Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/4/2015 Identifi cation Form Agency Information ~ AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: —124-90124-10021 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-169802-30 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: AT TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 09/26/1967 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : _ MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL YIPEE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified_ RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 09/12/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO rr re ver v9.1 Docld: 32335463 Page 1
[ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records €ollection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2107 Hotes. | DATE: 11714-2017 . me e . ~e . P ‘ . 2 rs . . \, ; : ‘ : . ae ‘So REVIEWED BY SSVJFK TASK FORCE | ON LE = BAP RELEASE IN FULL | | C1 RELEASE IN PART 7 2 a . AFW:ovn u TOTAL DENIAL Yo a MEROLA , - | In casé captioned JOSEPH with aliases ITSP, Bufile 87-39831, : MITCHELL L. WER. BELL, Powder Springs, _ Georgia, was mentioned prominently. MEROLA described as _ top jewel thief and was reportedly in contact with WER BELL in. October , A959, regarding a possible Cuban pesos swindle. The extent of WER BELL'’s participation in this matter is unknown to Atlanta, as Chicago was origin of this investi- gation.’ WER BELL also was reportedly in contact with MEROLA February 28, 1961 and March 4, 1961., AG ae EH 1e 4 Clerk's Office, USDC, Atlanta,—¢ca é : we 9 , ‘ Wid’ SHELL WER BELL, Inc., on 11/21/57 filed’ petition for Ve, bauwkruptéy. Im May, 1962, WER BELL, acegmpand ad by one ig EMANUE IRESTONE, aka. MANUEL LEONIDIS/¥FUECO’ MEZ and — aa 3, A, KANE, 805 Peachtree Street, met”at which time~an offer — was made for the saje of small arms, ammunition, and .500 mercenary trained’military troups for use by the. Guatemalan Ministry of Defgénse to fight Communism in that country. Lt. Col, AGUILAR DEALEON , acting Minister _of Labor of Guatemala yequested information regarding these individuals. It is , | po? noted that FIRESTONE was subject of registration action{, , fg }i1@/" case Bufile 97-3224, and has FBI Number 4008419. ne In is investigation WER BELL was described as - being involved in a plan to ship arms to Feuador. J, A, , KANE, described as an associate of WER BELu and a business partner in certain ventures, is subject of ITSP violation Bufile 87-78553, captioned JOSEPH A. KANE, in this instance KANE used certain fraudulent stock certificates of Union | Oil and Gasoline Corporation,of Louisiana for collateral on bank loans. For this oftensd\ he was sentenced 6/12/64 in Fulton County Superior Court, \Atlanta, Ga, Wyred. WS A check of State Department|recdrds reflects TCHELL’WER BELL has passport number|C301433, isstied 5/29/62 t Miami, Fla. His parents were identified. as (MITCHELL L. “WER, BELL, born 8/27/89. New York City}, amd RHEAXGALDECT, “porn 8/21/94, Bridgeport, Conn, His wife 1S identified as HILDECARD E WERICK whom he married 9/4/42 and who/ was : | fomna rnc . ol \ | Mw. ich, oe bres ee Ina te ; ~3- No 350 ( (ere ee | Ne Wey ppb” . li. e (NTS: Duites - _ l it aa a ON yee ee ft Paed € 6 SPP ' f ' Doclda: 32335463 Page 2