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“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote} _ DATE: 11-14-2017 a . JFK Assassination System Date: 5/4/2015 Identification Form Agency Information ~ AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90124-10045 “ RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: SEE TITLE Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WMFO TO: HQ TITLE: [Restricted] DATE: 12/08/1969 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : . 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 : AT SE v9.1 14 Docld: 32335487 Page 1
Hote; . fr. DeLonch WE Mr. VWiedboors. 7 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of Ete PTH DATE: 11-44-2017 e Cy : ~ FR-36 (Ree, §-22-64) oo” S 3 Mr. Mohr. Mr. Bishop. > 8 FBI Date: 12/8/69 Transmit the following in Ea fk ot fem SE 7 nS PGRT. Via p AIRTEL REASON: or; . 7 3 dit | Tele Holmes... () TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (105-190894) 19! TOTAL 6€ Ory FROM: SAC, wro((105-93253) ep) “ge We (oe YU _ | { LIEUTENANT COLONEL URI varon }(6) DERE ATOR Uti neem ; Wiig | LIS - ISRAEL “RE SHON OTteea, Cee EREEE? | WHERE SHOWN OTHER4rep. Enclosed for the Bureau are five copies of an _ LHM setting forth information concerning subject. Two _ are for Atlanta. _ _ . CLASSIFIED BYSES Fey The LHM is being classified "Secret - (No Forei nc Ss} Dissemination" jdue to the sensitive nature of (WF 568-S*.| S$ J It is further being marked (*SCOPE"| since it contains infor a-CS |] tion furnished by a sensitive source in the (Israeli field. Cs} In the event other offices prepare communications whieh may subsequently be disseminated and which include i information from( WF 568-S*} the cover communication should Cs} ~y explicitly state that the LHM or report contains information SS which should be designated (*SCOPE".] The Bureau will stamp (5) nN the document prior to dissemination. y Sy REQUEST OF THE BUREAU {i Wes 7 | 7 BS 3 In view of (YAROM's| recent activities as set forth( 5) SE | in WFO airtels and LHM's dated 12/3/69, 12/3/69 and 11/28/69, ay S the Bureau may desire to request State Department clearance SU if for full investjgation of subject ‘which should include fisur Hl when necessary (KX) © , mM } (2 Bureau (Ene. 5) |” LE Zp Pave A). AA - ~ Atlanta (Ene. 2) (Rit) MéebermsLZ&, Lin fies “7 es F ee | 9 DEC u& bg REQ. REC'D 7, a (1 105-524) How inna tage Chin Pay Pre po | JVDinsr (6) _ 7 en oor ——— Approved; _ Special Agent in Charge Docla: 32335487 Page 2
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1999-(44 1¢- 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 OQ a LEAD ATLANTA a - AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Will through established sources, attempt to identify MITCHELL WARBELL‘ (phonetic) whom. the informant seems to think is connected with a small concern in Atlanta, Will determine if WARBELL has access to classified Government information. Subsit results in LHM form, Docld: 32335487 Page 3
Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : . DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32335485 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Sc 2107 Hote}. JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90124-10046 HQ SEE TITLE Document Information FBI WMFO HQ [Restricted] 12/08/1969 2 ) MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 09/12/1998 INDEFINITE LHM 15: Date: 5/4/2015
("Released under ‘the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC Di07 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017) | -S NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION ~— UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | Washington, D. C. 20535 | oh No. ha, December 8, qomPasTON nov TAINED ° 5 S2CRPY az 1 TNYOR! ols i DECL ASSIF pr ON as Paces / " ee ‘LIEUTENANT COLONEL URI YAROM | INTERNAL SECURITY - ISRAEL | On December 4, 1969, a confidential informant > if who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that he had been given the following informatio Lieutenant Colonel Uri Yarom, Assistant Armed Férces Attache, Embassy of IsraeF,| Washington, D. C.? a | | On December 4, 1969, a Mr. Mitch Warbell — a (phonetic) from Atlanta, Georgia, anted (Yarom\to come to Cp—= zs a local hotel (not named) in Washington to meet him, \s Warbell. (¥ (Yarom) said that he asked Warbell if some story*($ | om way) serious or if they” are going to make it so. sven wa Stold by Warbell that the "story" not true.C $3 ary sven ajnentioned that he was: bothered by the racial thing"|- 63 Wand an told by Warbell that this was not true either. Larom\ was told by Warbell that he, Warbell, wanted to talk spout! "some: > equipment" that is “over. there ¥ <S)) n December 5, 1969, the informant ‘again advised 4 : nat Gat Yatom had mentioned that he would meet Warbell at an C$ unknown place for breakfast at which time Warbell would * bring an American friend who: wanted to discuss a few things 4 with Yarom. Warbell told({Yarom jthat he wanted to talk about CS some “devites'® he sent “over there" about two years ago, but Yarom\(told the informant he did not recall the devices ee) mentioned by Warbell ) NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION ERELOSURE | oe a, Doclda:323354856 Page 2
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colléction Act of 1997 (44 Use 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 ae . , = ele OE “ LIEUTENANT ‘ COLONEL : URI. YAROM () . oe JHE: - mee) Ok: The current “Diplomatic List™ publ isifec United: States. Department’ of State, Washington, Ds_C. confirms the position as set forth above/for Yarom. ) ie This document contains neither Secommendations nor conclusions of the FEI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned: to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. SECRET | | an 74 le | i Docld: 32335483 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Us 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 _ JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 5/4/2015 FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-90124-10047 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-289611-3 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: AT - TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 09/10/1975 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ILLEGAL ARMS SALES TO LIBYA MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/12/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32335489 Page 1 ~~ AGENCY : Agency Information AT
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 27107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 os : a [Gr cuatenaLa, REQUESTED INFORMATION REGARDING THESE LuDIVIDUALS AFTER THE ABOVE NOTED orFeR. Vg) (U) ON 9/11/62 U. S. CUSTOMS OFFICE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WAS ADVISED THAT ATLANTA SOURCE AT 1762-C OF UNKMOWS RELIABILITY ADVISED THAT A POSSIBLE ILLICIT INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN arts AND AMMUNITION BEING CONDUCTED BY COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONA AL, OF WHICH WERBELL IS PRESIDENT, att OvE(@ENsaaL FONDOSA OF COSTA co) A LARGE QUANTITY OF ARMS FOR USE IN REVOLUTIONARY ATTACYS OF CASTR RECIME BEING PURCHASED IN BELG TUE BY COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FOR SHIPMENT TOFGENERAL rovnesaYeh(u | Avion NEREELL NECTIONTD IN INVEST "OR. ELMER HENNEY LOUGHLIG, Aad RA-HAITI, QO: SEY YORK, BUFILE 97-3393." DR. LOUGHLIN WAS ALLEGEDLY WORKING ON BEHALF OF HAITIAS GOVERNMENT. ON 3714/63 WERBELL DENIED KNOWING LAUGHLIN IN INTERVIEW, ASOVE FURNISHED BUREAU BY LETTER DATED 6/16/65 ENTITLED "HATICNALITY GROUP COVERAGE - DOMINICA 2SPUBLIC." CASE TITLES NITCHELL LIVINGSTON VERBELL, III, IS - cuBaA, 003: NEY YORK, WERBELL IDENTIFIED AS INDIVIDUAL “HO ‘IAS POSSIBLY | Docld: 32335531 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Us 2107 Hote. DATE: 11-14-2017 : ; F'ID-36 (Rev, 5-22-64) . ey: xs | ; vos tf ? | “| I oa . \ f { ; AN whe iF Date: 9/10/75 Salt Hoes Bab 28 Bom Bs | { Transmit the following in , (Type in plaintext or code) AIRTEL | - ; (Priority) | "TO: DIRECTOR, FBI Kol SEIFIED BS Sth pec REASON: 1.5 (8¢,d) , , OLAS ON: SG" FROM: SAC, ATLANTA (2-56) (P) DECLASSIFY UN SH SUBJECT: UNSUBS; cqrucst a mer ; a A ALLEGATIONS OF PROPOSED ALL TNRORMATTON CONTAUNED { \ TS = LIBYA | ; A SHOWN OTHERWISE. oN J ; 00: NEW YORK (i . , oN i . Re New York teletype to the Bureau, 8/19/75, and po Atlanta airtel to New York, 9/5/75. Also referenced for — - the Bureau's information is Atlanta airtel and LHM, dated ok 5/27/75, captioned({"ALADDIN M. AL-TAYYAR, IS > IRAQ, ber Bufile:(105-263921J New York file: G05-137187; ('ITRA S MISSION “TO THE TED NATION, IS - IRAQ,” Bufile:(62-77787-282,) gy ew York file: 105-21730./5) : : For information of the Bureau in connection with } investigation in referenced airtel and LHM, 5/27/75, during January, 1975, Special Agent GEORGE THOMAS, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), Atlanta, Georgia,» - wee WERBELL, , - III, were co-owners of Military Armament Corporation (MAC) ,. \ cf 440 Glover, S.E., Marietta, Georgia, until approximately one | - and one half years previously when th split and WERBELL f - set up Defense Systems. SALESKY was “sti operating MAC at . this time, a competitor of Defense Systémg, and has a Class __ 7.) 3 firearms license, which allows manufacture and export of / fully automatic weapons. REG MA / bg o 2 Ff wi ble a j | advised that one GEORGE H. SALESKY and MITCHELL .L. ee (f @- Bureau C. OE BE, 2 - New York - “eopies made: 2 - Atlanta 2SIE FIG, a 4 recent hea” REF: lru Ka. Pralepi) A L Jie behl 5G) Gta os — wed; teen ( 6) for roview at FBIN9 by HSCA WACE~ 77 request: (See Putilo Ae L7290 Nh)» SeOREL (PY | Sent Approved; “Mufspaecial Aggat.in Charge aa’ rr ae DoclId:32335489 Page 2
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 aN - PACE SIX AGAINST YERSELL. POJAS AND OTHERS ARRESTED aT TRAINING SIGH HORTH OF MIAMI IN BATTLE GEAR. ‘YERSELL THOUGHT TO HAVE SUPPLIED WEAPONRY. : | CASE TITLED "SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCANBRAY (SUFE) COPERATION ALPHA $$) IS = CUBA, NEUTRALITY MATTER, 00: MEANT, MIAME FILE 105-8243", WERSELL WAS REPORTED TO BE IN CHARGE OF MAKING ARRANGEHENTS TO OSTAIN NECESSARY ARMS AND aWMUNTTION. ABOVE FURNISHED BUREAU BY NIAINI LETTER DATED 0/7/62. CASE TITLED "LT. COL. PAUL &. MAPPIOTT, ACCUISITION OF TERS WEAPONS = RACIAL NA 4 TATED 12/3/69 IN SCHEME TO IMPORT JEAPONS FROw VIETHAt Ww 4 “J “OU Oo iQ rr) to = -< a oO ud SE DISTRIBUTED TO ANTI-NEGNO TIGHT “TKS we RGANIZATIONS I8 G t SRE Dey ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SOUTH. WER2ELL peuren THE DIS TRIQUTION wath oe OF THE WEAPONS BUT ADM Ez N hi = MZAPONS BUT ADMITTED TRYING TO IMPORT wEAPONS FOR “USE IN ISOVE FURNISHED BUPEAU BY JACKSONVILLE TEL DATED 12/1769 RCE WAS NEYS ARTICLE OF JACK ANDERSON WHICH APPEARED FLORIDA U TIMES - UNION, JACKSONVILLE, 11/25/69, IN CASE TITLED[*LT. COL. URI YAROM, IS - soos Joven.) _ Docld: 2335530 “Page 5
JFK Assassination System Date: 5/4/2015 Identification Form ~~ AGENCY: Agency Information Peleased under the John FBI Fennedy RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90124-10051 hssassination Records , ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54462 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 97-3224-NR HoO-o5-2017 Document Information ; ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: = 10/24/1962 PAGES: 1 SUBJECTS : MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL ARTHUR L. SMITH DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 09/12/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO v9.1 HW 54462 DBocld: 32335493 Page 1
- ¥ tj Woy — OPrioNaL FORM NO. 10 oy - ° mo, ” mo, Toe oe 5 de 801-104-901 : PX ‘ oo age a rs re ‘ UNITED STATES. og RNMENT 0 pe A -<qo  : DIRECTOR, FBI (105-82968) pare: OCT.2 41962. 0 Ys m : SAC, MIAMI (105-2213) (RUC) 7 srt. CONTAINED sone ARTHUR L. SMITH, aka. — AlLINroRwarion Co 7) IS = CUBA; Se Cis : /' RA = CUBA pATEo= he ReBulet to Mexico, 9/10/62, ent JE "MANUEL, & ‘ FUEG RA - CENTRAL AMERICA, " instructing Miami to contact - Surces to determine SMITH' § current activities; rerep ° of SA THOMAS J.,. LARDNER dated 10/9/62, at Richmond, captioned, “FRANK MARION AUSTIN; GLENPAULSON BEVAN, aka., RA ~ CUBA, my ITSP, ' ee Enclosed herewith are ten copies of letterhead _ memorandum dated and captioned as above. ~. oN ; MM 639-S, MM 635-S, and MM 492-S were contacted. with negative results concerning subject. Credit and =... ... criminal checks conducted in the Miami area revealed no» ~*~ ‘information identifiable with subject. Dk Bureau may consider sending copy of enclosed letterhead memorandum to Legat, Mexico; therefore, an oe extra copy is enclosed. | GZ een, fom a . Inasmuch as: SMITH was interviewer simon, office, no fur ther investigation is Ploaudl ae: oo wo Se nea / » Copy t ah Oeant Lh uu y , ae [x] info Ox Zo. ae ea eee for info. P @  ONI/OSI/ACSI >>, Date. Mhd =. .. \ by ‘routing sli HW 54462 Docld:32335493 Page 2
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: $/4/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90124-10059 RECORD SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-159111-8 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM ~ TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 05/11/1967 PAGES: 12 SUBJECTS : . MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL II RALPH SERANNO DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C;4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/12/1998 “co ‘OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : LHM rrr v9.1 Docld:32335501 Page 1 ven
’ Released under the John F. Kenedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 He fate Ee). DATE: 11- 14- 2017 ; e , t = , < Lo - 0% , | _ RE: RALPH LAURO SERRANO | SECRET On February 7, 1967, MM T-3, a Haitian citizen residing in the Miami area, who is well acquainted with. Haitian personalities, identified a photograph of eee SERRANO that, of an individual known him as RALP . visited (EUGENE ‘MAXIMILIEN, Haitian Consul jin Miami, sdVer rai Cs le times in the Iatter. part of 1966 RALPH acted and talke i“ :, Like a hoodlum and in the opinion of the source had a cepatian” di. background, He was_glso a friend of MITCHELLYWER BELL Hi” was in contact with[MAXIMILIEN [during the saite period: t ey The "Miami Herald" of February 28, 1967, contained an article titled "Ex-Cuban Politico, Priest Charged with Haitian Plot." This article stated ~ wee , _ that seven individuals were indicted by a . Federal Grand Jury at Miami, Florida, on February AA 27, 1967, charged with conspiring, to launch an invasion of Haiti from the Florida Keys, Among those indicted was MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WER..BELL , III, age 48, a U. S. , Citizen, Powder Springs, - “Gédrgia. " _\ SHS , On April 11, 1967, Mrs. HELEN WANICK, Office of the U. S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida, Miami, Florida, advised that on March 17, 1967, © the charges against WER BELL were dropped by the U. S.. Attorney's office due to lack of sufficient evidence against ‘him. y . The records of the Identification Division of the . FBI contain a record relating to RALPH SERRANO under FBI No. “ 1 013 752. This record reflects that on October 15, 1964, ,; RALPH LAURO SERRANO, #A3 386 567, was arrested by the , Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), New York, New . York, for deportation proceedings. The disposition was indicated as “deported from NYC to Santo Domingo via PAA Flt 231 on 1-9-65," ‘ ne a Docla: 32335501 Page 2
_Z On 11/30/61 FRANK KNOX AYCGUCK, attorney, with \ ME 62-1187 C NEENTIAL Also on 11/30/61 GLENN ALLEN, Librarian, the "Commercial Appeal," daily newspaper, Memphis, Tennessee, advised SA WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE that the files of his paper contain no information regarding any "Minutemen” activity in the Memphis or mid-South area. The following inquiries were made in Nashville, Tennessee: On 11/30/61 Miss CLARICE MILLER, Office of the Secretary of State, Nashville, Tennessee, advised that there iz no record of this organization being chartered in the State of Tennessee. On 12/1/61 ME 249-C(RAC) was contacted tele- phonically and adwised that he has sot heard of such a group being organized in Nashville. On 12/1/61 CS ME 175-C(RAG) was contasted tele- phonically and she advised that she read about this group in the newspaper but that she knows of no one organizing such a group in Nashville. The following investigation was conducted at Memphis, Tennessee: offices in the Columbia Mutual Tower Building, Memphis, volunteered the Pollowing information to SA WILLIAM H, LAWRENCE which may be pertinent to this investigation: AYCOCK volunteered that he is an activemember of the John Birch Society and of the Memphis Citizens! Council; further that on 11/22-25/61 he attended the National Indignation Convention held in the Dallas Auditorium, Dallas, Texas. This was sponsored by the Jvohn Birch Society. — During the lunch hour on 11/22/61, AYCOCK went to the Steak House Restaurant, located near the Baker Hotel in Dallas. He was wearing his National Indignation. Convention identification tag on his suit lapel. There he was accosted by two white males who were also wearing National Indignation Convention identification tags and who indicated to him that they were also attending the National Indignation Convention . _ CONRRENTIAY =... re ee ee | a : — - _ HW 45330 DoclId:32335614 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assaseination Records collec lon Act o ote DATE: 11-14-2017 a JFK Assassination System Date: 5/4/2015 Identification Form ee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-90124-10062 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — CR 105-95677-1540 Ee Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: AT TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 04/06/1972 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : HAITIAN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL III DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/12/1998 _ OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: | MEMO ee | vol” 10 DocId: 32335504 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 ‘USC 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-7017 . . \ es i ~ Ser, BS \ AT 105-4259 LEADS: MIAMI DIVISION AD MIAME, FLOR IDA: “Te any sources’ utilized in the ROJAS LHM have not r been contacted concerning a possible Haitian invasion plan, contact these Sources or set out appropriate leads to have them contacted. NEW YORK DIVISION AT..NEW YORK, NEW YORK: | oe te - Contact CBS to determine current location ‘and - occupation of ANDREW ST, GEORGE and set out leads to appro- priate offices to determine his activities-and determine the possibility of-an- interview. It is noted that ANDREW ST, GEORGE was a source of information for Miami in the 1966 - 1967 ROJAS invasion plan, ! ATLANTA DIVISION AT RUTLEDGE | GEORGIA:. a Through appropriate ‘sources determine the extent of the complaints concerning the automatic _ Weapons fire on the JOHN DOUGLAS farm, activities of DEWITT HENRY WANNAMAKER, JR., Assistant Chief of Police, Rutledge, Georgia, and his’ involvement in a plan to i i | 2, Through appropriate sources determine © the. , . invade Haiti, i Docla: 32335504 Page 2
[Released under ‘the ‘John F. “Kennedy Aesaseination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Usct 207 Hotter. | DATE: 11-14-2017 . i Ms "bP a=. AT 105-4259 Re Atlanta letter and LHM to the Bureau and other offices, dated April 6, 1972, NONSYMBOL SOURCE ADMINISTRATIVE... fhe knowledgeable source and liaison man are iden tified as EARL EDWIN AUSTIN, Savannah's Confidential Source, THIS COPY No , ( T TO BR OUTSIDE HRADQUARTERS CLey., Docld: 32335504 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy. Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: ii- 14-7017 ; ——_ oo on : . ° : ° 6 ’ @ an (Sed CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN PAST ADVISED WEREELL IS REPORTED TO HAVE WET WITH: ft. COL. YARON)FOR PURPOSES UNKNOWN SOMETINE IN DECEHE ER * woes ASOVE FURNISHED BUREAU BY ATLANTA LETTER TO PURE AU DATED 1/29/72. fo 3/24/75 Us Se ARMY FIELD ACTIVITIES S comma ND UNDER CAPTION "SID SHINE, INFORMATION CORCERNING, NATIONAL TTELLIGENCE™ REPORTED RELIAPLE SOURCE OF resins STATED SUBJECT 11 TOUCH WITH WERBELL IN AN ATTEMPT To BUY 4,296 SUEDISH MACHINES GUNS FoR | ; DELIVEPY TO UNIDENTIFIED LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY. A SOVE FURNISHED FBI HQ BY DEPT. OF ARMY MENO DATED 2/ 70.1% (u) 78 ven gee fen. Ww 1-1-9 IN THE FOLLOWING CASES “EDVIN SARGER3 MITCHELL WERSELL pT T ‘ye * rn "40 IS - GREAT BRITAIN", “UNSUSS, REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS ON ARACO (SF) ISLAND, IS - REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES" kD "NITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL, III; EDWIN MARGER, IS - BAHAMAS, NEUTRALITY WATTER - BAHAUAS", BUFILE 62-193665, WERSELL LINKED TO GROUP TRYING TO OVERTHROt GOVERNMENT OF BAHAMAS AND EST SSLISH THE FREE | | . sae N 8/23/73, EUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS on, wo Iv = as ATLANTA, GEOR GIA ADVISED CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION PERTA END PAGE SEVEN | - ¢Docld: 32335531 Page 6
MeETeased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination «PATE:. . 11- 14- 2017 Se tS 7 OB AT 105-1612 In May 1962, MITCHELL WERBELL, III, accompanied one EMANUEL FIRESTONE, aka, MANUEL LEONIDAS FUEGO GOMEZ, and J. A, KANE of 805 Peachtree St. , Atlanta, Ga., at which time offer ‘was made of small arms, ammunition and five hundred trained mercenary troops to the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense to fight Communism. Lt..Col. AGUILAR de LEON, Acting Minister of Labor of Guatemala requested information regarding these individuals. It is noted MANUEL FUEGO was subject of Registra- tion Act case, FBI #4008419, (Bufile 97-3224), In this inves- tigation WERBELL was described as being involved in a plan to ship arms to Equador, 3. A. KANE described as an associate of WERBELL, and a pusiness partner in certain ventures is subject of an ITSP violation, Bufile 87-73553, JOSEPH A, KANE, ITSP, wherein certain stock certificates of Union ‘Oil and Gas Corporation of Louisiana were used as collateral for bank loans, for which offense he was sentenced 6/12/64 in Superior Court, "Fulton, county , Ga. On 9/25/62, IC JAMES W. MURRAY reviewed the passport file maintained by the U. S.. Department of State, Passport Office, on MITCHELL L. WERBELL , III, from which the following information was obtained: WERBELL , whose address was listed as RD #1, Powder Springs, Georgia, "and whose occupation was reflected as "Public Relations-Adv. Executive" was born 3/8/18 at Phila- delphia, Pa, In response to a passport application dated 5/25/62 at Atlanta, Georgia, WERBELL was issued passport number C301433 on 5/29/62, at Miami , Florida, In this application WERBELL stated his intention "to travel to England and Germany on business and listed his approximate date of. departure as 6/15/62 from New York City. The above passport was restricted from travel to Albania, Cuba, and those portions of China, Korea, and Viet-Nain under communist control, OOS REVIEWED BY EBUFK TASK FORCE 3 p _s 13/58 prppaloloe RELEASE IN FUEL = [] RELEASE iN PART [. TOTAL DENIAL Docld: 32335506 Page 4