404-1018210125 a t ETURN TO CIA . est 1999 round Use Only ‘ Do Not Reproduca & « - we 2 S . ° MEMCRANDUN FOR rk RECORD SUBJECT: Mitchell L. berBell ¢ (201-259910) \ 1. Subject ohoned me on Sunday, 2 august, to ask if there as any news on his clearance, He gaid that he wanted te €0.to the Dominican Republic in the next dey or two, and would like CIA to pick up Mis. exvenses. I told his that there was no news, and that I had just gotten back, but that I would let hia know on Monday, 3 August. He asked me te phone him at Highland 6-81)3 in Miacd. a 2. Subject said he had phoned my office during ay absence and talked with "Marge", my agsistent, . 3 He said that Robert Rodenberg, a former OSS man, is working " with Mamel de Moya. Rodenberg was described ag a resident of Kash= ington, wealthy, and not engaged in ary particular occupation. Accord= ing to Subject, Rodenberg is engaged in the procurement of arms for the Dominicans. . . . kh. Subject said that George Cox, a tall gray-hsired individual from Washington, is trying to pet Batista into the United States legally. Cox is a heavy drinker and claime ta he in the Prblds Exlnticudg tid duces in the United States, Subject said that he had asked my assistant for information on Cox. $. Subject said that Batista is not going to get cut of the ‘Dominican Republic since he is wanted there by Trujillo and the Pedraza group to provide money for a poagible revolt against Castro. 6. Subject said that Stiva (fm) is going te the Dominican Republic. Silva is agaiatant te Rolando Masferrer, According to Subject, Tedraza is buying equiosent in Eurooe in large quantities. Joe Marola, who 4s worke ing with Pedraza, has recently acquired a PHY aircraft for use against the Cuban Goverment. ~ ‘ Te Subject asked if he should maintain hiy contacts vith dustin Cleichauf, the OU man in Mist. I was surorised to hear that subject hed been put in touch with Clefchauf “and suggested that he not maintain the relationship since I a now svaileble. err tey fo. Fu fi PL PKS.
14-00000 ‘ e 8. On 3 August I phoned Subject and told him that his Clearance had . Bot been granted as yet, that I had no way of kmowlng when it would be gréated, and that he should nct predicate his activities on tha axmectae tion of the clesrance at any given ¢ ime, . : . 9. Subject asked who would pay for the calls to me, and I told him it would be alright to reverse the charges either to a office or ay home, . 5 Fi 10. Subject said that the Peiraza group is air lifting and dropping material into Cuba. 12. On 4 duguat, at ay request, Tin Cobb asked CI/OA to check with the FbI te determine if they have a case on serBell as had previously been reported by Keichherit in Miami. Later in the day Cobb informed me thet CI/OA had deternined fron the tureau that there is no case on hKerBell at this tine, and that a POA had been granted on hin. 12. I proposed to have Reichhardt get all the derogatory information ou kertell he can, to forward to Headquarters for review, and thereafter to determine whether or not he should be confronted with this information “prior to active operational use of hin. Although he has been evasive and obvicusly not completely frank with 48, it aprears that +erbell does have access to inforzation of interest on Cuban and Doninican Revolutionary ~ activitios stmes srstnet te Castro vovernment, and that he is well con= nected with the underworld elenents operating in the Miant sia: (COMMENT: This request was given to Reichherct by phone on § August.) [ac 4 |