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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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CaT

MEMORANDUM TO: WH/C/OPS

SUBJELT

: Call from Mr. Dick Philips (State)

Regarding the Arrest of AMLEO-3

Mr. Dick Philips sald that he recelved a call from

Mitchell L. WER-BELL about the arrest of AMLEO-3. The

following Information is contained in CIA files regarding

MT. WER-BELL:

"Subject was born March 1918, in Philadelphia.

He served in the OSS during World War II and later opened

a public relations and advertising firm in Atlanta.

the past three years he has entered various import/export

ventures in.Latin America and Floride. He was in the

Dominican Republic during. the past summer. He 18 well-known

to this Agency and is categorized as unscrupulous and a

promoter with grandiose schemes. Although he has offered

to work for us, he has never been used.

He claims close

Eriendship with many Latin American political and military

flgures."

The three Cubans that WER-BELL reported arrested

are Jose Ricardo RABEL, Nunez (AMLEO-3), Gilberto Fondora

and Miguel Ramos. These men were crew members of the JURE

mother vessel VENUS.

From JWAVE reports it appears that

AMLEO-3 was attempting to exfiltrate his family, using the

VENUS, when he was caught by Cuban security forces on

3 September

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