WERBELL, III--CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. WILLIAM MC DONNELL, FBI LIAISON OFFICER AND MR. F.I.G. COLEMAN OF THIS AGENCY 29 JULY 1974 AND FBI NEW YORK REPORT 19 JULY ON SUBJECT.
Originator: CIA
From: DAVID A. PHILLIPS
To: DIR FED BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Document date: 1974-08-06 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

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DOCUMENT INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR :

CIA

FROM

: DAVID A. PHILLIPS

TO

: DIR FED BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TITLE : WERBELL, III--CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. WILLIAM MC

DONNELL, FBI LIAISON OFFICER AND MR. F. I.G. COLEMAN OF

THIS AGENCY 29 JULY 1974 AND FBI NEW YORK REPORT 19

JULY ON SUBJECT.

DATE: 08/06/1974

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SUBJECTS : FBI INVESTIGATION

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SECRET/SENSITIVE

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

WARNING NOTICE

SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED

6 AUG 1974

MEMORANDUM FOR: Director.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

ATTENTION

SUBJECT

REFERENCE

: Intelligence Division

: MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL, III

: A.

Conversation between Mr. William

McDonnell, FBI Liaison Officer and

Mr. F.I.G. Coleman of this Agency

on 29 July 1974.

B.

FBI New York Report dated 19 July,

subject as above.

1.

Authorization is granted for your Bureau to pass

copy of C1RA-0371-74 dated 27 June 1974, Subject as

above, to the Department of Justice for its use.

we wish

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.

The he lorrary

This Agency has not initiated any further contact

with the individuals named above or with Walter Joseph MACKEM,

the third former employee approached by the FoA.

• MACKEM;

however,

did himself contact this Agency in

an attempt to get

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

CLASSIFIED BY 010116. EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION

SCHEDULE OF E.O. 11652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5B (2). IMPOSSIBLE

TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION.

SECRET SENSITIVE

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SECRET/SENSITIVE

informed that

the case comes under FBI jurisdiction,

that

this Agency has no official

involvement, and that all

information

had

on the matter had been made available

to your Bureau.

He was advised at that time to

report

his contacts

and

any information he had to your Bureau.

FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:

/5/ David A. Phillips

David A. Phillips

CIRA-0432-74

SECRET/SENSITIVE

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SECRET/SENSITIVE

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

Distribution:

Orig &

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FB1

1 - OPS/LSN

- CIOPS/WH

201-259910

C/OS/SSD/OSB

C/WHD

WH/Security

WH/7/CAR

Chrono

-189-9-1

BASED ON:

C/OPS/LSN Memo

to

C/WHD dated

30 July 1974

subject:

Mitchell Livingston WERBELL and

his Employment of Former Agency

Employees

SEGRET/SENSITIVE

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