Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 27107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 Lo. JFK Assassination System Date: 5/4/2015 Identifi cation Form Agency Information . AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90124-10026 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: SEE TITLE Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE: [Restricted] DATE: 03/11/1975 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : ALADDIN M ALTAYYAR MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS:  1B;1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 09/12/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : LHM v9.1 6 Docld: 32335465 Page 1
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Us¢c 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 is aan . ; PON - . t ‘ 4 ons . QL ” UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION New York, New York In Reply, Please Refer to File No. , MAR 11 1975 SECRET - Prasate al-tayyar (6) A, confidential source selon]e that (a: Aladdin Al-Tayyar C3) ; First Secretary Jto(t the Iraq Mission] t (areadis Nations, Co | has, since July, 1974, been engaged in serous inquiries and negotations for the putchase of sophisticated weaponry, including automatic weapons with silencers. Among others he has dealt with are the Military Armament Corporation o Marietta, Georgia, and American International Corporation ° of Salt Lake City, Utah. This first company manufactures 4 counter-insurgency weapons, ineluding the MAC M-10 and M-11 i sub-machineguns. The latter company manufactures the Modd 180 long rifle which is equipped with a laser sight mechanism. A factory and warehouse for American International Corporation ”. is located in Austria under the name, Voere Ges MBH and Company - Gb ie 21 Avenue_du Jour, Ferne ltaire, France,\contacted/ Al-Tayya C$) -.. from the (iraq constrate yin; Geneva, Switze and,\ concerning © S$ ¥ dealing h these pons” dealers and also,gwith other_individuals, possibly Mitchell __LIT and Mitchell WWrbell, IV, éwho ; operate a firm kfiown as Defense Systems in “#owder Springs Georgia. These two individuals have previously been arrested by agencies of the United States Government for illegal arms' deals. Apikian (subsequently traveled to the United States and angagea C$ J in negetiations with these companies. He arranged for Charles ff, the Chairman of the Board of American International Corporation to travel to Baghdad) in connection with the sale C5.) usP 0 weapons( to Iraq. \(s) & ae ye Sources mentioned herein have furnished |: SECRET reliable information in the past unless otherwise in icated. eo In January, 1975 Xan individual aa oee Apikian Classificd by This document contains neither ‘recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property | of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside | { { i | pe 207 9aF- 3/Jo- ENCLOSURE, Doclda: 323354658 Page 2
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act. of 1992 (44 Use 3107 Hote T- DATE: 11-14- 2017 ‘ | oo os a | | | oe a | / | a _ SECRET, [Aladdin M..Al-Tayyar ( S) - On January 27, 1975, the same confidential source advised that (Apikian lanned to fly from New York to One on January. 2 , 1975; proceed to Munich \that eveni to Dusseldor on’ January 30, 1975; and to ight (5 Ea Geneva on January 30, 1975, aboard (Swissair Flight (5 525.) ApLRsaSy ¢ co intended to contact a/Prince KishkaFian | era etic) in (sans cn and a}Dr. Schumeier |\(phonetic) in(D (Duss n \eehgi He wou ( theri . meet with Goff in eneva jand they would depart for ae! together on January 31, ee SECRET. hee ee - oe ee. oe ee ee ae ee ee ae ee Doclda: 323354658 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107. HoE el. DATE: 11-14-2017 ~ . ; < : . . eo OT “ , - . . , : "LEADS (1) Will attempt to identify_and furnish background ‘information goncerning/William A ikian \who claims_to have a CSO residence inlGeneva, switzerland.) Since(Apikian's Jnationality('$ J is not currently known, will de €rmine whether_he possesses Swiss]nationality or isin possessi n of {Swiss travel documents 6) Will ascertain whether (Apikian has (an official governmental \(C's7) capacity or has any known connection with illegal gun dealers © or known terrorist groups. (2) Will attempt to determine whether there is any indication qf recent shipments or anticipated shipmentsf{rom i) Vere Ges MBH Jand (Company} in Austria] to traq lor to individuals CS . suspected Of being connécted with any /fArab crroristlorgapizgtions (6) Will ascertain the relationship betweenfVere Ges MBHland Ss Company and American International Corporation of Salt Lake City, Utah. \ SECRET -3%*- o [-— ee ee ee ee i ' Docld: 32335468 Page 4