CR 134-15266-28
Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 08/31/1966
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

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08/31/1966

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MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Secret

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regarding informant's recent trip to the]LS

Dominican Republic (DR), complete detailsof this trip (sl

have been submitted by

Miami letter to Bureau 8/23/66.

In order to clarity certain information in this communication

regarding informant's connections with MITCHELL WER BELLS

and Dr. LAWRENCE MITCHELL,

the following is set forth:

planned to travel to the DR in connection with efforts of

various anti-castro groups to organize a military base in

DR. He specifically indicated that 3, anti-Castro organizations,

the I3th of November, RICE and Comardos-I, were attempting

establish a base in the DR and to form a military alliane

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MM [34-1292}

there of these 3 organizations for action against FIDeL

CASTRO. LUIS POSADA, who is (personally acquainted withs.

the informantl angkin'

whom CIA has an operational interest, jU

was approached to accept the position as military head of

this alliance. POSADA formerly held a commission in the

U. S. Army and allegedly was in a Ranger Battalion. Accord-

ing to informant, POSADA was selected to head this group

because of this. MPOSADA indicated an interest lin having

informant assist him in the DR inasmuch as informant had

spent considerabletime aboard the "Venus", a boat which

operated by another anti-Castro group, JURE, and was familiar

Subsequent to above conversation, on 7/25/66

informant advised that he was personally acquainted &

wIth MITCHELL L. WER BEL, III, aka ALEX WILSON

and had

spent considerable time with WER BEL in the DROWER BEL

resides at 140 Santander St. Apt, Coral Gables, Fla...

and holds the Latin American franchise for the newly

developed Hand Weapon known as Gyro Jet Rocket, manufactur-

ed by MBA Associates, San Ramon, Calif. WER BEL is employed

by Point-O-Sale, Inc., Powder Spring, Ga.

Copies of the brochure describing this weapon

were made available to the Miami Office by informant.

According to informant, WER BEL planned to travel

to the DR in an attempt to interest the Dominican military

in purchasing this firearm.

Also traveling with WER BEL

would be Dr. LAWRENCE MITCHELL, a veterinarian from Atlanta,

Ga., who would attempt to sell

some chemical chicken feed

the Döminican government.

In connection with this trip,

informant to trayel with him to the DRIto act as his ES

interpreter and (to introduce him to)key military officersC

whom he might interest in his weapon.

WER BEL was aware

of informant's friendship with Commodore RAMON EMILIO-JIMENEZ. N

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Informant traveled te the DRivia chA thighton 286 is Cs

airplane ticket and presumablylhis expenses, were furnishedLS.

traveled alone inasmuch as (S

WER BEL and Dr. LAWRENCE MITCHELL had not yet been able

obtain visas for this trip. Informant was subsequently

joined by dr. MITCHELL in

the DR but. WER BEL never made

the trip, since he was unable to obtain a visa.

Informant advised the only anti-Castro activity ($

in which he engaged during

this trip was an inventory of C

various arms formerly owned by JURE, when JURE had a basénes

in the DR. According to informant, responsibility for theselS

arms had rested with JOSE RABEL, Former captain of the JURF

boat,

"Venus" until RABEL was captured in an attempt to

infiltrate into Cuba. Thereafter, informant was technically

responsible for this cache of firearms. His purpose of [

conducting this inventory was to assure(himself the arms

were still being held intact by the Dominican military.

Informant explained that-dr. LAWRENCE MITCHELL had previously

Toaned JOSE RABEL $11,000 for repairs to the "Venus" and

for purchase of arms and gasoline.

this money when he was captured in Cuba and since informantL

felt tha jit was highly doubtful that the Dominican militar

would release these arms to him, he felt this was his

opportunity to repay Dr. MITCHELL and also to relieve himself (s

(of responsibility of control of these arms. [Accordingly ES]

informant introduced Dr =

MITCHELL to Comodore JIMINEZ and

told the Compdore(he was relinquishing control of thesed-

arms to Dr. MITCHELL in order to satisfy this obligation on

the part of RABEL. (Informant did not indicate he was awarels

of any agreement reached by Dr. MITCHELL and Confodore

JIMINEZ as to the disposition of the arms other than that

Dr. MITCHELL indicated to the Comfodore he was not interest-

ed in physical possession of the

arms but only wanted to

sell them to recover his money

Informant emphasized that his trip to the DRLS

did not concern the previously mentiored anti-Castro

organizational activity and(that he made no contacts

this regard. The only persons cogulzant of his tripC RC

were WER BEL and Dr. MITCHELL and the trip was strictly for

business purposes

3.

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