Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: CIA
Document date: 09/30/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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124-90146-10091

2023 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

JFK Assassination System

Date:

Identification Form

Agency Information

5/27/201

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-90146-10091

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

105-93072-101

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

HQ

TO: CIA

TITLE:

DATE: 09/30/1963

'PAGES:

5

SUBJECTS:

RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS:

1B

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

12/08/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA

COMMENTS: INC MEMO

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DECLASSIEICATION AUTHCEITI DERIVED ERO:

FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIEICATION CUIDE

DATE 00-26-2023

BY: 3043/98142

- Liaison

1 - Mr. Anderson

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Date:

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To:

September 30, 1963

Director

Central Intelligence Agency

ORE NO 0C SCOON TO

10101704.

RELEASE CE CIA MORMATI

IN THIS DOCUMENT OM 6/241

AS SANITIZES

Attention: Deputy Director, Plans

From:

John Edgar Hoover, Director

• Subject: RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

Or

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fire

Reference is made to your

letter dated September 10,

1963, your reference CSCI-3/777,806

$/41

Fermission is granted for

your Agency to furnish the

official source the data as requested (4)

It is desired that any additional information received

through your sources concerning the whereabouts and activities

of the subject be furnished to this Bureau.

(4)

COMME ERI

2 - Legat, Bern (Enclosure 1231

1 - New York (Enclosure)

Classifi

SALMACGAT

CAOR

NOTE FOR LEGAI, BERN, AND SAC, NEW YORK:

3/16

Enclosed for Bern is a copy of referenced CIA letter,

which is self-explanatory.

One copy is also enclosed for the

information of New York, Office of Origin in this case.

1 - Foreign Liaison Unit

(Route through for review)

SEE NOTA. CONTINUED PAGE

LEGAI, BERN, AND SATUR

NEW YORK:

- LLA:akb:jak

(9)

RISEE NOTE PAGE TWO:

57 OCT 4 1963

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Central Intelligence Agency

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NOTE CONTINUED FOR LEGAT, BERN, AND SAC, NY:

for Bern's information, Cibson, a Security Index"subjegt

of the New York Office, is former Acting Executive Secretary or

pro-Castro organization, fair Play for Cuba Connittee (FPCC)•

In view of CIA's information indicating subject is presently

in Lausanne, Switzerland, and its previous interest in this

matter, authority is being granted for Cia. to pass the requested.

information to their source in this instance.

By separate commu

nication pertinent reports concerning the subject are being

furnished for Bern's information and future assistance in this

matter, Bern should alert sources for any 'additional

regarding subject's activities and whereabouts.

information

NOTE:

CIA advised thatian official Swiss

source furnished information

indicating subject had recently arrived in Switzerland from Algiers.

Subject reportedly came to Swiss attention through association with

and working for an individual who has had numerous contacts in

international leftist circles "of all shades

CIA's source

requested background data se subject.

We previously requested State Department and CIA to

alert their sources when Gibson left the U

→ So for Algeria.

subsequently, ClA advised by liaison that lit was giving

consideration to possible utilization of Gibson on an intelligence

mission inside Cuba and future utilization of Gibson by CIA would

depend on his performance in Cuba.*It is noted subject, during

previous FBI interview in the U.S., indicated he would assist

FBI and/or CIA in return for financial remuneration but not due

to allegiance to U. SIaHe stated he did not like the FBIland

matter was referred to CIA(s)Ordinarily, we would furnish information

from Bufiles to sources abroad through our Legal Attaches; however,

in this instance it is felt CIA should be authorized to so handle

in view of its previous interest in subject.

Further, this is first

indication of subject's residence in Switzerland and Legat, Bern,

has no prior background concerning this matter.

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SECRET

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

CIA MAS NO ARJECTIÓN TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR,

RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENTAS SANITIZED

TM 6/24198

10 SEP 1963

112

MEMORANDUM FOR:

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Attention:

Mr. S. J. Papich

FROM

SUBJECT

¡ Deputy Director OBN

: Deputy Director (Plans) fAR

: Richard Thomas GIBSON

Richard

Gibson

on Subject

MR

An orsietal Sueurce has grovided the followin information

Richerd Thomas GIBSON, a U. S. citizen, born 13 May 1931 1n

Los Angeles, occupation:

journalist and translator, arrived in

Lausanne, Switzerland from Algiers in late April 1963 and he has

resided there ever since.

GIBSON, who holds U. S. passport

B-131994 Issued in Washington on 25 January 1961, 1s married to

Joy Marjorie GIBSON, nee KAYE, & Journalist and British Subject

who holds British passport C 156546.

bo

Subject came to the attention of the official sries source

recently through his association with fredy Gilbert Nils AIRSSON.

11219.

co-operative CLARITE EDITIONS" has offices at 10-11 Metropole,

Lausanne. ANDERSSON has been known to have had for the past

ten years numerous contacts in international leftist circles of

all shades, including FLN-Algerians, Congolese, Angolese, other

African politicans, Spanish emigrees,

French

, "refractaires anti-

colonialistes", etc.

EX-116

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105-930

C•:

72/01

Despite all the aforementioned contacts, ANDERSSON cannot be

definitely labeled as a communist and is viewed with some reserve

by the Swiss Communist Party (PdA) prominency.

More recently

ANDERSSON came to special notice for his close contacts with

the CHICOM embassy in Switzerland, particularly with IAO Hain,

the Cultural Attache.

In April 1963 it was learned that ANDERSSON

published a luxury-edition of a brochure, entitled "leninisme et

Revisionnisme Moderne" on CHICOM orders.

This brochure raised

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAIN any unfavorable reactions in PdA circles. Three thousand soPg6s

DATE 120234

os MiCite chure are reported to have been shipped sto shine.

(JFK)

RDED COPY*

GROUP 1

SECRET

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dowagrading and

declasslfication

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When Vice-Prestdent/se Chun of the Commlttee for Cultural

Relations with Foreign Countries stayed in Switzerland In April

1963, he reportedly met ANDERSSON and placed more orders for

ANDERSSON to publish Chinese Communist brochures supporting the

CHICOM line in the present Sino-Soviet Ideological controversy•

ANDERSSON is the distributor for Switzerland of the monthly

review "Revolution Africaine" which is published in Paris. Richard

GIBSON and his wife are employed by ANDERSSON (Ie. for the Paris

publishing firm) and they are responsible for translation, proof-

reading, etc. of the English language edition of "African Revolution"

which is printed in Lausanne.

= The ricial Stia source has no previoys record of the GIBSONe

nor any adverse information to date. They have

ence is made to your file on Richard GIBSON, No. 105-93072 and specifically

to the reports on him dated 5 Octaber 1961, 24 January 1962, 27 August

1962, 17 September 1962, 24 September 1962, and 20 May 1963):

a. Richard Thomas Gibson, American Negro journalist, born 13 May 1931

In Los Angeles, California, was active in the New York chapter of the

Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) Irom the time of 1ts organization

in the spring of 1960 until his departure for Algeria in the fall of

The FPCC has been supported by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)

and Gibson has busied himself as well with other front groups in the

United States supported by the SWP. (The Socialist Workers Party has

been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant

to Executive Order 10450.)

b. Gibson apparently began to lose interest in the FPCC, partly

because of inadequate pay and operating funds, by the spring of

1962 when he stated that he intended to leave the organization in

the fall. Gibson left Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in September 1962

for Algeria where he planned to work as a journalist for several

South American and European newspapers (none identified) and to

travel to Morocco, Ghana, Guinea and Mali before returning to the

United States.

Eventually, both Gibson and his wife were given

posts with Revolution Africaine a Journal reportedly financed by

the Algerian Government.

c. Gibson's English wife, Sarah,

identified with the "Inglish

Bureau" of Revolution Africaine as of February 1963. Prior to his

departure from the United States Gibson served as Executive Secretary

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