MITCHELL WERBELL, MILITARY ARMAMENT CORPORATION ATTEMPTING TO SELL MACHINE PISTOLS AND SNIPER RIFLES.
Originator: CIA
From: WITHHELD
To: WITHHELD
Document date: 11/12/1971
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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ACITE (BANGKOK) 24725 (SEGERQUIST ACTING)

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1. MR. MITCHEL: A • WERBELL, MILITARY ARMAMENT

CORPORATION (FORMERLY AN ELEMENT OF WERBELL'S GEORGIA

EASED FIRM OF SIONICS WHICH REPORTEDLY WENT

BANKRUPT), IS BACK IN BANGKOK ATTEMPTING TO SELL HIS WARES

LACHING PISTOLS AND SNIPER RIFLES). THE REF MESSAGE CITES

THE FACT IHAT HQS HAS A LENGTHY Z01 ON SUBJECT (201-259910)

AND THAT HE IS CHARACIERIZED AS UNSCRUPULOUS, A WHEELER-DEALER

AND A PROMOTER OF GRANDIOSE SCHEMES. HE HAS ON OCCASION

ILLUDED EITHER IO BEING AN LNLUTE REP OR HAVING LLUTE BACKING.

2• SUBJECI MET WIIH SEVERAL LNCUFF OFFICERS ON 5 NOV

71 AND RELATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMTING AGAIN TO INTEREST THE

FAL GOVERNMENT IN PUROHASING HIS PRODUCTS. SUBJECI CLAIMS

TO BE PERSONAL FRIEND CF. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL DAWEE AND THAT

HIS SAMPLE WEAPONS WERE CONSIGNED TO DAWEE IN ORDER TO BRING

THEM INTO THAILAND. V

3• SUBJECT ADVISED LNCUFF THAI GEN. KRIANGSAK#

ORDERED

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CHE HUNDRED MACHINE PISTOLS AND IWENTY SNIPER RIFLES. HE

ALSO INDICATED THAT HE HAD MET WITH H.S.H. ADMIRAL DISKUL,

CHIEF AIDE DE CAMP. TO H.M. THE KING AND CLAIMS HE WILL SELL

HIS MACHINE PISTOL TO THE ROYAL FALACE GUARDS. FURTHER

CLAIMS HE WILL HAVE AUDIENCE THIS WEEK WITH H.M. THE KING.

4. FOLLOWING HIS CURRENT THAILAND VISIT, ON 16 NOV 71

SUBJECT AND ME. JASON MO STONE (201-096998) PLAN TRAVEL

FENOM PENH. PLAN TO CONTACT MR. LADD AT PHNOM PENH. ACCORD-

ING LNCUFF SUBJECT PLANS CONTACT CAMBODIAN MIL. AUTHORITIES

FOR POSSIBLE WEAPONS SALES. SUBJECT HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED

ITEMS FOR GEN. POKSAMAN IN BANGKOK.

., MR. JASON M. SICNE IS HEAD OF BANGKOK BASED FIRM

F ASSOCIATED CONSULTANIS CORUANY LID. HE IS CHINESE, WHO

WORKED WITH WERBELL IN SEA DURINS WWII. SUBJECT NOW REPRE-

JINZE PELGIAN ARMS FIRMS AND IS REP FOR PILATUS PORTER

AIRCRAFT.

So FOLLOWING PHNOM PENH

VISIT WERBELL PLANS TRAVEL TO LAOS IN

A PILATUS FORTER, PROBABLY WITH STONE.

7. DUE RESIRICIION ON PASSING DEROG ON U.S. CITIZEN,

BELIEVE BEST APPROACH TO FOLLOW IS CAREFUL ADVICE TO LOCAL

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