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WE HAVE BEEN PLAGUED FOR SOME WEEKS NOW
BY MR. MITCHELL L. WERBELL III, VICE PRESIDENT AND
DIRECTOR OF R AND D OF SIONICS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WERBELL DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A COUNTERINSURGENCY'
EXPERT, HAS A VARIETY OF WEAPONS TO DISPLAY, CLAIMS
TO BE A RETIRED COLONEL, AND LAST WEEK INTRODUCED
HIMSELF AT A LOCAL NIGHT CLUB AS CHIEF OF WOFIRM IN
THAILAND.
2. WERBELL HAS A HISTORY OF SHOWING UP IN
TROUBLE SPOTS WHERE HE CAN MAKE A FAST BUCK. HE
IMPLIES THAT HE IS U.S. GOVT CONNECTED AND PRESENTS
A DEMONSTRATION OF A VARIETY OF EXOTIC
WEAPONS THAT NEVER FAILS TO IMPRESS. REF
DESCRIBES HIM AS AN UNS CRUPULOUS OPPORTUNIST WITH
A REPUTATION FOR LIVING BEYOND HIS MEANS.
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3. WERBELL IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, BORN 1919,
SERVED IN OSS, HAS SHAVEN HEAD AND HANDLEBAR
MUSTACHE. REF ADVISES THAT FULL DETAILS OF HIS
BACKGROUND SHOULD NOT BE PASSED TO
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CAN BE INFORMED, SHOULD HE APPEAR IN YOUR AREA,
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GOVT CONNECTIONS, AND ANY DEALINGS WITH HIM SHOULD
BE APPROACHED WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
4. FOR SAIGON: WE UNDERSTAND THAT WERBELL
RECENTLY VISITED SAIGON AND DID HIS THING WITH GEN.
ABRAMS, WHO WAS SUITABLY IMPRESSED, AND WERBELL
IS NOW SETTING UP A SNIPER TRAINING PROGRAM.
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