[1]JFK Assassination System Date: 5/27/20]
[2]Identification Form
[4]Agency Information
[6]AGENCY :
[7]RECORD NUMBER :
[9]RECORD SERIES :
[11]FBI
[12]124-90 146-10108
[14]HO
[16]AGENCY FILE NUMBER :  105-93072-128 THRU 131
[17]Document Information
[18]ORIGINATOR: FBI
[19]FROM: NY
[20]TO: HQ
[21]TITLE:
[22]DATE: 06/28/1965
[23]‘PAGES : 21
[24]SUBJECTS :
[25]RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON
[26]DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[27]CLASSIFICATION : — Top Secret
[28]RESTRICTIONS: —_ Not Assassination Related
[29]CURRENT STATUS: — Withhold
[30]DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 12/09/1998 .
[32]OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE %
[34]COMMENTS :
[38]INC 4 MEMO, LHM
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[64]Supervisor Room Ext.
[66]Type of References Requested:
[67]Regular Request (Analytical. Search) ,
[69]LC _JAn References (Subversive & Nonsubversive) ;
[70]Subversive References Only ©
[72]—_ Wonsubversive References Only ‘
[73]Main —________- References Only - ot
[75]Type of Search Requested:
[76]1
[78]Restricted to Locality of
[79]_)Exact Name Only (On the Nose) |
[80]Buildup ‘ [| Variations
[82]Subject
[84]Address ;
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[114]Service Unit - Room 6524
[116]Forward to File, Review
[117]L ef Attention Be Cg.
[119]| -TReturn to Mfiddhidier FOF LAE»
[121]Supervisor Room Ext.
[123]Type of References Requested:
[124]Regular Request (Analytical Search) '
[125]All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
[126]Subversive References Only
[128][_] Nonsubversive References Only
[129]Main ___-———CU References: Only
[130]Type of Search Requested:
[131]Restricted to Locality of
[133]] Exact Name Only (On the Nose) ,
[134]LJ Buildup ’ | Variations
[136]Birthdate & Place ,
[137]Address
[139]Localities
[141]s
[143]Searcher
[144]Re... Date _ ABS Initials wt.
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[170]Service Unit - Room 6524
[172][|] Forward to Pile Review
[173][Attention CLS?
[174]LtlRetum to bi sshlever BOLE
[176]Supervisor Room Ext.
[178]Type of References Requested:
[179]Regular Request (Analytical Search)
[180]All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
[181]Subversive References Only
[183][J] Nonsubversive References Only —
[184]Dien _—«C@RR@hferenccess Only
[185]Type of Search Requested:
[186]Restricted to Locality of :
[187]Exact Name Only (On the Nose)
[189][] Buildup » ([_]Variations
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[194]Subject i 4/ Att
[198]Address
[200]Localities
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[218]Rem!
[219]eg "
[220]ed wo
[223]Cho te CS ; ; ; C) /] —. Mr. Mullins
[225]“SAC, New York (105~42387) ce 11-15-65
[227]Directgr, FBI (105-93072) —/39
[228]“LOR .
[230]SECRET ALL Hiren
[232]Z 8 HE
[234]RICHARD THOMAS, GIBSON WHERE S3
[235]IS - CUBA £7
[237]Reurlet 10-29-65. \_\,
[239]Prior to instituting action concerning subject's
[240]removal from Security Index, Bureau desires a report or
[241]memorandum be prepared for dissemination purposes to include
[242]any unreported subversive activities on subject's part.
[243]Submit promptly and you will be advised further concerning
[244]subject's Security Index status. iA 7
[246]RAM:bjs (4)
[248]NOTE: - ;
[249]Subject was head of Fair Play for Cuba Committee
[251]at one time and is now living in London where he is connected
[252]with some communist publications. In 1962 subject offered to :-
[253]serve as informant for Bureau solely for financial reasons but
[254]we deciined fan
[255]CIA advised It is now directing Gibson's activitieSa Prior t
[256]removing him from Index, it is felt a current report or
[257]memorandum. should be submitted to interested agencies. :
[259]Noy 1 2 1985
[260]OMM-FBL
[265](2438 by we eh
[266]Declassity on; | OADR
[268]Tolson
[270]Casper
[271]Callahan
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[273]Felt —.
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[276]Rosen Fil . {
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[289]MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT |
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[294]d told CIA of his offer. In September, 1965, ds}
[299]OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
[300]MAY 1962 EDITION
[302]GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101—11.6 K .
[303]_ UNITED STATES Gf “ERNMENT (\
[305]Memorandum
[307]y TO a p> . DIRECTOR, ‘FBI (105- 93072) DATE: 10/29/65
[308]: Ka | ALL INFORMATION CONTAINE!
[309]“mS Koes NEW YORK (105- 42387 ) HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEFL
[310]- WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE
[311]SUBJECT: RICHARD THOMAS. &f2s0n SECRET
[312]IS = CUBA 7
[314]ReBulet, 10/22/65. A -
[316]RICHARD THOMAS. GIBSON is a. SI subject of the
[317]NYO. ReBulet. indicates that CIA has advised in confidence
[318]that ON and. has assigned the code
[319]name
[321]Of, 's previous activities would
[322]r warrant retention on the SI, it is felt that inasmuch
[323]get) as GIBSON has been debriefed by CIA and is presently
[324]fo being operated by CIA, GIBSON no longer warrants inclusion
[325]on the SI, and accordingly it is being recommended that
[326]the name of RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON be deleted from the i
[330]*6)
[334]C pfBureau (RM)
[335]1-New York .
[337]Buy US. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
[339]t
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[342]i
[343]EE DSO mm orate
[344]tee ae . FS
[345]a e) _Ative Supervisor
[347]SAC, New York (€105~42387) 1022.65
[348]Director, FBI (105~-93072) PERSONAL ATTENTION
[349]aan ALL INFORMATION CONTAINCR
[350]4 Ss GIBS TOP SECRET HEREIN 1S . (SY EXCEPT
[351]4 { is CoA GIBSON WHERE SHOWS OTHERWIGEL °. ¥
[352]ai ; . . “
[353]Ia) According to Bureau Source 6, on 9-21-65
[354]Richard Gibson in London contacted Robert Williams in
[355]Cuba and indicated he had received an unidentified message
[356]i from Williams. Gibson assured Williams of his personal
[357]gg. loyalty and solidarity in "the. struggle." Gibson alse said
[359]Was ready to tiake any effort which would help
[361]DSP 2 2.9 FS
[363]he was partially responsible for Willians'* ots) and
[364]Agen
[366]you are aware, Central Intelligent
[368]As ey
[369](CIA) has advised in confidence that it is operating
[371]Gibson and the message, would indicate that CIA is attempting ;
[372]‘7 o have Gibson rewestablish contact with Williams. Note i
[373]ul that CIA has assigned the code name. SUGAR to Gibson and q ata. -
[375]originating with him will be attributed to that code nama Ky
[377]OPY FILED IN,
[379]: [era's operational interes Gibson must _be v S) vo:
[380]maintained in strictest confidence. } [Bureau Source efrataG) . OB
[381]y\is for lead purposes only and must not be included Th : fa
[382]‘/ communications prepared for dissemination PHOR\ Q
[383]- . ae . \ “f ie ‘a 3 p |
[384]1 + London (€100-2611){)\ NMOL PA, Atrr z |
[385]1 -j Foreign Liaison Unit ; j
[387]1 - 100-387728 (Robert Williams) Gs
[388]RAM: bjs ¢ PoerLons 6 Pawo
[389]Inore:'S* |S (oat |
[390]: uib rf e Hee GS s§ who fled to Cuba to
[391]sjavoid a kidnapping trial and is now 2 Bureau fugitive. Gibson
[392]°jwas formerly head of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee but has ~
[393]claimed.to be repentant. We were in touch with him in 1962
[394]at which time he offered to serve as informant purely for
[395]_ financial yeasons without showing any allegiance whatsoever _
[396]to the U-S€iWe advised CIA of, his offer to,,cooperate and in
[397]|Polson did make contact with Gibson in London where he
[401]< 1965
[403]OCT |
[407][Belmont
[409]Mohr
[411]of
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[417]ine Fee AE Sophia el of OFS).
[418]- {BLES gest ong" OADR E. .
[420]Near Sec Renersers
[421]cog
[423]LETYPE UNIT
[425]a
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[430]of
[432]a zt
[433]wa - OPTIONAL. FORM NO. 10 5010-107 - . .
[434]aa 1® MAY 1962 EDITION cal
[435]ese 954: GENS SEG. NO. 27
[437]“ ees
[439]i) “UR TTED, STATES GQ RNMENT \ = we
[440]mo, THON CONTAINED
[441]Memorandum 3 ee cer
[443]TO: - DIRECTOR, FBI. (205- 93072) "| "DATE: JUN 28 ides
[445]we"
[446]FROM we 2 SAC, NEW YORK (105-2387) (Cc)
[448]SUBJECT: \/JRICHARD THOMAS GIBSON
[449]IS - CUBA
[450]ay .
[452]a :
[453]ry ReLegat, Londonlet, 4/26/65. \\
[456]fee Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are 10
[458]ae copies of a LHM dated and captioned as above. It
[459]w=. is requested that one of the copies be furnished by.
[461]-+/ the Bureau to Legat, London as requested in re
[462]Lees Legat, London letter. \)
[466]oo, NY T-l referred to in the memorandum
[467]On cra bs contained in relet, 4/26/65.
[469]NY T-3 in 3164-8 fino is used to characteriz
[470]RICHARD GIBSON. : ? oO
[471]Mrs. JAY SAPIENZA, Superintendent at 45 Carmine’
[472]x Street, NY, NY, was contacted by SA JOHN EDWARD HEGARTY
[473]Wes on 6/3/6 5.
[475]The records of BSS agd BCI, NYCPD, WET Eronpe toned cars
[476]reviewed by SA AUGUST J.. MICRRYon 5/31/65. Data! Oeciassit Azer
[478]Y Credit Bureau of Greater
[479]M. O'BRIEN on 5/19/65.
[481]The records of
[482]NY were reviewed by IC
[484]OL RE 2) OY koe ioe geera- OM
[485](3), ctd . A
[487]/ Copy to Aged on
[488]by routing slip for
[489]fds info action © . 5
[491]Jopy;to: GIA /STAT E/RAO >
[492]ONI /OSI/ACSI -
[494]- By. foutin slip for info. ~ re ;
[495]AYN paid BL “Z so ~ by.
[496]a tf HES -
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[504]+ “ys o . “ fo e
[507]oe aet,
[508]WY 105-42387 SEC
[510]6
[512]By letter dated 4/30/65, Legat, Mexico, advised that
[513]the Mexico City Station of CIA, by memorandum
[515]2/18/65, captioned "American Communists! Contacts in
[517]Mexico City" which was classified "Secret" with instructions |
[518]that the information not be disseminated outside the
[520]Bureau, furnished information indicating that a leading
[521]member of the National Liberation Movement, a pro-Cuba,
[522]anti-US Communist front, stated that LEO ERMAN 2nd)
[523]FRANCES KELLY, both of whom are editors of Wy t
[524]"Monthly Review" were in.Mexico. According ‘to eae
[525]memorandum, HUBERMAN and KELLY were interested in discussing
[526]the possibility of publishing English translations of the
[527]writings of DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS, a well known Mexican
[528]artist and a member of the Central Committee of the Mexican
[529]CP, Thé mémorandum also indicated that KELLY arrived ;
[530]in Mexico on 2/14/65, and both she md HUBERMAN were os
[531]in contact with American Communists in Mexico, S
[533]The ‘enclosed LHM is being classified "Secret"
[534]as it contains information furnished by CIA which was ,
[535]classified "Seoret" (s
[539]\ . ‘ sec RET
[541]a
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[547]TED STATES DEPARTMENT O\_ JUSTICE eet
[549]FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
[551]In Reply, Please Refer to -
[552]ile No. . New Yor New. York
[553]Ae 1605
[555]cae dune
[556]Bureau; : 1059 30s
[557]New York 105-42387.- SECRET ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
[558]‘ RCLASSIFIED EXCEE
[559]WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE.
[561]Richard Thomas Gibson
[562]” Internal Security - Cuba
[564]On April 20, 1965, NY T-1, another Government
[565]agency which conducts intelligence investi ations, furnished
[566]anformation indicating, that on April 2, 1965, an employee
[567]of the Cuban Embassy, London, England, had furnished ~~ ¥
[568]Richard Gibson the telephone number “of a girl who was
[570]going to stay in the United Kingdom and who wanted to
[572]see Gibson. NY T-1 noted that the.girl_is evidently _
[573]Kelley, of the "Monthly Review" of New York.
[575]NY T-1 advised that Kelley had a letter of introduction
[577]to the above-mentioned employee of the Cuban Embassy,
[578]London, England, fro. Leo Huberman with whom she had
[580]GM/ worked in New vxi(G) Joesel, Saeunity He b43-Sl- AIF.
[582]Ly A characterization of "Monthly
[583]ie - Review" is contained in the appendix _ |
[584]hereto. , - :
[585]. i
[587]On March 1, 1965, NY T-2, who has furnished
[588]reliable information in the past, furnished information
[589]4ndicating that Frances Kelly, who is originally fron
[591]18847 oa0ne
[593]_ Oeclassify on: OADR
[595]This document contains neither recommendations
[596]nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property
[597]"of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it
[598]and its contents are not to be distributed
[600]outside your agency.
[602]: 7 Jb&- F3Zb7L- Ie gy
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[609]|
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[613]wre.
[615]of "Monthly Review" .\\
[617]- SECRET:
[619]| Righard Thomas Gibson
[621]_. England and who recently returned to England, was employed ~
[622]‘by the publication "Monthly Review" in.New York for. several
[623]-years.® NY T+2 advised that while residing in. New York, .
[624].she resided at 45 Carminé Street, Apartment 25; New York,
[625]“New York. NY T-2 advised that Frances Kelly is the sister
[626]_of -PatiKelly, 29 Gunter Grove, London, Southwest 10,
[628]BE
[630]v
[632]England. -NY T-2 advised thather~soclarsecurity number
[634]oS NY Te2 further davised that in’ June, 1964,.0
[636]*“Brances: Kelly directed corresponderice on. behalf of
[638]"Monthly Review" to the Ghana Mission to’the United
[640]-. Nations indicating. that she had.done some-research. —
[641]». work regarding a cumulative index for the party book
[645].- shop in Accra, which had been requested by the Ghana
[646]Mission to the United Nations. Y(() _
[648]: The March, 1964 issue of "Monthly Review" on
[649]page 623, contains a book review by Frances Kelly in
[651]which she is identified as an assistant to the editors
[653]On June 3,.1965, Mrs. Jay Sapienza, Superintendent,
[655]- 45 Carmine Street, New York, New York, advised that Frances
[657]Kelly resided at 45 Carmine Street, for approximately
[659]two years until January, 1965, at which time she indicated
[660]that she was going to make a.trip-to Mexico and then return
[661]to England. Mrs. Sapienza stated that she believed that
[662]Frances Kelly originally came to the United States from
[663]England as she had-an English accent. .Mrs. Sapienza
[665]stated that KelZy is in her early 30's and was a journalist
[666]who worked for « magazine-in New York, New York. Mrs.
[667]Sapienza stated that during her residence at 45 Carmine
[668]Street, Frances Kelly was an excellent tenant. \
[670]x
[672]’ SECRET
[676]Se
[680]Se
[682]Mt
[685]Paap re ne meen gh peter LD ne NR Re ar TT et gt i igen pee
[686]: F; roa 2
[688]SECRET
[690]Richard Thomas Gibson
[692].The records of the Bureau of Special Services
[694]‘and the Bureau of Criminal Identification, New York
[695]City Police Department, were searched on May 31, 1965, a
[696]and no record identifiable with Frances Kelly could be oe
[697]» located. . a.
[699]The files of the Credit Bureau of Greater New --
[700]York were reviewed on May 19, 1965, and no record identi-
[701]fiable with Frances Kelly could be located.
[703]Concerning Richard Thomas Gibson, NY T-3, who
[704]has furnished reliable information in the past, has
[705]advised that Gibson was the former Acting Executive
[706]Secretary of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. In n
[707]September, 1962, Gibson left the United States and
[708]went to Algeria where he remained until April, 1963.
[710].The March 19, 1963 issue of "Monthly Review" identifies
[711]Gibson as the English Language Editor of "Revolution
[712]Africaine", a new weekly created by the Political Bursa a
[713]of the Algerian Government. \ h
[715]A characterization of the. Fair Play
[716]for Cuba Committee is contained in
[717]the appendix hereto.
[719]SECRET
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[727]an
[731]SECRET
[733]APPENDIX
[735]- FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE
[737]The April 6, 1960,. edition of’ "The New York:
[738]Times" newspaper contained a full-page advertisement
[739]captioned "What Is Really Happening In Cuba," placed by
[741]the Fair Play. for Cuba Committee (FPCC). This advertise
[743]ment announced the formation of the FFPCC in New York: City
[745]and declared the FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth
[746]“about revolutionary. Cuba" vo neutralize ‘the. distorted
[748]Americ san ‘press. A
[750]“the New York mimes" edition of January 11,
[752]1961," ‘reported, that at a hearing” conducted before the
[754]' United States. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on
[756]January 10, 1961, Dr. CHARLES A. SANTOS-BUCH identified
[758]himself and ROBERT TABER as: organizers of the FPCC, He.
[759]“also testified he. and TABER obtained ‘funds from the Cuban
[760]Government which were. arpiied toward the cost of the afore-.
[762]- mentioned advertis ements
[764]" organizations in the FPCC that. ‘their influence as of
[765]May, 1 1963, Was negligible. KY
[767]On fay 16, 19636 a source advised that during
[769]_the. first. two years of the FFCC's existence there was a
[771]struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers
[773]--Party (SWP) elements to exert their power within the FPCC
[775]and thereby influence FPCC policy. This. source. added that
[777]during the past year there had been a successful effort by
[779]FPCC leadership to.minimize the role of these and other
[781]the SWP has been designated pursuant to
[782]Executive Order 10450.
[784]ba May 20, 1963, a second source advised ‘that
[786]" VINCENT mel LEE, FPCC National Office Director, was then
[788]formulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no
[789]intention of permitting FPCC policy to. be determined by
[790]any other organization, This source stated that LEE
[791]believed that the’ FPCC should advocate resumption of.
[792]diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States
[794]‘and should. support the right of Cubans to manage their
[796]revolution without interference from other nations. LEE
[797]aid nos advocate supporting | the Cuban revolution per se. \
[799]t
[801]i
[803](SECRET.
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[807]me
[810]awn SECREL
[812]APPENDTX
[814]2.
[816]FA TR PEAY _ OR CUBA OBA COMMITTEE
[817]y : The November 23, 1963, edition of "The New York
[818]Times" reported that Senator THOMAS J. DODD of Connecticut
[819]had called FPCC "the chief public relations instrument of
[820]the CASTRO neswork in the United States." It is to be noted. - we
[821]that Senater DODD was a member of the Senate inteznal Security =
[822]Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on the FFCC, we nn ae
[824]a. The Lecember 27, 1963, edition of "rehe New Vork
[826]ao” World Telesram and Sun" newspaper stated thet the pro-
[827]CASTRO FCG was seeking to go out of businese and that —
[828]its prime activity during its jifetime had heen sponsor-
[829]ship of pro-CASTRO street ralliez and mass picket lines, : a
[830]and the direction of an active prepéegands mili, highlighting. .- :.
[831]illegal travel-to-Cuba campaigns. Its comparatively brief — an
[832]span of life was attributed to mounting anti-CASTRO American by
[833]public cpinion, the 1962 Congressional hearings which dis- 7 ,
[834]closed FPCC flnancing by CASTRO'’s United Nations Delegation, »
[835]and ultimately, the bad publicity which tre FECC neces ved
[836]from discicsure of activities on its behalf. ty suspecte
[837]presidential ass assin, ‘LEE H, OSWALD. : =
[839]on Pebruary 6, 1964, the previously mentioned
[841]\ second source advised that V. T. LEE had recently remarked
[842]that the PPCC was dead and that there were no plans to |
[844]erganize another: ‘similar organization, .
[846]Cn April 13, 1964, a third source- advised that: -
[847]there had not been any FECC activity in many months and
[848]that “the FPCO" had” been. tance ON ‘
[850]ne et ee
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[856].
[858]’ SWEEZY was used to advantage in many cP front activities |
[860]SECKEL,
[862]A source advised on March 24, 1953, that Monthly :
[864]MONTHLY REVIEW
[866]Review, Inc., was incorporated in the State of New York a
[867]on October 19, 1951, and the corporation papers reflected :
[869]it succeeded the individual business of LEO HUBERMAN at
[870]66 Barrow Street, New York, New York, which operated
[871]since 19k3 under the title, Monthly Review Press.
[873]The publication is "An Independent Socialist
[874]Magazine" with editorial and business offices at 333 Sixt
[875]Avenue, New York 14; New York, and mailing address at zee
[876]Barrow Street, New York, New York , according to the March,
[877]1961, issue of "Monthly Review. Its editors are listed
[878]as LEO HUBERMAN and PAUL M. SWEEZY. .
[880]_ LOUIS F. BUDENZ, former editor of ne’ "petty
[881]Worker,” an East Coast Communist newspaper which: suspended
[883]publication on January 13, 1958, advised on June 23, 1950, ft /
[884]that LEO HUPERMAN was a member of the CP in 1945. QA ‘|
[886]Anotrer source advised on November 2, 1954, that - Z
[887]PAUL M, SWEEZY was known as a Marxist, but not: as a Communist ey
[888]Party (cP) member. ‘The same source stated that the CP hard’ ~
[889]core had been critical of SWEEZY because of his. independent’ /
[890]application of Marxist theory. According to the source, |- ; os
[892]in the 1930's
[894]The. CP has been designated by the Attorney
[895]General of the United States pursuant, to:
[897]Executive Order 10450, NN 4
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[907]k_..TED STATES DEPARTMENT O._ sUSTICE
[909]FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
[911]In Reply, Please Refer to
[913]ML aSytieD EXCEPT
[915]File No.
[916]. New York, New. York
[917]a June Bg, 1685 -
[918]Bureau / 2105-93072 ALL IWEGREATION CONTAINED =
[919]ae Teen
[921]New York 105-42387 (SECRET
[923]Richard Thomas Gibson
[924]Internal Security - Cuba
[926]on April 20, 1965, NY T-1, another Government ; -
[928]agency which conducts intelligence investigations, furnished
[930]information indicating that on April 2, 1965, an employee
[931]of the Cuban Embassy, London, England, had furnished
[932]Richard Gibson the telephone number of a girl who was
[933]going to stay in the United Kingdom and who wanted to. °
[934]see Gibson. NY T-1 noted that the girl is evidently
[935]Frances Kelley of the "Monthly Review" of New York. .
[936]NY. “gdvised that Kelley had a letter of introduction
[937]to, the above-mentioned employee of the Cuban Embassy ,
[939]sndon, England, from Leo Huberman with whom she had
[940]worked in New York (@
[942]A charactérization of "Monthly
[944]Review" ig contained in the appendix
[945]hereto, * ;
[947]On March 1, 1965, NY T#2, who has furnished
[949]reliablé information in the past, furnished information
[950]indicating that Frances Kelly, who is originally from
[952]st
[953]“laSsifie by
[955]Declassify. ont QADR TER) oe .
[956]Thi¢ document contains. neither recommendations
[958]nor conclusions of the FBI,” “It is the property
[959]of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it
[961]and its contents are not to be distributed
[962]outside your agency.
[964]Stee
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[976]Richard.
[978]England and:who recently returned to England, was"employed
[979]by the publication "Monthly Review" in New York for:several
[980]years, NY T-2 advised that while residing in New York, ©
[981]she resided at 45 Carmine Street, Apartment 25,-New York,
[982]New York. NY T~2 advised that Frances Kelly is the sister
[983]of Pat Kelly, 19 Gunter Grove, London, Southwest 10,
[984]England. --NY' T-2 advised that her Social Security number
[985]is 043=51-2909. LON ;
[987]NY T-2 further advised that in June, 1964,
[988]Frances Kelly directed correspondence on behalf of
[989]"Monthly Review" to the Ghana Mission to the United
[990]Nations indicating that. she had done some research
[991]work regarding a cumulative index for the party book
[992]shop in Accra, which had been requested by the Ghana
[993]Mission to the United mastons. lu)
[995]The March, 1964 issué of "Monthly Review" on
[996]page 623, contains a book review by Frances Kelly in
[997]which she is identified as an assistant to the editors
[998]of "Monthly Review".
[1000]On June 3; 1965, Mrs, Jay Sapienza, Superintendent,
[1001]45 Carmine Street, New York, New York, advised that Frances
[1002]Kelly resided at 45 Carmine Street, for approximately
[1003]two years until January, 1965, at which time she indicated
[1004]that she was going to make a trip to Mexico and then return
[1005]to England. Mrs. Sapienza stated that she believed that
[1006]Frances Kelly originally came to the United States from
[1007]England as she had an English accent. Mrs. Sapienza
[1008]tated that Keliy is in her early 30's and was a journalist
[1009]ho worked for « magazine in.New: York, New York. Mrs.
[1010]. Sapienza stated that during esidence at 45 Carmine
[1011]Street, Frances Melly was an excellent. tenant. NO
[1013]s
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[1027]Richard Thomas Gibson
[1029]The records of the Bureau of Special Services
[1030]and the Bureau of Criminal Identification, New York
[1031]City Police Department, were searched on May 31, 1965,
[1032]and no record identifiable with Frances Kelly could be
[1033]Located. ae »
[1035]The files of the Credit Bureau of Greater New --
[1036]York were reviewed on May 19, 1965, and no record identi-«-
[1037]fiable with Frances Kelly could be located.
[1039]Concerning Richard Thomas Gibson, NY T-3, who
[1040]has furnished reliable information in the past, has
[1041]advised that Gibson was the former Acting Executive
[1042]Secretary of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. In
[1043]September, 1962, Gibson left the United States and
[1044]went to Algeria where he remained until April, 1963.
[1045].The March 19, 1963 issue of "Monthly Review" identifies
[1046]Gibson as the English Language Editor of "Revolution
[1047]Africaine", a new weekly created by the Political Bursau
[1048]of the Algerian Government,
[1050]A characterization of the Fair Play
[1051]for Cuba Committee is contained in
[1052]the appendix hereto.
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[1061]__.._kichard Thomas Gibson
[1063]1 APPENDIX
[1064]_ PAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITEE =
[1066]The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New York
[1067]Times" newspaper contained a full-page advertisement —
[1068]captioned "What Is Really Happening In Cuba," placed by
[1069]the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC). This advertise-
[1070]ment announced the formation of the FPCC in New York City
[1071]and declared’ the FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth
[1072]about révolutionary Cuba" to neutralize the distorted
[1073]American ‘press. .
[1074]“The New York Times" edition of January 11,
[1075]1961, reported that at a hearing conducted before the
[1076]United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on
[1077]_ January 10, 1961, Dr, CHARLES A, SANTOS-BUCH identified
[1078]himself and ROBERT TABER as organizers of the FPCC, He.
[1079]also testified he and TABER obtained funds from the Cuban
[1080]Government which were applied toward the cost of the afore-.
[1081]mentioned advertisemen~. a
[1083]On May 16, 1963, a source advised that during
[1084]the. first two years of the FPCC‘s existence there was a
[1086]struggle between Communist Party (CP} and Socialist Workers ¥*
[1088]‘Party (SWP} elements to exert their power within the FPCC
[1089]and ‘thereby influence FPCC policy, This source added that
[1091]- during the past year there had been a successful effort by -
[1093]FPCC leadership to.minimize the role of these and other .
[1094]organizations in the FPCC so that their influence as of
[1095]May, 1963, was negligible. ,
[1097]The SWP has been designated pursuant to
[1098]Executive Order 10450,
[1100]On May 20, -1963, a second source advised that
[1101]VINCENT "TED" LEE, FPCC: National Office Director, was then
[1102]formulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no
[1103]intention ‘of permitting FPCC policy to be determined by
[1104]any other organization. This source stated that LEE
[1105]believed that the FPCC should advocate resumption of
[1106]diplomatid relations betwere Cuba and the United States
[1107]and should support the right of Cubans to manage their
[1108]revolution without interference from other nations. LEE
[1109]did nct advocate supporting the Cuban revolution per se.
[1111]SS SS
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[1115]Ad CE Ra . eorerigaent) wees : , «
[1117]Bd i ge ee
[1119]Richard Thomas Gibson SE Nita
[1121]2 ray eae
[1123]2. APPENDIX
[1127]EA PLAY FCR CUBA CC COMMIT TER
[1128]The Novemher 23, 1963, edition of "The New York
[1129]Times" reported that Senator THOMAS J. DODD of Connecticut
[1130]had called FPCC "the chief public relations ineatrument of .
[1131]the CASTRO network in the United States." Tb is to be noted =| -
[1132]that Senator DODD was a member of the Senate internal Security |
[1133]' Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on the FFOC.
[1135]. .' ‘The LDecember ce 1963, edition of "The New Vork
[1137]World Telegram and Sun" newspaper stated that the pro-
[1138]CASTRO FPCC was seeking to go out of business and that |
[1139]its prime activity during its lifetime had been pponsor~
[1140]ship of pro-CASTRO street rallies and iwass picket lines,
[1141]and the direction of an active prepaganda mili highlighting.
[1142]iliegal travel-to-Cuba campaigns. Its comparatively brief |
[1143]span of life was attributed to mounting anti-CASTRO American
[1144]public epinion, the 1962 Congressional hearings which dis~-
[1145]closed FPCC financing by CAS'PRO's United | Nations Delegation,
[1146]and ultimately, the bad publicity which tne FPCC received
[1147]from disclesure of eotiveuies on its behalf by suspected
[1148]presidential assassin, mH, OSWALD,
[1150]on February 6, 1964, the previously mentioned
[1151]second source advised that Vv. T, LEE had recently remarked
[1152]that the PPCC was dead and that there were no pians to
[1153]organize ‘another’ similar orga anigation.
[1155]on April 13, 1964, a third source- advised that--
[1156]there had not been any FPCC activity in many months and
[1157]that the FPCC had” been. dissolved,
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[1168]. | . if
[1170]MONTHLY REVIEW
[1172]A source advised on March eu, 1953, that Monthly
[1173]Review, Inc., was incorporated in the State of New York
[1174]on October 19, 1951, and the corporation papers reflected
[1175]it succeeded the individuel business of LEO HUBERMAN at
[1176]66 Barrow Street, New York, New York, which operated
[1177]since 1949 under the title, Monthly Review Press.
[1179]' The ‘publication is "An Independent -Socialist
[1180]Magazine" with editorial and business offices at 333 Sixt
[1181]Avenue, New York 14, New York, and mailing address at 66
[1182]Barrow Street, New York, New York, according to the March,
[1183]1951, ,issue of “Monthly Review." Its editors are listed
[1184]as LEO HUBERMAN. and PAUL M, SWEEZY.
[1186]LOUIS F, BUDENZ, former editor of the "Daily
[1187]Worker,” an East Coast Communist newspaper which suspended
[1188]publication on January 13, 1958, advised_on June 23, 1950,
[1189]_that LEO HUPERMAN was a member of the CP in 1945,
[1191]inothe r source advised on November 2, 1954, that
[1192]PAUL M, SWEEZY was known as a Marxist, but not as a Communist
[1193]Party (CP) member. The same source stated that the CP hard
[1194]core had been critical of SWEEZY because of his independent
[1195]application of Marxist theory. According to the source,
[1196]SWEEZY was used to advantage in many CP front activities
[1197]in the 1930's. . ;
[1199]The CP has been designated by the Attorney
[1201]General of the United States pursuant to
[1202]Executive Order 10450.
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[1208]GT) AoBeagoI7o Ce
[1209]oS Datet July 23, 1968 res
[1210]o Tor Divecter = ee
[1211]foe . Central Sutelligence Agonsy | |
[1212]Attentions Deputy Director, Plans
[1213]"John Rdgar Hoover, Director
[1214]| ONmom suszcrs; = SY,
[1215]Seventeen Anorican Negroes
[1217]'_ Training in Nanking, Chinn >"
[1218]IUTERNAL SECURITY » CAIHA a ne
[1220]. training there ‘Ss
[1222]"bo may be able to furnish inthis regard
[1223]@~ 105-93072 (Richard ‘Thonas Gibson). ‘
[1227]. fee requested that "Sugar" be contactes &
[1229]. LMAiamfiler (7) entities
[1231]Anerica, if, in fact, they are Amcricans,
[1233]“4s presently on the Security”
[1234]'. contact with. him in Europe and plans
[1236]roe... &¢ Yepeats data from NI-G momorandua so ¢1
[1237]ae re 7 oe ne aes [1 - Rd sn oe) at of
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[1241]| trained 4n guerrilla warfare at tho Nanking Military School |
[1242]in China in 1903, there wore soventeen American ne, roes also
[1243]. training at this school. The source further stated that this
[1245]/ Was not the firgt group of American negroes to receive such _
[1247]ey _ Ho additZonal information has been developed corrobos’
[1248]/ Wating the above allegation. However, a review of our files
[1249]. dgd@ieates that a source of your Agency, who utilizes tho a
[1250]| eryptoaym “Sugar,” evidently kas a wide aequaintanceship in
[1251]Afvican nationalist movements and therefore may be da a position |
[1253]to <urnish information concerning this matter, it 4g there .
[1255]date has failed to develop any additional corroborat -
[1256]-weferred to above is Richard Thomas Gibson, formerly involved with ||
[1257]the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, and welleknown to the Bureau,
[1259]Sooty A 4
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[1264]NOTE: Original information in this’ matter was furnished b Ind "4
[1265]tt is possible the negroes referred to are from South or Gontral ‘)
[1266]Log gation to
[1268]He
[1269]‘Index, CIA has recently initiated . fe
[1270]: : to. operate him as a source. « ||.)
[1271]» Hie initial debriefing by CIA indicates he should be contacted Ph
[1272]Concerning captioned matter. This letter clasgified “Becret™ since | ‘|
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