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 . HW 54462 Docld:32335539 Page 1 JFK Assassination System . Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90124-10097 - HQ SEE TITLE Document Information FBI MM HQ [Restricted] 08/31/1966 3 : MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 09/12/1998 INDEFINITE AT 30 Date: Released under the John Kennedy Wss5assination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54462 Date: n1O-O5-2017 5/4/2015
at ET PE SE ae i. Myr. Tolson__—_— i Mr. DeLoach_.. i # Mr. Mohr_._-- i | Mr, Wick. ! i Mr. Casper. I Mr. Callahan. Myr. Conrad i FBI Date: 8/31/66 . tf Mr. Ros oo oa , Me. Sul Lf Transmit the following in _ att 1EC ION! TG Mr Tava a Ty (Type in plaintext or codelr\ V3 sept gti NICE oN Trottert Room, | § jee =| AIRTEL | REGISTERED MATL FROM: » SAC, MIAMI J(2 Bema c 7 ee CUB ,> Ae | KN GSN AWS Re Miami airtel to Bureau 8/22/66 and Bureau oath BON airtel to Miami 8/26/66. SaCaeaN ING A | eo ER ERIN'S wy Enclosed for the Bureau are the original and cane “Hog NM g 9 copies of a letterhead memorandum setting forth specifié Peni se * data. which we desirexto be [cleared for passage by informaiigs SINR 2 \ es C to [YALE TANDR ", his Cuban principal lin New Yor Pursuant). 9 SMa Ci} to ihstructions previously issued by the Bureau under wD & ah Ne  & [double agent’ program re, Phe LHM has hotnbeen captioned. oa" " Ly od > . “= Qo t/ = Enclosed LHM has been classified secret to protect \ ae this[double agent operation. Jf SN a we {regarding informant's recent trip to eng ye 3 Dominican Republic (DR), complete details(of this trip | yor ae NY have been Submitted by Miami letter to Bureau 8/23/66. In order clarify certain information in this commonicata reperdieg¢ inf mant's connections with) MITCHELL WER BEL and Dr. | LAWRENCE MITCHELL, the following is set forth: b io= a (Informan “originally indicated|on 7/14/66 [that he Ks planned to travel to the DR in connection with efforts of vari anti-Castro groups to organize a military base in the DR. {He specifically indicated that anti-Castro organizations, the I3th of November, RECE and Coma dos-L, were attempting ass esta i an base in the DR and to form a anon alliange L purgau (Bac. 10) (RI) (AM SD) - New York /(134- 12842 Meee Pee 1 - Miami Dae ; JCB:me Ce niotds ~ ‘A _ if Cis Wiest . - —- pepones Ciba. Sent re 13 eat Cy 7/6 6 IO Ly Ge Cég aL 6 ial Agent in Charge # — 62SEP 181966 HW 54462 Docld:32335539 Page 2?
HW 54462 MM [134-1292 ) CASTRO. LUIS POS who is [personally acquainted with the informant]an in° whom CIA “has an operational interest $6K was approached to accept the position as military head of there of these 3 pp ono 18 [perso action against EEO U. S. Army and allegedly was in a Ranger Battalion. [Accord~ this alliance. POSADA formerly held a commission in the Xo ing to informant] OSADA was selected to head this group because of this? € SADA indicated an interest lin having informant assist ‘him|in the DR inasmuch(as informant had spent considerable Jtime aboard the "Venus", a boat which was operated by anoth 1 Aichi’ group, JURE, and was familiar with the DRA); + eke (Keer Be SE ee tn ae ub ec “to_above conversation, on 7/25/66 Gntg mant advi da \that he was semen 1a with\MITCHELL L.YWER BEL, III, aka _ALEXAWILSON and ha spent considerable time with WER B BEL in the DES ER BEL resides at 440 Santander St., Apt. 4, Corals Gables, Fla..,.. and holds the Latiz Anierican franchise “for ‘the: newly ~ developed Hand Weapon known as Gyro Jet Rocket, manufactur- ed by MBA Associates, San Ramon, Calif. WER BEL is employed by Point-O-Sale, Inc., Powder Spring, Ga, Copies of the brochure describing this weapon were made available to the Miami Office by informant. Gecording to informant, )WER | BEL planned to travel os to the DR in an attempt to interest the Dominican military in purchasing this firearm. Also traveling with WER BEL would be Dr. LAWRENCE MITCHELL, a veterinarian from Atlanta, -Ga., who would attempt to sell’ some chemical chicken feed to the Déminican government. informant to trayel with him \to the DR fto act as his interpreterjand (to introdu him tojJkey military officersC whom he might interest in his weapon. WER BEL was ‘aware of finformant's friendship with}Commodore RAMON EMILTOS JIMENEZ, , Chief of Staff of the Dominican-Navy; and mr GO _JUAN In connection “nim )to trip, WER. BEL request CL Ss} X FOLCH, ~a careéY “Oofficer-in-the- ‘Doiiinican _Army Docld: 32335539 Page 3
HW 54462 oS um f134- 1292 8) As related _in Miami_letter to Bureau, 8/23/66, (informant traveled tolthe DR(via CDA flight Jon (7/28 66. ’ fais bylirter ticket. land * (intorman his expenses, were furnished C by \MITCHELL WER BEL. [Informant traveled alone inasmuch as) WER BEL and Dr. LAWRE MITCHELL had not yet been able to obtain visas for this trip. (informant was subsequently ( joined py lpr. MITCHELL in the DR but. WER BEL never made the trip, since he was unable to obtain a visa. (Informant advised Jthe « only anti-Castro activity ; Gin which he engaged) during this trip was an inventory of various armg formerly owned by JURE, when JURE had a baséne; in the DR. {According to informant, responsibility for aseE arms had rested with JOSE RABEL, Tormer captain of the JURE boat, "Venus"? until RAB was captured in ag attempt to infiltrate into Cuba. Ghoreatser intorgant|vas technica any CN responsible for this cache of firearms. {His}purpose of conducting this inventory was to assure himself | the arms cM ere still being held infact by the Dominican i]the arn (Gifornant explained thar LAWRENCE MITCHELL had previously loaned JOSE RABEL $11,000 for repairs to the "Venus" and for purchase of arms and gasoline. RABEL had not repaid this money whén he was captured in Cuba Ena (since informant felt that}t was highly doubtful that the Dominican milita would réIease these arms(to him, he felt this was his opportunity to repay Dr. TCHELL and also to relieve] himself Cof responsibility of control of these arms. | Accordingly informant introduced}Dr., MITCHELL to ConOdore JIMINEZ and told the Conpdore(fie wasJrelinquishing control of these arms to Dr. MITCHELL_in’ order to_ satisfy this obligation on the part of RABEL. nformant did] not(indicate he was awarg($] of any agreement reached by Dr. MITCHELL and Conédore JIMINEZ as to the disposition of the arms other than that Dr. MITCHELL indicated to the Condédore he was not interest- ed in physical possession of ye but only wanted to sell them to recover his money Informant emphasized that nis} trip to the pr Cs did not concern the previously mentio anti-Castro organizational activity and (that he\made no contacts nl this regard. (The only persons cognizant of his trip CHEN were WER BEL and Dr. MITCHELL and the trip waS strictly for business purposes Docld:32335539 Page 4