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OUTGOING” MESSAGE StGN4L CONTE USE ONLY red coe a Too reS mip (aMr on g o7 0 oF 9 SECRET WESABE WALK ee Pee APR . tare. wade oROe ore DERRAGs ME PERE SCS then ‘0220012 CIA 550124 , 4 . : . co LAS INFO: FILE er Yes, Par — OISSEM 6 YY P003, ‘epe/oo one « (32 TO?” “FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION//ATTN:. RK MCHARGUE /GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE BBEDIVISION. y SE CRET+-WARNING NOTICE: ‘SENSITIVE INTELLJGENCE“SOURCES AND “CTHODS 2 INVOLVE D-=NoT- RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NAT SNALS--NOT RELEASABLE TO | CONTRACTORS: OR CONTRACTOR/ CONSULTANTS vo CIR-335/00302-77 SUBJECT: BOMBING OF FORMER CHILEAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNTIED STATES§ NAME TRACE. MITCHELL LIVINGSTON UERBELL III ¥ REF: FBI CABLE REQUEST. DATED 14 JANUARY 2977.4 oe THE FILES OF iHIS AGENCY CONTA Ti CONSTDERABLE TNFORFATION. ON “METCHELL LIVINGSTON UERSELL III. BORN 8 MARCH 1918 IN PHILADELPHIA, “PENNSYLVANIA. THE MAJORITY OF THE INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY YOUR BUREAU. THIS AGENCY PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED THE FBI WITH. INFORNATION ON WEREELL UNDER CSCI-3/7273327 OF 24 OCTOBER 4b2, SUBJECT UERBELL, MITCHELL L. AND CSCI- 3ib/02323- bd OF 27 JUNE 1Ib4. SUBJECT VERBELL. MITCHELL LIVINGSTON III. IN ADDITION, THIS AGENCY FURNISHED YouR AOZATGUREAU WITH MEMORANDA CONCERNING SUBJECT MITCHELL LIVINGSTON VERSELL III DATED 27 JUNE 1974, BL AUGUST 1974. 9 AUGUST 81974. AND _ DATE: : - ORG: . . 7 oe ext. ih elec Ska ee. caren tae Mace 3m wales “ee eanme OF eR oe CUM e sed OVO EOR - . BapTeatt at ob Boe POE 4 & spears , —E 2 IMPDET
OUTGOING MESSAGE “ BiGNAL CENTER USE OLY . Cn 2) ae . Oo re 220 QMF og o6OCO i] oo. (CO  - Kab ooo cece - Lo 4 @S€ECRET. MESDAGE RANOLme mENEATER . parn-omie anous cme weeenee REPENS REED . - . CIA - . ‘CONF: INFO: FLE , Ao Vath a ae DISsEM OY: O wrasse # 2 august ‘bqa74. ¥ te UERBELL “HAS never BEEN EMPLOYED BY THIS AGENCY NOR ‘DOES aa THE. AGENCY HAVE ‘ANY OPERATIONAL ‘INTEREST IN HIM. WERBELL WAS a connzsstoneD OFFICER” ITH THE oss. DURING WORLD. WAR IT- AND SERVED IN: “THE CHINA- BURNA- INDIA THEATRE. IN AUGUST OF (49595 -THIS: AGENCY. PELE LLL CONSIDERED USING WERBELL AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION on REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE CARIGBEAN AREA. PARTICULARLY CUBA. BUT TERMINATED ITS CONSIDERATION OF HIS POSSIBLE USE IN OCTOBER 19598 WHEN IT WAS “DETERRINED THAT HIS INFORMATION WAS OF LITTLE VALUE AND IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT HE WOULD USE THEPROPOSED ¢ CONNECTION WITH THE AGENCY TO PROMOTE) PERSONAL INTERESTS. ¥ © 3. DURING AUSUST AND SEPTEMBER 19b2 REPORTING ON VERBELL REVEALED THAT HE VISITED SEVERAL CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND APPEARED TO BE CONTACTING OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA AND EL SALVADOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING RECOGNITION OF “BE"DE FACTO" CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE CALLED THE “UNITED ORGANIZATION FOR THE LIGERATION OF CUBA.” IN. DISCUSSIONS UITH NICARAGUAN. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES, UERBELL CLAINED THE PROPOSED. CUBAN EXILE GOVERNMENT BATE: ORG: UNIT: ExT: .- Osean ase cae @ ei letee eg Bblm 698 wey ; ayews wewet ors CP CRE TS 4 i 2 IMPDET SR A 9 RY Yo tty me om mea, + Ae rge yest es poten pee gp: é
- EMT: OUTGOINGEIMESSAGE Seema canes use Om. F . eae rc age _ tee vee =eeo == ote OnF. 9 o.UCds GBC oO 0 SECRET -.. - oo - CIA a CONF: -  iwee: eae | AONB 2 ces | BISSEM BY: . ost . ‘ , . -G canmre PER fv omuse # HAD THE SUPPORT OF NINETY SEPARATE CUBAN EXILe ORGANIZATIONS AND 1665009 CUBAN EXILES. HE ALLEGEDLY. OFFERED A NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT FRICTAL emer $190. 500 TO OBTAIN ‘THAT GOVERNMENT ®S RECOGNITION @ OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE. ¥ S. “IN DECEMBE LSbS+ -WERBELL SPOKE TOA nrANt CONTACT OF THIS ; AGENCY AND TOLD HIN THAT HE AND SIX CUBAN EXILES IN THE “UNITED STATES HAD ORGANIZED A GROUP. INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY TWENTY CUBANS INSIDE , CUBA. TO PERFORM A COMMANDO OPERATION IN CUBA IN. EARLY JANUARY Vibes THEIR PRIMARY MISSION WAS THE ASSASSINATION OF CUBAN PREMIER FIDEL, CASTRO s-ULTH-THESCCONDARY MISSION BEING THAT OF BLOWING LP THE POUER |. GENERATORS THAT SUPPLY THE ELECTRICITY TO HAVANA, WERBELL. AT THE: TIME, STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE: "GREEN LIGHT" FROM THE CIA Td. PROCEED UITH THE MISSTON, AND INFERRED THAT THE MISSION WOULD BE ABORTED IF SCUCH APPROVAL WAS NOT OBTAINED. {NOTE: THIS AGENCY WAS NEM eur DeavorR, | NOT IN CONTACT WITH UERSELL 988 IN ANY WAY uHATSOEVERA: ¥ be “IN EARLY L969 WERBELL WAS IN THATLAND REPRESENTING HIMSELF AS VICE PRESIDENT OF SIONICSs INC. oF ATLANTAS GZORGIA. HE @DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A COUNTERINSURGENCY EXPERT» CLAIMED TO BE A RETIRED BBEGHBE DATE: OG: . ; UNI: , ‘ : . i i ATG STL e MUUG OF OT ET —E é IMPOET . ff RY -mvaaes AFL hime OF ON HE
OUTGOING MESSAGE . BiGPOL CENTER USE GLE | sae coe ace ros | we peep tte” sr fo oo @ o 686 a a fas SECRET . . CIA _ CONE: ee ee . | APoVAN 4 cen nissan By: a — 7D were PER , , 0 wonss s- COLONEL, AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF AT A LOcaL NIGHTCLUB AS THE CHIEF OF PIE ATL Fe CTA IN THAILAND. {NOTE: VERBELL WAS ced THE CIA CHIEF OF STATION IN THAILAND. NOR’ CmSThE “AFFILIATED: ‘WETH © CIA TN ANY WAY.} WERBELL “avterie te TO SELL. “‘Exorte BEARONS TO THE THATS AND ‘TO TRAIN THEN IN u “= couwtertusurccucy WARFARE. Pe WERBELL ALLEGEDLY OPERATES THROUGH A NUMBER OF FRONT - BUSINESSES. ONE OF WHICH Is CALLED THE CENTRAL INFORMATION AGENCY @ {CIA}. . IN SOME OF BIS DEALINGS WERBELL BROADLY HINTS THAT HE HAS” CONNECTIONS WITH THIS AGENCY. ¥ rer . 4 FROG te FPL Onereninb be. o 8. THIS AGENCY HAS INFORMATIONGRu? f. Loa RSsTS S02 OF THE TPES OF NE AOORRY THAT AARSARWERRELI. PUROORTS TO SELL. TAIN (eo . : spo Mle) THE Sonia. HAL Felt PREZ S CLEP Pinas uo aeons trow: UT LDERESGA Je eaten es TO Yous SGBUdE REET Lee auseeaes we PE (ete PMG ER bce ae baa “ru ROduie tee | i You,Y ¢ oot oe oom og onal} tau Fe 4 a “SF URE on oa SOW ESS SHSYC CT SPIEL BESO E ARDEP REONOUR BUREAU + ¥- ie. CLASSIFIED BY RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER- EXEMPT FROM - GENERAL DE CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE OF £0. Lib $2 EXEMPTION. CATEGORY . 58 {oF}. IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE Dare, OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATIONA 1 Fe TARUARY 197? DATE: @ UCR g SE RES ORR. LOMAS fe, _ ORIG. Nn . om, Laon C/LA/COG/OPS- UM. DEVINE L ; ei : - {IN DRAFT) Aan pp Link: . arr fey a re dS f Yet bea Matt Sh en eee ee . Soosevnss-| C/LA s C/PCS USN - SE OREPTE A rae’) 2 . eS AGRI aOe far laee . ws Aurmennca Tone OFeCee seeeriennen ; Ce CPE: Dee "£2 IMPOET cho oa.
ocr 77-0704 - 7 —— 1 February 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations — = _ ATTENTION. = : Associate Deputy Director for Operations i 7 ne FROM - : Walter T. Lloyd . Se _ Associate General Counsel SUBJECT” Mitchell Livingston Werbell, If ne : Ce "1, As:you are-aware, on the instruction of United States _ | i Cte 2 - ‘District Judge Peter Fay (Miami,. Florida Division), incident to |9-- - eo Pe -* ‘the Drug Enforcement Administration's prosecution of Subject Le _for conspiracy to import and distribute multi-ton loads of a Oe at ; ’ marijuana, the undersigned made a detailed review of the files : eee of this Agency Concerning Subject.in August 1976. This exami- - nation’ was to ascertain any data that ran to Werbell's guilt or innocence of the offense charged and any other data reflecting the Soe oe nature of the relationship between Werbell and the U.S. Government. —— - ae This latter requirement was grounded on the Court's view that ‘Werbell's voluntary reporting to the Agency and any government eondonation of his activities might be exculpatory in the eyes of the | 1 t ' jury. 2. In response, we reviewed the files, identified Agency ‘contacts with Subject and prepared two affidavits: one regarding non-employment by ‘Mr. B. DeFelice and the second regarding 7 Werbell's relationship to the Agency by the undersigned. Copies a are attached. During the trial the first affidavit was shown to : counsel for Werbell by DEA counsel, Mr. Sam Sheres, at which ; : Le point defendant's counsel stipulated that Werbell was never 4 . formal employee of the Central Intelligence Agency- Sheres subsequently returned the affidavits ‘to the undersigned at the conclusion of the trial. ce aac E2IMPDET re ie CL BY: 059605
14-00000 3, Regarding the relationship of Werbell to the Agency, as- i approved by the Deputy Director, the undersigned appeared before '.. Judge Fay in his chambers on 31 August and under oath answered questions of the Court concerning Werbell. A copy of the transcript ‘+. of that-proceeding is attached. You will note that Judge Fay requested a Oy a that all pertinent gov ernment records be made av sailable to the Court . . | ‘for its inspection. Accordingly, copies of Agency files were reproduced, es . culled for "Brady - type” ddcuments, excised to protect sources and Soe So methods under the "SWP case criteria" and reviewed and approved by ee us , Assistant DD/O-on the evening of | September. These processed: _ _, documents Were then handcarried to Miami by the undersigned on weg. . 2 September. mo, 4. - The undersigned advised Judge Fay at 0330 hours on eer September that'd: Kadina my possession. copies of all of the “Agency | +. files om Werbell, had-culled them as to possible “Brady” documents sand was. prepared to ¥eview them with the Judge at his convenience. Cree _ {He was on the bench with a tight schedule and zsxed that the possible we ' . ‘Brady documents first be reviewed by Karen Atkinson, the principal counsel for the prosecution. The undersigned subsequently briefed Atkinsun on the nature of data in the possible Brady documents. This resulted in a significant reduction in the number of possibles. The undersigned gave Atkinson copies of the four unclassified OGC documents related to the DOD revocation of Werbell's security clearance in 1971. In addition, Office of Security documents edited and approved for release to Werbell under his Freedom of Information and Privacy ; Act.request.(Tabs' /-and B of OS response), consisting of media : i publications and security investigative data, were 2lso provided Atkinson. Due to counsel for Werbell raising an issue on Werbell's “use of a boat named "Venus" belonging to CIA, 2 declassified copy i aa of the OS short investigative report outlining data concerning Werbell's use of the Venus to transport arms was also provided Atkinson. The : : . related OS Headquarters assignment document. was not provided. 7 ee mo Related DDO documents on the ownership-of Venus by. the "JURE" Cuban group were mentioned to Atkinson but rot made available. ; §. While the above documents were provided the Department of | ° ; Justice with the understanding they could be passed to Counsel for SO erbell dué to subsequent events noted below, it is not certain that this occurred. Specifically, the undersigned declined to release additional "Brady" documents without consultation and instructions c ‘' i PEE cad SOE 2 War abdapans eed fe viata ntl Bbpcicrtra oct vou
_from the Court. The requested meeting was put off by Judge Fay and “ dafendants subseauently rested their case. The DOJ had little else _ to add and the case went to the jury about noon on 3 Sept. mber. AN the’ remaining copies of Agency ducuments were returned te Headquarters - by the undersigned the evening of 3 September. On4 September the jury. returned_a verdict of "not guilty . " Asa result, the bulk of "Brady-type" Agency documents or Werbell was not provided to counsel for: Werbell and Judge Fay reviewed no Agency documents. It should be noted all ‘copies of documents taken to Miami were excised ‘in-accord with the "SWP case criteria" and on return to Headquarters, - nn * _ these were destroyed by the e undersigned. a As a related. matter, on 16 November Mr. Arthur Egbert of the Interna! Security Division of. the DEA contacted the undersigned my ae | Egbe first-review the files of the FBI on Werbell as’most of the data as 0 ate Nwe have is containéd in FBI reports. Should FBI data be insufficient . ‘for his neéds I- stiggested he seek access ta our filés in DDO and Office -of Security via the normal DEA Department of Justice liaison channels. Walter T. Lloyd Attachments: (1). Affidavit - DeFelice (2) Affidavit - Lloyd (3) Transcript of Hearing of USDC for Southern District of Florida, August 31, 1976. ce: Jerry Brown, SAG/OS, w/fo atts Ed Montgomery, LD/SRCH/DDO, w/o atts LO 0 ooo" seeking ‘background information on Werbell. Tre undersigned suggested.
eo . gg OGC 74-6844 24 February 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, SOG Chief, DCD Lo i ce) = \ : Chief, LA Division j ; : ie <CO -. ‘ SUBJECT. :' Mitchell Livingston Werbeil III j Vd I was advised by the Justice Department on 23 February that ‘ .. Werbel has beer indictéd and the trial is scheduled to begin on. 29 March mode ., in Miami, Florida? :.The charges relate to importing and distributing 4 '.  QUantitiés of marijuana. With Werbel's propensity to raise his past ! _ - affiliations with the Agency, we can anticipate problems during this trial, . * > An additional problem is presénted because Werbel is defended by Edwin (ol: Marger who was the-défense attorney for John Hawk in the B-26 case in " ‘Buffalo, New Yerk im 1966. It was Edwin Marger who subpoenaed the CIA _ _ General Counsel as a*defense witness. : “ | @, The Justice Department has received information that a person either currently or formerly affiliated with the CIA has. been participating [ in Werbel's meetings with his attorney. It would be appreciated if all . addressees could review their holdings on Werbel and determine if there j is any validity to any recent contacts with him. I would urge that instruc- ‘tions be sent to Miami that no, repeat no, contact with Werbel take place. between now and the beginning of the trial. 3. It would be helpful if each addressee could’prepare a summary of the various contacts Werbel has had with CIA in the past. Please check to see if you have any information on a Colonel Bayard who was killed in Atlanta, Georgia during the summer of 1975, Bayard, reportedly an .| associate of Werbel's, had previous contacts with the Agency. It would be appreciated if your responses could be received by close of business 2 March. an ue res General Counsel . 244
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14-00000 oe. a . : « ee ree erees t  ere eraten a re 3 : ” ce eee nt Ae ere ane ar se geen anata er eee Tote ereeemeeterartranat, a The: Owner of Guns ‘§ ized a ; 7 = ————-., 1974 Will: Sell Them, _ ae Po te /  MARTETTRGeasept. 4(AP) em woe SO o-Mitchell L WerBell 34 off | 2 ene Sirti mt nein ein on NEAONal intrigue. .. ein! rt / . “in a-deal worked out.yester-] 2 0. Lee a Lo '« day before-a‘Federal judge, Mr.|- . oo Pe aa . {erst ‘agreed that he would a ne stop manufacturing and selling eee ee ee ‘guns if the Government, al-] - : oy . . Jlowed him ‘to ‘sell. $325,000 | : . a of arms seized: by ‘Fed- Tr rm nn on rem Re eral agents last .December. The guns, called “the largest collection of private guns in the world” by Mr. WerBell and Federal attorneys, include 2,600) imachine guns and silencers. [ . : res ooo mneg Mr, WerBell said his com-ip 7-777 ; ee : ara ~ _ pany, Defense Svstems Interna: fe sos . * tional, Inc., would continue * ‘Ole : wnt nteennme = Go what we have. always BOME | pw mee en ee serve this country.” r He said he and his sons bral Plans to sell radics, electronic jt jequipment and miliary aa ‘plies not covered by the agree ent, [ott re ~~ Marietta -has agreed to quit the}: CR nea an Ae Fg sey oe Bt. Sx AY Romina RIP Sees
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