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PENNSYLVANIA. THE MAJORITY OF THE INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY YOUR

BUREAU. THIS AGENCY PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED THE FBI WITH INFORMATION ON

WERBELL UNDER CSCI-3/773317 OF 24 OCTOBER 2962, SUBJECT WERBELL.

MITCHELL L.i AND CSCI-316/02323-69 OF 2? JUNE 1969, SUBJECT WERBELL.

MITCHELL LIVINGSTON III. IN ADDITION, THIS AGENCY FURNISHED YOUR

BORAIGUREAU WITH MEMORANDA CONCERNING SUBJECT MITCHELL LIVINGSTON

WERBELL III DATED 27 JUNE 1924, 81 AUGUST 1974, 9 AUGUSI $1974, AND

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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 Or A

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LIBERATION OF CUBA:" IN DISCUSSIONS WITH NICARAGUAN

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5. IN DECEMBER 1965, WERBELL SPOKE TO A MIAMI CONTACT OF THIS

AGENCY AND TOLD HIM THAT HE AND SIX CUBAN EXILES IN THE UNITED STATES

HAD ORGANIZED À GROUP, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY TUENTY CUBANS INSIDE

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GENERATORS THAT SUPPLY THE ELECTRICITY TO HAVANA: WERBELL, AT THE ..

TIME: STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE "GREEN LIGHT" FROM THE CIA

TO PROCEED WITH THE MISSION, AND INFERRED THAT THE MISSION WOULD BE

ABORTED IF SUCH APPROVAL WAS NOT OBTAINED. ENOTE: THIS AGENCY WAS

NOT IN CONTACT UITH UERBELLESE IN ANY WAY UHATSOEVÉRA' A ANDEAVOR I

b. IN EARLY 1969 WERBELL WAS IN THAILAND REFRESENTING HIMSELF AS

VICE PRESIDENT OF SIONICS, INC. OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HE BDESCRIBED

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1 Fabruary 1977

MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations

ATTENTION.

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FROM

: Walter T. Lloyd

Associate General Counsel

SUBJECT

: Mitchell Livingston Werbell, II

I: - As you are aware, on the instruction of United States

District Judge Peter Fay (Miami, Florida Division), incident to

the Drug Enforcement Administration's prosecution of Subject

for conspiracy to import and distribute multi-ton loads of

marijuana, the undersigned made a detailed review of the files

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

nature of the relationship between Werbell and the U.S. Government..

This latter requirement was grounded on the Court's vicw that

Werbell's voluntary reporting to the Agency and any government

cordonation of his activities might be exculpatory in the eyes of the

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

Werbell's relationship to the Agency by the undersigned. Copies

arc attached. During the trial the first affidavit was shown to

counsel for Werbell by DEA counsel, Mr. Sam Sheres, at which

point defendant's counsel stipulated that lerbell was never a

formal employee of the Central Intelligence Agency. Sheres

subsequently returned the affidavits to the undersigned at the

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3: Regarding the relationship o! Verbell to the Agency, as

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 l'erbell. A copy of the transcript

of that procceding is attached. You will note that judge Fay requested

that all pertinent government records be made a:zilable to the Court

for its inspection. Accordingly, copies of Ageney files were reproduced.

culled for "Brady-type" documents, excised to protect sources and

methods under the "SWP case criteria" and reviewed and approved by

Assistant DD/O on the evening of l September.

These processed

documents were then handcarried to Miami by the undersigned on

2 September.

4. The urdersigned advised Judge Fay at 0830 hours on

2 September that I had in my possession copies of all of the Agency

files on lerbel!, had culled them as io possible "Brady." documents

and was prepared to review them with the Judge at his convenience.

He was on the bench with a tight schedule and asked that the possible

Erady documents first be reviewed by Karen Atkinson, the principal

counsel for the prosecution. The undersigned subsequently briefed

Atkinson on the nature of data in the possible Brady documents. This

resulted in a significant redurtion 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 Aand B of OS response), consisting of media

publications and security investigative data, were also provided

Atkinson. Due to counsel for Werbell raising an issue on Werbell's

use of a boat named "Venus" belonging to ClA, a declassified copy

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.

Related DDO documents on the ownership of Venus by the "JURE"

Cuban group were mentioned to Atkinson but rot rade available.

5. While the above documents were provided the Department of

Justice with the understanding they could be passed to Counsel for

lierbell due to subsequent events noied below, it is not certain that

this occurred. Specifically, the undersigned declined to release

additional "Brady" documents without consultation and instructions

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from the Court. The requested mecting was put off by Judge Fay and

defondante subsed sently rested their case. 'The DOJ had little else

to add and the cise: went to the jury about noon on 3 Sept mber. All

the remaining copies of Agency ducumenis were returned to licadqualters

by the undersigned the evering of 3 September, On 4 Septenber the

juy returned a verdict of "not quilty." As a result, the bulk of

"Brady-type" Agency documents or Werbell was not provided lo

counsel for Werbell and Judge Fay reviewed no Agency documents.

It should be notüd all copies of documents taken to Miani were excised

in accord with the "SWP case criteria" and on return to Headquarters,

these were destroyed by the undersigned.

.

As a related matter, on 16 November Mr. Arthur Egbert

of the Interna! Security Division of the DEA contacted the undersigned

seeking background information on Werbell. The undersigned suggested

Egbeft first review the files of the FBI on Werbell as most of the data

we have is contained in FBI reports. Should FBl data be insufficient

for his needs I süggested he seek access to our files 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.

Cc:

Jerry Brown, SAG/OS, w/o atts

Ed Montgomery, LD/SRCH!/DDO, w/o atts

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OGC 76 - 03÷4

21 February 1976

MENORANDUM FOR: Chief, SOG

Chief, DCD

Chief, LA Division

SUBJECT

: Mitchell Livingston Werbel III

114003

•1. I was advised by the Justice Department on 23 February that

Werbel has been indicted and the trial is scheduled to begin on 29 March

in Miami, Florida. The charges relate to importing and distributing

quantities 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 presented because Werbel is defended by Edwin

Marger who was the defense attorney for John Hawk in the B-26 case in

Buffalo, New York in 1966. It was Edwin Marger who subpoenaed the CIA

General Counsel as a'defense witness.

2. The Justice Department has received information that a person

either currently or formerly affiliated with the CIA has been participating

in lierbel's meetings with his attorney. It would be appreciated if all

addressees could review their holdings on Werbel and determine if there

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.

It would be helpful if each addressee could prepare a summary

of the various contacts Werbel has had with ClA in the past. Please check

to see if you have any information on a Colonel Bayard who was ki!led irs

Atlanta, Georgia during the summer of 1975. Bayard, reportedly an

associale of Werbel's, had previous contacts with the Agency. It would

be appreciated if your responses could be received by close of business

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INDICTED ON CHARGES RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION AND DISTRBUTION

OF MARIJUANA: Y

2. WHILE ME HEAVE SO FAR UNCOVAERED NO BKHERALD CONNECTION

WITH WERBEL, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS.

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NERS OF STRATUS IS ONE MITEM NEELER, WHO STRATOS GLAIMS IS FORMER

BANERALD, STRATOS WASHINGTON ATTORNEY. IS SAM SCHRETUNER EPMOND,

TELEPHONE 1222) 296-29520, STRATOS CLAIMED MOJO'S AND 462 M-GO MAGNINE

GUNS HE ALSO WISHES SELL REPRESENT US. ARMS LOST INCOCHINA.

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The Owner of Guns Seized

In 1974 Will Sell Them

MARIETTER Sept A CAP

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has frequenth thiôived him lo

In a deal airked out yester.

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SUBJECT: MITCHELL LIVINESTON

WERBELL DE WILLIAM MARTIN.

BELL NEUTRALITY MATTERS-

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DEA/MIAMI REPORT ON POSSIBLE PLOT.

TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA

1, STATION HAS RECEIVED A REPORT FROM DEA MIAMI ON A

POSSISLE PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA,

STATION COMSIDERS THE REPORT SUSPECT BUT HAS SUGGESTED TO DEA

THAT SINCE FEI AND STATE DEPARTNENT HAVE AN INTEREST IN SOME

OF THE INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT THAT A COPY OF IT

SE MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM. STATION ALSO PASSED TO DEA A LIST

ÜF GUESTIONS FOR THEIR USE WHICH MIGHT ASSIST THEM IN OBTAINING

FURTHER DETAILS ON THE PLOT AND HAS OFFERED TO PROVIDE THEM

MITM PESTINENT INFORMATION THAT MIGHT COME TO OUA ATTENTION

¡ROUGH STATION SOURCES, CORRECT NAME OF THE PROMINENT

"ITIZEN GE GRENADA MENTIONED IN PARA 3 OF THE REPORT IS KEN

AILNE.

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2, FOLLONIO IS TEXT OF THE REPORT, DEA MILES

5EC-5-75-3-2530 OF A JUNE, SENT TO DES HOS AND FIELD STATION

SALTIMURE AND ATLANTA: DEA HOS RECUESTED PASS TO CARACAS

REGIONE

"SUBJECT:

MITCHELL L. WERBELL LII., ET AL FILE NO.

G1-75-8105:

"IN THE COURSE OF DEVELOPING A MARIHUANA SMUGGLING

COMSPIRACY INVESTIGATION, MITCHELL LA VERGELLA TI., ET AL.

G1-75-8105, THE MIAMI REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT HAS UNCOVERED

INFORMATION CONCERNING A PLAN TO OVERTHROW THE INDEPENCENT

GOVERNIENT OF GRENADA,

"THE PLAN, AS QUTLINED BELOW, IS A COMPOSITE OF

INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM ONE HILLIAM BELL, A DEFENDANT IN THE

SUBJECT INVESTIGATION, VIA HIS CONVERSATIONS HITH UNDERCOVER

AGENTS AND A COOPERATING INDIVIDUAL,

"THE PLAiN CALLS FOR THE LANDING OF 35 APMED MEN ON

GRENADA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS GE A SATURDAY IN MID OR

LATE JULY 1975. THE

REVOLUTIONARIES WILL APFEAR TO EE SCOTTISH

MEHGENARIES, GUT IN FACT WILL SE AMERICANS.

THE LANDING TIME

HILL COINCIDE WITH THE NORYAL SHUT DOIN TINE OF THE ISLAND'S

RADIO STATIONA THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE LANDING GAGUP

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75

THE SABICACOUUUNICATIONS FAGILITIES, AIR

SEA PORTS. GELL WILL HEAD AN ASSAGSINATICH SOUND WHICH

MILL BE DIPECTED TO KILL ZE POLITICAL AND GIVERNMENT

FUNCTIONARIES, THE PLAN ANTICIPATES HAVING FULL CONTROL OF

THE ISLAND BY THE TIME THE ISLAND'S RADIO STATION HOULD

NORMALLY GO BACK ON THE AIR ON SUNDAY MORMING, THE COST

OF THIS OPERATION IS REPORTED TO BE 3 MILLION DOLLARS.

ONE KEN MILL OR MILLS PHONETIC); A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF

GRENADA IS REPORTED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED GiE HALF MILLION

COLLARS TO THIS OPERATION, AND WILL BE PUT UP AS THE HEAD

OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT IF THE TAKEOVER IS SUCCESSFUL, BELL

STATES THAT HE WILL BE ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE ARMED FORCES

AND PULICE AGENCIES OF THE NEN GOVERÜMENT, BELL IS BELIEVED

•TO BE MANUFACTURING WEAPONS AND PARTS FOR WEAPONS, WITHOUT

SERIAL NUMBERS, FOR THE OPERATION AT DEFENSE WEAPONS

INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH INC.. P.O. BOX 771

DEERFIELD DEACH, FLORIDA, HITHOUT THE KIOWLEDGE OF THE

FIFM'S MAAGEMENT, WERBELL'S FOLE IN THE OPERATION IS

UNCONN AT. THIS TIME.

"HERBELLO MITCHELL LIVINGSTON DIL, AMITE MALE.

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TOR:2014292 JUN 75

¿ FORMER WOTI OSS OFFICER, ECAN 3/9/18 AT

PHILACELPHIA, PẠ.?

5FT 6 112 INCHES TALL: 155 LBS., BROWN

HA!R. BLUE EYES.

RUDDY COMPLEXTION, GRADUATE OF FORK UNION

MILITARY ACADEMY, RICHMOND, RA,, AND THE CHARLES PRICE

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM GEXTENSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

PERINSYLVANIAD, AND

RESIDENT AT PONDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA.

HERGELL DOES NOT HAVE AN

FBI CRIMINAL RECORD, ALTHOUGH A

• 7/1/73 MIAMI HERALD TROPIC MAGAZINE ARTICLE REPORTED THAT HE

AND SEVEN OTHER PERSONS HAD BEEN INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO.

• VIGLATE VIS, NEUTRALITY LANS, BUT THAT THE CHARGES HERE...

CROPPED ON THE ORDERS OF THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK.

HIS INDICTMENT WAS REPORTECLY THE RESULT OF HIS INVOLVEMENT

WITH A HAITIAN REVOLUTIONARY GROUP DURING 1966, A 197% ESCUISE

MAGAZINE ARTICLE DESCRIBES WERBELL'S INVOLVEMENT IN A COVERT

•POLITICAL MOVEMENT TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE FOR THE ISLAND OF

APACO. LiU THE BAMAMAS, HERBELL IS ALLEGED TO BE A REGISTERED

DEALER ANDOR MANUFACTURER OF WEAPOIS,

"BELL, HILLIAM MARTIN, WHITE MALE; SORiN 6127/28,

SET 2 INCHES TALLO 230 LES,, GRAY HAIR, NORTH CAROLINA DRIVERS'S

LICENSE PUNBER 2190095: RESIDING AT 4412 WATERBURY ROAD.

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FALEIGH, MORTH CAROLINA; BELIEVED TO BEEN EX-MARINE CORPS

PILOT NED ONNER OF THE MARINE REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION. US ROUTE 1 - NORTHe RALEIGH. N.C.; BELL HAS BEEN

ARRESTED BY THE RALEIGY PD ON THE FOLLOWING CHARGES:

CARRYING

A CONCEALED WEAPON AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE = 1973; AND

ISSUING A HORTHLESS CHECK = 1967, BELL DOES NGT HAVE AN FBI

CRINIDAL RECORD.

" IN APRIL 1975, IN ALLEGED FINANCIAL CIFFICULTY

NERBELL CONTACTED AN MIAMI RIO COOPERATING INDIVIDUAL AND

REQUESTED THE CAL'S ASSISTANCE IN SMUGGLING MULTI-TON QUANTITIES

OF COLOMBIAN MARIHUANA INTO THE ViS. MIAMI RIO U/C AGENTS.

ACTING AS PILOTISMUGGLERS AND COLOMBIAN SOURCE OF SUPPLY, HAVE

BEEN CONDUCTING NEGOTIATIONS WITH HERBELL AND SELL CONCERNING

THE FINANCING, AIR SMUGGLING AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARIHUANA.:

OTHER INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE CONSPIRACY TO DATE ARE HALLY

GILLIS, BELIEVED TO RE SUBJECT OF MADDIS RECORD NUMBER 121267.

AND A RICH STEVENS AND A WILLIAM JORDAN, WHITE MALES, 22'S:

NO ADDITIONAL ID DATA AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME,

• "CONSPIRACY INNVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING,

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION RELATIVE TO NEUTRALITY HIOLATIONS WILL BE FORWARGED

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TELEPOUCH

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PAGE 06-06

.TOR: 591494₴ JUN 75

UPON RECEIPT, ONE UNE AGENT (PiLOT) HAS BEEN APPROACHED gY

BELL TO TAKE PART IN THE GRENADA OPERATION.

"SIR.F. MIAMI BRIEFED VERBALLY CONGERNING GRENADA

INFORMATION THIS DATE: A COPY OF THIS INFORMATION WILL SE

FURNISHED TU U.S, CUSTOMS, ATF• AND SOROFO AT MIAMI. JOHN A.

LUND

URO, REGIONAL DIRECTOR".

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24 March 1975

MEMORANDUM FOR. THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Alleged Activities of. Walter Mackem

1.

During the weck: of March 9, 1 lunched with Mr. Wesley

Dyckman:

Dyckman is a

former Agency staffer currently employed

by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

During the course of our lunch-

eón conversation, the name of Walter Mackem came up.. Dyckman

told me that Mackem, a JOT classmate of ours, had been fired by

the Agency. • According to Dyckman, Mackem is now employed in the

Washington

area as a private investigator.

In

addition, accord-

ing to

Dyckman, Mackem is involved with a paramilitary activity

funded by some

unramed British source.

The activity, which

Dyckman. referred to

as "the new land project" seeks

to establish

a tax

shelter on one

of the out-islands of the Caribbean by

forcefully

taking over the island and establishing a government

there.

Mackem is supposedly involved in paramilitary training

forces who would participate in this paramilitary adventure

again.

According

to Dyckman, the paramilitary training supppsedly

taxes

place in Georgia not far from Atlanta.

This is the extent of my conversation with Dyckman on-the.

subject and I have no further information or details concern-

ing this.

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INTEREST IN MID-1959 WHEN BECAME INVOLVED WITH ANTI-CASTRO PLOTTERS

IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND OFFERED PROVIDE SKHERALD GITH INFO ON

RÉVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES IN CARIBBEAN. HÉ GRANTED POA IN AUGUST

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OF LNBUZZ AND BKHERALD.

SINCE MUCH OF BKHERALD INFO ON WERBELL

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CURRENT INTEREST TO FOL WHICH HAS HIM UNDER PERIODIC OBSERVATION.

TAYYAR HAS BEEN IN BAGHDAD ON HOLIDAY FOR PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND FBI

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The Amazing

Now-Country Caper

by Andrew St. George

Capitalist revolution, the ult

nase solution

or the first time in histors.

the successful managers of

America's emnomy-its en-

trepreneurs, financiers, mer-

chandisers.

investors-are

talking rebellion. A kind of

rebellion.

anyway. There is no call

to

subvert the

Republic, only to

abandon it. In increasing numbers,

America's most affluent and active

elites are threatening to withdraw

their fundg, their assets, ultimately

even themselves and their families

from the centers of the U.S. eculi-

oms, which many of them seem to

consider done

for.

Nicholas • son

Honnan.

the

acerbic and preter-

naturally foresighted coiumnist of

The ilashington Past, found that in

some of mid-America's test execu-

tive clubs,

"There is talk of buging

gold coins and keeping them in the

office safe, of ouning a piece of land

to

retreat

to

when

the

trouble

starts." The hero of the jar's most

durable best seller, Dr Can Profit

ly: Marry

From a Monctary Crisis: The quin.

Browne, is "Peter Panic.

•tessential American small insestor.

He is in fight from his us na-

tional economy. Transferring esers

penny he

oins front

U.S. insest-

ments into Swiss banks and South

African sold stocks.

Peter Panic

practically doubles his worth front

1970 %

'73: then he is ready lo

take the most important sirin lo

find himself a secluded rural retreat

to

weather the nation's coming

imubles.

diut retreat whore? That's the

basir problem none of there dim-

grapples

with.

A. seven.

ts-fisc-thousand-dollar-a.gear

min

who pulle up loud, struti red bronzi!

80

esQUiRe: DEPRUARY / ÷ 7.5

• investments to more to a secluded

farmhouse may and there a mea-

sure of protection from

random.

riolence or he mar find, if real

trouble starts, that in his isolation

he's utterly defenseless.

Unless, of course, he has planned

ahead-as far ahead and as care-

fully as the criginators of what one

can only call, for the roment, the

Abaco Plin (it remains to be scen

by exento, of course, rhether the

Abaco planners were as wise ard

prescient as they were farsighted

and careful).

The originators

of

the Abaco idea siere the first to in:-

plement the urge to abanelon Amer-

ica with a concrete design, includ-

ing a destination, provision for per-

sonal and financial sifely, monetar!

reirard and even a Utopian socia!

proprant. Though the men behind

Abace are nearly the opposite of

the

ronimune-seekerg

of

the

lite

Sixties and early Serenties, their

objertives are much the same. They

seel a lay

out and

return tro

fundamental values, but their most

fundamental value is the proposi-

liun shat each of them should be.

many times a millionaire, untruli-

bled bo inflation.

its the time you read this, the

mon of Abaco

MaN'

have nerun-

plished the tired detes ed their per.

fran sin which case you will have

reall almost. them in

the messpo

Hers or they may have failed and

be in she process int

Hut til like you in meet slee as 1

did. al a lunch in Washington, 0.C.,

last May.

No. sir! Not here in Duke Zei-

bert's place sou don't; this well-

Ural W'ashington restaurant admits

no animals. Not even if theire

wearing

eights-dollar

Church's

shoes. Not even if they happen to

ve the familiar old two-lesged war

hounds who were made immortal in

the Shakespeareati line.

and sho

are bring madle fashionable agnin

this dear by the success of Fred.

erick Forsith's lutest book, The

Los of lar.

Here we are in 1974, murks.

angst-ridden, confusing old '71, and

with forsith's novel a best seller,

hailed as "soon to be a inajor mos-

ic,"

deferentially praised for its.

"poportorial scalist.

Ture

and

nore people are talking about "the

dogs of sar" as if they knew what

the phrase meant: an international

conspiracy of financiers and killer

conmandes who wage mercerary

mini-ware in the quest for masi-

payofts. What nonsense! A drink at

Duke Zeibert's polished bar will

fIve us

a better sieir of reality.

than

Fred

Forsyth's collectrel

sortis.

Take Mister Mitchell Liviueston

Her bell here, a ruddy, jovial. mous-

rachel chap, sipping

his prepran-

dial Tanter

martini eatre dig.

It's absious that if there were any.

thing doger or bullicose about W'er.

Bell, he souldn't le lunching where

he is-at the head of the old indir's

prize front corner libir.

take the

till,

well-tailorest

Mall silting bead do Werliell. le is:

plain at a slance that he looks and

- hasing just been overhen asti-

ing.

"Mies' I have

pirase?

thite

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london clubman. And

tlike's just

straight out of a Forth serifie:

what he is: Kolert Hamilton. Far-

the take over of Abar-an action

on of Pelharen and Stenton, a dis-

that will allow these men to get

tirzuished member of the

House

themselves and their soner profit-

of laids.

ably out of the U.S.

In fact, a gond look at the leg-

To be sure, any resémblance to

enlary Mitch WerBell-millionaire

popular frition stops short with the .

firearms tycoon,

designer. of the

basic

idea. Commando politics is

siorid's best

muzzle

gilencer.. au-

dead. It will no longer do to break)

venturer, friend of dictators and

open a case of bondieg hand pre

•C.I.A. agents.

manipulator of the

nades and storm the palace. In fact.

luck nf small nations-and at the

Abaco has no palace. What it does

seven men who are

his luncheon

have is six to seven thousand native

guests today reminds us that, in

inhabitants who lead lives ranging

real life,

the stratexy. of private

from

quiet stagnation to mute

wars demands, first of all, finesse.

poverty.

in Forsyth's telling.

war"

"the dögs of

To be conquered, Abaco must be

get together only to male

attacked-that fundamental aspect

hard-boiled

conversation

"knocking off an

about

entire

of territorial expansion has not

republic"

changed in four thousand jears-

with the aid of World War II ma-

but in an age of psychological war-

chine pistols laboriously concealed

fare, motivational research, sub-

thorities are not supinsed to see.

had delivera! a shiper: of biank

sursey forms. These poiling: slips,

devised bi a prestigious l'S. opin-

ion-research fri, are to sonio.

sentiment on Abaco in favor of in.

dependence-not

just

once,

but

seck by week, as l'er Bell's pastiar

campaign unfolds.

Furthermore.

Her Bell learned

this morning ths: a test sampling

focused on a single Abaro settle

ment.

perhaps Marsh Harbour or

For Tosin, had been scheduled by

his agents on Abaco for the coming

treekend.

The organizers expected

to pöll between sixty and sixty-fre

perrant in favor of independence

an impressive score, reflecting the

fact that the covert poiitical camo

paign of H'erBell and Ca is in its

sixth month.

in oil drums. WerBell's world is

liminal

propaganda and behavior

diferent. A top executive of De:

modifcation,

the tactics must

be

re these people serions? They

tense Services International, Mili-

different. WerBell's first assault on

are indeed-not merely se

tary Armaments Corporation and

Abaco has been psychological. With

Sionics Inc:, he designs and manu: great skill and ruthless persuasive-

rious but experienced, pow.

irful and farsighted. 'Thre

factures his

own-weaponry. which

ness, the citizens of Abaco are con-

luncheon

are recugnized all over the world

the

most

sophisticated

small

winceu..step by step, that they must

quests are former C.I.A. ca.

become an independent nation; that

reer officers, all three recently re

arry obtainable. Having acquired

becoming an independent nation is

tired. from its clandestine serrices

a taste for irregular warfare as an

the greatest, most rewarding thing

branch, where

they acquired

in-

O.s.S.

commando

leader

Japanese" liney

in

World

behind

Nar

1I.

in the whole wide worid: that it is

valuable experience in the manipu-

they, the citizenry of Alaco, who

HerBell is rumored tu hare taken

lation, dismantling and rearranging

must urgently need and demand

of governments. John Muldoon, who

a hand in a long string of mini-

and fisht for status as a self-gor.

is

HerBell's principal agent in

wars

since then,

from the South

erning conimonwealth.

Washington, has served as a PolAd

Chila Sea to the Caribbean and the

"I tallied to the island for. almost

=a political adviser-in Vietnam

Mer iterranean. Hut Wer Bell frowns

in hour this morning." WerBell re-

on : raig badinage.

especially with

peais xently,

now

that

•and Africa.

Walter Micken has

seen similar duly in a number of

food. at Leibert's the table talli is

around the table is watching him

Southeast Asian countries, and Tel

mostly about sastronomy colas, in

with close attention.

"They finally

Roussos, a tanned, gresing man,

part because the dill souis and soft-

8ut. the slips. They've already dis-

has been is senior C.I.A. clandestine

shell craus ure truly remarkable, in

tributed half of them. They'll make

services nilicial in the Mediterra-

part because the hoxt at the neigh-

a one-spot run this weekeni and see

nean-ltals, the Balkans, abore all

boring table is Clifton Diniel. the

how they score. They phink it'll bo

silser-haired

Washington

bureau

Greece- for alriost

twenty years

sixty in sixty-five percene."

before he retired lase year to join.

chief of The New York Times.

No translation is needed. Ax the

ostensibly,

Fu: by the time coffee and Cour-

W'atergate tapes

have demonstrat-

Astor.

the management of the

Washinixton's

beit Greek

voisier arrive.

depart.

Daniel and his party

WerBell

ed, men who share a secret scenario

lesiaurant,

Jung

owned

by

his

lishts a finely

come to share a secret language. ar

reined Montecruz double corona.

if by osmosis.

family

Werlell's remarks

These men are not war hounds or

talked to the island today," he say's.

reveal that he has had a lora-dis-

gunslingers.

Their ethos and relas

and suddenly the table is all atten-

lance

conversation' this

morning

not toward violence

tion.

thrust

with one of his chief operatives on

but

toward control. They are technetion-

Abaco, using a clear phone line

ic confict managers-planners, or-

Bars he island"- that's what this

lunch is all about. The island

is Abaco; not jel. re indo-

pendent republic, not a center

of comminire and finance, but

bo no means a nerligible

coral hump, either. In lack, Abam

is the aroad-largest landmass in

the liahamas-Great .Abaci

little

and

Alaco, surrounder bi a

aprinkling of small roofs and cass,

ever seven hundred square miles

et fertili tropical paradise. Mitch

W'ertinil and his suede hase conie

i.c., a connection involving untapped

phone numbers. ilf the conversa-

ganizers,

and oniy occasionally the

manipulator of silent action. Mul

sion had not involved a lies agent

sion is i tali, pinti deepchested

on Abaco, and if the phone nud

Irishman faithfully cast in the nold

been

suspen't,

.tt.c

conceivation

frum which most of the chief in-

oute bave been brief.)

apeidors of large Anerican police

The

sient on the

island-most

departmenti seem to spring. Mäck.

likely C. K. "C'huck" Hall who has

eni linkis

like an log league grad.

served ar bertiell's principri oper.

uate incrector. biond, bution-doin

arise on Abaco during moi? vi the

hurn-rimmed, airs.

with & Murd

Summer uf lord-reported that the

Kong Racquet Clilo die do notch

sper in courier shu scarionally ar-

his misg biazer. The piir smoking

TIes

from Miami almand a small

Prandas, in his darkissly cue En.

anijohitian seaplane, bringing con-

alich tropicnis, demonstrates uliat

which the Nassau au.

the French mean hen flies say

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distingué the aging Charles Pager

suest speaker from the C's. niho

ed, asterly silent, with the built-in

plunked in a spy senario.

looking

preach the independence gospel bui-

capability of plussing a beer can at

not so much the part of James lond

traiser bs a variety of economie

a thousan jards-"le guaranine

as his enixmatic superior. M. A!!

ard political promises-n carefuls

this mich.""

says N'ertiell-and a

three, follow W'er Bell's briefing with

camouflaxed

"forward

hearguar-

special righting

desice which en-

small nors and half smiles of ap

seri" has been set up in Miari A

ables the rifleman to fix his tange!

proval.

Large.

decentively suburban house

diss' or night. With Gordan Ingram,

W'er Bell talks on. his exes on the

at 1666 S.W. Twelfth Stree: hides

Verlell has designed and produces

pearl-grey

ash

of his

cigar,

his

a high-powered SS!. radio sestion.

the incredible Ingram, a miniatar:

krowly voice low. There's work to

be done-lots of it. The das known

"dispatch

center"

for hardling

ized submachine

gun

no larger

ringo traffic with Abaco via a small

than the familiar. 45 service auta

U.D.I.-that is, the date when

seaplane, and a halfway house for

matic. eight

hundred

rounds per

Abaco breaks awas from the Com

promising independence militaris

minute, the whole shooting

match

monwealth

of the.

Bahamas, the

who are discreetly forn to Miami.

dence-is tentatively set for

Yea

On

nhout as noing as a very fast Ping-

Unilateral Declaration.of Indepen-

arrival; the independence ac-

Ponz match-"pac... pac... pac-

tivists. are either enrolled in moiiti-

pacpac"-the

barrel is a patented

Year's Daj of 1975. The operations

cal indatrination courses held in

required to seize control of the is-

Mismi.

Werkell silencer. There is plentr of

or.

having been protided

"sophisticated equipment" to test.

land have

been disguised as the

with plane. tickets under various

But aniong visitors who hare bren

"uprising"' of an "autonomous."

mover names, they are floun farther

invited there mure than once, the

cally organized independence more

sorth tu a traidin base near ai-

place electronic security fencing.

ment" with such amazing skill that

Linta, where they receive paramili-

the dog patroli, the imperious para

none of the world's major prais has

cary training tinder the mommand

ing signs, the helipad for mimbát

"spotted what is going on. A number

if. a former U.S. infantry ofcer,

choppers, the airstrip for the com-

of seemingly. local

organizations

Col Robert Bayard

pany Learjet-among prople uho

and deceptively "ad hoc": groups

Co!, Bayard, a tall, leather nian

call Mitch by his first name, the

have sprung up to handle those ac-

in the Gary Cooper mold, with gres

place is knosn as "the farm"

tivities

that cannot be kept from

eres and a shock of reddish known

public view-propaganda, organiza-

tair, is the officer in charge of spe-

raining special personnel is a

tion; and so forth. There are: the

cial personnel." Young, muscular.

rigorous

regime.

and Col

Abaco

Independence

Movement

unattached: Abaconian independe.ce

Bayar keeps

himself

in

(known as A.I.3f:); the Abaco De-

enthusiasts, whose commitmen: tu

shipe: at Zeibert's he takes

velopment

Council:

Friends

of

the cause of U.D.I. is especiait

Kriller liver and a singie

Abaco; the

"Prosperity

"T1" Eco

strung, are given seven weeks of

beer. and lunches in silence.

nomic Conference on Abaco.

supersecret instruction in the use

seldom intervening in the discus.

Every one of these cover orraini-

of small arms, demolition

devices.

sion, eccasionilly slancing at his

zations has been clandestinely are

and other command, sküls si she

srist chronometer-he

must be

ated, financed

and managed from

proving grounds

of Witch

Wertell's headquarters in

Pordler

Fell's

Ner-

back at the farm us nightfall, and

arMy

Springs, a suburb of Atlanta.

To

company.

Proving

as a mere colone!, he must "9g" 00rs--

sounds? - Well,

N'er Kell

mercial"-no Learjets pre-warmel

coordinate their

activities-propa-

plenty of gadgets that beir testing.

on the readly strip.

ganda, recruitment, proselstization.

• His companies produce a deadiy

Setting out the final phases of

the

importation of distinguished

sniper ride,

"accurize,". нитота:.

the Abaco take-over campaien. W'er-

_ ABACO NATIONAL LAND TRUST

W LAND ENTITLEWENT CERTIFICATE

SPECIMEN ONLY

-EATOE

Sheatrie.

¡baco's

head

honcho:

losopher

Michael C. Oliver.

Ah, yes. the seven thousand native inhabitants; afor the

revolution, every Abaconian will det a certificate :ike this

one, worth one acre of homestead land absoluiely tree.

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Eell sourds as smouthly

und play-

children all together, one perre

of

fully Machiavellian as the sentr

account executive of a

their

0wn

land.

Who will decide

what's just une) fair?'

alzed ad agency plotting a tricky

"Ah... prohably I will."

but not really make-or-breci media

There he is... the lo: voice, the

blitz: The support of the locals is

bony figure in the forty-nine dollar

,essential:

"To get it, we're gunna

Robert Hall drip-dry suit, the jail-

change:their self-image." It's easy:

et bulge between chest and armpit

just laten.

We're

gonna use only

contouring not the familiar shoul-

the truth: Abaconians think of

"der holster but a Hewlett-Packard

themselves

well,

as piople of

minicalculator: Mike Oliver likes

modest means. In reality, they're.

sitting..at the far end of the table

bekgars hunkered.on a mountain of.

with a notebook beside the butter

gold, And this is by no means-an-

plate: He has lunched here prudent-

other hollow hype. No effective. psy.

ly and salubriously on nothing but

war concept is.

cold fish and iced tea and with a

Stretching across the central and

health-conscious frown for the ra-

southern reaches of Abaco there are

por of two-dollar cigars, staring in-

300;000 three hundred thousand

tently at every speaker in turn, now

acres of undeveloped prime land,

staring at Ted Roussos over the re-

potentially, and by no means unre-

mains. of his cold jellied salmon

alistically, worth hundreds of mil.

with the deep-eyed concentration of

lons of dollars. This is virgin soil

 man whose daimon sensesà chal

Under British colonial rule these.

lenge "You have a good point

were crown lands, reserved for the

small point but 'a gooil point 'Just'

sovereign, and now, under the new-

and "fair' are only words until

self-governing

Bahamas _Com-

sumelarly decides

what they

monwealth,: administered br the

supposed to mean. On Abaco, I will

Pindling.

government in

Sassau,

decide.. That's the big point isn't

they're still government land, strict

it?''

zenso trespassing for private citi.

Right you

are,

Mike.

•Chestr

Mitch WerRell and Big Jack Mui-

Just suppose, the scenario goes,

doon and Smart Walt Mäckem and

that on January 1,

1975, goud old

Courtly Lord Belhaven in their be

corpid

huns over

"sorry-general-

three-hundred-dollar

suits

the-switchboard-is-closed"

spoke

•Tew

and

club ties

and hand-rubbed

Year's Day, Great Abaco and Little

l'eal's cases, and Bob Rajard in his

Abaco and all the lesser cars. reefs

craggy silenre,

and all the other

and coralback adjacent thereto, de

V.C.P. staff (New-Country Project

clare themselves.an independent re-

is what that stands for) and special

public.

This

vast virgin

acreage

personnel drawing contract pay on

anulel be up for grabs. Every na-

or about Abaco nre ultimately onl

tive-born

Abaconian could line up

meant to enforce what Mile Oliver

for his dirry.

considers just and feir and desir-

"W'ill he set it?" asks Ted Rous-

able. 'Ted Roussos knows it, too; he

sos at the restaurant.

resigns from the project the day

"Ohho, you bet your boots." says

after the luncheon meeting. Fut no

Wer Bell:

"Here,

see if I can find

one else does.

Why should they?

this st.lt...." He flips through his

Jike Oliver is here, after all, not

attaché case, custom-made by Peal's

just as the founder. and constitu-

of londrn, pulls out sume sold.

tional creitor uf a perfectly seri-

rimmed, elaborately printed bonds.

ous American new-country muve:

"Here., L the Abaco National Land

ment, but in representation of a

Trust Henefciary Share Certineate.

powerful syndicate

and here's, the other gizmo, the

of

financial

backers. It is, abrive all, Oliver who

Lind Entitlement Certificate. This

is making independence an immi-

subs every native Abaconian adult

nent reality fur the

citizens

of

sels his one-acre homesite frie and

Abaco, most of whom have never

cieal alter. independence.

And on

heard his name.

the benediciary share, he'll get some

But among the driven, troubled,

of the mirjor leave revenues. Here's

questing

financiers

of

the tender.

lass it all on

the line.

Oliver is more

America.

You-bet they'll

thin

name.

To

jet a shure.

mans heriness leaders he's a miri-

wider, the conder rays right here.

cie worker, a minor progihet on the

free ideoli that

the politicel silna.

crumbling walls of the city, a far-

fire in lince ix just and jair."

"Just ant

fair."

shys

Kensios

sighted sentry registering the ap

proach of the forces of dartneis.

stip. "Of course, just and fair. 18

fur a preiter is hunting America

the Sational Land Whatnot gives

-n ness apparition of four space-

rich native a cne-acre homeviie, it

age horsemen: Indation, Unemploy-

will give them all, man, woman and

ment, Depression and Chaos. And

3..13

providentially, at this critiral june-

ture in mid: 1978. Michsel C. Oliver,

zsemiatior

"ith

Pitchel! H'er

Hell, offers the driven rich an alter-

native: not just some backcountry

hides hole, but citizenship arid resi-

dence in an entirely new muntry: a

newborn.commonwealth wholl ded.

icated to the protection of private

wealth and the survival-inderd,

the

veriral-of the classic free

enterprise system.

Long before the Dow hit the five

hundreds, and coffee went up lo

fifty cents a cup.

Jon's before old

people began eating dog ford and

farmers dumping their calves into

ditches,

Mike Oliver foresaw that

the

free-enterprise

ecoroms

WaS.

doomed -in-America: It

sounded

strange at frat, coming from Mike

Oliver, this single-minded belief in

devaluation, decline and fall, for in

• the mid-Sixties the dollar was still

the fixed star of the economic firma-

ment, the U.S. economy was boom

ing, and Oliver himself seemed the

very embodiment of the American

dresm of success: a European im-

migrant to the U.S. at eighteen, he

had made his first million by thirty

(real-estate development. construc-

tion) and 1965 saw him living on a

charming wouded estate in Nevada

with i pretty wife name! Retty and

three lively children. Approaching

ffts,. Oliver was the president of

sever:l medium-sized corporations.

settled,

induential

community

leader and the employer of a rai-

ishingls beautifal secretars namel

Vicky Jo Todd, who was crosned

Miss Nevada in 1070. D'et for al-

most ten jears, where other busi-

nessmen and economists saw only

progress and prosperits. Oliver di-

vined a long-range trend toward de

pression aud disaster.

Worldwide travel and an intense

reading of economies helperl

con-

vince him by 196.5 that, as he told

a visitor years later.

"Thes're so

ing to scress up the mones." He

felt certain that debauchers of the

dollar would lead to political crisis,

inflation.

and ultimateis to sume

sort of dictatorship.

"Once I san that the dollar viag

kaput.

that whatever the govern.

ment did would only make matters

worse,

I dumped

bonds and

my

stratis and

switched to. a strong

psition in

so!d

coins.

Everyone

laughel,

except my

friends;

friends said l'i gone crazy.

Well, as

linons; it turned out that l'd

made some prelty sharp lets in the

mones market, and instead of call-

ing to suddent where I could set

sunle

welchotheraps.

friends

called 8o Moniariel on page 152!

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THE NEW COUNTRY CAPER

l.:.

prune page died did where

•O, ir mone because l had yours

Binancial advice. Just the opposite war

ali.thr insestment.advisors

anil

andlysts and fore.

casters anil

niarkrt

consultante

were

bet tina.

wis.

thes couldn't

tead. the

iting.esen when their

ere arainst

sall, and su-

beat tie murket. let me tell jou, not

nail priple du.

Anil the say it han.

peird. it

wasn't any tips or charts or

portiulia managerx;

what really hap-

penel was that by 10is lit beronie a

strilen:-il dixciple, really-of t'rofes.

sor. Lunwig von Slists."

Professor von alisis, the lungest-lived

prolitic

(nineteen

bruise and lenit self-esticing cronomist

o!

the

Austriun

schuel tounder.by

Buhn-Finerli,

died

iN.-1973

in

New

Turk Cist lihere he'd bien traching

since 101U) just as. after ni half cin-

cur! of obscurity und nurlece, his teach:

ingo began do enjoy a renaissance here,

muci. sil

karl Mirs came

into

vocue in Eastern Eurupe at about the

live the siege guns of she Rid Arniy

became audible in the distance.

Had

niore

people listened to

Yon

Mises in time, there would he more gold

milionaires like Oliver codus, and ol-

though

not minty

did, the professor's

tiny enterie of admirers often compared

hin: in epuchal

stature to Karl Marx-

Mal'T

nitruconservative capitalistie

polymith

nudl his

reachi: are compler, but some of the

principal doctrines

nut dificult to

•d'un Mises believed cit human

freedunt

lalssez-faire

capitalisi

were one and the same

think.

He had

fuith

in

the

mere institution- the

sort uf solar

"computer" seen by keg-

reiano shich the goreinment can tink.

er nich uhenever it needs sa-hut as an

which

regulates

all haman atairs. Such as one cannot

hope ou did a fine

watch srich a bung

star?e?.

Mises wax convincert that

joser van? coule nue intervene in.co.

nomic attairs, in the providential sark.

the

without

causing

"Intersentionism"

was d

self-

detentina, richus circle: the

firve sur-

ernarnia! Inirusion into business noces-

the firse. there a third one so ande she.

logi conieguences of the seconil: then

3 fourin intersention to

alleriate the

erasma et the Chord... Von Miser de

spurnit

"Intersegtnir?"."

the

brainicio.

cairoline lafit lue of corno-

policy planners, socido-

1i-is.

tripion in emulding mith an economic

file.

fruitie

capitation do dis parimount morial sys.

toni, 1i neo headed leer chaers ilot

slider;

One beautiful

smoking experience.

If you've never

had one, have an

A&C Grenadier:

I.ong. slender.mild-earing deC Grenadiers

- irilighe or dart urappers-are a unique

blend of fine imported and doriendie policers

that give you real flavor, staying rosie.

tside trautiel smoking expenetie.

Antonio Y Cleopatri

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Chans

and tyranny-thit is

Mike Oliver Seresars no Parly au

the incritatole result of Anierica's

errorntionis?"

and

"collertivist"

fir

delinochery. That he

made milliony

•lullere in noid proses along the sey

nir!

really

reassure

Oliver,

it

merely

confirml his premonitions.

Of courie

the

protice belgial: 8o prople sho

tend

ti

dans.1ai

.10.e9--81.ne

...

mast of us-they seenied en prose shat

Oliver had somethink.

To sell the world what he had, Dliser

vrote a brat in

1968: A lon Conspi-

fution

•for a iles:,

privately.

Сонмету.

Printed

noser. noticed in

brok

re-.

written in pedestrian declaratory

style.

the

buai has thus far sold 19,140

copies

through the mail-proving that

there

does • exis!

that

contradictor!

thing:

Beller.

genuine

underground

best

The subtitle on the cover reads: "Has

the

Time Come To Abandon the U'nitril

Sintes!"

Oliver's

answer

is

firin

" Уся.

The bink tells why,

anil how.

*The

United

States' can no longer.

be

saved

from severe crisis.

Though

not jet under complete tyranny, prev

lence of totalitarian ideas and increaseil

use o! suppressive measures

prove

that

the

end of freilons. is in

sight:

(in

America): = (Only) those

who

sir-

range for.a timely departure will es.

cape the coming horror.

The bök is not a tract; it's a plan of

artion.

If Ludwig

von

Mises

indeed

the Karl Marx of monetary libertarian-

• ismi, and

Marry Browne, the

best-selling

author who invented Peter

Panic,: per-

haps

its

Bakunin, its prolific

pal-dle-

structionist, then Mike.

Oliver

is

"ity

Fidel

Cistro-the

ultimate

militant

who redeiines

the doctrine in termis

of

tutial uction.

Browne's book, advocating

thrit self-sufficient people withdraw to

"retreat hones"

fur safety',

has snow-

balled into an all-seagon hest seller; bue

it's Mike Oliver. who is about to shor

them how to do it. i.

"The person with self-respect has a

right to preserse his life and freedom,

Oliver's book reassures the reader.

"But

he has no duty lo stay in a country

whose government policies will destrus

him.

-this time

States.

it's

the

United

Thus.

the

United States in

longer exist.

person

has

Fortunately,

"a

number

yet quite

suit.

the western

country still exise."

find

that

things have

muntry sealers.

tial men "ho

Nike O'iver's strictures i shore while acrosemen: rups shr first British filler-

ajo, are supperting his campaign tosh

° Oliver atteninial due ritain to repra

mones and archina die that might kee

sent thr

required.

Whareser.jiv

needl.

Mit:

palen in

landin-s findsmin manned.

just any the word, dlike. And the nee

important

Colin Michel with a ripulation for bor

regur-ition of Oliver's sell.

enrissed Non-downers Projit hastorn

the meeting and the alliance nith. Miich

HerBill' anil die semi-bisminess, pars.

d're

it's the

Oliver-Herdioldurganization. ne least goo

far

Abaco

13

concerned. Sperial

personnel

iniersieved, recruited.

briefedl: Walter Mickens, che scholarly

SOURS CX-C.1.4.

aficer lieves fur

the

Rahainas on his free assignnien:, Big

John Muldoon ronts a suite in the l.a-

rajeste Building in midtown Washing.

Ron.

kaiph Sellullen is dispatcher 80

sliami, along with a pale, quiet foriser

British intelligence

officer known only

•as Grant who is a communications spe

cialist. hireil to run wireless traftic with

the:WerBell-Oliver-organization's.agent

netitork on Aharo

coded sirelrig

traffic. fre-digit groups and all that

jazz, the, was

a proper intelligence sta

•sion does it.

Thé ikeptical Tril Roussea

is soon

with another U.S: ex-

intelligence officer who is not merely

enthusiastic,

this

lean. joung

hard-

charger.

named Charles Boyle, he

best of all blark; off he goes lo tort

among the silent.

sun-wrinkled fisher-

nen and lübster trappers of Abaco.

And jet who-but Mile Oliver is des-

tined to comprehend it, to encompass it.

to direct it all? Who but Oliver under-.

stands that the campaign for Abaro is

not another banana-republic land grab.

that this is un ileologien), jes, a moral

rovement? Who nikes sure that the

lee lieutenane mined of the Aravil

and Sutherland Highlantors who 5'29

nerving a term sa P'arliament no a Coa

perrative.

Culin

"Sal Vienn" Mitchell tas a

stori. Brought ever en Herbell's de-

lanti estate on the moual all expenses

pill trip 80 nier: some of Abaru's spus

sure, Mischeil furrel due su be abrasité

and relentleedly arquisitive.

To beip

Abaco alone, he manied a large fre...

a very large fee. His visie was not s

SUCCeSS.

Lord Beltiren is dirterent Keeping

an eje ron Oliver, caluly hut as care

fully no the Anerican is wätching dim.

ho decides not so explain the coniplexi

lies. of influencing Her Majesty's Gor-

erminent.

"Oh, aberlurely."

he tells Oli

ver with an encouraging smile.

"Nor to

sorrs: I don's chink landon really cares

what happens in the

Bahamas, jou

know-too

mispries at

home. I've alreails pabled a question oo

Abaco for next wark in the House, and

we'll keep up the pressure, I'll promise

jou.chat. Ej the finir G.U.l. in due...

no, I don'e thinh oin should worry too

much about serious trouble fror lone

don."

•S'ell, U.D.l. is all set: New Year's

Day," ange Oliver. His fuce is auddenly

different; the intende stare turns into a

warn, almost arretionate grin.

~L'ntil

theu, good luck, everybouls, and back to

vorh. There's loes to to done."

ideas of free enterprise and unfettered

market capitalism and sume expres.on

in every leafer, pamphiet or nessierter

that the

Oliver-WerBell organization

produces fur distribution on

Abaco?

AIM DEMANDS CUSSTITUTIONAL CHANGES

WHICH WILL ELIMINATE THE. MISER DE

CUVERNMENT TO ARBITRARILY IIMIT I'EH-

SONAL RIGHTS! AIM DEMANDS AN IMME-

DATE END TO GUVERSSENT DINERSHIP

AND CONTRUL DI BU'SINESS ENTERPRISES.

AIM DEMANIN THE LSTABLISHMENT ON A

'LAND TRU'ST!'

Do the silent,.

bare-legged men and

somen of Abaco reully demand all this?

Why ask? Mike Oliver has it all thought

out fur thie, Metrur of a remoir-con.

trollal independence scenario, he means

lo be a bon putros-nue just the remote

munipulator.

but in time she ethcient

and productive manager of the altairs

of Aburo.

One question remains lu he

settled here ut lunch.

"He are sure that our aperial person-

nel will seize and held control on Abicu

when V.D.I. comes," Oliver sass, turn.

ing.

directls to Lord Belharen.

•1 hat

I'm still worried shone is the uplitude of

the

British

governint.

The findling

regime in Nassau will uner miliears in.

tersention by the British when thes re-

Ide men rise in silent aertemers. The

"iachorerürk is oser: within tren

es-four hours the Oliver-Werkell orga-

nization is bain in high gear. The paris

8u (.D.I. is lined sieh a thousand tasks:

consertions do he coupled, minglael pa-.

ruineters

separatel.

contingencity

planned, "operational capatilities" to be

"actunted."

Robere

Anthons C'ormichnel Hami!.

ton, shirtrenth Bary of fielhaven

and

Scenton, jets back to london overnighe,

pennively sipping lair of lalug Scoich in

a frust-cabin 1.l.1. seat. A fortnight or

so is spent planning and falling vio

sions, and on June 10, at hall pase tun

of the clock, with the liouse of Lords

reassembled alter the

Whitsun

the

Lord Chanceller on tile

Woolsack.

the Bishup of lotsmouth having real

the proper prayers. lord Belhuven nes.

to moloress the perso of the realis in a

vuice of singuiar sTamil!:

"Aly Lorde, l ben lare 8o adi the

Question which scands in miy name oo

the Order Paper.

The Question was a9

dollors: To ask Her Majooty's Govern.

ment what regree tations they inierel

en millic, due the Govermint of the Ba-

hamis urgine chers lo conse sheir ha-

alize that their constellars is no match

for vur men.

He siant to le sure thit

intervention dons nil eile place: 1e jose

think you can do is""

Lord lethaven is an urbane, unflap.

pable seeran of ever pen youse in the

losse of lendle. He is no cioreones im.

ry underserreiard of ofute, alanelo to pr

•aponil for the auroramsend: "My lurr!.

the Aharo Islande are an intesira! part

of she Conmanunalit uf the liabinias,

which heranie an independond soder-ica

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Sidle on July 10:

1973. se

• fur a shr

therefore, be appropriale for Her Mi.

ri's tearrument in the Uniled Kins-

partine:

doin sir sorn ee interiere in the interra!

shield sti

afairs of the Bahamas."

phizing

Lord, Helharen

anịl

Stenton:

'"S!

competer

cords: dehank the noble Lord for that Oliver's,

Teris and apprecile what he sajs....

and

bur

¡nil althoughi the prople ol Abaco hase

shipped

rot. on the retent recore, de nonstrably

thes.

surferril harassment.

and Lord Pelha-

sen linola it.

there is'a subliminal serise

which it's all quite

true.. To lure the

surernmeni into proclaiming

and. reit-

erating the principle of nonintervention

in the

newly

independent

Bahamas. is

one of the subiler goals of Lörd Belhs.

t'on the blink: biwar

Sor Intellertnal):

nil vind-

written by

int Dare Scholl:

ther

pirodies

hes!

and informally

since

nnoy

the Mahanas

assing through

Lord

Goronwy-Roberts is

densels:

gratifyinaly energrtic about it all: "fly.

Lorus, this is the case of an

indepen-

dent cuuntry. ....

Lords.

indepen;

dener is independènce." It that dictum

hardens' into.dognis, if only

by

sheer

forte oi repetition.

the Oliver-WerBell

oricanization will have a free hand on

Abaco: Washington. for its part, is not

likely exen to consider intervention. In

the nicanwhile, Lord Belhaven hesience

again.

as on •s nuniber of previous ac-

casions.

impressed.upon the House of

Lords that the plucks, oppressed little

Abaça ndere.

1n

Powder Springs. Crorsis, where

Cól. Bagard in swenting fire special per-

sonnel trainees from Abaco down at the

machine-gun range behind the fishpond

Mitch

W'erkell's

farm,

nine

o'clock in the morning.

Dusty,

strained,

popried from

the jabhing of

rapidl-fre

reruils,

the colonel and his boss,

diurnal "duty tour" begins at six r.in..

Pine a terrati, In boxy little electric carts

of the sort used hs golfers,

they rull si-

lenily acruss

the close-cropped lasin of

the

8er Bell

estate.

up

to the

sisnor

houst

where

they

drau

"midmornine

rations"-

country him sandwiches,

pc-

ran biscuits, cold milk in fourteen-ounce

classts.

Then

it's

down to

the rifle

range for three hours of maräsmanship

instruction

with a

remarkable training

device

devised

W'erBell himself: i

scandard

7.62

military

rifle

converted to fire 22 long-ride cartridges.

1:'s a luss-cost, loss noise, practically re-

coil frre wag to teach a man bos to hit

a lor l'erger can nt seventy-fic jaris

nich a military firearm.

and it

works:

the men

sho make it throuih this drill

therrafter

known.

in

the special

W'erErllian

nomenclature

con:pounded

frew the linso of Wurld War 11, Korea.

Vietnam, and the intellizence establish.

ment's invisible war, as sniper quali.

fat." They are, 800.

Sit hundred miley or so souchward 3r

she courier plune fies, the Oliver-Wir.

died urganization's Minni headquarters

is hummine

with

ae livity.

Vicky

Tall, the line-legeed, melting-diamond-

if 19.0-1h0.

has-

ins warriod one of Mitr Oliver's young

sire-presidents.

попрго-

Karnally as drs. Halph MeMullen-in

hur preparing o

"partie: pichlip,"

for

mishra she boisierals liai-

ren-plane run 8u alliaco, lute the care.

triloro po agente 011 illnco: spare parla

the regul

Tro t

ble d'hute

Oliver. har

thousand:

at the

§23.50) trilk

Wer Bell.

ton but i

tel (Sion

'expertins

tặng hect

executed.

not succe

nists-ne

try.

This

•participant

prospect.

more,

owner

• that ia-

anil Slide

n trenty

back in

ashington

‹single

to Mitch

isashing-

dison. Ho

Oliver is

-impor-

vised and

ве, it сап-

and colo.

I-new coun-

to be -a.

such

Bond

of Balti-

far-

Bond,

joung tycoon

known

an vien's,

hing

buying a

share.

the

Abaco

nd l am)

able to sit in on the

shile Oli-

ver

explains his dreams for the future

of Abaco

Frank

Bond arrives

at night.

ing lasse

tience.

after eleven

short. grey.

coiled impa-

peritdly

joung for a self-11.

disrk,

dresse

louks rich but somehow

hay already had at sast on

He

talk

with

Oliver,

but

puts it.

"K130103

Abaro.

It's

Just

aysembled

to grett

There arL

Col.

and of course. O!

sound up to deliver a

lasiger

question alout abac

nhelter.:

and Oliver

NerBell

synergized trio

rielrg.

the

usual

potential tax

with prac-

ticed euse

"Keep

on Aharo

he silys.

butidins

nation,

H'are

jou reall

Have you

tion? No?

_the larger

Mania tea

dubious-

ly.

"Arshoss,

basically what

Be Are

structuring on Abaco is this... mas be

I holder read it ia you from she consti-

cution... Preamble: de, the prople of

abraco"... and so un...

here •

the oul!

ever and penger ipruction ne

unirrement in lo persert

its

cipiiine

prase pardo

and podnel, nudi fliese plire

here

on the

or she nor

pay":

prubertira

herausr. Dos чет. 111

ans here further deign faint godernmerlie

3.13

i his indianese protect

aquirst eilermel

and lairrunt tirce

•A'hat jou Biran to saj...

"say's the

large?.

-Hell, int inslance. you sre what us

mean if you

so lu page thirty-ciphe.

Oliver

overridri

"Here

Article

Turnti-srira

Fincal Mine-

рета.

bränch or

•1.

othermia

durin at

рте.

0/

partici.

Do you

First

off: the

mont of the

pendent

Republic

power

ro'issue mone

This is rery important.

more important than... Frank knows

how: imporsars this'ix. Private fnancial:

houses

issue all

our money

and

they'll

There will be

no

Federal Repait Insurance on Ábaço, no

governinent loan qua.

itoes or banking

regulationa. lothink

like the Federal

Resette.

So central

bank,

you

can

ВЕе-по

central bank.

no ir.rolve.

ment

with the International Sionerary

Fund."

"The mones will be backed in gold."

3a,'5 the lawyer questioninals.

-The money will be in gold, at least

sonie of it.

Oliver.

"Sun of us

the

first

participants have

drasin un the

charter for a

hink, and

will issue the 'rand," the basic unit

contaling

.23 tros ounces

gold-a

hands

medium-giled coin

worth

about

nfes

dollars

presert raics. Sirnted

after

Agn

Rand.

jou

unterstand, not

after

"nuih African ran.

'Trere'll

be

quarter;

perhaps quintals.

the

quintal

worth just about ten

dollars.

Then of murie cell have to have paper

money.

backed either in

rolt of

other

grable as-res. All fully goid convertible

want jour

sages

guld, you

just pray she issues a visie.

januer defaulis..

the Idi

"Thes

default."' say's Oliver.

•The arris ni!! have to be there, cover-

ink the value of the issue, and if there's

ans funny business, il's long jail sernes

free eserstands and his accountuni -that

bier

frat-le arre

froud.

Rut of

currer

self-traciation

will

probirbis

surerse that issuers carry hantrupics

insurance

triple

safety'--privately

r:teen insurance: mind you.

"Aris pustle corviere-l'm thinking of

the poller.

she juders, curbide culles.

tion, lord know what I mean-phoor a ill

te tranced by whom? ashe she larger.

"Thirs'll

franint

voluntary

prrmturi..

•Siluntary in

18.e' 348116

shoppers dulun-

Mech after

ASQUIRL. PEMRUARY

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Those

will

who pus

the jes!!?

premismis

participan's

chej'll be

catitleil to

the seric

surenment provides; shos who don't.

won't bi.

S'harrier

servirre

private

husinese can pruvide competirris will

he left to privair enterprise.

"Litie the prelice""

the larger snilies

"There's a cute deal-if you

dont pas

gour. poniunis. they

can't arres:

for overtime parking.

"¡l'ell. no.

Not realli." says Oliver.

"Thej can't

arrest

you for

parting

anghuir.

overtime

because this surern-

ment ton'; have the right to tell you

hour

jong you should'stop

YOUr

far

the curb-why should it: But if you're

Mace reping forces.

because

what thes

will tre.

made sar un andher lar?

tary al course. lore seldiers diare osi

all wrong.

Tisey are

nade to

mortal outh unil stani to aiertine!o.

the rational anthem. Alam cos

a national anthen, betaste the

ment.of Abeaco will have no

sonal, para-legal, special pouters. i: ai!!

function only as the hired serra-:

the -participants

mho pas tur is

Tro

Abaco pesce-temping soluritis

mir.

be

made to

salute any

emblems, or take theistic pinigra

kuvernment has

по

right to

ialtar:

guilty of force or fraud, soull. be

яг-

ang-year

contract.

, as she

maiditinas

resteu whether you are a paid-up par-

mas demand, just like any hind crai

ticipant or nui.: "hat a nonparticipant

rion't have will be the righo to conduce

men. I suspest it will be a dans find

little force

civil litigation,

to

set

up a

surrogate

" 1'cll,".

say's the laujes.

orto ta's

trust. to onllect damages on scort and

been glancing at his watch with

no torth."

frequency.

Frank,

if

1773

- "St'hat sort of a

government till it

be, anyhow?" asks Bönd. "I' mean as an

think. t

"Yes.

8858

Bond,

rising

toa

organization. How will it be run!"

• "Tell, in some way's it'll run just like

gotta go. Call gou in the morning. Nir,

the

and we'll talk.'

covernment here."

Oliver.

"Just like the U'.S: Governnient

The

"One more question."

says. the law.

constitution calls for a bicameral legis

Set "You sut the natives, fir, tea lanc

sand natives."

"Tature. An assembly électel on a pra.

"Seven thousand," says Mitch Her-

portional basis and a senate. And there.

Bell, "masbe right ur nine al the meoii.

sou see, the similarity stops Abaco will

it some who are working in she boir's

have no foreign service lilie the Stare

in Nassau return after independene.

Department, onls trade representativrs

"Right, say right thousand ratira"

in countries where business deniands it.

sajs the lawyer.

•It

"How can you be sure

will have no public

schaul system.

they'll buy all this-vote for yuur ma-

Bejond the fourth

only private

grade.

there'll

be

stitution and all that? Afier ail, she

schouls.

privately

main-

place belung" 8o the natives.

tainéd."

•W'ell,

we're

training quite s

ferr

"No school system," say's the lawger.

natives with leadership potential," says

"Why not?"

Wer Bell.

"Political iniotrination.

"Because what is called

the school

30 оп.

Bysten: in the linited States is really an

Thes'll

sId

organize a solossin:

majbe half the population.

that'll fu

indoctrination

sy'stom."

S9}9

Oliver.

along with us, vote the say shey're sag

"It's a systen for burraucrats to brain.

pursed. 80.

And lub here,

Colone! Ray-

wash joung people in favor

of collec.

ard,

he's

also training

tivism and statisoo."

sonie

balitt's

with xou! potential.

except he's trair.

"And sucinlisin," say's Bond approv-

ing his boys how to shuot 3: g Di0rise

ingls.

target without missing. And we früit

"Yes. In the high

schools and col-

tre natives who son't bus aha: De irti

leges, in lasri of outright socialisn"

'en-they'll listen

says Oliser. "This is not to say

ALaCO

be!'s."

to

Hub

Disari's

won't have an educationil syrien o! its

"Fine, call you tomorron, nit

thir

wun hind, but evers schoul will have in

mercha, bje... i

"And Frank Fund a-1

be francell privatoly, by she fannlies uf

his counsel are pune. Mike Oliver is

she students or private

bonelнc:r.rs.

will mean,

depressed.

"Cierl

almighty.

tiere and there, some haru-

ship, sonie lunk-term borrowing.

much.

H'hut du you tink, Niach:"

for an insiant, he is us drairni do an

=-and chut sill be made tensible a: very

actor alter

perfurmance.

intercal, l expert-but collertively

Milie, you were girut.

is'er fail is

i will mean the sursival o! fredoni in

its. one

cascutinl

provenance-in

the

jung-ho.aa

but Oliver in a'rad?

minds of the next deneration.

Because.

peeling ult his shire. "I'm fuing su brs.

G'nishe everytarls.

you are." Oliser holde

his bung finger

lue ul breakfare it's a different story.

before his fuce to silence all inierru,-

"Frank calleil before eight this riers-

lIons,

"Ahare is mus joins to be another

ing-he's really lurned un." sags Oliver.

bannua rrpi.blie.

That's not the print: 1

"He's puttina up pen thousand cass se

mouldn't sport an hour's time jusi lo

a sure of louthald un Abaco.

for said.

male some munry phas was. The faint

and nexe scal well tall serious sionry.

is that die legublic. of

Alain will ie.

He loere the prujree."

Piral of all, a morol experiment, a piner

"As doris do it lusio libio a panal ora?."

sheer ne'll les lo hero indiridual fore

dom alien

even el is doesn't survive in

Amerira.

ira:

# I THE WINNING OF CHER

nil

rire..

pier is)

Preonds:

Cher bas with Suang. They ser

al-

separaina bul

Costin

didn't

dinos this: tie parapile fell in lose. In

Sepiember of 1910, die oaly dite in his

lice that he remembers

with

ans

•aC.

curacy. Getten,

tie Oslan and

Kobbie

linterison

of The. Band

went to

Neil

joung's abou

ot

Gesten's club,

the Foxy.

A friend told him Cher was

"Cher

•Let's seit

and tie

for

dinner,"

Cher shot.

prinducir. the

butterils-emer

Thire with a

and another in

over

one

ear

GefTen,

in nis

with the mire

Cher who threw

psjchiatrist,

will have

every

possible

color.

California

this

and

fat-out

Ahmet Firtegun

rock stars

who'd

s'reched

crashing

oft

tirooklyn-loy

before

Ins.

Mr.

Goften

thron; in

19r.s.

was the serund or

and Gieten, then

manoring Laura

1as a bushes

aily

that was 111y

"Hut mor's jou need an army?" pays

"Oh, surr, Heard coold have des arrind

rosire," tas a Moor. "He till sail there

1SA ASQUIDA PIARUARY

•That's what his lawyer isid." Mir

sage happily.

"Anil I roll them, 5us.=

luna no you care for fieridor:, Modir

the

his

jre!n1?.

are abruiself riih8.'"

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25 January 1975

SUBJECT: Press Reports of Ex-CIA Employces Involvement with

Persons under Congressional Investigation

1. Press reporis of Sentator Lowell P. Weicker's investigation.of

ClA's involvement with other government agencies surfaced the contact

of Lucien Conein of DEA, a former employce, with an electronic maru-

facturer named Michael Morrisey. The same reports have also tied

Morrisey with a Mr. Mitchell L. WerBell, Ill, who, according to our

files, has claimed United States Government and CIA connections in

the past. According to DEA, WerBell recently invoked the Filth Ameni.

ment whea appearing before Senator Jackson's Subcomminice investigating

DEA on whetrer or not he supplied armis to Robert Vesco. 'Also, while

not mentioned in the press, at least one retired CLA staffor and possibly

two others may have been involved with Concin and Morriscy. The ex-

staffer is John P. Muldoon, a friend of Conein's, who currently is a

private security specialist who has dealt with Morrisey in the purchase

of audio sweeping devices for his business.

Muldoon was resined by

WerBell during first half of 1974. The otier two. Walter j. Mackem,.

an acquainiance of Concin's, and a Theodore J. Roussos. both of wrom

were in contact with WerBell for possible employment in a scheme to

promote tre-secessión of the Bahamian Islard of Abaco, an enterprise

publicized in February 1975 issue of Esquire by Ardrew St. George.

2.

We have no information in our files on the B. R. Fox Coinpuny

or the fox Company principals mertioned in the press accounts.

We were,

however, told by DEA that Mr. Sardy Smith, Time magazine reporter.

was working on a story to the effect that the late Bornard Spindel, former

owner of the Fox Company, was previously involved in "wire tapping tor

the Teamsiers Union and providing explosive devices for organized crinic.".

Although Air. Smith did not allege that cither ClA oF DEA were associated

with the Fos Company or Suindel, our DEA source said that Vir. Smith rad

no intention oi dropping the story and ve can expect further press coverage.

3. In conclusion, there has been no CLA involvement with the

B. R. Fox Company or with Michael Morrisey.

Moreover, Mr. WerBell's

clairns oi ClA affiliation or suppurt over the years aro simply not true.

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25 Jarsary 1975

SUBJECT: Mitchell Livingston WerBell III (201-259910)

1. Mitchell Livingston WerBell, who appeared in recent press

reports has for over a period of ten years been claiming to be a

representative of the United States Government and of CLA.. The facts

do not support this contention.

2. CLA first learned of WerBell in July of 1959 when he contacted

General Cabel indicating knowledge of Cuban and Dominican affairs.

Mr. Thomas J. Flores of LA Division was put in contact with WerBell

'and considered using him as an Fl asset.

• A POA was granted on

7 July 1959 for this purpose. By October 1959 it was apparent that he

did not have the access to information as hoped and he apparently looked

upon his association with CLA as a means of furthering his various

business schemes. All contact was then severed.

3.

From that time until the present Mr. WerBell has cropped up

in a number of nefarious activities whereby he inferred he had ClA connections

or support.

He was reported to have been involved in armis sales to

Nicaragua and Guatemala, in efforts to gain recognition by certain

South American countries of the Cuban Government in Exile, and in an

abortive scheme to invade the Republic of Haiti in 19o6.

He also turned

up in Thailand where he contacted the COS purporting to be a counter-

insurgency expert. In 1971 the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

queried the agency re Mr. Werbell, asking if WerBell har a contractual

agreement or association with the Agency, as Werbeil was awaiting a hearing

before a Department of Defense Examiner related to his participation in

the aboritve Haiti invasion.. The Office of the General Counsel placed the

maiter in perspective. Subsequenily, he contacted the Agency to request

intercession on his behalf to have his security clearance reinstated which

DoD revoked because of his Haitian caper.

He was told this could not bei

done. In 1971 he again appeared in Thailand attempting to seil arms. In

1973 te was under investigation by U.S. Treasury Burea: c! alcoro!,

Tobacco and Fircarms and by the United States Customs Servico ior activities

relating lo possiblo morcenary activities in Abaco Island, Banamas.

In!

this connection WerBell contacted three ex-ClA cmployees, john i. duläcen,

Walter ji Mackern and Theodore Roussos in a scheme to loviro theid ind

the activities of an organization callud the Friends co Anaco toni whichlis

advocating the secession of the island from the Commonwealth of Bahamas.

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All three inviduals repurted their involvement with the WerBell group

and had sought guidance from th. Agency. In May and June they were

advised to break all ties with Wer Bell.

On 27. June 1974 the FBI was

formally apprised of WerBell's overtures for their collaboration in

the effort to bring: Abaço's secession.

In September 1974 Wer Bell

reportedly went to Greece to sell arms to the Greek Government.

Most recently WerBell reportedly appeared before Senator Jackson's

Sub-Committee investigating DEA and had taken the Fifth Amendment

on the question of whether or not he had supplied arms to Robert Vesco.

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STATE DEPT. CROLE NASSAU 179

DATED 3O VARO 175

Subject: LOCAL: PERCTION TO ESQUIRE

MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON ABACO

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FBI cuble dated 24 JAN' 75

subject; Aladdin m. AL-TAYYAR

Internal Security - IRAQ

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DEA

*Wes C1

cod

Explosive Devices

By Laurenes Sirver

roin: Daried Curtere public!

An

"crcironies"

firm s.

10edi P. 161:100

immairs

io.scil an oticial cl the

Dri?

3..

iniorinatior.

Fifereement

Adrinitalion

"1S?93:rA

tie

teteor'.

the He for tual may tiro ihougal that

in

such

unlikri;

лісовола

(irmain was sill al lie Chit.

handtre, a cialtelie pack or a ragmlicht.

Connir aprairati; did not reputt the.

The citicial. Lecion Coit had for

dimonsinion lé tir equiprent

80 the ti-m

He Spotte

in-gree sing.

DEA.

liricion said te idid

tronie sureillance reuipmoni

wanted

pure inse.

ascordin:

an

inoda; and Moriois "Was

zienci spokesmill.

Robert

11.

as shocked and'strait as moor

irople

Conrin and a sicind DEl dacial, Cril

"Things

Frank. a'so

phirtved a

desarasiration

of the esplosive cruinmen:

but sid not

bis an:' of it.

asthers and acborg thinks

A chialosue of equipment apprenils

sirange.

Buzane equipm'n!.

can

he

sold be the comparo. B. Plus, derives

lorr locally.

There's to way tris equip.

several devin.

desiered "to

carry ex:

ment can be doed localls.

plosives

tristered,

by

lime.

nipirmon!.

Folkamp said "ll wouldn't he within

mcchanical

presscies,

lisb!

ur

audio

the purica st'Did as à narcotics arones"

1G relies

mechanisms

the legalils of the espiosie

The catainque sidies.

"The desires have

muipment:

been desianed and rainciured for sale

¡ rover meire dird June 10, 1379, srii.

to autherized

a="ncies

the

United

b:

Statis

crifically inienard

tricker idenifird au dide Minciterey 10

for application outside né this courtri..

The

initiation

coniained

is

Peristi

1.773.

classilied so lie manniacture:

for

l'.s.

goverr,mont bad guis.

The

handhur and

storage of thie mutenai should se done

so mindial d! lis prairise naiuro."

Court and Fran's

accrn:.319102

Firinsive

equipmeri

Lou in

th.s

trods 3:0

1 brine this to sour dierion

in care dou

here mus ded iron lie.

mimicrial.

it is s

LANDSLIDE IN CANADA- This is all 11.

maios of a stroes in lifestos, a miris,

absened.

d.000s11010n

of

"Erioral"

deviere ahonda Fridiang

said. he

did

ani know whiri deviros ihor sai. Corcin,

a frimer arpange ni the contal inclin

gence liency.

is actin= chief of spoilai

cherations and fieid suppore dor tar DF.l'9

eifine of iniellisince.

Fridiano said that

Corvin's office is line operatina: aom ni

the indone dustan and crises Wa!s

lo proctruit tärai diad nevraton.

•Coneia was ane aditible fir coniniene.

Feldsamp said that Fraid rari emptia.

caily

ias the denionstration was not in

nirserd."

Concia's risition du the demonarilion.

Feldkamp

However, that's not wav l'm herr! " Asied

why. the crimenciration was raane by, the

salesman.

fidkorg tair he could

rot identify. relican; renter, "Liko ans

goal salesman.

the guy

ta:

tryinz

10

maie a stic.

l'e was told

Pid has not.

will nor.

does noe purchase that type of

planned for

aho said he trado anci sold

silen!

wr7,0.5

forrian

countries with the apoloral of lin federal

anternnient.

h.ad!

arter

seen

Cuba Scaring

Trade For

•CId Agent

NieTss9e 170110

hercuir

a farmer e1.

pover had intercated it helore Mertiell

rouid sce il.

Cuba is millina in selease no

Hersell said time hir had talied toser.

allosed Cla rael in orcharit

das to both Morr suy and Concin. Corein,

wan has

"Years

Verbell and pid dom one equeprich bod

nover actualit

"Ira's nut in

atter latin: pit

the gasaisination beriness and Bellier or!

iver bs

Portin

all.'

ill

nation

riciais

1," Herdell said.

said proporary.

Morrissey

could rot be reached for

SO

t...

the

attriots raid.

comment.

there is ar

Rarbara For Spirdoi, shose home ad.

dress is lisad as ilin adiceos for Bk. For prospond 89 11o dier by Cucan

Intonatories, said in a leir

chone intertion

lei nich Past sar bad sorted as perident.

cas:ro's

1 .29

will

Inioe-1

her tate hus

equipmen:."

to are ry

The

DEd did bug on hundred hucks

motil n eicitronics surriilares equip.

she eno

5:9 571

frein her

bene a bich fellastip said is frequently

Marr.:

1'=d

pe the brn; under cour coder.

do the mine that cut of cuirty or sinal.

...e..

•.:

DIA"

*** 1!

..".

i ran logo à

ti:e

Sira

Tare..tie 6.019111de 161117-9

Howard Hard Stated misd

ni s.:

Washer in fost

23

1975.

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14-00000

A Agent Contacted on Alexandria Firm's Assassination Equipment

11A430N

Rile corispirator E. Howard

itat? Hinter

Hunt Jr. has been mention-

Coner's involvement in the

incident raise serious new

amassed during the House states that the cara-onue

us official

ed in connection with an

Judiciary Committee's im-

questions about the opera.

"was but together

ler Central

Drempt by an Alexandria

peachment inquiry.

only

tions of federal law enforce-

opera.

1or water:

furna 80. sell assassination

The conversation center-

after we started working to

ment and intelligence agen-

equipment to the U:S.gov.

cies.

ed on activities in Saigon

gether with Lou Conein."

He later states that "some

emment.

prior to the coup that ousted

of this

former South

Sen. Lowell P. Weicker

Vietnamese

3r..

R-Conn..

disclosed

statement by Conein that

He also questioned 8: President Ngo Dinh Diem.

equipment

was

demonstrated to Lou in this

(Alexandria) office about

today that lucian Conein,

the DEA planned to pur.

Concin was a high-ranking

three. wecks

$00.'

The

director of special projects

chase only electronic eaves.

CIA operative in Saigon al

the time of the 1963 coup.

memo was dated June 10,

for the Drug Enforcement

dropping devices from Fox.

1974.

Administration, viewed the

"I cold the senator that,

The memo, said the cata-

equipment manufactured

Conein said. "Yeah, I saw

this (assassination) stuff.

HUNT LATER used some

logue contained a "listing of

by the now defunct Alexan-

of the information obtained

equipment that is available

cies of the United States

govemment, specifically in-

tended for application out.

side of this country.

"The items offered are ei-

ther

concealed

into

"ALL EQUIPMENT in

everyday-type

objects or

our

'astro'

is

packaged simply as 'black

box'

manufactured to the highest

pieces ol eauidment

standards in terms of reli.

with no labels or identifica-

ability, dependability, life-

tion on the outside other than

the

rime,

performance

necessary

actuator

switches and sensors. Upon

under most weater vuria.

cions," the catalogue states.

request, this equipment can

It then stares: "The infor.

be delivered in a 'sterile' mation contained herein is i

condiuch for foreign use.'

classified by the manufoo

the brochure continues.

turer for U.S. goverament

use only.":

dria electronics firm. But

So what? I've seen a lot of

Concin denies he ever even

that

from Conein as background

and planned for Lou up here

kind of thing in my

considered buying any of

day."

for fabricating State De-

(Washington)."'

the equipmene.

Conein was a long-time

partment cables that impli-

• WEICKER.

Wcicker released a cara-

CIA operative before mov.

cated the late President

the

John'F. Kennedy in Diem's

SAID

logue of the devices which

ing to she DEA with the

assassination.

Hunt

w'as

memorandum itself raised

doubis about Conein's stute-

included such things as ex.

assistance of Egil Krogh,

working

for the

plodine cigarelle packares

former head of the White White House at the time.

Nixon

ment that he had not consid.

and clectronic booby trapy

House plumbers for whom

ered purchasing any of the

The catalogue released

assassination devices. And

for telephone receivers. The

Hunt worked:

by

Weicker

sncluded

In July 1971, Conein had a

he said it stirred questions

equipment was manufac-

memorandum to Mitchel

sured by the B.

R.'Fox

three-way telephone con-

about whether Conein still

Werbell Widentilled

lamoratories, which Weirk-

versation with

Hunt and

by

was working, with she CIA

er snid u ent out of buntress.

Charles W. Colson, former

Welcker as a Georgia arms

despite his retirement.from

threc week. ago.

Whito

House.

• manufacturer and apparent

alde who

that ogency in 1971.

pleaded Ruilty.ro.ohstruc

Boldler of fortune.

The

Tho

catalogue lists its

THE SENATOR, a for-

tion of justice charges in

memo was written by Mi. ''astro''

equipment

this

mer roomher of the special

the trial of David Wlisberg

chuel Morrissey,

co-owner

way:

of the Fox Laboratories, ac-

Sinate Walergate commit.:

A transcript ol the conversa-

cording to Weicker.

"The devices have been

lee; charsed shat the exist..

tion is contained in evidened

designed and manufactured

la tbe memo, Marrissoy: for sale io authorized agen.

erice uf the calalogue and

SITIN REPORTER!

SACOLD BE DANEL EUSSES

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THUESDAY. jANUARY 21, 1975

U.S. Aide Was Briefed on Assassination Techniques

BE NICHOLAS M1. HORROCK.

Morrissay als an unidentlied aria: rectanguot milluies. One

Company

with

Mrs.

Barbara

dew Yo:i man no belinir of the sorew at each end secures dog spindil.

The none fox was

W'ASHINGTO.Y. Jan. 22-A

Fox Company.

which had offi- on

w::.

Top

reinoved

to cirs.

sonuel's

maiden

top official of the Fereral Drue Clande!

name.

Va and de pack tade with explosiie."

cAr. MunIsed sald. He said that

•Eniorcement

.Administreiron.that

anis

he had

said loday tha: he

had been on

the

presented detalls had recared ihres

dorisses said that he he coentmurd to sell electronic

copies ll surveillance

equipment as

an

company.g

electronic the

brinted

what

have

been surierliance

and

constigue, and that

tir mdividun!.

0.7

equipment.

copies were

in the hands uf

Spindel confirmed that

idescribed

• 8S

pietironic

83-

what the catalogue calls "asiro: Fedoni officials.

Mrs.

He declined the company was no longer in

sassinarion techaiques by pri- equipment.

Ivate manufaciurer.of

WinteR-

pi.lg.anc.burgrig.eauipmpent

senaior Wricker has obtained the Goerment acency theyjunaware

to idenly the livo officiaise. existence and said that she was

Mr.

Morrissey

had

a memo that he said was froin

The official. Lieur

Col. Lucien the files of the B. R. Fox Com.

were canceried with..

circulated a catalogue for such

¡Conein,

acting direcior.

Morrissey also declined devices. Her hushand, the late

of the pany, written to an official of a to ident; the person who had bernard Spindel.

who

formed

special

operatiors

and

field Georgia

manufacturer.

¡support section of D.E.A's in- that sas:

introdused him 10 Colonel Co. the B. R.

Fox

Company, was

iternatonal

intelligence

divi-l

"Enclosed le a catalog which hein.

The colonel said that heollen quoted as a wiretap ex-

i sion

said that he

receired the mas put together sinly after we.

could call how he had learntd, pert.

briefing in May,

1974, from re-started working together withof the for concern but that its!

Siveral law enforcement ol-

de-lou

Conein.

wrote out this name

might have

come from ficials

and

elestronic

-experis

line of

'astro' equipment withian acquaintance in Washington iwho were interviewed indieRs;

Colonel.

Conein sid he had you and lou in mind and be-

Morrissey, who said that'ed that the devices as described

not asked for the briefing andicause of the nature of the devi he had a degree as an electron. in the catalogue appeared us-

had no interest in the

coutp-ices, it is not being gren to any

Tics

engineer, said that he de-jable only for assassinations or

ment.

one eise...

Some of this equip

sigted the equipment in early: for the broby-trapping of pre-

Several law enfo tement oni-lmen: was demonsirated do Lou 1974 as an outgrowth of his;mises.

cia!s.

and

Senate investizators in

this office about

weeks work in the -field of wiretaps

One veteran

industrial secu-

said that this was the first time ago."

and mom bugs;

expert said

that' he saw

esidence that a

Mr.

Morisses, who also da lidemestic market for the de

they had seen

Memo la Signed Mike'

domestic Federal agercy would

scribed himself as a lawyer, vices with privaie companies.

even

look

at

assassination

equipment

The o was das signed said tal

' ibmebeedimmheumf:"Even on military installations

signed said tha: he belleued the equip. t

high

security

Government

Sened In Saigon

the

According hide stares

Penason that a cau ed the enering eaten

desianed,

which

he afences, these types of booby-

electronic triarer-traps would he

inapsropriate.

was legal as long you'd

papers on

In-iro question whether the

never

know

who you

it was not armed with animight injure," this snurce said.

¡volvement

in

the

Irdochina|tionship hetween

Colonel

Co-

explosive.

He said that it-hedi

Colonel Concin said that ha

war.

Colonel Conein WAS A

se-ine in

and

the

assassination nonlesha! applications to trig- became a consultant to the Bu-

nior operative of the Central In-equipment manufacturer was aiger

alarms and other/real of Narcotics and Dangcroux

¡telligence Agency

in Saigon in casual one.

"anti-inirusion" equipment.

Drugs in

1972 and

became

1963 and:serted as liaison be

When asked

by a reporter

He said

itween

the

United

that

he

would confull-time official

of

D.E.A.

in

States ahout the memorandum.

Colo sider selling such devices only December, 1973. His nace came

Goverriment and forces that de-

nel Corein said that he was lo the Federal Government: He'up

Watergate

CommIttEe

posed

President

" Ngo: Dinh shown'

it during

an interview added, however, that he does testimony wher it was disclosed

¡ Diem®

with Senator Weicker.

Senator. Lowell P.

Weicker

told

sell

electronic.

sureillance:that one of the Watergate bure

him 1 had no idea equipmer: to local police.

Izlars. E. Howard 'Hunt Jr., hart

Jr..

Republican of Connecticut. the

context in

which it

was!

Motissey said that the mee with Colonel Conein.

who has een concucting au

anu

Mr.

Mr.

written,

vestigation

of.C.I.A.

invalve-

Mr.

had

not Fox Company

was dissolved in lunt at the time was gathering

Morrissey

before November.

ment

with

other

overnment:

1974.

as a resultinformation .lo

prepare.

bogus

the sales demonstration) 1 said dt magazement differences. He cables that implicated President

copycles, said

that

be has

was him |

copy

the

calalogue

enator Weickerl saidw that he had shared man. Kennedy in

President iDem's

0f'1 would turn

memorandum agemen: and control of theiassassination in 1963.

nstruments described to Colo-over to the.F.B.I.

and let themi

nel Conein.

investigaie.

I told him I wouldi

When questioned by a reposi

ve ginú

10 lake a polygraph on:

ter. Mr.

Weicker destribed the the matter

devices as

"used for

assassina-

Colonel raneln

said that he

tion, pure and simple.

istened lu a detailed prcs.

"There is no

place in this sasiuon on the booby-trap, as.

country for this sort of thing.'

I sassination devices,

but he did;

not

he added

Mr. Weicker said that he had

turer because

r because he presumed lac

& licensed electronics com-

brought the catalogue to the at-

pany it. had the

tention of John

Bartels.

admi-

authority 10:

nistrator of the

Drug Enforce-

"'produce the explosive devices.!

Colonel Conein iold Senator

ment Administration, and thatiweicker.

had

interviewed

Colonel

as he had a reporter.

that

presentation

¡Conein and the coionei's depu-lof the

ly,

Sear!

assassination gear, he,

Frank. He said.

thal had selected B

R.

Fox out ofi.

athe officials

had assured him several

companies

in provide;

that the

agency had not pur bugging

equipment.

To

make

chased any of the devices.

this

purchase.

Colonel Conein!

Senator Asks Question

lignored

the

presentations off

The Senator said chat he hadiseveral beiter-known concerns:;

been told that the agency's men:

Mr.

Bartels.

the

agency ad.

thad done nothing to encourage ministrator,

said that

he

was:

the manuiaciurer to think thaticonduting

an interno! inquiryt

he might

make a sale to their into the transaction.

Morrissey

identitied

agency.

copv el the catalogue obtained

"su question was, why in she'

The New York

hell don't they do something to photosta or one that me laped!

discourage

him."

in the spring of 1974. The in..

formal catalo

nan re sun men ahn brieledinorit rogue said' that she

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Newar

equipment

And or.g

going

154MT

the

devices

are excris ia.tacà iea

de-d eliable

sanital by Senaior Weicker in:

& Teléphone handses incere

¿Miniature actirala.

wich

Colonel Conein.

asked abour dia;

the bniefing.

said tral he had handsei

.. Use traside istrationels

AUTORALC

charge

no: solicited the briefing on as. red at-SEC torowing largi

sassination

aspecis

0!

Fox's, of insirument handpiere.

equipment.

and

wouldn'

§"Cipareite pari

couch that sufi with a 10-100: turbance explosite.

pole.""

and

Flectronics,

explosive

macute

He continued:

"That stuff is

irside

ciRarie sick: 167er sheip

only pood in a war.

and who's

Mei is lified ar

mored in any.

goi a war? le was very sophisti-

manger.

the

expathie

caind

stuff.

They has a rele off."

seBi,

phone that rouid be

triggerro

C"Modified

trashlight

id; remole control; If the wrong Everyready

antidistu-bar.ce

uni.

Standardi

person

you'd blow him upi

picked up the

phone.

2D reil fishlions

has antidiscursame cietronics!:

concealed inside where batieries)

Colonel Conein said that heihare been removed. Remainder!

Lad found the material "fascin-lor she ballery space is packed;

he had

nothing to encourage the ilea

irich explosive.'

thai the agency would purchase activated sensor.

@'Remote-controlied, light-;

Unit. deliversi

had.

such equipment. He said that he a predeiermined charge across

purchased

about

$500

worth of audio equipment from

Its output terminals

when ac..

the B. R. Fox Company. which ascording to its pre-ser

¡tirared from a remote location

he said could be used for bug-

cade.

ging.

Use with explosive for firing:

upon the occurrence of certain.

The equipment he bought, he conditions relating to light in-

said,

cannot

be

¡United States

used in the tensity."

without a countl

q'Booby-trapped, 19-16 ex-:

foreign

order but is for use in D.E. A 'S plosive clip. Use: A mechanical !

operations.

thowever, that the gear had not!

said. ly activated electronic charge?

been used, and I still have it in militery item. lipon remoril of

circuit is built into a commonl

my safe."

Tonin was conduce Gy hand

either by

removal, the

explosivel

concealed in the magaxine is;s

detonaied."

"Fragmentation ball -anti.

disturbance unit. unit is similar e

in its operation as the anti-dis-

turbance Mashlight, BRF model!

IFD-2. The exception is in the!

type of explosive charge…."

ules.

"Explosive black box mod-

Flat black finish ori

коч робазлу злой ачи пий ор мон.

Tosse ose

SEES STATES

p vows

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THE NEN YORK TINES

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1975

U.S. Aide Was Briefed on Assassination Techniques

Senator Astis Question

"Enatesed is a calalos which)

q'Teleshore handset inserz.;

By NICHÓLAS M. HORROCK ¡ The Senator said chai he hadias qui regeiher naly alier we'riniature activaier witt. time,

-been tou that the agony's nien stared working

WASHINGTON,

Jan.

22-4 had done noshing to entouragellou

sogether

with delay. use irside telephone

top official of the Federal Drub are ranufactuser to think that line el

Conein. I wrnie out tois handser.

Automatic

charge!

Enforcement.

Administration

equipmen:

he might make a sale to their, you and. Lou in

mind.

and be fired at-SEC fellowing lifting!

said today that he had been

'iagency.

icalise of the nacure of ihe devi-

of instrumere hardpiece.

- antidis-

briefed

what

have

been!:

electrori

•sly question mas, why in the ces. it is sor being Risen do any.

""Cigarcie pack.

.:Sorrie n! this equip.

turbance

explosive.

Electronics!

described

as.

• $5:;

hell didn't they do someihing in'one else.

sassination techniques by a pri-'discourage him,"" Mr.

Weickerimen: was demonstrated to Liulind

explosive moduie

packedi

vate manufacturer of wireiap-

said.

in this office about 3 weeks inside cizaratte zack. When they

ping and bugging equipment

One of iwo men who briefed, aga"

pack is lifted or moved in any

manger, the explosive is set

one official Lieue Col Lucia Col. Concin, Michael Noorissey:!

÷ Stemo is Signed 'Milke'

acting director

I off."

told a reporter that he hat meti

(special.

operations

and

field.

The meno was dated Junci

c"liodified Mashlight"

with him for three hours. snow: 10.

support seccion

of D.EA'S

" 1974,

and

antidisturbance

urai.

Standard

in ing him audio equipment and Mlike.

was signed!

Everyready 2D cell flashiight

¡ternational

intelligence.

divini

going

over she

de-

said, that he

received the

Il is -part of the evidence;

has antidisturbance clectronics

brieting in May. 1974, from re- Seribed by Senator Weicker in that has caused Mir. Weicker concenled inside here batieries

j' derail.

reia-: have been removed.

presentalives of the now de

unct B. R. Fox Company.

Colonel Conein, asked about/sionship berween Colorel Co.l of the baitery

Colorel

Conein said he had the brenng sai

thae he had; nein

the

assassination with explosity space is parred

1o1 asked for the briefing and not solicited the brietin.

on as-

cquipmeai.manufacturer.das al

d'Remoie - controlled,

light-

had no interest in the equipl

sassination aspects

Fox's casual one.

MelanCe

sensos, U'nit delivers

ecuipment.

ment.

and

wou.dn't

Wher

asied by a repoter; a predeicimined charge across

Several law enforcement offi-

souch that suff with a 10-100t about the memorandum, Colo-

its output terminals.

when ac-

cials

and

Scriate.

investigaiors;

¡pole."?

nel Conein

said

that.

he was! tivated from a remote location

said that this was the first time

He continued:

That stulf is shown it during an interview;

according to iis pre-ser code.

they had seen evidence

only good in a war, and who's with Semaior Weicker,

Use

with

explosive for firing

domestic Federal agency..

got a war?'It was very sophisti-

"I 1011 him I had no idea

upon the occurrence of certain,

even.

look: "at.

assassination

cated stuff. They

had

contex.

in which

it

was,

conditions relating lo light in-

equipment.

phone that could te

triggered

w'nitten.

and hat

I had

not!

tensity."

by remote control. It the wrong

kow'n

Mi.

Morrissey

(before,

4"Booby-trapped,

11-16

ex-.

Served in Salgon

person

According

to

the : Pentagon'

picked up.

the phone.

the saies demonstration). I saidi

plosive clip. Use: "A mechanical»

311-1

you'd blow him.up.

it l was him (Senator Weicker).

papers

volsement

United

'States'

activated

electronic

charge

the. t indochina

Colonel Conein said that he over to the F.B.J. and liz tre.m

would turn the memorandum, circuit is built into a common

war, Colonel Concin was a se-

had found the material "fascin-

military item. Upon removal of

nior operative of the Central In-

ating"

but

that

he had

said!

esticaie. I told him 1 wouldilthe singie round in the maga.

to encourage the: idca

ne giad to take a polygraph onjizine.

either

by

firing

Or

by

telligence Agency in Saigon

nothing

the

тa!:er."

hand removal.

the

explosive

1963 and served as liaison be

that the agency would part hase

tween

United

States:

Colonel Conein said that hei

"such equipment. He said that he

concealed in the magazino is

had.

purchased

about

$500

listened to a decaiied pres-;

deronaled."

Government and forces that de-

posed

President •

Ngo : Dinh

worth ul audio equipment from

entation on the booby-trap, as-i

'Fragmentation ball — anti-

the B. R. Fox Company.

sassination devices,

but he

Diem®

Senator Lowell P

Weirker

Le said could be used for bus later becaute le presumed that arbarce fashlight, BRE

didi disturbance unit. Unit is similar!

the manu.ac-yin its operation as the arti-dis.

Ir...

model

Republican of Connecticut,

ging.

as a

licersed electronics com-

who has een conducting an in-

The equipment he hought, he pany

jFD-2.

The exception is in

it had the authority

to type of explosive charge..:

the

vestigation of

C.I.A.

involve-

Isaid.

cannot be

used

other

in, the: produce the expiosive devices.

United States

without a court,

g' Expiosive black box mod-

ment

wich

overnment;

Colonel Conein told Senatori

agencies, said that he

has: 8:

order but is for use in D.E.A.'s

ules....

Weicker.

had a reporter.

forcign

operations.

Flat biack finish 03/

сору

the

catalogue

ot;

said, that

presentation

nstrumenis

described

to Colo-

however, that the rear had not. of

the

assassination

nel Conein..

been used, and "I stil have is in had sciecte

8е3г.

R. Fox out

my safe."

When questioned by a repos-

companies to

oti

provide

kir.

Weicker described. the

The

briefing

for

Colonel bugging

equipment.

To

ter,

devices as used for

assassina

Conein was conducied be Mr.

this perchase.

tion, pure and simple."

ignored

Colonel Corern!

-resentatiors

Morrissey and an

unidentified several betier-known concernsi

•"There is no place in this New York man on hehalf of she

couniry for this sort of. thing.".

Paricis,

Fox Company.

which had cli-

minisiraios.

the

agency ad.!

said that he

the added.

ces in Alexandria, Va., and,&cw

conducting an internal laguiryi

Mr. Weicker said that he had! York Cily.

Mr. Morrisser suid into the transaction.

brought the cataiogue to the ai

that he had presented deinis

Мг.

Morrisser identified al

tention of John Bartels..

admi-lon the

company's elecironie copy of the caiaiogue obtained

Inistrator of the Drug Enforce.

surveillance

cquipmen:

and

by

The New fork Times as a

iment Adminisiration.

and thar! wha: the catalogue cals."

"astro

photosiar of one that he traed

the

had interviewed

Solonel; equipment."

in the spring aó 1974. The sa-!

Conein and she colorel's depu-i

Senaior Welcker has oblained

formal catalogue said that ine

ity, Searl Frank.

He said sist;

a memo that he said was from priaterial could ro: be delivered

ithe officials had assured him

the files of the B. R. Fox Com-

¡for two weeks after. order and

that the agercy had not pure pang, written to an official of a was for sale oniy to the linited

Georgia

arms .. manufaciurer, Sinies Government. The foilan.

ing are exierpis on each item

3.26

chased any of the devices:.

that say's:

available:

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subject:

diaddin N. AL-TAYYAR

INTERNAL SECURITY - IRAQ

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FÔI

document dated. 31

DEC: 19660, Bureau File

2-156., Re: Rolardo Arcadio

riasferror Rojas, Interral

Security - Haiti-Cuba;

Neutrality Matters

(From miami)

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TO

$ 3

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10011555710:10

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SICKET

CEFICIAL ROUTING SLIF

NAME AND ADDRESS

C/ LA/CAR.

DATE

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DC/LA/CAR

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INITIALS

5P

C/LA/CA (iNFO) 17 ACT

DEILA CInfo

CILA/CAR/CRIGY

DIRECT REPLY

"APPROYAL

COMMENT

CONCURRENCE

DISPATCH

FILE

INFORMATION

RECOMMENDATION

RETURN

SIGNATURE

Remarks:

Mike Absher is an old friend of

Ted Koussos and originally introduced

Roussos to Jim NeTighe and Al Ramos

in June. Absher is considering

picking. up Roussos on contract

for the EUR/Greek Desk.

Ruth

File.

• Wireles au i

FOLD HERE TO RETURN TO SENDER

FROM: NAME. ADDRESS ANO PHONI NO

3.72

CONFIDENTIAL

DATE

L'CLASSIFIED

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SECRET

30 September 1974

MEMORANDUM FOR. THE RECORD

SUBJECT:

Meeting with Theodore Roussos on 31. August

1974

on edgest ta get on 30 About eroe of pulate

Werbell told Roussos

that he was-leaving.for Athens on

Saturday, 31 August in

order to try

to sell arms to the Greek government.

Werbell.

wanted Roussos to be his

advisor

in

this venture and to

go to

Athens:

Werbell indicated that the total deal could

reach $5,000,000.

•Roussos told

werbell that he would

check

with-his

"friends"

(the Agency) before glving.

Herbell

än answer.

Werbell asked

Roussos to see if

his

"friends"

were in

favor of such

arms

deals or.not. Roussos

hạd

generally explained

this .call

to me

on the telephone

on 29 August.

My reaction on the telephone was negative

- to Roussos

participation

such a deal, and he had

conveyed this negative reply

to werbell by telephone

before: Roussos and I met personally on 31 August.

2.

During

our personal meeting, Roussos

explained

that Werbell

intended

to pursue arms sales legally

and

via

the

required U.S. Government channels.

He said that

Werbell

does

have the capabilities to design and produce

weapons

because of his

to

arms

factories.

I told

Roussos

thät Werbell's

essiactivities

were his own

concern.

i strongly

ad

against his getting involved

in this

deal. ! explained

0

him the problems

which

the

U.S. Government was having

Greece and the current wave

of

anti-Americanism and press

attacks

against the CIA.

If Roussos.as a former

CIA officer well

known in Greece

became involved in such a venture.

a flap of substantial

proportions

was likely

complete

with widespread press

play.

Roussos understood and agreed not to get involved..

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SECRET

said

bertel! crule probably call him from Athens that

weekend

and he would give Herbell a final

negative

reply.

Kerbell planned to meet with Greek Defense Minister

Averoff:

Roussos said that if the U.S. wanted to stop

this. deal that we should contact Averoff directly.

From. what Werbell said,

Roussos belleves: the arms

requested

by the Greeks would ue for guerrillas and

not main

force units.

Michae.)

Absher

AC/E/GC

Distribution:

→ - Werbell 201

- Roussos

Personnel

File

SE C

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4-00000

SECRET

MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence

VIA:

SUBJECT:

Deputy Director for Operations

Mitchell Livingston Herbell Ill

1.

Mitchell Livingston Herbell Ill, who served briefly

with the OSs in WWIl, has been

engaged

for the past several

years in arms dealings and swash-buckling promutional

activities which have brought him to the attention of various

"goveroment agencies.: He has

law by a fine edge.

His latest scheme involves a Movement

for the Independence of Abaço, an island to the East of the

Bahamas.

For.this.hehas..obtained apparently substantial

financial support from wealthy Americans and from a British

Lord.

2.

Werbell operates through a number of front businesses

in Hashington,.

D.C.

and in Marietta,

Georgia, where he owns

one outfit named

Central Information Agency (CIA).

In all

his dealings, Werbell broadly hints that he has current

we have

just learned that

Werbell may be in possession of a one-line note

from you.

stemming from a chance meeting with you at an OSs alumni

dinner, reading something like "good to see you again."

3.

Three retired Agency employees are currently employed

by verbell in various capacities.

This past spring these

employees sought contact with tne Agency basically to report

their roncern over the legality o, derbell's activities.

quickly. established that

the matter was outside our charter

and asked these retirees to report directly to the federal

Bureau of Investigation..

we also

f:rnished the Bureau with

all

the pertinent information in ou: files.

It is to be

noted that somewhere in werbell's scheme of things there

appears the ubiquitous Andrew st.

George, who plans to write

a story

on. Abaco for True magazine.

15/ Da:!d A. FEllips

David a. Phillips

Chief

Western

Hemisphere Division

llo.

501 259410

CE:

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SECRET

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SECRST

Subject:

Mitctiell Livingston Werbell I1I

DDOiC/WH/7/A.Spera:cab/1497 (9 Aug 74)

Distribution:

Orig &

2

Addressee

DDCI

Exec.

Registry

DDO

ADDO

CI/OPS

OPS/LSN

C/OS/SSD/S8

C/WHD

WH/Security

- C/WH/7

WH/7/CAR Chrono

201-259910

189-9-1

wH/7 (Friends of

Abaco)

SOCKET

3,21

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14-00000

FSI document Frore.

fitlanta, le

dateil 9 Aug: 1974

(nostile)

Subjecti mitchall- Livingsten Wert!!,

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## Page 57

14-00000

SECRET

14 August 1974

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Telephone Call from John MULDOON

1.

Approximately 1655 hours, 13 August 1974, a call

was received

on C/HH/7's extension, 351-4221 by the Secre-

tary, Miss Annamarie Ruppert.

She

answered the extension

by number and the male voice asked to speak to Mr. McTighe.

The secretary asked who was calling and the caller replied

"John MULDOON.": The secretary then replied that she was

sorry but Mr. McTighe couldn't be reached.

In response to

MULDOON's query:

"Why not?" and before the secretary could

reply, MULDOON became obstinate and asked who he was speak-

ing to.

Miss Ruppert replied "his secretary"

and then

added

that Mr. McTighe was away.

When MULDOON asked where

he was, the secretary replied

that she was not at liberty

to discuss that.

•Then MULDOON asked to speak to McTighe's

deputy and was told that there was no one around whom

MULDOON .could speak to.

(C/WH/7 was on leave and AC/WH/7

was in the PMC meeting.)

MULDOON apparently didn't believe

this reply but then asked when McTighe was expected to

return.

The secretary replied

"within a few weeks"

(McTighe is on TDY) and then asked if she could take a

message

to give to MeTighe upon his return.

MULDOON

became belligerent at this point, apparently thinking he

was getting

the

'run around' and

replied, "just tell him

to talk

to Jack Anderson" and hung up.

2.

AC/WHD was briefed on the above telephone call at

1740 hours, 13 August.

He decided no

action should be taken

on 13. August, but would like to meet with C/WH/7, Al Spera,

on 14 August.

3.

At 0950 hours, the following met with. AC/WHD:

Mr. Natzke, Mr. Wedemeyer, Mr. Spera and Miss Lehman.

In

view of C/HD's previous decision that no further Agency

contact should be made with MULDOON, RUSSOS, or MACKEM

it

was decided that no one would return MULDOON's call. How-

ever, AC/WHD would brief ADDO, Mr. Blee, on the above threat,

and HH/7 would

aSk OPS/LIAISON

to telephonically pass

to the

FBI the fact that MULDOON again contacted

the Agency

threatened

to go

"Jack Anderson.".

and

A copy of

this

memoran

dum

is

being sent to OPS/LIAISON

for this purpose.

3.14

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SECRET

Subject:

Telephone Call from John MULDOON

4.

At AC/WHD's request, WH/Security rechecked the

files

on the

three

former Agency employees to determine whether

they were Staff Employees.

All three were former Staff

Enployees.

MULDOON retired on medical disability; RUSSOS

retired and then was rehired on a contract basis in February

1971 and contract terminated in September 1973; and MACKEM

"waS

"separated as excess" in October 1973.

This.information

was

passed to AC/WHD to brief ADDO.

Ruth Lehman

Acting Chief, WH/7

DDO/WH/7/R. Lehman: cab/1956

Distribution:

orig

WH/7 (FOA File)

WH/Security

WH/7/CAR

189-9-1

OPS/LIAISON

ECRET

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## Page 59

00:024-4.09

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

HASHINGTON. D.C. 20505.

WARNING NOTICE

SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED

MEMORANDUM FOR:

ATTENTION

SUBJECT

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

* Intelligence Division

: Mitchell Livingston WERBELL, I11

Reference is made to TOFIRDB-315/07634-74.

dated 10 August 1974, which reported on the growing

concern of the: Bahamian Government about renewed

secessionist activity in Abaco.: In addition to the

information in referer.ce, the official Bahamian

service. which was the source of the above report,

also.provideda representative of this agency.on/

August 197e, the following text of a memorandum it

prepared for the Secretary of the Bahamian Cabinet:

"Please be advised that on 3 August

1974, information has

been received from

our overseas

contacts

that Chester

ZOCHOWSKI, alias

Chester GARY, has recently

been in touch with Mitchell L:

WERBELL,

and

has reported that WERBELL is still planning

unspecified revolutionary activity in Abaco.

It is

also

repörted that he has the support

of some former U.S. Government employees

and that he is trying to recruit a former

Special

services officer to promote revolu-

tionary

activity in Abaco (the name of

Robert ARMSTRONG has been

put forward as a

possibility).

There is also a suggestion

that Robert VESCO might be financing some

of the activity."

The "overseas contact" described above was

identified by the Bahamian Service as the British

MI-5 representative in Washington, D.C.

The Bahamian

service did not identify the

Government employees"

referred to above.

3, 18

CLASSIFIED BY 010116.

EXEMPT FROM GENERAL

DECLASSIFICATION

SCHEDULE OF E.0. 11652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY

5B (2).

IMPOSSIBLE

TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION.

Jalinian

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## Page 60

BUCCANCE"

3.

The files of this Agency reflect that Robert

ARMSTRONG and. Chester ZOCHOWSK! are known to your

Bureau: and their involvement in this matter has been

reported in previous correspondence, to this Agency.

Aithöugh: the Bahamian Service reported ZOCHOWSKI's

alias fas.

refers to "Cheester "ARA"" it is believed that this

• 4..

The

above information is being furnished to

your Bureau. for whatever action and further dissemi-

nation you deem appropriate.

The information, however.

may not be discussed with

any foreign nationals,

including the British and the Bahamians.

FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:

is Bert to tre

David H.

Blee

CIRA-0444-74

3,18

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## Page 61

DDO/WH/7/CAR/A. Ramos & E. Rhoad: cab/7493/1956 (12 August 1974)

Distribution:

Orig.

&

2

BASED ON:

FBI

OPS/LSN,

CIOPS/WH

201-259910

C/0S/SSD/OS8

C/WHD

WH/Security

WH/7/CAR

Chrono

1•89 - 9-1

E/B.C

ADDO

DDO

DOT RegIstri

WHAT/FOA File

WH/Miami 22274 (In 330060) dated 9 August 1974

OBJ: K18

3.18

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## Page 62

EAT document from San Diego

datia → August, 1974

(RO FI fiLe)

Subject: mitchell Givirgston, werbell,

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## Page 63

- SECRET/SENSITIVE..

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

21074-4048

& ANd 1914

MEMORANDUM FOR:

SUBJECT

:.

Director

Federal bureau of Investigation

Attention: Intelligence Division

Mitchell Livingston WERBELL, 11I

i.

Reference is made

to your memorandum.dated

6 August 1974; Subject: "Mitchell Livingston WERBELL,

HIl,

Internal Security

- Abaco;

Neutrality Matters. -

Abaco:" your referencé (CI-3) 62-108665.

2.

Authorization.is granted for your Bureau to

disseminate the attachment to Reference (your Bureau's

nemorandum dated 22 July 1974 at Atlanta, Georgia.

concerning subject) tö the Department of State,

the

Bureau of Customs,

the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms and the Criminal Division of the Department

of Justice.

We would, however, appreciate your

limiting the description of

source AT T-l as being

simply another government agency.

This Agency is most appreciative of your Bureau's

handling of this sensitive matter and particularly the

opportunity afforded this Agency to coordinate prior to

further dissemination of this material.

We will be most interested in receiving any

additional information

concerning this matter which may

come

to your Bureau's attention.

FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:

David H. Blee

CIRA-0439-74

?.!?

CLASSIFIEC BY 010116.

EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION

SCHEDULE. OF E.D.

17.652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY

58 (2).

IMPOSSIBLE

TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION.

SECRET/SENSITIVE

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## Page 64

DDO/KH/7/CAR/Ruth Lchman:ar:7493/1956 (9 August 1974)

Distribution:

Orig. G. 1 - FBI

-2 - OPS/LSN

- CIOPS/KH

201-259910

C/OS/SSD/OSB

C/WHD

wh/Security

WH/ 7/CAR Chrono

7•89-9-1

C/ DCD

ADDO

DDO

1

DDO/Registry

1 :

FOA File

BASED ON:

FBI Memorandum dated 6 August 1974

Subject: "Mitchell Livingston

Internal Security - Abaco

WERBELL,

III,

Neutrality

Abaco;" your reference (Ci-3) 62-108665

Matters

SECRET/SENSITIVE 3.12

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## Page 65

FBI documint dated 6 Ru3., 1474

from washingtion. Dis.

surai file- ((+73) 62-108665

Subject: Mitch ll hiringster, Werkell, III

Interrai Searity -Abace

Neutrally Natters -Abaco

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## Page 66

CONFISERIAL

30 July 1974

MENORANIAM FOR:

Chlef, western Hemisphere Divigion

SUBJACT:

OMitchell Livlagston Kerbell and 71s

Imploguent of Former CIA Inployees

REF FRENCE:

CTRA-0371-74; Subject: Mitchell Livingston

BARBELL, sIT.

1. On 29 July 1974, Milliam Mchonnell, IBI liaison

officer, delivered the attached FBI memorandun to OPS/LST.

• In delivering this senorandun, Mchonnell stated that whereas

the last sentence of paragraph 3 reads. "by individuals des-

cribed as former United States Government employees, " Gray

actually said

that ferbell had indicated that he was beirg

assisted by former CIA employees.

the F3l chose to use the

term

"former United States Governnent employces" in the ai-

tached mesorandus in order to 'nake the memorandun less sea-

satlonal.'

Thia memorandun should be read in conjunction with

CTRA-0372-Zt subject:

Mitchell Livingston Ferbell Ill, dated

27 June 1071.

The FBI requests authorization to furward a copy of

CIR1-0371-74, to the Department of Justice.

As. this memorandus

was forwarded to the Bureau for its information only, your views

on 1ts passage to the Department of Justico are solicited.

The

FBI plans to a8k the Departaent of justice if the lopartmeat

uishes the Bureau to investigate Mitchell Harbell for posstala

signed: Franets f.

г. I.

G..

Coleman

C/OPS/LASsE

RECORD COPY

1:2

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DDO/OPS/LSN/FIGColeman/ck

Distribution:

0&1 - Addressee

1 - Chief, OS/ SSD

TH/Security

1

- • RH/7/CAR

1

IP/AN - 201-259910

•1

- OPS/LSN

OPS Reading Board

"':

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(30 July 74)

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-SECRET/SENSITIVE

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

HARKING NOTICE

SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED

6 AUG 1974

MEMORANDUM FOR:

ATTENTION

SUBJECT

REFERENCE

:

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Intelligence Division

MITCHELL LIVINGSTON HERBELL; III

A.

B .

Conversation between ar. william

McDonnell, FBI Liaison Officer and

Mr: .F.I.G.

Coleman of this Agency

on 29 July 1974.

FBI New York Report dated 19 July,

Subject as above.

1.

Authorization is granted for your Bureau to pass

a copy of CIRA-0371-74 dated 27 June 1974, Subject as

above, to the Department of justice for its use.

We wish

to make it clear. that the former Agency, employees mentioned

in paragraph 2 of that report:

John Patrick MULDOON and

Theodore John ROUSSOS, provided their information voluntarily.

with the intent of seeking the. advice.of this Agency on the

legality of the proposed venture of the Friends of Abaco

(FOA) :

Both.

men were advised to avoid contact with the

FOA and to report their contacts

to the Federal Bureau of

Investigation.

2.

This Agency has not initiated any further contact

with

the individuals

named above or with walter doseph lacket,

the third former

employee approached by the FOA.

MACKEM,

however, did himseli

contact this

Agency in an attempt io get

an official policy on the activities of the foa. He was

CLASSIFIED BY 010116.

EXEMPT FRO"! GEMERAL DECLASSIFICATION

SCHEDULE OFF.0.

11652 EYEMPTIO! CATEGORY 53

iz).

TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION.

3. ін

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informed. that the.case comes under FBI jurisdiction, that

this Agency

has no official

involvement, and that all

information

vie had on the matter had been made available

to your.

Bureau.

He was advised at that time to report

contacts and any

information he had to your Bureau.:

FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:

151. Javid A. PhIllIps

David A. Phillips

• CIRA-0432-74

SECRET/SENSITIVE

3.14j

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## Page 70

14-00000

ding

SECRET/SENSITIVE

DDO/WH/7/CAR/Albert Ramos: cm: 7493/1956 (5 August 74)

Distribution:

Orig

FBI

OPS/LSN

CIOPS/WH

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BASED ON:

C/OPS/LSN Memo to C/WHD dated

30 July 1974

Subject:

Mitchell Livingston

WERBELL and

his Employment of Former Agency

Employees

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For your background information.

attached under

separate cover is

one copy each of the following documents

•concerning Subject:

a. CIRA-0371-74 dated 27 June 1974 - ?

Do. LNERGO. New York meno dated 19 July 1974

2.. In forwarding the 19 July New York memo mentioned above.

LNERGO reported that in the last sentence of paragragh 3 CodY

actually said that HeRBElL had indicated he was beire assisted

by former BKHERALD

employees.

L'ERGO chose to substitute Lisuzz

in order to 'nake the meno less sensational.

3.

A copy of CIRA-0371-74 1s being passed to the Department

of Justice.

Nilna R. VAM SCOY

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¿CARDENTAL

1 AUG 19/4

TO:

FROS:

SUBJECT:

Director.

Federal Duresu of Investigation

Attention:

Intelligence nivision

Deputy Diroctor for Operations

Tracos Roquested by Mr. Hayno Prankenfleld

This senorandus la in response to trace requeste.

nade by Mr. Waybe Frankenfield of the General luvestigative

Division on 29 July 1974.

- 2.

• The files of this office reveal no pertinont identi-

Ilablo information on:

Advance Socurity Corporition of Atlanta, Goorgla

Howard GIBSON Of GEOrGIA

SecurIty Defense Syates of Mariatta, Goorgla

Nothing in knovo of the Central Investigativo Agoncy,

except as reported by the fBI.

961.0559910

The flles of thia offico contain considerable informa-

tion on Mitchell Livingston'WERBFLL III, born 8 March 1918 1n

Philadelphia, Pa.

Tho sajority of this information vas received

1ros the FBI.

Thla offlea previously furnished the Bureau: 10for-

mat100 on Horbell undor CSCI-3/773317 of 24 October 1962,

VERBALL,.

Mitchell L.: and CSCI-316/02323-69 0f 27 JuDo 1969, sub-

Joct WIRBELL, Mitchell Livlagston 1lI.

Herboll has never been enployed by this Agency nor does

the Agency have any operational loterest la nla..

is a 2nd

Lloutenant In the Signal Corpa la tho China-Burma tbeater In

va II, verbell vas assigoed to OSS Iron April to Daccabor 1945.

In August 1959, this office considerod using Verdoll as a source

of Inforantloo on revolutionary activities in the Caribbean area, s

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CO RIGENTIAL

particularly Cuba, but terainated its consideratioo of his

possible

use in October 1959.

Fros Neccaber 1965

to Novembar

1966,

Ferboll contacted this Agency's Donestic Collection

Divisior in Coral Gablos, Florida to voluntarily offer infer

aation.

serbell has boon assessed an

an unscrupulous tbooler-

dealer, a promotor of grandiose schemes, a man sho lives beyond

big means, and a high pressure advertising and promotion man.

He has repeatedly misrepresented hingolf as both an employeo

of the llS. goverpment and the CIA.

As an arus dealer, ho has

bean Involved, uite numerous Latin American governuenta and ex1le

groups sinco the late 1950'g and 18 now Involved In Bahaman ai-.

fälre.: In 1969, ho was In Thalland, alteupting to sell the

Government arRe

and a progran to noutralize the communist threat

1a that country.

Herbell operated a publie relationa 11ra 10 Atlanta which

seit into bankruptcy in 1959.

Ho subsequently bocame Vice Presl-

dent ang Director of Renearch and levelopment Of SIONICS,

of Atlanta, Georgia and

latos borane a partnor in Defenso Systons

Intornational of Powder

Spriogs, GeorgIa.

For further intormation on herbell, you are reierred to

tho Department o1 Delense

and tho Departaent of state.

00-0900354

The indices of this office refloct a Stephen

Van' CLEAVE,

President of Intolligence Services, ltd.,

Sulte 11-B,

130 Best

Hieucoa Rd., N.F., Atlanta, Georgla; talephono AC 404-255-7493.

The document concerning Van Cloave is charged out, and to are

•gooklug to locato it.

John Patrich MULDoG 18,

as statod 1n our CIRA-0371-74

June 1974, subject Mitcholl Livingston Herbell IlI, & 105-

mer Agency employee.

For further inforaation on Muldoon, you

are referred to this Agency's difice of security.

CIR-316/01815-74

C/OPS/LSN/FIGColeman/ck

Distribution:

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2 - OPS/LSN

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(1 August 1974)

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MENUR SOUS! FOR: Associate General Counsel, OGC

VIA

SUBJECT

REFERENCE

Deputy Director for Operations

Mitchell Livingston HER SELL 1I1

jour memorandüm of 24 February 1976,

subject as cove

Per refezence request, de are forkar ing

information in our files concerning contacts that have

taken place betieen this trercy and hER BELL.

The following is a summary of all DId contact

directly with WER BELl which cook place in 1959:

A. 6. July 1959 Menorandun to C/WH Division

signed by Thomas j. Flores stated that General

Cabell called Flores to regort that HER BELL had

Called him.

WEK BELL discussed with General Cabell

a trip HER BELL had taien to the Dominican Republic

and offered to come to lashingion at his own expense

to discuss the trip.

No cormitments were made to

HER BELL by General Cabell.

A 7 July 1959 Verorandun of Conversation

signed by T. J.

Flores siated that kER BELL was

met in lashington, D.C., by Flores who discussed

with HER BELL information

concerning the Dominican

Republic, Fidcl Castro, Fulgencio Batista and

General Pedraza.

A S July 1959 Menorandum of Conversation

signed bi T. J. Flores stated that on & July 1959

Flores called HER BELL te set up an appointment.

During the mecting, HER bElL was told

Unjied States sould noi sunrort any revolutionary

acrivities by General fourase.

tie has also told

the U.S. will observe its inicraational

obligations concerning Cura

and. Pouraza, and that

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the U.s. hould not overlook any violations by.

Pedraza

or his followers of the reutrality laus:

Flores said that the Agency had some interest in

the possibility of his (VER BELL's) working

for us as an intelligence gatherer under terms

to be negotiated after be obtained a security

clearance on him

flores pointed out that the

Agency was not attempting to limit his actions

in connection with the Doninican Republic, nor

was it assuming any responsibility for those

matters he carried out in his oun behalf.

Flores

dictated a Secrecy Agreenent to him and had him

sign it:

A 9 July 1959 Menorandum for the Record

signed by T. J. Flores reported that Subject

called him on 9 July 1959 from New York.

WER; BELL

gave Flores further infornation

on Loos, fnu,

the representative of a Colonel

Frei, fnu, of the

Swiss army

liho had 1,000 men available for duty

as soldiers.

A 20 July 1959 Menorandum for the Record

signed by T. J. Flores reported that KER BELL

called Flores from Miami ön 20 July to ast about

the Agency picking up the tab for his forthcoming

trip to the Dominican Republic.

They discussed

his clearance which had not come through.

A 3 August 1959 Memorandum for the

Record signed by Martha R. Tharpe réported that

on 24 July 1959 PER BELL Called

for Mr. Thomas J.

Since Flores as on leave, Tharpe took

WER BELL gave Tharpe further infor-

concerning Pedrasa and Batista.

called WER BELL back that crening

that if he obtained

further information to

report it to Mr. Justin Gleichauf, 00 Contacts

Representative in Miani, until Mr. Flores returned

A 5 August 1959 lenorandum for the Record

signed by T. J. Flores staied

that Wer BElL phoncd

him on 5 august 195? to ask if there has any non's

clcarance.

said he wanted to go

Dominican Republic soon,

and would like ClA

pick up

his expenses.

told there

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Flores and NER BELL discussed the Dominican

Republic and Cuba.

On 3 August

Fiores phoned

HER BELL and told him that his clearance had not

been granted

and that he should aot predicate his

activities on the expectation of the clearance at

any given time.

WER BELL said thai the Pedraza,

was air lifting and droppisg naterial into

h.

A 9 September 1959. Memorandum for the

Record signed by. I..J. Flores reported that

NER BELL called Flores

on 9 Septender 1959 to

provide information on Cuba.

He ras told by

Flores that his clearance had

not vet been

processed.

i.

According to a 23 Septenser 1959

Memorandum for the Record signed by T. J. Flores,

KER BELL called Flores on 9 Septerber 1959 tö

ask, if his clearance had come through since

he wanted the Agency to finance his trip to

the Dominican Republic.

He was old it had

not. WER BELl told Flores about sone people

who had been discussing the counterfeiting

of U.

S. dollars and Cuban pesos

for use in

connection with Cuban revolutionary activities.

He was

told by Flores to contact

the FBI.

On

13 September WER BELL had phoned

Flores at home

to say

that

the FBl had referred him to the

Secret

Service on the counterfeiting

aspect,

and that no one

seemed particulari!

interested

in the gun running..

The Secret Serice asked

him to go to Miami

at his own

expense to obtain

further information on the matter and hER BELL

asked

Flores'

advice. Flores said

that he could

not influence him one way or

the other since he

was not in a position to direct his

activities,

but felt he might be better off io tale no action.

He was told

that Flores nould be in touch with

him as soon as he had any further infornation

concerning our possible use of him..

A 13 October 1959 Memoranzun for the

Record signed by Thomas J. Flores

states that

WIR BELl phoned him on 25 September 195? to report

on Cuha.

On 2 October 1959, Flores talürd with

NER BEl! by phone and corninated tie relationship.

The following undated memorandun: are also contained in

KER BELL's file:

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a.

A Memorandun, for the Record signed by

T. Flores

reports. that tEk BELL called Flores

on

13 August 1959 to

discuss Cuban activities in Miami.

This memorandum also records that KER, BELL phoned

Flores again on

26 August 1959 at which time activities

in the

Doninican Republic and Cuban actirities in

Miami were discussed.

HER BELL also

asked about the

status of his clearance, and was told it had not yet

come through.

A letter signed "" addressed to "Tom"

gave why

s" location and some

information concerning

Satista and Castro.

(This letter is probably in

the 1959 time frane.)

A Memorandum of Conversation signed by

!. Flores reports that HER BELL called Flores and

save his location

The status of WER BELL'S

crearance was discussed and flores told him it

nad not yet come through.

some information concerning-Batista

(This

reporandun probably is in the 1959 time frame:)

An unsigned report

apparently from

PER BELL, gave

a sunmari of his contacts ano

activities during a trio to the Dominican Republic.

(This report is probably in the 1959 tine frame.)

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-A 17 December 1963 dispatch from Station Santo Domingo

reported that Station

NOC Officer Joseph Luna recently met

KER BELL in Santo Domingo. No further details.

of the mecting

were reported.

According

to the CS file on HER BELL,

three former

employees were contacted in 1974 by WER BELL and other

representatives of a group called "Friends of Abaco

a group allegedly adrocatine the secession of the isiaodóe

the Commonwealth of the bahamas.

The three former

employees contacted are:

a. John Patrick Muldoon, retired fröm

CIA on 20 March 1972.

b.

Theodore John Scussos, retired fron ClA

on 31 July 19.0.

He was rehired on a

contract

in February 1971.

His contract

lias

torininated

in September 1973.

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halter Joseph Mackem, separated from

CIA on 31 October 1973.

6.

Mr.

jiuldoon

contacted Agency employee E. James

McTighe on

22 May

1974

Mr:

Muldoon told Mr. McTighe

that. he

WaS

nominal Vice President of a lashington-based

firn called "Security Consultants International."

He presented

Mr.

McTighe with a report. containing the essential data he

possessed concernins NER BELL and other members.of FOA whon

he had met on. l7 and 20 May 2974 /n nashington,v.c: According

to Mr. Muldoon, NER BELL had hopes ofestablishing gaming

casinos, hotel and other tourist facilities in Abaco catering

to?the U.

tourist crond.

"As a consequence of some run-it

ambitions appeared to be contingent on Ahacan independence.

Mr. Muldoon reported that at least on two occasions hER BELL

made a concerted effort to involve persons formerly affiliated

with the Agency in the activities of the FOA in support of

its independence.

Onseveral occasions, wER BELi

introduced

Mr. Nuidoon and Mr. Roussos as active Agency officials, implying

that either the. Agency or the United States Government supported

the ains of the FOA.

WER BELL also proposed to Messrs:

Muldoon

• and Roussos in

separate conversations that they conduct a study,

involring a

visit to Abaco, to determine the feasibility of

Abace's

independencc

in political

and economic terms. The

study las to include interviews with citizens of Abaco prior

to an aileged "plebiscite" on independence

to take place in

Abaco on 28 June 1974.

In default of the collaboration of

either..Muldoon

or Roussos, KER BELL hired Mr. Walter Joseph

Macken, a forner Agency:- friend of both Muldoon and Roussos.

According to WER

BELL's file,

Mackem later in 1974 contacted

the Agency in an attempt to get an official policy on the

activities

"of the

FOA.

lackem was

informed that the case

that this Agency has no official

on the matter had

been made alailable to the FBl.

He was advised at that time

to report his. contacts and any information he had to the FBI.

7.

On 24 March 1975, Mr. Joseph P. Hayes, assigned to

SE/PCH, reported that during the weck of o March 1975, he

talked with Mr. lesley Dyckman.

Mr. Dyckman is a former Agency

employee employed by the Drug Enforcement Agency. According

to Duckman, former Agency employee Walter Mackem was employed

in

the washington arca as a private investigator.

He is also

involved with a paramilitary activity funded hy some unnamed

British source.

The activity, which byckman roferred

to as

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"the new land project" sought to establish a tax

shelter on

one of the vur-asianas of the Caribbean by forceruly

taking

over the island and establishing a government there.

Mackem

is supposedly involved in the paramilitary training of forces

who nould participate in this adventure.

According to Dycknan,

the paramilitary training supposedly was to take place in

Georgia, where WER BELL is based.

On 31 August 1974, M5.

Roussos

met

with Mr. K. Michael

Greek Government.

advisor in this venture and to go to Athens.

Roussos. told

WER

BELL that he would check with ClA before siving him an

anster.

WER BELL asked Roussos to see if the Agency was in favor of

such an

arms deal or not:

Mr.

Absher strongly advised against

Roussos' getting involved in this deal.

Rousses told Mr.

Absher

that he understood and agreed not to get involred.

Rous sos

said that HER BELL would probably call him fron Athens and he

would give WER BELL a final negative reply.

9.

On 22. July 1974, the FBI reported that WER BELL may

be.

in

possession of a one-line note from

former ClA Director:

Willian Colby stemming fron a chance meeting with the Director

at an OSS alumni dinner,

reading sonething like "Good to see

you again." This note was apparently used by HER BELL to

suggest that he and Mr.

Colby were good friends.

This infor-

mation was passed on to Mr. Colby on 9 August 1974.

10.

According to reporting from several Stations, WER BELL

and

Arthur L.

Smith (a cohort of HER BELL's)

here in

several

Central American countries during dugust and early. September....

1962•

Their principal activity appeared to be contacting

officials of the governments of Guatemala, Nicaragua, and

El Salvador for the purpose of obtaining recognition of a

de facto

Cuban Government in exile

called the

"United

Organization for the Liberation of Cuba."

In discussions with

Nicaraguan Government representatives;

WER BELL claimed the

proposed Cuban Government in exile had the support of 90

separate Cuban exile organizations and 186,000 Cuban exiles..

KER BELL offered

a representative of the Nicaraguan Government

$100,000 to obtain that government's recognition of the Cuban

Government in cxile.

The group clained to have its headquarters

at 1025. Connecticut Avenuc,

Nie,

in washington, D.C.

While in

Guatemala, Smith claimed that the group had

nan in the

Department of State in Wishington, D.C., whon chey pay so,ono

per joar "to keep them aurisod."

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•In December 1965 KER EELL contacted a Miami DCD

asset and told him that he and six Cuban exiles ir

tho !!. S.

had organized a group, including approximately ? Cubans

inside Cuba, to perform a connardo operation in Cuba during

carl! Januar! 1966..

Their prinary nission has the assassination

of Fidel. Castro, with the

secordary mission of bloking

up. the

generators that

supply electricity to Havana, Cuba.

WER BELL,

at the time, stated

that he was trying to get a "green light"

from ClA to

proceed hith

the cission,

and

inferred that the

mission would be called off if such approval was not obtained.

On 7 February 1966 the Viani office of ihe FBI

reported that. HER BELL had beer in contact with

various new's

agencies concerning an alleged plan to assassinate Fidel Castro,

and reportedly.

also had discussed the plan

with Mr. Richard

Phillips,

Publie Affairs Officer, Department of State, Washington,

FR BELL claimed to have a group of some 500 men infiltrated

into Cuba and said that they were ready for action

to overthrow

the regine immediately following the assassination of Castro.

According to the FBI, WER BELL gave the impression

that he is

acquaiated with

many high goverarent officials,

the U.'S.

and other countries,

and implied that his assassination plan

been approved by CIA.

According to a memorardum in WER BELL's file, on 7

February 1968, one Bruce Arman

Saker telephoned an employee

of this Agency and said he had been

in contact with WER BELL.

Mr. Baker said that WER BELL was in the weapons manufacturing

business and delivered them by air throughout the world.

Mr. Baker said that

he understood that kER BELL does this for

Mr. Baker said that he understood from WER BELL that he

would have to get a ClA security clearance to fly for WER BELL:

said that he was afraid

that his past smuggling record

keep him from getting a Cli clearance.

WER BELL came to the aitention of the Bangkok Station

in

carly 1969 when he went to Thailand representing himself

as l'ice President of Sionics, itlanta, Georgia.

He described

himself as a counterinsurgency copert,

had a pariety of licapons

to display, clained to be a retired colonel, and introduced

himself at a local nightclub. as Chief of ClA in Thailand.

WER BELL attempted

to sell arms to the Thais and aiso. to

variet! of !.

S. nilitary elemonts.

Station Bangkok passed

the sist of his reputation to ley personalities in the U.S.

mission and the Thai Goveinmen: stressing that he kas. not

sponsorod in any hay ly the l. S. Gorernment.

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15. KER BELL was also the subject of two menorardums

signed by Lawrence R. Houston.

Mr. Houston, answering a

request fron Joseph J. Lichling, Deputy assistant Secretary

of Defense, on 23 February 1971, denied HER BELL's alleged

affiliation with the ClA.

On 28 October 1971, Mr. Houston

wote Mr. David H. Heretta, Ir., of the Industrial Security

CIcarance Review Division,

to return notarized Interrogatories

previously sent by Mr. Henretta:

We have no infornation on Colonel Bayard except news

articles reporting his deaih which were forwarded by the FBI.

request, he have

sent instructions to the

LA/Miani Station that there should be no contact with WER BELL.

Nestor D. Sanche=

Acting Chief

Latin America Division

DDO/LA/CAR/Cari/D. Geisler: rb

Ext. 1956 (3 March i6).

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Fist document dated 24 July!

19-74 From. Las Vegas.

Subject: Mitchell Livingston.

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SESTET/SENSININE

MARNING NOTICE

SENSITIVE INTELLIGEICE SOURCES AID METHODS INVOLVED

27 JUN 1974

MEMORA DUM FOR:

ATTENTION

SUBJECT

Director

Federäl Burcau of Investigation

Intelligence Division

MITCELL LIVINGSTON VERBELL, 11I

Reference is nade to your Buread's File No.

N 105-21352, Subject as above, and your Burcau's

reporting on Subject's involvement with the "Abaco

Independence Moveneat" (NiM) in the Conconwealth of

the Bahanas:

2.

For your infomation only, thrce former coployees

of this Agercy vere contacted

in June 1974 by representatives

of a group callou "Frionds of Abaco," a grouy allegedly

advocating the sccession or the island of Abaco from the

Connonwealth of

the Baharias.

Contact was initiated by

Mitchell Livingston HERDELL Ill, an international arms

dealer, and a naturalized Lithuanian nured Michael OLIVER,

both of whom attenpted to involve the iorner drency

employces in the Abaco Independence #orement (AI:l), of

which your Burcau is familiar.

The three former employces

contacted are:

a.

John Patrick MULDOO

DPOB: 25 August 1257, Washington, D. C.

Retired fron this agency on 20 March 1972

Address at time of retirement:

4305 entbury Drive

Bethesda, Maryland

CLASSIFIED BY 010116.

EXEIPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICITION

SCHEDULE OF E.O. 11652 EXEIPTIOY CATEGORY SB (2).

iMPOSSIBLE

TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTCHATIC DECLASSIFICATION.

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b.

Theodore Johr ROUSSOS

• DPOB: 14 July 1919, Hashington, D. C.

Retired: 31 July 1970

Address ar tire of retirement:

2918 liardy Avenue

wheaton, liaryland

ROUSSUS was rehired on a contract

basis in February 1?71. His contract.

has terminated Serte-ber 1973.

Walter Joseph SLACKE!

OPOB: 13 Decenber 1937, Cmaha, Nebraska

•Separated: j1 Cctober 1973

Address at tine of separation:

26091. Potomac

Arlington, Virginia

3.

Mitchell Livingstca WERBELL III, the principal

owner-

of the arms manufacturing fira Defense Systens

International and in international ars dealer, has becn

encouraging a group of sahanian citisons on the island

of Abaco who seck to secede from the Rahanian Connonwealth.

In this affair HERbiLL has been collaborating with a

group based in liani called the "Friends of Ahaco."

Active in the friends of Abaco is Michel OLiVER, carson Chey.

land developer residing at 2089 El Rincho Drive,

a naturalized U.S. citizen, was born

Moses OLITSKI on 11 Deconber 1928 in Lithuonia.

In encouraging persons in draco to scek

independence of Nassau, OLIVER's apparent motive is to

cstablish a prototyne government based on princinies of

free enterprise expounded in a paperiaci bour which he

has authored

called "A Now Constitution for a New Country"'

(Fine Arts Press, Reno, liev. - 1969).

HERBELL, on the

other hand, has privately expressed a desire to establish

a torrist mecca on. Abaco to include hotels, recreation

facilities

and gambling casinos. Officials of loliday

International, a Baltinore firm specialized in recication

and health spas, have been hriefed by KaRSELL and OLIVER

recently on the Abaco

novement.

Robert d. C. HAMILTON,

13th Lord of iclhaven ard Stenton and a nonber of the

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Friends of Abaco, on 10 June 1974 sponsored a resolution

in behalf of the

Abaco Indenendence Hovenient on the flor

of the British House of Lords,

following conversations

with HERBELL in Washington in late May.

Despite the scening innocene of the enterprise,

horever, ve have observed that verbell, in particular,

has nade a concerted effort to involve persons formerly

with this agency in the activities of the

Friends of Abaco, in support of Avaco's independence:

On several occasions,

involving at least to forner

officers of this orianization,

MULDOO!' and ROUSSOS cited

above, wERbELL has introduced them as presumably active

Agency officials in such a fashion as to imply, according

to the persons involved, that either this agency or the

United States Government supports the aiss of the

of Abaco.

6.

sost recently, HERDELl has proposed to both

retired officers in separate conversations that they

conduct a study, involving a visit to baco, to deternine

the feasibility of Abaco's independence in political and

economic terns.

The study would include interviers with

citizens on baco prior to an alleged "plebiscite" on

independence to take place in Maco on ¿s June 1974.

To be included in the investigation is rescarch on the

probable reaction in the United Nations Organization to

a petition fron political groups in Abaco for support on

independence, notably any parallels to be found in

precedents such. as the Biafra secession iron tigeria.

7. Andrew ST. GEORGE, a nationally known free-lance

writer, has becone active

in HERBELL's orcanization and

clains to be preparing an article on WEkTALL and the

Abaco movenent for publication in Truc Horazine.

ST. GEORGE has participated in the several nectings that

HERBELL, OLIVER and their associates have had with the

two retired agency officers, lr. John Mulncow and

Mr. Ted RouSsoS.

??!

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In default of the collaboration of cither

MULDOON OF ROUSSOS,

VERBELL and OLIVER have hired

Walter Josoph MACKE!!, a former Agency friend of both

MULDOON and ROUSSOS:

John !fuldoo.: is currently enployed as the

Hashingion represeatative of the

firr Security

• Consultants

International,

a subsidiary of the Atlanta

(Ga.) dctective

agency,

Central Investigative Agency.

employed.

FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:

15/ David A. Phlllips

David A. Phillips

CIRA-0371-74

30

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fruit witse

DDO/MI/S/E. James MeTighc:ar/4221/14977 (26 June 1974)

Distribution:

Orig. &

1

FBI

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CIOPS/WH

201 - 259910

C/OS/SSD/OSB

C/KHD

hH/Security

• O/PERSON*EL

for MULDOON, ROUSSOS, and

MACKEM's personnel files

1 - WH/7/CAR Chrono

1 - 189-9-1

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22 May 1974

21 June 1974

22

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26 June 1974

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gething 14

Memorandum for the Record

Subject:

Agency Retiree's

Involvement with

Abaco Independence Groun

1..

Through the intermediary of Robert Brown, DC/EA,

and retired staffer Jack "Red" Stent,

I was put

in- touch

on 2? May 1974 with Jonn MULDOON, another retired staffer

who is now nominal vice-president of a Washington-based

firm called "Security Consultants International."

Muldoon made the contact with me apparently on the

advice of Bob Brown and Red Stent whose counsel he

sought in an effort to protect himself from the possible

implications of his involvement with a group promoting

the independerce of the Bahamian Commonwealth island of

Abaco.

We met at 1100 hours at "Tony's" on l street

and 18th N.l. in downtown Washington.

Red Stent was-

there to

introduce me to Muldoon but he did

in the discussion.

not participate

2.

Muldoon presented me with a typerritten report

containing the essential data he possessed concerning

a

group of individuals with whom he had met on Friday,

17 May 1974 in Washington.

Attending the mecting with

Muldoon on that occasion were Mitchell WERBELL III (aka

"Nitch Three"), Lord and Lady BELLHWEN (alleged British

peers), Mike OLIVER (a wealthy electronics tycoon of

European, possibly French,

origin who currently resides

in Carson City, Nevada), Howard HANDELMAN (Kachington

correspondent

of "u.s. News and world Report"), Rence

(lnu)

(the evening's object of Herbell's secningly

voracious affections) and an employe of the Library of

Congress whom Muldoon chose not to identify to me.

At.

a subsequent megting on Monday,

20 May 1974, Muldoon

had lunch with WERBELL and free lance writer Andrew st.

GEORGE who is also involved with WERBELL in the Abaco

independence enterprisc.

The lerhell group is known

as the "Friends of Abaco" (already documented as such

in our files).

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3.

ironludge of the baskground of the principals

is

essential to a comprehension of the affair as recounted

by Muldoon:

Island of Abaco • From available file

information we know that Abaco is a small island at the

north end of the Bahamas archipelago a short distance.

off the florida coast: which was populated in 1785 by

British Lovalists and

their Black slaves flecing the

United States following independence.

The island remains

about' 50g

the Bahanas'

wh Independence from Great Britain, the residents

Openly apprehensive in anticipation of

of Abaco, both white and black, have found themselves

since independence • the object of apparent antagonism

and

administrative neglect on the part of

the Pindling

government, which has fueled talk of secession fron

This talk has been institutionalized in an

indigenous organization headed by a white, Charles

"Chuck"

and called the Abaco Independence Movenent (AIN):

HAlb is a resident of Marsh Grove, the country cross roads

which poses as the metropolitan capital of Abaco; he

frequently visits Miami where he meets with werbell.

b.. Mitchell WERBELL III • A Philadelphian,

WERBELL was a member of OSS in the Far East during World

War Il where, according to. Muldoon, he cane to know the

Director and Lou Concin.

Herbell currently a resident

of Atlanta, now is president of an international arms

peddling

firm called Defense Systens International (DSI).

in addition to industrial security systems, according to

MULDOON, Dsi seils automatic

weapons (including a ninia-

ture machine pistol with a silencer) and bomb-booby-trapped.

items of various sorts (e.g., a

tennis ball with a fuse.

which

is automatically activated when you stop playing)

and other James Bondian accessorics.

Herbell hopes to

establish ganing casinos.

horels and other tourist

facilities in Abaco catering to the U.S. tourist crond

available

for easy ferrying from nearby Miani.

A5 3

consequence of

some run-in with Princ Minister Michael

Pindling, however, lerbell is apparently permanently

persona non grata in the Bahamas; hence his ambitions

appear to be contingent on Abacan independence.

c.

Mike OLIVER - The financial angel of the

"Friends of Abaco," Oliver's origins and auspices are

somewhar

obscure to Muldoon.

i did as to espene

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SECRET

time in a fazi concentration camp during World dar II:

practice to illustrate to the U.S. government that it

is worth practicing in this country.

In contrast to

this colleague Mitch

Three lerbell, however, he seens

adanantly opposed to establishing a ganbling empire.

Lord and Lady BELLHAVEN - A member of

the British House of Lords, BELLHAlEN plans to make

a speech there, following his return to London on ??

May 1971, castigating the British government for

allowing Abaco to be abused by vassau.

BELLHAVEN"

appears to be identical with kobert Anthony Carmichael

HALTOY, born 27: Feb 27, the 13th Lord of BELHAVEN

and STENTOS. His wife is the former Elizabeth Ann

MOSELE!, daughter of the late Colonel Arthur Henry:

(whose claim to fame remains to be probated).

This information comes from several tones on the

English peerage which were researched for

me. by Sally

Ann Brown of E/BC.

Howard HANDELLLY - The U.S. News and

World Report correspondent also has contacts with the

Agency, a

fact which concerns Muldoon.

Central Investigation Agercy - An Atlanta

detective Agency established a

few years ago by Howard

COSGROVE,

a former Georgia police officer specialised

in narcotics operations sho was apparently fired from

the force for reasons unknown to Muldoon.

retains a 263 interest in the CIA (sic); Mitchell

If ("Hitch Four') holds another. 26g and a re-

maining 63 interest is held by the nominal president of

a retired Army colonel named Byer or Briar.

"ClA" has in turn establisied Securir! Consultants Inter-

national,

as a lashington based wholly orned subsidiary.

specialities are anti-audio sheeps and electronic

suricillance using devices devcloped by one David MURISSEY,

an electronics engineer who collaborates with Muldoor &

incident which alarmed Muldoon occurred

during

the Friday gathering of the individuals mentioned

in paragraph

Muldoon was palned off by Herbell at

this gaihering

an "official

of the CIA (Central

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SECRET

Intelligence Agency, in this

instance)" who was there

to attest to the fact that neither the ClA nor the U.S.

Goveriment is oppesed to Abacan independence.

lis

interlocutors,

despite Muldoon's protests that he was

from. CiA and in no way represented U.S. government

interests respecting Abaco,

anxious

-he felt

to accept his presence there as evidence of u.s.

government endorsement of the Abacan independence movement.

.. Muldoon took

some pains to gain reassurance that

he would not be pinpointed by verbell as the source of

this information if any

action were taken on it.

assured him that, apart from the particular incident on

17. May 1974, the

general outlines of WERBELL and his

activities and aspirations for Abaco have already been

reported by two or three other sources.

Since there is

nothing.the agency can plausibly.do at

this juncture

about KERBELL'S

apparent effort to con his supporters

Into thinking that the ClA was backing the Abaco

independence venture, I told Muldoon I planned merely

to nake his side of this story. a matter of record and

let it so at that.

6..

To cap off the story, Red Stent invited us to

lunch

at.

the Class Reunion on

Eye Strect ard 18th.

When

Muldoon and I arrived to meet Stent we found him ensconced

at a corner table with

three other people.

Red rushed

over to inform

us that he would be introducing me as a

colleague of his from AEROJET.

He then presented me to

WERBELL, Werbell's date Patricia BOTOND and Cecil BROMYLOW

of "Aviation leekly."

WERBELL, looking for all the world

like Jerry Colonna, was intent

on the task of seducing

Miss BOTOND, who happened to be promoting a convention

for the Atlantic Union organization,

a political

enterprise

which is an offshoot of the world Federalists Movement.

Miss BOTOND, as it turned out was reared in

at the same

Shanghai, China,

time as Stent.

Red had attended school with

her brother - the German Schoul in Shanghai.

Miss BOTOND

had been expelled from the German school in the late 1950s

for having had anti-Nazi doodles in her copybook.

Brownlow had helped Red obtain acrial photos of the

ChiCom consulate compound in Geneva in the early 1960s

when Red was stationed in Paris.

when Herbell had

wearied of the reminisences of Stent and Botond and had

managed to hustle nis prey off to a private table,

Stent

revealed to BROsVLOt that I was not AEROJET but CIA.

fortunately.my name.nos

mumbled at the introduction so that

no one

could have repeated it.

No one

in fact seemed

interested.

SEGRET

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SECHET

7.

Following lunch Muldoon leit witn a culleague

for a meeting at the Justice Department to determine

whether in

sweeping Embassy buildings in Hashington he

must register.as an

agent of a foreign government

whicherer it might be).

Brownlon bent about his

business.

Stent paid for the lunch.

I returned to

what Stent whimsically refers to as the "Funny Farm."

sy only regret is that George Orwell could not have

joined us for that lunch.

E. James McTighe

DC/0H/7

DDO/WH/7/F. James McTighe: sdf (24 May 74)

Distribution:

Orig - DC/EA

189-9-1

201-259910

C/NH/.7

DC/WHD

SECRET

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## Page 94

498 126

7 July 1965

RAMB:

• BIRTH:

CITIZENSHIP:

ADDRESSI

MERIDAL SIATUS:

CHILDREN:

EMPLOYMENT:

EDUCATION:

TRAVEL:

PAPERS:

DATA DATED:

RIOGRAPHICAL DATA

BOTOND, Istvan

17 Aug 1922, Fungary

USA, Raturalized, May 12, 1962

2152 Wyoming Ave., M.W.,. Washlagton, D.C.

BOTOND, Patricia, Hee: POTIER

BOTOND, Kristina; b. e1960

BOTOND, Andrew; b. c1962

Step-Children:

Lia; b. c1948

Christopher; b. cl947

Architect/Urban Designer. The Perkins & W1ll

Partnership, Hashington, D.C.

1955:

Palatine Joseph Folytechnic University,

Budapest, Hurgary

1961: Faivard University, Cantridge, Mass

Bortensive

FoI. C.A.: 074-32-6419

Not Dated

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## Page 95

14-00000

ISTUÄN BOTOND, A.I.A.

Architece/Urban Designer

2152 Hyoming Avenue, N.W. Washlngton, D.C. 20008 (202) DETass 7-7525

•Age:

43

Born: August 1%, 1921, Hungary

Cidzenship:

Marital status.

U:S.A. Naturalized, May 12, 1962)

Married

Wife: Patricia Potter Botand (U.S.A.)

Childica: Kristina, 3 1/2 years

Andrew, 2 years

(Lila, 16 years, and Christopher, 15 jears, from

wife's.previous marriage are-bor filly dépendem)

F.I.C.A.

074-32-6419

•Educadoa:

Professional

Affiliation:

Awards:

Languages:

. Travel:

Laceresta:

Dipl. Architect

Palatine Joseph Polytechaic Calversity,

Facülty of Architecture and Engineering,

Budapest, Huagary, 1955

Master of Architecture in Urban Design

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design,

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961

Registered Architect

New York Scare

# 8181

District of Columbia...# A=1576

NCARB Certificate

# 4936

•Corporade Niember,

American Institute of Architects, Washington Metropolitan Chapter

1954, Fourth Prize for replanning of a bombed city square and

neigluorhood in Debrecen, Hungary (co-desiguer)

1961, Scholarship at Centro Latrnazionale di Studi

di Architerture "Andrea Palladio," Italy

English, Hungartan, German, Preach (acqualatsace)

The Eshamas '58; Burope. '59, '62, '65; Canada '61, '62;

U.S. VIr81a Islands '63, '65; Berrauda '63

Music, phorography, sports: stllag, Desala

3.1

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## Page 96

Isty da Boroad, pag: 2

Publicadons:

Magyar Epitomtveszer ("'Hungarian Architecture") -- mootaly

Jan: '56:

Airport and Bulldings (Diploma thesis)

July 58: Furniture Factory in Debreces, Huggary

Harvard University Library

Factors thar Shape the Clty. Case Sardy -- Budapest

PROFESSIONAL JuDe 1963 - Prevent

EXPERIENCE

The Perkies & Will Partnership, Architects

- Washington, D.C.

Head of. Desigu Departneat

Responsible and Involved in every design-job as guide and

crite. In addition to administradve dutles (Personsel, Budger,

Schedules, etc.), active designer of two major projectes

a) University of North Carollaa, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Teaching Hospital and Ambulant Patient Pacilides

First stage ready for bid

Est: $7,500, 000

b) Duke University, Durhan, N.C.

Rescarch Laboratory Butlding for Medical Sciences

Working drawings under preparation

Est: $ 5,400,000

Other Department works:

Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Main Entrance

B1d: $ 3,700, 000

Duke Untyersity, Durham, N.C.

Clinical Research I Bulldinge

Est. $1,800,000

George Washlagton University, Washingtes, D.C.

Long Range Plan

Doctors" Office Buildlag, Washlagtos, D.C.

Est $ 2,600:000

Virgia Islands Medical Centert: St. Thomas, St. Crois

Est $ 14, 000, 000 each

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ink:

Istras Bomad, Doge 3

PROPESSIONAL

EXPERIENCB

December 1956-JuDe 1969

(Alseat ten months for Post-Graduade Studies)

I.M. Pel & Associases, Archidects & Planners

New York, New York

Architeer Designer/Planner:

Hotel Denver Hiltor: design work and detalling of precast

exterior and adore froats

M. I.T. Earth Science Building: preliminary design

and plánning work

Union Station atca project, Toronto, Canade: alte

analysis and feasibility studies

"Financial Plaza, " Downtown Toroato, Casada

preliminary suidles for a banks and office buildings

project

Weybosset Hill, Urban Renewal Projeci, Providenie, R. I.:

Urban Designer in the Planning Team

Newhouse Communication Center, School of Jourralism,

Syracuse Untversity, New York: consultant on precast

exterior system

Town Center. Plaza, Southwest Washington, D.C.: site

study for extension of a newly construced Houslag-

Stopping project.

Prior to December 1956

Various architectural positioas in Hungary (part-time

during Uriversity years.)

Final year: (August 1955-Növember 1956) Head of

Architectural Deparonest in the Reglonal Planning

Bureau for Northeast Hungary. Duties similar to

present position.

3i

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noral Pratinost Coporator

Throughout la Pecific.

SUITE 400/1:51 SOUTHKING STREET/HONOLULU, HAWAII 9ES14/PHONE 219-4733/Cable Address: GEN/VYCO

Duis &

Bradstreet,

Kria

508

•677 Ala

hono¿ulu, davail

Moana

96814

Att'a: dell Lairnor

•ve a financial statement on Oliver-Roza Corp., dated

10/23/69 by Chalk &

Joerg.

СРА 5,

717 North Curry St.,

Do: 1060, Carson City,

P.0.

Nevada, 89071.

M. appraisal of an "Oliver subdivision" by joblo

Roni

Nevinia.

Potate Appraiser & Consultant, 2345. Caras Rd.,

Murray.

Carson City

kirarel Oilver,

an Electronic's ingincer,

of 2089 El Ráncho.

Drive,

Carson City, Nevada,

is President of

at least two

cor,orations, author

of

ha::

-"A

New

^ commitment from

constitution Zor 1 dew Country":

Оселовоке,

Whitchall Securities Corp..

138 Main Se.

New Jersay,

to his Vanguard Corp. to

ünderwrite the

anics of 500,000 shares of common stoci at $10.00 per

¿cül fell thru because

share;

Drition or Dutch soverarents lailad to

come caru wica: tax reliet.

staggrely.

Lco 7: J0a1ck

LEJ/aDa

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14-00000

65 52

i.d...

C4-712-3096

VANGUARD CORE

2039 EL RANCHO OR

CARSON CITY NEV

6970!

TEL 702 882-2483

OR 48 MAR 14

: 1969.N

LAND DEVELOPMENT

, 1968

SURIARY

PAYMENTS

MORRIS C.

EMPLOYS

SETTY S.

SEC-TREAS

RECORO

THE officars and L.

Joseph f.

Nice : Sonino, and door in one

R. 6. Williams, dr.

wh too ho Malers,

UNDETERMINEO

CLEAR

PAYMENTS

HiSTORY:

HISTORY

OPERATION

suppliers for this operation were

not located during current investi-

gation. Oliver's personal payment record is satisfactory.

19 1969, M. Oliver,

president; was unovailable

for an intorview.

ne outside source subnitted the following statemunt tron Michael alivar

personally, datod Apr 25 1968

Cash

8,200

ACCTS Pay

•150

Acts Roc

Coin Collection & Stocks

,300

Dwing AuTos

3,200

6,000

Current

15,500

Current

3,359

327,000

MTOS

27,042

AuTOs

5,900

NET WORTH

318,003

-94831

Total

348,400

Total

348,400

Unsigned.

Real estate

includes interest In Oliver-Roos Corp of 5289,000; Carson

City

residence, $23,000; house at San Diego, Callf, $15,000. Statement was

obtained from

outside sources.

On Mar 18 1969, Olivor was uravailablo for an Interview.

Details on this business were not

avallable in outside quarters. One

outsido source reported

that operations are currently in the formative stages.

Incorporated in Nevada dos to starting this concort, engaged in lancel

OLIVER, born 1920, married. 1965 to starting

this concern,

development,

as an officer In Ollver-Boza

Corporation. Prior to that, was

associated with the Philço Corp. In Palo, Alto,

Calit. Prior to that,

employed

Volt Tech Corp.,

at San Diego.

The directors are residents of the

State

of CVlifornia; antecedent informationis not currently available.

Operates in the land devolopment field. Full scope of operations no?

re maintained at oliver

3-19.82000 6>

Linchiding officers

¡HIS REPORT MAY

NOT

3.4

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IN ANY

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Man warded reely fin

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551

tilled:

OREE EE 1616lT, lad.

CO 48 APR 28 1971:

LANO DEVELOPMENT

STAFICO

1965

OLIVER ROSA CORP

2089 EL RANCHO DR

¡CARSON CITY. NEV 89701

TEL 702 882-2483

PI CHAEL OLIVER,

PRES

V PRES

SEC-TREAS

DIRECTORS: The officers and Robert R johnson

PAYLENTS

EMPLOYS

RECORD

UNDETERVINED:

INDOMPLETE

PAYMENTS

FINANCE

BANKING

HISTORY

OPERATION

nvestigation. dirveris operation vero not located during curren:

i porsonal payrients record is satisfactory:

On April 28, 1971 officors were absent.

Reporter estimates are:

Real

estate

290,000'

REAL ESTATE

TITLE

VALUE

Residence of Olivers

Oliver/wife

House;

San Diego

Oliver/Wife

$23,000

15,000

further current financial

estimates are unavailable. Concerning a

personal statement of Michael Olivor,

cated April 1968,

total

assets

were

listod at $348,400 and net worth at $318,003. Net worth of Oliver centered

heavily in real estato.

Operations of the concorn appear to be profitable. Full extent of

operations. unknown. Fire_insurance details nor

learned. Business is well

-ostabtished and affairs appear to be kept In order.

Bank facility not learned.

Incorporated Nevada on Nov 5 1965, authorized capital. $200,000 with

20,000 shares at S10 per share.

11 OLIVER born 1920, married. Has associated with the Prilco Corp in

Palo Alto, Calif. Prior to that, employed by Volt Tech. Cors at San

Diego. Is presently also the president of a Vanguard Corp.

B OLIVER born 1925, married. Is bookkeoper of concern.

Antocedents of Rosa Jr and Johnson lacking.

PELATED CONCEPN: Vanguard Corp.

same address, established 1968,

oporates also in. land development. Extent of inter-company relations

unlearned.

Operates in the land development field. Business non-seasonal.

Employs 4 including directors. LOCATION: Headquarters are maintained at

Oliver's residence, owned by Mr and Mrs M Ollver.

4-28 (88c 3)

THIS

3,4

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ANT OAM

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PUBLIC, SOUTH VIETNAM AND THAILAUD SIMPEYING AKHERALD COMNECTIONS. J

BINTLIFF AND WERBELL WERE INVOLVED IN FUNDING MERCENARY EXPEDITION ON

ABACO ISLAND, BAHAMAS. SUERBELL 201 FILES

C• FBI REPORT MMLOS-215821 L7 JULY 1973, INDICATES BINTLIFF

NOU OÜNER OF DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, POWDER SPRINGS, GEORSIA;

WHOSE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR IS PAUL J. ROUTHIER, A RE-

TIRED U.S. AIR FORCE LT. COL: AND VEREELi'S SON-IN-LAW.

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DIRECTORY SHOWS LISTING FOR BINTLIFF, BAYARD, ROUTHIER, WERBELL AND

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AS DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL

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PERSONA. AND CONFICENTIAL

Deceiber 9, 1973

Interim Report - Perlod of

12/3/73 - 12/9/73

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RE: Current Bahamian Situation

At Miami, Florida

Resuits of the Inquiry:

The following people were contacted by the writer:

Jay Mallin (December. 3, 1973.) Mallin states that to the..

best of his knowledge there are only two groups known to be active in the

Abaço Movement--the. group that Herßel (Mitchell Livingston Herßel III) Is

associated with and a group being headed up by a Bob Brown.

Brown is currently in Hashington and is about to return to his home

which is in Boulder, Colorado. Mallin indicated that if anything mere ahout

to occur Brown would certainly be in the Miami area.

Brown 1s a white Amertcan and an ex-Special Forces type. He has

formed a group of ex-Special Forces Specialists that in Mallin's opinion

"could really ralse Hell." Brown, according to Mallin, has been working. for

Chuck Hali, However, Hall is alse aligned with Herßel.

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Mallin states : : all of the planning sessions

r Browni's group

have been held in the iiving room of Mallin's Coral Gables home.

Brown's 'group 1s all white but he has been in contact with some of

the local Blacks in Abaco. The Blacks have had no formal training nor do

they possess the proper weapons for any sizable operation. In order to

obtain weapons and training the Blacks have made friendly overtures to Brown's

group.

Mallin stated that some of the local 8lacks could move on their own

but he believes that it would be highly unlikely.

Hallin speculated that U.S. Maffa-money may be being spent in the

Bahamas in order to finance the overthron of Pindling's goverment to stop

the seizure of the casinos. He did not have ary evidence to substantiate the

theory.

In answer to a direct question from the writer Mallin further commented

-that Paul Bethal is totally out of the Abaco situation. Bethal's only role,

according to Mallin, was the one meeting he arranged for Herßel, Hall, a Michael

Lightbourne (Phonetic) and George Hackenhut. Bethal, Mallin further stated,

trys to give people the impression that he has very high level connections

including

members of the National Security Council and that he prepares papers

and other briefings for the Council. Mallin states that this is not true, that

Bethal in fact has no such contacts.

Mallin went on to say that terßel would not get involved with anything

that woüld jeopardize his U.S, government contracts especially the sale of

his stlencer to the Army, In addition, according to Mallin, HerBel 15 a ClA

informant and would advise the Agency of his

actirities.. On Decenber 9, 1973,

Mallin was recontacted by the writer. Chuck Hall travels to Miami a great

deal and contacts Mallin when he does. Mal!in said his last contact with Hall

was about two months ago.. Hall's supporters are mainly white although

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there are a couple of i iks. Hall is publishino a min raphed newsletter

under the name u, the Abaco Independent Movemait.

Mailin indicated that, "the whites cannot do anything in Abaco

Micheit arrayone kauring dicut It."

There has been a series of thetts of weapons in the. Bahamas and

Mallin believes that Black militants could possibly be involved. Mallin

further believes that there may in fact be a 8lack militant group operating in

the Abaço area.

Mallin stated that, "Herßel's bringing in of Colin Mitchell was just

a lot of nolse." He went on to say Mitchell did not accomplish anything.

David W. Wike, Associate Security Director, University of Miami.

like has not heard of any unusual activity in the Bahamas.

In answer to a

direct question fron the writer Wike stated that the only meiber of the Unt-

versity community known to be travelling to the Bahamas frequently is a

student who is a suspected narcotics dealer. Also, no prominent Bahamian

personalities or members of their families are known to be attending the

University.

John i. Curtin, Eace County Public Safety Department. Curtin

states that, "the trouble has been building for the las: six to eight months."

He belleves a direct assault would have to be made on Nassau itself in

order to accomplish the destred objective of stopping the seizure of the

casinos.

Curtin further stated that the Mafia has been "buying guns like

crazy." On Decénber 5, 1973, Curtin was recontacted due to the fact that

he had dinner with a prominent Bahamian businessman who is known to be in.

the lumber business. This businessman is white but is well liked by the

Blacks in the Bahamas.

His Identity ls unknown to the writer.

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This businessrin, stated that, there is definitel itr.creased activity

but that no speiific sate for any overt áctión hus teen mentioned.

This bustressman believes that Mafia money is in Important factor and

that Blacks will be hired to do the actual fighting if there is any fighting.

He views the casino issue as the crucial one. He belleres Blacks who are

opporturistic will seize upon the casino issue to obtain weapons and money

from the Mafia and. attempt to seize power.

Dra Cavid Cartaro, Sociology Instructor, University of Miami.

Cartano was contacied due to his being a past mender of the Institute for the

Study of Change, When he first became associated with the Institute he:

was introduced by "allin as being a Bahaman specialist.

cartano could not contribute anything pertinent to this inquiry. He

has not renewed his contacts in the Islands in over one year's time. He does

have two Bahamian students in one of his classes but neither of them has

mentioned anything of any significance. He doubts their value as sources.

Goroon 0. Rothwell, Chief of Security, Sheraton Four Arbassadors

Hotel.

Rothwell could not contribute anything pertinent to this inquiry. In

addition no prominent Bahamians are presently or have been recently in the

hotel,

H. bruce Wrightson, Chief of Security, Sheraton Royal Biscayne

Hotel. No prominen: Bahamians are presently or have been recently in the

hotel.

A confidential local law enforcement source indicated that

an attorney in West Palm Beach is selling automatic weapons. He is free

lancing and has a small warehouse with two separate alarm systems Installed

on the warehouse.

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SEGRET

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Chlo?, Manl Flold 0181c2

ATTH: Mr. Uniro baldwardar

Clas, Dusserla Collutiloo Diilados (Suppurt BMDch/OSS)

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ão savo corlesod aubjoct'a 201 s1lo sor additional laforzariao.

Dubjoet vis of lageroor lo cala aguncy in 1959 dos tais srastod a

pus da rugiat of tiat goor.

Infa mas cracollod la Octobar 1959 trea

hls 1afOFagtdod protod lo Do ol lietla valuo and becauso 18 vas

овроїї во вав ці agogy tunds lo prosoro діз роголо 1асогояt.

lo bas cubsoqueatly attenplod lo pass linsol! oll as an Agency

asplayas.

Ho la charactoriaod b: the fulo na inscrupulova, a

aad a pronaror of brandiaca reseros. Tuo cubject.

ono coder 1a

matigatica la 1973 by bora the sureau of Alcohol.

Tobecco and tirears dad tho lalcod staros Quarono servico for

scriviles relatlag to pontibla sarcenari accivitios 1a ibaco lalano.

Da basão.

2. Il the subject ahould contact your osisco again, se

MUTTOSE yOU dOCDE tRaDoror laforRillan hO bas lO ittor DuR ERto do

ruttior casal buonta conceraing igescy contact. dubjoci lo voll

Anou to tho appropriato Dosi and is of extrasoly duubtrul

chasactor.

3. Do trual tsla assoraarus u1ll provide you uith usotul

infomatlon concemla this subjoct. Trank you sor bringlag hla

Dang to out attention.

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