Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 04/30/1965
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

Identification Form

5/4/2015

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90124-10085

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 109-579-79

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

MM

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE: 04/30/1965

PAGES:

24

SUBJECTS :

MITCHELL L. WERBELL, III

SIEGFRIED WALLNER

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 09/12/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: LHM

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'Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote) .

DATE: 11-14-2017

SIEGFRIED WALLNER

SEC

ET

U.S

reveals that the FBI, in an investigation conducted

concerning his activities, determined

EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ SCHACK. HOLNES was determined to be

an American citizen and RODRIGUEZ SCHACK, a Dominican

Republic citizen. HOLNES, FIRESTONE and RODRIGUEZ

SCHACK went to Belgium on July 14, 1959 to set up a

letter of credit, drawn by the Dominican Republic govern.

ment in the names of HOLNES, FIRESTONE and SCHACK, in

the amount of $1, 700,000 to be used for the purchase of

munitions from a Belgium concern named Prefabel, S.P.R.L.,

4 Rue Arenberg, Amberes, Belgium.

FIRESTONE was indicated as the holder of

American passport #1514275 and his home address was

listed as 205 N.W. 129th Street, Miami, Florida.

In a separate Investigation conducted by the

FBI, in approximately October, 1962, FIRESTONE was des

cribed as a close friend of FULGENCIO BATISTA.

In

approximately June, 1962, he accompanied a MITCHEL

WERBELL, an Atlanta, Georgia, businessman, who is Presi

dent of International Communications, Inc. to various

Latin American countries.

WERBELL was described as an

individual'having business interests in Guatemala,

Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Panama.

Intormation furnished by MM Tol, a confidential

source abroad, on August 13, 1962, revealed that MANUEL

FIRESTONE, whose true name is MANUEL FUEGO, a man by

the name of WERBELL, and another man by the name of KANE,

met the Minister of

Defence of the Guatemalan government

several months ago offering to sell arms and ammunition (

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

SIEGFRIED WALLNER

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and to provide mercenaries

Investigation subsequently

identified KANE as J. AS

KANE, and WERBELL aS MITCHELL

LAWERBELL, and that both KANE and WERBELL were from

tlanta,

Georgia.

Suater April

14, 1965 MiSs SUSANNE PURCELL, Air

France Airlines, 310 S.W. Ist Street, Miami, Florida, ado

vised that a reservation was made for SIEGFRIED WALLNER

on National Airlines flight 50, leaving Miami, Florida

for New York City at 5 PM on April 15, 1965.

She stated

that thereafter WALLNER would depart New York City for

Lisbon, Portugal on April 19, 1965 aboard Irans World

00, rich va

Airlines flight 900, which will depart New York at 8:15

PM •

She added that thereafter WALLNER has open reserva

tions for travel by Iberia Airlines from Lisbon to

Madrid, and Air France Airlines from Madrid to Paris.

Miss PURCELL stated that WALLNER appeared at

her office at approximately 1 PM on : April 14, 1965.

She

stated WALLNER gave no reason for overstaying his dura

tion time allotted to an Air France excursion fare.

Miss

PURCELL added that WALLNER merely gave her a $100 bill

for the additional charge in excess of the excursion fare.

On April 14, 1965, in a contact with MM Ie1,

MM T-1 stated that a review of the restaurant and beverage

charges made to WALINER, indicated that on the evening

of April 13, 1965 WALLNER paid a bill in the hotel

restaurant for three persons.

MM To added that WALLNER

was served by Waiter 12%.

On April 15, 1965 a Special Agent of the FBI

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