‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 WS€ 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/4/2015 Identification Form Agency Information ~~ AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-90124-10084 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 157-8589-240 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/24/1968 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : — MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL III SETH M. SKLAREY DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: _ Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 09/12/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO . . v9.1 2 Docld: 323355276 Page 1 ,
r i ‘(44 107 Moter. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2 DATE: 11-14-2017 : g % 0 Op sence ors) | cf GDPTPONAL FORM NO, 10 . $010—106, . / SET aw1962 EDITION \ GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 Wane Ne /. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT . j Memorandum “ | TO ‘Director, FBI DATE: | 7/24/68 | rROM/,Y SAC, Miami SUBJECT: SETH M, SKLAREY 7 a | SM = MISC, re oo - —MM-100-15547, (Cc) ALL INFORATIN CONTAINED | nen 7 Arty HEREIN IS, UN yo sub: fees | PHIZ\OAKS | (we pate 3) /as___8 (ee) a SM'~ MISC, a 1 Door MM-100-15548 (¢) oe — {dane a“ mrennar tore, Miami @irtel to the Bureau, captioned “yourH ee | Chicabe Pile npESTIVAL THEATER," dated 3/4/68, copy to Chicago file "DEMCON," | bel , - Referenced communication contained information | ‘Some knowledge of a Conspiracy to obtain hand weapons ist | ostensibly for, forwarding to Chicago, At the time PATCH ._ i furnished this information, either he would not or could: .. : ,, Rot be specific concerning this conspiracy. It appeared he - ~ learned_of~the conspiracy from conversations he overheard : 4 _ beppie" hangouts that he patronized. He claimed OME Oe es (CFNO)AVERDEL of Powder Springs, Georgia, was mentioned asa Possible supplier of the Weapona “One (FNU) HOAX and one SETH =. | (LNU) were in some way involved. PATCH, when pressed for details, advised he was unable to elaborate and had only | vague: information as to the parties to the conspiracy or their ultimate purpose, — ano oe “ neceived from LAWRENCE inant a who claimed: to have ey of Chicago, PATCH | a ! is a former PCI of the Miami office, who a os was discontinued in March, 1966, PATCH, at times, -had acted as a source for the Yo peron CM) ee RELT is] -fsS7 - o40 a For the information ‘o (1 = 157-8589)(DEMCON)> =~ 1 - Chicago (Info.) (100-44963) (DEMCON) (RM) 6 = Miami rons | — (1; = 100-15547) ar ge sUL 26 968 — (1 = 100-15548) oe i Oe , (1 1100-15529) (Libertarian Watchdog) — =o 137-3607) (Patch). 137-2645) (John Ek) 134-394) (John Ek). — ba Doclda: 323355276 Page 2
yReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 * a re as no) ( | | | 4 | . SS uM 100- 15547 MM 100-15548 Bureau of Narcotics and the Dade County Department of Public Safety, All agencies | considered PATCH as an. unstable, unreliable and uncontrollable individual, who embroiders and. distorts the truth. PATCH has an arrést record. for narcotics violations, breaking ‘and entering, and obstruction of. justice. A source of the North Miami PD advised PATCH at one time . operated a group of teen-aged thievés and that PATCH would finger the "hit," drive the car and fence the stolen goods. At the time he was interviewed, PATCH appeared to be giving greater credence than justified to the few facts he seemed to have, He impressed the interviewing Agents as having a monetary or self- interest . motive, (FNU) VERDEL of Powder Springs, Georgia, in all probability is identical with or-Sprines, Gear TOMWERBELL , Iii, who resides at Route 1 that town... ‘WERBELL has been inter= viewed a number of times by the Atlanta office. He is described @S an opportunist and a@ name dropper. He purports to have served CIA and other government agencies. He is generally ; considered totally unreliable, | When last interviewed in April, 1968, he inferred he was doing research in the development of a weapon for military use that had security clearance from the Department of Defense. | vy MARSHALL BREVETZ (protect), operator of “Thee Image” and other "hippie” establishments in Miami, stated (FNU) HOAX * in all probability is a man named OAKS, of whom he has heard. He stated he knew one SETH, whom he described as a northerner ' who ‘visited Miami frequently. ‘He knew of no conspiracy: between these individuals. LAWRENCE PATCH, the original complainant, on 6/13/68 advised the information he had furnished concerning the conspiracy was hazy to him but if he had ment Loned a SETH, he probably meant SETH SKLAREY, and HOAX could have been PHIL OAKS, ‘whose whereabouts are unknown to him, PATCH stated he knows. nothing further about these individuals and can recall 0 clear’ details of any conspiracy. Doclda: 323355276 Page 3
"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hoter. | | DATE: 11-14-2017 no 2 > “ = MM 1100-15547 MM 100-15548 . JOHN EK a | i} a former Investigator for the City of North Miami Beach, Florida, and proprietor of the Seminole Gun Shop, a-fetail store for firearms, advised on 7/22/68 that SETH 4 SKLAREY, a hippie type, had approached him in February, 1968, and requested that EK issue him investigator credentials. SKLAREY executed an application which disclosed the following: Name Address, Sex ‘Color Height Weight Eyes Hair Born... Education Out-of-state address Employers. 1962 to present 12/1/67=12/31/67 1966-1967 ‘References Vehicle Social Security No. Marital status Telephone No. Doclda: 323355276 Page 4 SETH MA SKLAREY 2646 Jackson Street | Hollywood, Florida “M&T6 White 6* 2" 1654 Brown Brown . 11/12/44, Newark, N.J. B.A, in political science , plus one year law school | 89 Ansell House — London, England Soe, S& aaa y ere rane Playboy, Inc. Aig ame cntrnmeneir o- 919 North Michigan Avénue Chicago, Ill. a - Rogers Warehouse Millbrook, N.J. Jordan Marsh ARLISS - teacher 1401S. W._29th Avenue SICA Nc soa! Hollywood, Florida ~ _ LEON-HEEDORF - investigator 714 Broad Street “Newark, (NoJ> atlanta eee 1964 Dodge, tag #10-81822 262~72-7883 a Single 945-9148 «- 3 =
ion 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. itil the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of Released under . : DATE: 11-14-2017 | ., ~~ ry poe eo MM 100-15547 MM 100~15548 \ y , Sect Nearest relative . TILLIEASELAREY 2646 Jackson Street _ Hollywood,” Fioriaa- . sreraes eee JOHN EK stated that , REY runs with a hippie group and is associated with ROBERSVSCHART2, editor of the ~Libertarian Watchdog,."_an underground hippie-type newspaper as a that stands for legalized marijuana, youth power and the — crushing of police brutality, — . . oo According to EK, the "Libertarian Watchdog” runs a rogues gallery of uncover agents and police officers who operate covertiy in investigating narcotics and other violations, SKLAREY has assisted SCHWARTZ and has attempted to obtain photo- graphs of these individuals, (It is to be noted that PATCH was formerly associated with SCHWARTZ on the “Libertarian | Watchdog", ) ; oo _ - EK stated that SKLAREY had never approached him for firearms, although it. would be the logical thing perhaps for him to do if he was interested in obtaining them. EK stated that SKLAREY recently attended & Commissioners meeting where firearm control laws were discussed and expressed to EK his great disappointment that controls were not enacted, SKLAREY, according to EK, has no formal employment but had recently | stated he may take over the "Libertarian Watchdog," EK stated that PHIL OAKS was unknown to him and he had never heard SKLAREY mention such an individual , The above is furnished the Chicago office for its information, No further investigation is being conducted by Miami in view of the lack of a substantial allegation and the fact the original source has been described as unreliable, Doclda: 323355276 Page 5