORDS.

4. STATION COMMENTS PARA 3 ABOVE FOLLOW IN SEPARATE MSG

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