Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: AT
To: HQ
Document date: 09/26/1967
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

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MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL

YIPEE

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

Redact

09/12/1998

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MEMO

v9.1

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

DATE: 11714-2017

AT 2-42

AFM: OVI

REVIEWED BY SSWJFK TASK FORCE

ON 48/98 mp

Idah

-RELEASE IN FULL

RELEASE IN PART

I TOTAL DENIAL

captioned JOSEPH/MEROLA, with aliases

Bufile

87-39831, 1 MITCHELL I.

WER BELL, Powder Springs,

Georgia,

was mentioned prominently.

MEROLA

described as

top jewel thief and was reportedly

in contact with WER BELL

in October, 1959, regarding a possible Cuban pesos swindle.

The extent of WER BELL'S participation in this matter is

to Atlanta,

as Chicago was origin of this investi-

WER BELL alSO was reportedly in contact with

MEROLA

February 28, 1961 and March

4, 1961.

FRIT 4008419

Clerk's office, USDo,

Atlanta, Ga., reflects .that

MIT' HELL WER BELL, InC. ,

on 11/21/57 filed petition for

tonkruptcy.

In May, 1962, WER BELL, accompanied by

one

EMANUEL EIRESTONE,

aka. MANUEL LEONIDIS FUEGO

I. A. KANE,

805 Peachtree

met at which time an offer

made for the sale of small arms, ammunition, and 500

mercenary

trained military troups for use by the Guatemalan

Ministry of Defense to light Communism in that country.

Lt:

AGUILAR DE LEON,

acting Minister of

I Labor of Guatemala

requested information regarding these individuals.

It is

that FIRESTONE was subject of registration

case Bufile 97-3224, and has FBI Number 4008419.

is investigation wER BELL was described as

being involved

a plan to ship arms to Ecuador.

KANE,

described as an associate of WER BElL and

a business

partner in certain ventures,

is subject of ITSP violation

Bufile

87 - 78553,

captioned

JOSEPH A. KANE,

In this instance

KANE uSed

certain fraudulent stock certificates of Union

Gasoline Corporation, of Louisiana for collateral on

bank loans.

For this offense

he was sentenced 6/12/64 in

Fulton County Superior Court,

Atlanta,

Ga

A check of

State Department

records reflects

MITCHELL WER BELL

passport number

C301433,

issued 5/29/62

at Miami,

His parents

identified. as MITCHELL Le

WER BELL,

born 8/27/89. New

York• Citri.

, and RHEAXGALDECT

8/21/94,

Bridgeport,

identified

HILDEGARD E

*HEMCRICK WhOm

married 9/4/42

and who was

-3÷

Nell

1128/19 wyomissingie

NEE

Bil

Powder spri

ty

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