Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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- 2-Lt. Col. Marriott told Mr. Werbell he thought the museum would be grateful for them. Mr. Werbell stated he did not file any Forms 6 on any of the firearms and had no knowledge of anyone else filing them.Sionics is in the business of developing and mufacturing silencers for sale to United States Military Unite and United States Allias. Although there are apparent violations of Title II of The Gun Control Act of 1968, it appeara from talking to Mr. WerBell that on the part of Sionics, thay were unintentional. Mr. Warbell stated that prior to the passing of the Gun Control Act of 1968, the procedure used in exporting and importing the firearms was the acceptable wathod with the State Department.Charles E. StanfillAttachments: 14
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# Ga. L. 1. 69-112 - Fla. SI 1176(P)## REPORT OF INTERVIEWWith Mitchell L. Werbell III, on September 16, 1969, at 2:30 p. m., at his residence at RFDI, Powder Springs, Georgia, by Spacial Investigators Charles E. Stanfill and Arbie R. Odom, Jr.This interview was conducted in the presence of Sionica President Fred N. Brown and Secretary-Treasurer Jo Florence. It was conducted in tha basement of Mr. WerDell's residence, which is used as a laboratory for research and development for Sionics. Mr. WerBell is Vice-President and Director of Research and Development of Sionics. Sionics currently hold Federal Firearms License Number 58-3742, which expires March 31, 1970, as a manufacturer of firearms other than destructive devices, and License Number 58-6156 which expires May 18, 1970, as an importer of firearms other than destructive devices. Sionics is also holder of Special Occupational Tax Stamp Return Number 1-58611 169 85398, aa a Claas 1 Manufacturor (Firearms), and Return Number 1-58611 169 85399, as a Class 1 Importor (Firearms), both issued for the period beginning July 1, 1969. Sionics was also holder of a Class 1 Manufacturer Tax Stamp for the previous year, however, they did not hold an Importers Tax Stamp. According to officials of Stonics, they were a registered importer under the Munitions and Control Act, registered with the State Department. Kr MarBell stated as follows:Mr. WerBoll said he went to Vietnam in September of 1968 for the purpose of demonstrating "Sound Suppressora" manufactured by Sionics. Ne stated this trip is authorized by Mr. Stanford of the State Department, Munitions Control, Washington, D. C., who also authorized him to taka and send weapons and sound suppressors for demonstrations, however, he has nothing in writing from them. He stated he took soms of these wespons with him and sent the rest through the Air Force to Vietnam in care of Col. Fagen. Mr. WerBell stated that in the course of his business and travels, he was able to acquire 12 captured enemy weapons from the date of his arrival through about November of 1968. He said those weapons were given to him by General Dong of the South Vietnamese Army and by other authorized sources. He stated he sont descriptions and serial numbers of the firearms to Sionica in Atlanta, Georgia, with instructions to register them, and then asked Lt. Col. Marriott to ship them to the United States for him. He said he didn't think there was anything wrong with this procedure because of the military Involvamant, and that he didn't maka application for importation of the firearms for the same reason.Reviewed By AFOSIFor Public DisclosureIn Accordance WithJFKARCA, 199214 AUG 95NW 88613 Docld:34530443 Page 8
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- 2 -Mr. Werbell said he told Lt. Col. Marriott he could pick out any of the wanpons he wanted for the museum, and that he could take any that he had picked from the shipment when it arrived at Eglin Air Force Bano. Mr. Wornell stated he wanted the firearms for recearch purponen, except for the Chinese Rocket Launcher, which he wanted for company disрілу purposes. He stated some of the fighting units of Thailand are being furnished with captured enemy weapons, and that officials of Thailand had expressed an interest in Sound Suppressors for sama. Mr. WerBell showed us an AK-47 which had a Sionics Sound Suppressor attached. Mr. WerBall stated before Lt. Col. Marriott returned to the United States, he advised him that he would attempt to obtain other captured weapons which he would give to Lt. Col. Marriott for the purpose of displaying in a museum, and that Lt. Col. Marriott told him he thought the museum would be grateful for them. He said he was hopeful at the time that arrangements could be made to transfer any of the weapons not used by the museum to Sionics, but he cauld not recall if this had been discussed with Lt. Col. Marriott.Mr. Werbell stated he collected numerous captured enomy weapons during the next few months, and during that time he sent them in two cases to Eglin Air Force Base in care of Lt. Col. Marriott. He stated he sent those shipments through ARPA, and that Col. Pattarcon authorized the shipments after arbell told him they were for Air Force museum purposes. Mr. CarBell again state'd he thought there was nothing wrong with this procedure at the time because of the military involvement, and for that renson did not make application for importation of the firearms. Mr. Werbell was shown a list of firearmo currently under seizure by the OSI, and ask to identify any belonging to Sionics. lle atated weapons listed were the ones sent by him to Lt. Col. Marriott and that all the listed noiso suppressors belonged to Sionica with the exception of the one marked HELE 4A, which is one he picked up that has been shot out, manufactured by a competitor. He also stated the .22 caliber Winchester M-52, serial number 69494B, with Scope, serial number 31411, belonged to Sionics. Ha stated the noise suppressors were manufactured by Sionice and either taken or sent to Vietnam by him. He stated he could not explain why ona had no serial number without examining it, however, some of the earlier models had the serial number on a front part which may have bean removed. He stated the Winchester rifle was also either taken or sent to Vietnam by him. Mr. Werbell stated as far as he was concerned, all the other fire-arus were the property of the United States Air Force, although he had hoped any that weren't used by the Air Force would be transferred to Stonics. Mr. WerBell further stated he left many firearms and suppressors in Thailand, which are in the custody of Major Stevens, 46th Group, Special Forces.
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- 3 -He stated he was waiting instructions from Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division before attempting to have them imported. He states most of the firearms were taken to Vietnam by him, however, some are weapons that he acquired there. (See attached list).Mr. WerBell stated on his return to the United States he made an inventory of the firearms received from Eglin Air Force Base and found that he had made several errors when copying the serial numbers from the firearms, and thus some of the firearms had been registered on Form 4467's with wrong serial numbers. (See attached list). Mr. WerBell stated the errors were made by him, and they were made because of the condition of the numbers and the difficulty in reading them. Mr. WerBell said he had not notified the National Office of the errors, however, he would notify them now and ask instructions.Charles E. StanfillReviewed By AFOSIFor Public DisclosureIn Accordance WithJFKARCA, 199214 AUG 95NW 88613 Docld:34530443 Page 10
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PAUL TENGOLO MARILLOTTbois Dora: 5 Jun 15, OK14.002.513. 10 4326PKZA AFE, FLRICHARD H. GRAHAM16-21 October 1969DE ORIGINA 11115.1.HUGCUSTOMS VIOLATIONSBOX, Ost District 50, 9 October 6907D10-129 October 2009Research Projects AgencySecretary of Defense/Advance Research(OSD/ARPA) advised he was introducted to WERDELL during Jan 69 by COL. PATTERSON,DARCERT, OfficeDep. Dir., RDC-T, who informed him WERBELL represented SIONICS Corp and the purposeof his visit was to show special weapons. WERBELL produced travel orders.Approved by American Embassy in Saigon, and authorized by Counselor for Administration, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok. Orders specified travel by U.S. Military Aircraft,between Bangkok and Saigon with small arms and automatic weapons to accompany him. During Jan 69, YOUNG, Battelle Memorial InstituteSupport Mg, advised a box containing weapons was received via Military Aircraft,shipped by U.S. Embassy, Saigon, to Bangkok, marked for attention of WERBELL.BANGERT advised PATTERSON suggested in memorandum that weapons inquestion should be shipped by Military Air to Eglin AFB, FL. marked for attentionof SUBJECT. Weapons were subsequently shipped by YOUNG per instruction ofPATHSUSON. A second box of weapons, referenced in a memorandum signed by SMSGIto ship box to SUBJECT in same manner las first shipment. THORNE, Counselor forTHORNTON, Chief, Resources Mgt Div, reflected verbal instructions from PATTERSONAdministration, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, advised ACKERMAN, Former Counselorapparently furnished U.S. Embassy Funding Citation for endorsement of WERBELL'stravel orders. ACKERMAN presently attending Stanford University. WONG, Counselorand Fiscal Officer, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, furnished copies of travel orders issuedto WERBELL, and opined that. DOBBS (NFI) accompanied WERBELL during travel toSaigon.Reviewed By AFOSIFor Public DisclosureIn Accordance WithJFKARCA, 199214 AUG 9:SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIRED WITHIN USAF (AFR 124-4)061 District 7(Comdr, Eglin AFB-Action-2)FOSI District 19Dep Dir 061 (PACAF)GEORGE W. BLANK COL, USANCommander1429FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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# DRYATES:2. On 16 Oct 6, Mr. WILLIAM A. BANGERT, Assistant Director for Support Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense/Advance Research Projects Agency (OSD/ARPA) was interviewed by SA GERALD A. TRIMBLE and the writer at Bangkok, Thailand. BANGERT elected to execute a signed, sworn statement the body of which is quoted verbatim as follows:"This statement is made in response to inquiry by Special Agent Mr. Richard H. GRAHAM, Office of the Special Investigations, The Inspector General, USA, concerning the person of one Mr. Mitchell L. WerBell, and, specifically, the shipment of two (2) boxes containing assorted firearms from Bangkok, Thailand to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Only information based on first-hand knowledge and available records is contained in this statement.""Statement: 1. Mr. Mitchell WerBell"During the month of January 1969 (exact date unknown) I was introduced to Mr. Mitchell L. WerBell by Col. John V. Patterson, the former Deputy Director, RIK-T in the latter's office. Col. Patterson stated that Mr. WerBell was representing the SIONICS Corporation and the purpose of his visit was to show the Thai and U.S. staff of the Military Research and Development Center (4700) an assortment of special weapons. I attended one of several so-called indoor demonstrations given by Mr. WerBell when I noticed approximately 3 - 4 austo-made, suit-case type containers in which these weapons were transported. When I casually questioned Mr. Werbell how he got these weapons into Thailand he answered that they were flown in from Vietnam by a Thai Royal Air Force transport plane at the request of Air Chief Marshal Dawee, Supreme Command Armed Forces. Concurrently Mr. WerBell produced a set of official U.S. Government Travel Orders approved by the American Embassy in Saigon and authorized by the Counselor for Administration, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok. As I recall, these orders specified travel by U.S. Military Aircraft authorized between Bangkok and Saigon and small arms and automatic weapons to accompany passenger.""2. Shipment of Box No. 1""Also during the month of January 1969 I received information from the Battelle Memorial Institute Laboratory Support Manager (EMI/LSM), Mr. Rose B. Young, that a box containing special weapons had been received in the MRIG warehouse. The box in question had been shipped via Military Aircraft by the U.S. Embassy in Saigon to RDC-T Bangkok, Attn: Mr. WerBell, SIONICS. The Transportation and Movement Document DD Form 1384 listed the contents of the box as "official equipment"."On 28 January 1969, I notified Mr. Ross B. Young (EMI/LSM) in writing that RDC-T had no contractual connections with the SIONICS Corporation, did not desire to store the equipment, shipped by the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, and therefore, to return the shipment to the vendor via the Transportation Officer, Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia."21430Reviewed By AFOSIFor Public DisclosureIn Accordance WithJFKARCA, 1992RUB14 AUG 95NW 88613 DocId:34530443 Page 12
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# 07218-1"On 31 January 1969, Mr. Ross B. Young, BMI/LSM acknowledged my 28 January 1969 memo cited above in writing and notified me that the requested shipment to the vendor via the Transportation Officer, Dobbins Air Force Base could not be accomplished because of the lack of official documentation required to effect shipment. I instructed Mr. Young verbally not to take any further action until appropriate disposition of the contents of the box in question had been resolved.""On 3 February 1969, Col. John V. Patterson, Deputy Director, RDO-T suggested in a memorandum to Mr. Young and me that the box in question should be shipped via Military Air Transport (MAT) to Commander, Air Force Armament Laboratory, (DOL-AFSC) Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Attention: Lt. Col. Paul A. Larriot, FR35859. In the same memorandum Col. John V. Patterson stated that he would attest to the nature and official aspects of this equipment. Several days later I learned from Mr. Ross Young that he had effected the shipment of Box 1 to Eglin Air Force Base on the basis of the instructions received from Col. John V. Patterson. (See Memorandum for the Record, Subject: Shipment of Weapons to A.F. Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB, Florida, of June 13, 1969, signed: Ross B. Young.)"## "3. Shipment of Box No. 2"A second box, allegedly containing assortment of firearms was delivered to the MEDC warehouse on or about 10 May 1969, according to the Memorandum for the Record of June 13, 1969, signed Ross B. Young. During this time I was on TDY in the U.S. and can only reference available documentation concerning the shipment of this box to Eglin AFB. According to the memorandum cited above, the Ail Laboratory Support Manager, Mr. Ross B. Young was advised by the Deputy Director, RDC-T to ship this box in the same manner similar to Box 1. With the permission of William R. Thompson, Senior Master Sergeant, USAF, I attach a memorandum for AD/PM, Subject: Shipment of Box Containing Armaments to Armaments Laboratory Eglin AFB., dtd 16 June 1969, Signed: William R. Thompson, SMSgt, USAF which was received by me upon return from the U.S."Any errors in the above statement were typed from the original, which is being retained by CSI District 7, available to proper authority upon request. In addition to the above, BANGERT furnished a reproduced copy of the above described memorandum signed by SMSGT WILLIAM R. THOMPSON, which is quoted verbatim as follows:AD/PM- WRT:ml16 June 1969"MEMORANDUM FOR: The Assistant Director forProgram Management, RDC-TSUBJECT: Shipment of Box ContainingArmaments to ArmamentsLaboratory, Eglin Air Force Base."Reviewed By AFOSIFor Public DisclosureIn Accordance WithJFKARCA, 199214 AUG 95.
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# TITLEPAUL ARNOLD MARRIOTTMale Born: 5 Jun 15, OKLt Col. 513 10 4326FREglin AFB, FL# CUNITED SES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERALOFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS# REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONREPORT MADE BY SALAWRENCE K. HARPERSTATUSisPERIOD12 Nov 1969RUCOFFICE OF ORIGIN REPORT MADE ATOSI DIST 7 OSI DIST 19FILE NO.07D18-1DATE18 NOV 1969# CHARACTERCUSTOMS VIOLATIONSREFERENCEROI, OSI District 51, 29 Oct 1969XXXXXX DETAILS:On 12 November 1969, KARL D. ACKERMAN (former Counselor for Administration,United States Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand), 99 Victoria Drive, Atherton, California,was interviewed by SA ROBERT J. NOVACK and the writer, and related substantially as follows:ACKERMAN had several conversations with Colonel WALTER ADAMS concerning the practical problems of getting weapons, belonging to a MITCHELL L. WERBELL, into Thailand from the Republic of Vietnam in order that WERBELL could put on a fire power demonstration for the King of Thailand's birthday. At all times during these conversa- tions, ACKERMAN assumed the weapons were WERBELL's wares, and that he had brought them from the United States with him. With this in mind, ACKERMAN stated that he instructed Mr. GERALD T. CARTA to annotate WERBELL's travel orders with a Bangkok United States Embassy Funding Citation number. ACKERMAN said the citation numbers were in a block of numbers belonging to the Embassy, and because he did not feel he had the authority to issue WERBELL any other type of number, he issued him an Embassy number. When ACKERMAN was asked if he knew PAUL ARNOLD MARRIOTT, he said the name was vaguely familiar but could not recall anything further. When ACKERMAN was asked if he knew EARLENE DOBBS, he stated that he did not, to the best of his knowledge. ACKERMAN stated that his knowledge of WERBELL came solely from ADAMS and other stories he heard around the Embassy of the fire power demonstration to be given for the King. ACKERMAN stated he had no personal knowledge of WERBELL.REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO OFFICE OF ORIGINDISTRIBUTIONOSI Dist 7Comdr, Elgin AFB, FL-Action - 2DIR OSIFILEOSI FORM DEC 68 6b PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM WILL BE USED UNTIL STOCK IS EXHAUSTED.# SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIRED WITHIN USAF (AFR 124-4)4 This is a privileged document under mili- tary law. This report may not be repro- duced or given additional dissemination ex- cept as authorized by AFR 124-4. If this report is classified see also. AFR 205-1.APPROVEDFOR THE COMMANDERROBERT J. DEAN, Lt Col, USAP2 Chief, Criminal Inves Div1OSI DISTReviewed By AFOSIFor Public DisclosureIn Accordance WithJFKARCA, 199214 AUG 95NW 88613 Docld:34530443 Page 14
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCEWASHINGTON, D.C.![Department of Defense Logo]REPLY TOATTN OF: AFISIGA (07D18-1)SUBJECT: Paul Arnold Marriott, Male Born: 5 Jun 15, OK, Lt Col,513-10-4236FR, Eglin AFB, FLTO: Industrial Security Clearance Review Division (Mr. W. J. Scanlon)Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration)Reference is made to the Directorate letter of 6 October 1969. Attachedfor your information is a pending report of investigation which reflectsthe results of further investigation by OSI.L. L. FREE, Colonel USAFDeputy Director for OperationsDirectorate of Special InvestigationsThe Inspector General1 AtchOSI ROI, DO 50, 07D18-1,dtd 9 Oct 69![Illegible text]![Stamp Reviewed By AFOSI For Public Disclosure In Accordance With JFKARCA, 1992]Underwrite Your Country's Might - Buy U.S. Savings BondsNW 88613 Docld:34530443 Page 15
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# REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONTITLEPAUL ARNOLD MARRIOTTMale Born: 5 Jun 15, OKLt Col, 513 10 4236FREglin AFB, FLUNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERALOFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSREPORT MADE BY SAJEROME J. CASTELUCIOPERIODSTATUS20-24 September 1969RUCOFFICE OF ORIGIN REPORT MADE ATFILE NO.OSI DIST 7 OSI DIST 5007D18-1DATE9 October 1969CHARACTERCUSTOMS VIOLATIONSREFERENCEROI, OSI District 51, 2 Sep 69SYNOPSISInformation re: WERBELL, as contained in files of OSI District 50, obtained and set forth. CARTA advised WERBELL, during Jan 69, requested his assistance in shipping various captured enemy automatic weapons and official equipment from Saigon to Bangkok. WERBELL was traveling on a U. S. Invitational Travel Order, without funding citation, authorizing space available travel only from Bangkok to Saigon and return. CARTA stated WERBELL told him he had collected the weapons while in northern sectors of RVN, with U. S. Army Airborne and Special Forces units. Packaging and preparation of Transportation Control and Movement Documents (TCMD) were prepared by U.S. Embassy, Saigon. CARTA did not know why one TCMD reflected antique arms when contents were known to be automatic weapons. CARTA received authorization and funding citation number for WERBELL's shipment from the Counselor for Administration, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok. This was only shipment processed by CARTA for WERBELL. CARTA did not know of or process any shipments for SUBJECT and/or SIONICS, INC.SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIRED WITHIN USAF (AFR 124-4)DISTRIBUTIONDO 7 (Comdr, Eglin AFB-Action-2)DO 51Dep Dir OSI (PACAF)DIR OSI> This is a privileged document under military law. This report may not be reproduced or given additional dissemination except as authorized by AFR 124-4. If this report is classified see also AFR 205-1.APPROVED![signature of ROBERT B. PRITCHARD]ROBERT B. PRITCHARD, Lt Col, USAFDeputy CommanderOSI DIST![signature]Reviewed By AFOSIFor Public DisclosureIn Accordance WithJFKARCA, 199214 AUG 95.FILEOSI FORM 6b PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM WILL BE USED UNTIL STOCK IS EXHAUSTED.DEC 68
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07D18-12. On 24 September 1969, a review by SA CUNDIFF of case file 50D24G-133, of which WERBELL is the SUBJECT, revealed the following information:WERBELL was in the RVN in an unofficial status, with the concurrence of ASD, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, to demonstrate a noise and flash suppressor assembly for the M-16 rifle, as well as other firearms equipment. He possessed no security clearance. He was to demonstrate his equipment only in the RVN and was then to return to the U.S. Upon his arrival in the RVN, he was given a Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Identification and Privilege Card (MACV Form 6) for use while in country. The application for this card was filled out by Col WILLIAM M. FAGAN, Commander, Det 6, ASD, TSNAB, RVN. The card, to expire Mar 69, was only to reflect WERBELL was to have BX privileges, and no grade or rank was reflected intentionally. The card that was finally issued reflected equivalent rank of GS-16 and gave WERBELL postal, BX, commissary and check privileges for a period of one year, to Sep 69. The application form was adjusted to show this and someone other than FAGAN placed FAGAN's initials in the appropriate blocks to obtain these privileges.SUBJECT was the individual who met WERBELL upon his arrival in country, and who took care of getting his weapons registered in accordance with MACV directives. SUBJECT also set up the demonstrations WERBELL was to give.At the conclusion of the demonstrations, rather than return to the U.S., WERBELL traveled to Bangkok and Korea, utilizing his MACV ID card and dropping names of alleged acquaintances of high reputation in order to show his equipment in those countries. FAGAN obtained the MACV ID card from WERBELL in Bangkok on 8 May 69.3. On 24 September 1969, a review by SA CUNDIFF of 50D24G-0/86 revealed the following information concerning WERBELL:FAGAN advised that in Jan 69, WERBELL stated he had captured weapons he wanted to ship back. FAGAN told him he would help through legitimate channels if the weapons were for a government agency; otherwise, he would ship back only the equipment WERBELL brought over. FAGAN heard no more from WERBELL until early Feb 69, when WERBELL stated he was ready to leave and would bring the items to be shipped. He was told by FAGAN to bring the items in an open box, which would be sealed at the aerial port.FAGAN was unable to locate WERBELL after that meeting until 8 May 69, when he located WERBELL in Bangkok to retrieve the MACV ID card. WERBELL requested FAGAN to ship some gear from Saudi, Arabia, to the U.S. FAGAN again replied he would ship back only the original equipment from TSNAB.The files contained no further information pertinent to the present investigation.REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN