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[102]NOT RELEAS ABLE TO. FOREIGN NAT. WALS--NOT RELEASABLE TO
[104]CIR-31/00302-27 ¥.
[105]SUBJECT: BOMBING OF FORMER CHILEAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNTIED STATES’
[107]NAME TRACE, MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL III ¥
[109]REFS FSI CABLE REQUEST. , DATED a4 JANUARY | 19?7, ¥
[111]l- THE FILES CF wHE tS AGENCY ConA i VN STPERAGLE IN FORMATION. on
[113]“METCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL IIIT, 80RN B MARCH 1928 IN PHILADELPHIA,
[114]PENNSYLVANIA. THE MAJORITY OF THE INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY YOUR
[116]BUREAU- THIS AGENCY PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED THE FBI UITH. INFORNATION ON
[117]WEREELL UNDER CSCI-3/77331? oF 24 OCTOBER 14be2, SUBJECT WERBELL4
[118]MITCHELL Let: AND CSCI- ib /02323- bd OF 27 JUNE 13645 Sug JECT UEROELL.
[119]MITCHELL LIVINGSTON Ill. “IN ADDITION, THIS AGENCY FURNISHED YOUR
[120]AO2AIGUREAU WITH MEMORANDA CONCERNING SUBUECT “MITCHELL LIVINGSTON
[121]WERBELL TIT DATED 2? JUNE 1974, BL AUGUST 1974. 9 AUGUST #19274. AND
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[147]es UERBELL Has NEVER BEEN EMPLOYED BY THIS AGENCY NOR’ ‘DOES an
[149]THE. Agency HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL “INTEREST IN HIM. “WERBELL WAS A
[150]ConnrssToNeD OFFICER’ wITH THE oss” DURING WORLD. WAR IT- AND SERVED IN:
[152]“THE CHINA- BURNA- INDIA THEATRE. “IN AUGUST OF 2959, - THIS: AGENCY nasgga8B
[154]CONSIDERED © USING WERBELL AS A ‘SOURCE OF INFORMATION on REVOLUTIONARY
[156]- ACTIVITIES IM THE CARIBBEAN AREA. PARTICULARLY CUBA+ BUT TERMINATED
[158]ITS CONSIDERATION OF HIS POSSIBLE USE IN OCTOBER 19598 WHEN IT WAS |
[160]“DETERMINED THAT HIS INFORMATION YAS’ OF LITTLE VALUE AND IT WAS
[162]SUSPECTED THAT HE WOULD USE THEPROPOSED ¢ CONNECTION WITH THE AGENCY TO
[164]His
[165]PROMOTE) PERSONAL INTERESTS. ¥
[167]3. DURING AUGUST AND SEPTENBER L4b2 REPORTING ON VERBELL REVEALED
[169]“THAT HE VISITED SEVERAL CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND APPEARED TO BE
[171]CONTACTING OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA. NICARAGUA AND
[172]EL SALVADOR -FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING RECOGNITION OF BB°DE FACTO"
[173]CUSAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE CALLED THE “UNITED ORGANIZATION FOR THE
[174]LIBERATION OF CUBA:" IN DISCUSSIONS UETH NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT
[175]REPRESENTATIVES, WERBELL CLAIMED THE PROPOSED. CUBAN EXILE GOVERNMENT
[176]DATE: . ; : oS
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[225]1665 ga CUBAN LES- HE ALLEGEDLY. OFFERED A NICARAGUAN GOVE RNHENT
[227]OFEICTAL ecu $100, G00. To OBTAIN ‘THAT GOVERNMENT*S RECOGNITION 8
[229]F THE “CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE. ¥ ; : -
[230]° _S- “IN DECEMBER LobS> WERBELL SPOKE TO A nrANt CONTACT OF THIS
[232]AGENCY AND TOLD HIM THAT HE AND SIX CUBAN EXILES IN THE UNITED STATES
[234]a HAD ORGANIZED A GROUP, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY TWENTY CUBANS INSIDE —
[236]CUBA, TO PERFORM A COMMANDO OPERATION IN CUBA IN. EARLY JANUARY Vibb.
[237]THEIR PRIMARY MISSION WAS THE ASSASSINATION OF CUBAN PREMIER FIDEL
[239]CASTRO “WITH” THE SCCONDARY™ MISSTON BEING THat OF BLOWING LP THE POWER
[241]GENERATORS THAT SUPPLY THE ELECTRICITY TO HAVANA- VERBELL AT THE:
[242]TIME. STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE: "GREEN LIGHT” FROM THE CIA
[243]TO PROCEED WITH THE MISSTON. AND INFERRED THAT THE MISSION HOULD BE
[245]"ABORTED IF SEUCH APPROVAL WAS OT OBTATHED. {NOTE: THIS AGENCY WAS
[247]aN tig en Peavon, |
[248]NoT in CONTACT UITH WERBELL PSB IN ANY way WHATSOEVER): ¥
[250]be “IN EARLY 1969 WERBELL WAS IN THATLAND REPRESENTING HIMSELF AS
[252]VICE PRESIDENT OF SIONICS. INC. oF ATLANTAS GEORGIA. HE SDESCRIBED
[254]HIMSELF AS A COUNTERINSURGENCY EXPERT. CLAIMED TO BE A RETIRED G8aGRBE
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[280]COLONEL, AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF AT A LOCAL NIGHTCLUB AS THE CHIEF OF :
[283]CTA, IN THAILAND. {NOTE: VERBELL WAS = THE CIA CHIEF OF STATION IN ;
[285]THATUAND. NOR’ PxSTRE AFFILIATED: “WITH - CIA. IN ANY WAY-} WERBELL
[287]avtenpten TO SELL. “ExoTIC EAP ONS To THE THATS” AND TO TRAIN THER IN
[289]_— COUNTERINSURGENCY WARFARE.» Woo me, ic
[290]2. WERBELL ALLEGEDLY OPERATES THROUGH A NUMBER OF FRONT -
[292]“BUSI! 1ESSES ONE OF WHICH Is CALLED THE CENTRAL INFORMATION AGENCY ®
[294]{CIA}. IN SOME OF HIS DEALINGS WERBELL BROADLY HINTS THAT HE HAS
[296]CONNECTIONS ITH THIS AGENCY. ¥ 4
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[298]wt 8. THIS AGENCY HAS INFORMATION 2ue ‘REG. TS SOLE OF THE
[299]TYPES OF MEAOOURY THAT AANBARNERAELL PUROORTS TO SELL. TAIN bv
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[337]MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations
[339]ATTENTION. - + Associate Deputy Director for Operations :
[342]2 "FROM: - , Walter T. Lloyd
[343]oo Associate General Counsel
[345]SUBJECT +: Mitchell Livingston Werbell, Il
[347]” 1 Assyou are-aware, on the instruction of United States _
[348]District Judge Peter Fay (Miami, Florida Division), ‘incident to
[349]‘the: Drug Enforcement Administration's prosecution of Subject
[351]_for conspiracy to import <nd distribute multi-ton loads of
[352]’ marijuana, the undersigned made a detailed review of. the files
[354]of this Agency concerning Subject.in August 1976. This exami-
[355]- nation was to ascertain any data that ran to Werbell's guilt or
[356]Dope ee innocence of the offense charged and any other data reflecting the
[357]ae Set _ - nature of the relationship between Werbell and the U.S. Gavernment. —
[359]i oe ; This latter requirement was grounded on the Court's view that
[361]‘Werbell's voluntary reporting to the Agency and any government
[362]‘condonation of his activities might be exculpatory in the eyes of the
[364]jury.
[366]ve or _ .
[369]2. In response, we reviewed the files, identified Agency
[370]‘contacts with Subject and preparee two affidavits: one regarding
[371]non-employment by Mr. B. DeFelice and the second regarding
[372]Werbell's relationship to the Agency by the undersigned. Copies
[373]are attached. During the trial the first affidavit was shown to
[374]counsel for Werbell by DEA counsel, Mr. Sam Sheres, at which . . on
[375]point defendant's counsel stipulated that Werbell was never a :
[376]* forma! employee of the Central Intelligence Agency- Sheres
[377]subsequently returned the affidavits to the undersigned at the
[378]conclusion of the trial. ue
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[388]3, Regarding the relationship of Werbell to the e Agency, as’
[389]_ approved by the Deputy Director, the undersigned appeared before
[390]' Judge Fay in his chambers on 31 August and under oath answered
[391]questions of the Court concerning Werbell. A copy of the transcript
[392]'*, of that-proceeding is attached. You will note that Judge Fay requested
[393]that all pertinent gov ernment records be made available to the Court
[394]‘for its inspéction. Accordingly, copies of Agency files were reproduced,
[395]culled for "Brady-type” ddcuments, excised to protect sources and
[396]methods under the "SWP case criteria" and. reviewed and approved by
[397]Assistant DD/O-on the evening of 1 September. These processed:
[398]_ documents Were then handcarried to Miami by t the undersigned on
[400]_2 September.
[402]mo, 4.- The undersigned advised Judge Fay ‘at 0330 hours on
[404]2 ‘Septemb ér that: had@in my possession. copies of all of the Agency .
[406]. files om Werbell, “had culled them as to possible "Brady" documents
[407]sand was, prepared to review them with the Judge at his convenience.
[409]. He was on the bench with a tight schedule and zsxed that the possible
[410]Brady documents. first be reviewed by Karen Atkinson, the principal
[411]counsel for the prosecution. The undersigned subsequently briefed
[412]Atkinsun on the nature of data in the possible Brady documents. This
[414]resulted in a significant reduction in the number of possibles. The
[415]undersigned gave Atkinson copies of the four unclassified OGC
[416]documents related to the DOD revocation of Werbdell's security clearance
[417]in 1971. In addition, Office of Security documents edited and approved
[418]for release to Werbell under his Freedom of Information and Privacy
[419]Act.request.(Tabs'A-and B of OS response), consisting of media : a
[420]publications and security investigative data, were also provided : i. _
[421]Atkinson. Due to counsel for Werbell raising an issue on Werbell's : }
[423]“use of a boat named "Venus" belonging to CIA, 2 ceclassified copy
[424]ae of the OS short investigative report outlining data concerning Werbell's
[425]use of the Venus to transport arms was also provided Atkinson. The
[426]7 ~ a related OS Headquarters assignment document. was not provided.
[427]- oo ee Related DDO documents on the ownership of Venus by. the "JURE"
[428]Cuban group were mentioned to Atkinson but rot made available.
[430]so oe 5. While the above dccuments were provided the Department of :
[431]. : Justice with the undérstanding they could be passed to Counsel for
[432]Werbell dué to subsequent events noted below, itis not certain that = | ;
[433]this occurred. Specifically, the undersigned declined to release _
[434]additional "Brady" documents without consultation and instructions
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[445]. from the Court. The requested meeting was put off by Judge Fay ane
[446]“ -defendante subsequently rested their case. The DOJ had little else
[447], tg add and the case went to the jury about noon on 3 Sept. mber. ‘AN
[448]“the remaining copies of Agency ducuments were returned te Headquarters
[449]--by the undersigned the evening of 3 September. On 4 September the
[450]jury. returned_a verdict of "not guilty." As a result, the bulk of
[451]"Brady-type" Agency documents or Werbell was not provided to
[452]counsel for: Werbell and Judge Fay reviewed no Agency documents.
[453]It shauld be noted all ‘copies of documents taken to Miami were excised
[454]‘in-accord with the SSWP case criteria" and on return to Headquarters, -
[456]_ these were destroyed by the e undersigned.
[458]TO & Asa related matter, on 16 November Mr. Arthur Egbert
[459]of the Interna! Security Division of. the DEA contacted the undersigned
[461]first-review the files of the FBI on Werbell as’most of the data
[462]‘we haveis ‘containéd in FBI reports. Should FBI data be insufficient .
[463]for his neéds I- ‘sliggested } he seek access to our filés in DDO and Office
[464]of Security via the normal DEA Department of Justice liaison channels.
[466]Walter T. Lloyd
[468]Attachments:
[469](1). Affidavit - DeFelice
[470](2) Affidavit - Lloyd
[471](3) Transcript of Hearing of USDC for Southern District of Florida,
[473]August 31, 1976.
[475]cc: Jerry Brown, SAG/OS, w/o atts
[476]Ed Montgomery, LD/SRCH/DDO, w/o atts
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[483]~~" "seeking background information on Worbell. TFe-undersigned suggested.
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[487]24 February 1976
[489]MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, SOG
[491]Chief, DCD | me
[492]Chief, LADivision ,  °— - a ¢O =
[493]SUBJECT. :' Mitchell Livingston Werbel TI
[495]ee oS t was advised by. the Justice Department.on 23 February that
[496].. Werbel has beer indicted and the trial is scheduled to begin on. 29 March
[497].. in Miami, Florida? The charges relate to importing and distributing
[498]quantities of marijuana. With Werbel's propensity to raise his past
[500]" .. affiliations with the Agency, we can anticipate problems during this trial,
[501]: An additional problem is presénted because Werbel is ‘defended by Edwin
[502]os ae . \.Marger who was th ense attorney for John Hawk in the B-26 case in
[503]" ‘Buffalo, New Yerk in' 1966. It was Edwin Marger who subpoenaed the CIA |
[505]General Counsel as a°defense witness,
[507]f 2. The Justice Department has.réeceived information that a person
[508]either currently or formerly affiliated with the CIA has. been participating
[509]in Werbel's meetings with his attorney. It would be appreciated if all
[511]_ addressees could review their holdings on Werbel and determine if there
[513]| is any validity to any recent contacts with him. I would urge that instruc-
[514]‘tions be sent to Miami that no, repeat no, contact with Werbel take place.
[515]between now and the beginning of the trial. :
[517]3. It would be helpful if each addressee could’prepare a summary
[518]of the various contacts Werbel has had with CIA in the past. Please check
[519]to see if you have any information on a Colonel Bayard who was killed in
[521]' Atlanta, Georgia during the summer of 1975, Bayard, reportedly an
[523]| associate of Werbél's, had previous contacts with the Agency. It would
[524]be appreciated if your responses could be received by close of business
[525]2 March. a ue
[528]fone. Greaney
[529]vee General Counsel .
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[551]Le HETCHELL LIVINGSTONE. UERBEL Tt, io Is. one OF THE PERSONS
[553]nENTronep IN THE: ‘DEA REPORT QUOTED “IN: THE: REFERENCE» HAS “BEEN.
[554]: “INDICTED on CHARGES “RELATING ‘To THE IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION.
[556]oF MARTJUANA. ¥
[557]; 2. WHILE HE HEAVE So FAR UNCOVEERED NO BKHERALD CONNECTION _
[558]WITH UERBEL, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS RECEIVED. INFORMATION
[559]are A PERSON EITHER CURRENTLY OR FORMERLY AFFILIATED WITH BKHERALD
[560]HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN WERBEL'S MEETINGS WITH HIS ATTORNEY. ¥
[561]-3- FURTHERMORE, SINCE WERBEL HAS IMPLIED CAPPARENTLY FREQUENTLY
[562]IN THEPAST THAT HE. HAS. HAD BKHERALD CONNECTION OR SUPPORT IN HIS
[563]QUESTIONABLE ‘ACTIVITIES, LARGELY INVOLVING ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
[564]“THERE: IS A BUSGGBBBR4H POSSIBILITY THAT HE MIGHT ATTEMPT IN ONE
[565]BAY OR ANOTHER TO IMPLICATE BKHERALD -IN HIS CURRENT PROBLEM. ve
[566]THEREFORE REQUEST THAT You COMPLETELY AVOID UERBEL OR ANYONE
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[642]3. PRIOR TO RECETPT REP as. as ADVISED BY. SECRET SERVICE THAT.
[644]THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER DEVELOPHENTS ‘IN REF B CASE. CONCERNING
[646]EMMANUEL KASSELAKIS AND STAVROS SYKOPETRITIS " AND TRAT KASSCLAKISE
[648]/ STORY NOU CONSIDERED TO BE BOGUS. SECRET SERVICE FURTHER ADVISED. THAT
[650]~KASSELAKTS. PROVIDED OTHER INFORMATION WHICH ALSO ‘C03 ISLDERED SUSPECT
[651]CONCERNING ARAS TRANSEACTIONS AD THAT THIS INF ORMAY LON PASSED TO NEW
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[655]2. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY GEOKGE STRATOS.¥
[657]3. FOR FR/NEW YORK: weeSLER, TS MITCHELL Le UERWBELL {ed1- Ss
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[660]4. SAMUEL SCRIVENER JR-s UASHINGTON ATTORNEY, EMPLOYED BY
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[749]ot we 2° ‘Nov TO SOLECT J HIS WILLINGNESS PURCHASE: 25 “THOUSAND Mo16 RIFLES
[751]DIMITRIOU |
[753]~ DeeL Ineo ON GRULADS PRICE aut Re QUES TED STRATOS SU3MIT PROPOSAL FOR
[755], “ay $215 EACH “TRENS ACTION. 10 GE CONSUMATED OUTSIDE U.S.
[756]i
[758]‘MANUFAC UTRE AND. SALE OF mu LgHe POWERED MARK { AND {1° HAND GUNS",
[760]WEAPONS: “WOULD BE MANUF AC TU AED EY DOMINICAN COMPANY, TELEPHONE NU GER
[762]sbs2 seas RPT 53Z01019, STRATOS AGREED. WORK UP DETAILS,
[763]2 ADDITION, DETAILS PROVICED BY INFORMANT! ONE OF NINE “Pants
[765]NERS OF STAATOS I$ ONE MITCH KEESLER, WHO STRATOS CLAINS IS F GAMER
[766]| 'BKMERALD. «STRATOS. “WASHINGTON ATTGRNEY. 1S 54M SCHRETVNER (PHOND, ~~
[767](' TELEPHONE C222) 290-2950, STRATOS CLAIMED M-16"S AND 462 M-62 MACHINE
[768], GUNS, ne ALSO WISHES SELL REP RES NT U.S. ARMS LOST INDOCHINA, .
[769]| | 3, SECRET SERVICE OFFICER (er0 OF GREEK BACKGROUND) REOORTS
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[824]bee _oMitchell “L, Werbell | 34 “off . 2 ee?
[826]. in a‘deal worked Out-sestet .
[828]~ - day: before-a ‘Federal judge, :
[830]7 ‘WerBell ‘agreed that he w =e
[831]stop manufacturing | and” selling
[833]-}worth of arms seized: by Fed-| -——-~—-——-
[835]eral agents tast , December.
[836]The guns, called “the largest
[838]. {collection of private guns in the; ____ peter ee
[839]{worid” by Mr. WerBell andi. - : : 7
[840]Federal attorners, include 2, ae
[842]. Imachine guns and silencers. 4
[843]— ran et Mr, WerBcll ssid his com-|
[844]_ pany, Defense Sysiems Interna:
[845]~ tional, Inc,, would continue * “IOie .
[846]weree =. do what we have always Gone | yo ene en
[847]serve this country.” i
[848]He said he and his sons navele
[849]i eee meee _ ,Plans to sell radios, electronic}! -
[850]. : . Fequipment and miiiiary sup- ts
[852]“:plies not covered by the agree-!g
[855]greed | to quit the}: Pn
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[884]ACTING CHIEF OF STATION: LA/MIAMI
[885]" DEA/KIAMT REPORT ON POSSIOLE PLOT.
[887]mo ' 70 OVERTHRON THE GOVERNMENT CF GRENADA
[889]1, STATION HAS RECELVED A REPORT FROM CEA7AT ANTON A
[891]°F POSS iS. PLOT T0 OVERTHR OW THE SOVERNMENT.. GF. GRENADA, “
[893]STATION CONSIDERS THE REPORT SUSPECT BUT HAS. SUGGESTED TO DEA
[894]THAT SINCE FBI AND STATE OCPARTNENT HAVE AN INTEREST IN SOME
[895]oF. THE INDIVIDUALS MENTIONEO [N THE REPORT THAT A COPY OF IT
[896]BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM, STATION aLso PASSED TO DEA A LIST
[897]ar LEST IONS FQR THEIA USE WHICH MIGHT ASSIST THES In og TAIN THe:
[898]TUSTAER BETAILS ON THE PLOT AND HAS OFFERED 70 PROYICE THEM
[899]40TH PESTINENT [RFORMATION THAT MIGHT coms TO OUR ATTENTION °°
[901]7 a0UGH STATION SOURCES, CORRECT NAME OF THE PROMINENT
[903]cUTLZEN GF GRENADA NEN TI ONED tN ‘PARA’ 3 OF THE ‘RE PORT 1s KEN
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[955]SALTINURE AND ATLANTAS DEA HOS REQUESTED PASS TO GARACAS a Loe
[956]| REGION? - “*suauect: MITCHELL ty WERBELL uh, Er AL FILE NO, : oe a
[957]Gi- 75-e4052 °° on a 7 ee Os ne
[958]‘ wa THE COURSE OF DEVELOPING “A naaiuuana 'S¥ AUGGL ING... mo Loe =
[959]cox NSPIRACY INVESTIGATION, MITCHELL Le KEREELLA This Etat, | x
[960]Gi-75- 72105, THE MIAME REGTONAL- INTELLIGENCE UNIT HAS UNCOVERED 7m
[961]“agoa¥at ion CONCERNING A PLAN TO OVERT HRO THE TNDEP EN DEWT
[962]GOVERNHENT OF GRENADA, .
[963]"THE. PLAN, AS OUTLINED BELOW, IS A COMPOSITE OF. eg
[964]_refeevario RECEIVED FROM ONE WILLIAM BELL, A DEFENDANT IN THE ~~ ; -
[965]Jecr INVESTIGATION, VIA HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH UNDERCOVER
[966]AGENTS AND A COOPERATING INDIVIDUAL, -
[967]"THE PLAN CALLS FOR THE LANDING OF 36 ARMED MEN ON . _
[968]GRENADA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS GF A SATURDAY IN 41D OR .
[969]LATE JuLy 1975, THE JREVOLUT LONARTES WILL WP PEAR TO € SCOTTISH ~
[971]_ RERCENAR IES, Sut IN FACT WILL BE AMERICANS, THE LANDING TIME:
[972]WELe “COINCIDE WITH THE WORMAL SHUT DOWN TIME OF: tHe St 's
[973]RADIO STATION, THE PALM ANY: OS JECT IVES. OF THE LARD ING Gacue - : .
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[997]“Patie ae DIRECTED To. ret. 2i° POLITICAL AND GIVERNNENT
[998]| Fee TroNaRiEs, THE PLAN ANTICIPATES WAVING Fut couTROL. OF.
[1000]“Istana, ‘aY THE Vive THE ISLAN D's. RADLO STATION WOULD. ae -
[1001]NORMAL LY GO BACK ON THE AIR ON SUNDAY MORNING, THE cost So
[1003]oF THIS OPERATION 1s nos ten TO @€ 3 MILLION. ‘DOLLARS,
[1004]ove KEN MILL OR MILLS (PHONETIC), A PROMINENT CITL2EN OF
[1005]GRENADA IS REPORTED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED ChE HALF MILLEON
[1007]os
[1009]- POLUARS. TOTHIS OPERATION, AND WILL BE PUT UP AS THE Head
[1010]OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT 1F THE TAKEOVER IS SUCCESSFUL. BELL
[1012]Lay
[1014]: STATES THAT HE WILL BE ASSUMING CONTROL GF THE ARMED FORCES
[1015]AND POLICE AGENCIES OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT, BELL 1S JELTEVED
[1017]‘To 3° MANUFACTURING WEAPONS AND PaRTS FOR WEAPONS» WITHGUT
[1019]as
[1021]“Seana | NUMBERS » FORTHE OPERATION AT DEFENSE WEAPONS
[1022]INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH IhCae P.O, BOX 272” ¢
[1023]PEERFLELD BEACH, FLORIDA, WITHOUT THE KHOKLEDGE OF THE , :
[1024]FIREIS MANAGE ENENT, WEASELL''S ROLE IN THE OPERATION IS
[1026]A
[1028]“UNKs GaN AT THIS. TIME,
[1030]"WERBEL LY MITCHELL LIVINGSTON [f1. KHITE MALE»
[1031]SECRET
[1033]400000
[1035]SCHOOL. OF. JOURNALISH. (EXTENSION OF THE UNIVERSITY “OF ane ae
[1037]on HES: INDICTMENT WAS REPORTEDLY THE RESULT OF HIS INVOLVEMENT
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[1065]MILITARY ACADEMY » RICHMOND», RAg’ AND- “THE CHARLES PRICE
[1069]PEKNSYLVANIAD+ AND: ‘RESIDENT ‘AT POWDER | SPRINGS, GEORGIA,
[1071]he
[1073]“WERBELL GOES NOT HAVE AN Fat CRIMINAL RECORD, ALTHOUGH A
[1074]"7/1/73 MIAMI] HERALD TROPIC MAGAZINE ARTICLE REPORTED THAT HE - . ‘
[1075]AND SEVEN OTHER PERSONS HAD BEEN INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY 10:
[1076]VYLOLATE UsS. NEUTRALITY LAWS, QUT..THAT. THE. CHARGES. WHERE we
[1078]DAGPPED ON THE ORDERS OF THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK,  g
[1080]pa
[1082]WITH A HAITIAN REVOLUTIONARY GROUP DURING 1966, A 1974 ESCUIRE
[1084]MAGA [NE AATICLE ‘DESCRIBES WERBELL'S INVOLVE MENT IN A COVERT
[1086]an
[1088]“POLITICAL MOVEMENT TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE FOR THE ISLAND OF
[1089]ADACO-[N THE BAHAMAS, HERBELL 1s ALLEGED TO BE A REGISTERED
[1090]DEALER AND/OR MANUFACTURER OF WEAPONS
[1092]PBELl, wEGL TAM MARTIN, WHITE MALE> SORH 6/21/28,
[1093]FT 2 INCHES Tals 233° LOS. GRAY HAIR, NORTH CAROLINA DALVERS *S
[1095]LICENSE nUNBER 2198095; RESIDING AT 4412 WATERGURY Roane - 7 ¢
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[1119]“Prot as <0. OnNER OF THE Mane REALTY ah b peVevornent
[1120]ganagaatsoN, us “ROUTE 1 NORTH, PALELGHa. NeGed BELL HAS BEEN.
[1122]|ARESTED ey THE: RAGEIGN PD ON. THE POLLOHING CHARS GES LARA YEG :
[1124]Og CONCEALED WEAPON: AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE “= 19733 and
[1125]“ila: TSSUING A RORTELESS CHECK * 1967,° BELL DOES NGT HAVE AN FOr
[1126]CRIMINAL RECORD, oS
[1128]oN APRIL’1975,. 1M. ALLEGED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY, at
[1129]WERSELL CONTACTED AN MIAMI R/O COOPERATING INDIVIDUAL AND |
[1131]2° GF COLOMBIAN MARIHUANA INTO THE U;S. MIAMI R/O U/C AGENTS» :
[1132]ce . “ACTING aS PILOT/SMUGGLERS AND COLOMB[AN SOURCE OF SUPPLY, HAVE
[1134]oe “THE FINANCING, AIR SMUGGLING AND DISTRISUTION OF HARTHUANA,:
[1135]er sc INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE CONSSTRACY TO DATE ARE WALLY
[1136]GILLIS» BELIEVED TO RE SUIZECT OF NADDIS RECORD NUMBER 121267,
[1137]AND A RICK STEVENS AND A WILLIAM JORDAN, WHITE MALES» 22'°Ss
[1138]Na ACDITIONAL 1D DaTA AVAILASLE-AT THIS TIME,”
[1140]"CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION I$ CONTINUING, A ADDITIONAL,
[1142]INFORMATION RELATIVE TO NEUTRALITY VIGLATIOGNS BILL BE FCRWARSED i
[1144]SECRET
[1147]FEQUESTED THE C/I'S ASSISTANCE IN SMUGGLING MULTI-TON QUANTITIES |
[1149]BEEN CONDUCTING NEGOTIATIONS WITH BERZELL AND BELL CONCERNING =|
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[1160]ue ON: (RECEIPT. “ONE, U/C. agent Pitan). HAS BEEN sPPROACHED ay
[1162]BELL 10 TAKE PART Ww THE. GRENADA OPERATION,
[1163]MS ROP. MTAMT BRIEFED VERBALLY. CON CERING: GRENADA
[1165]INFGRNATION THIS pate, om copy oF THIS INFORMATION WIL BE
[1167]-FURNTSHED w US: CUSTOMS» ATE AND SaRs Fe AT MEATS JOH: Ae 7 ;
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[1172]“LGR JRee Rec OVAL DrREC TOR". es ee
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[1180]i “SUBJECT: Alleged Activities of, Walter Macken. -
[1182]_MEMQRANDUM FOR, THE RECORD. -
[1184]“ie .
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[1187]\ OS 24 March 1975 — oe
[1189]oo. ‘During the weck: of March 9, 1 Tunched with Mr. Wesley
[1190]Dyckman, . Dyckman isa former ‘Agency staffer currently employed .
[1192]: . by the. Drug Enforcement Agency. During the course of our lunch- :
[1193]eon. } “the .name.of. Walter Mackem came up.- Dyckman ae
[1197]told'me that Macken,. a JOT-classmate of ours, had been fired. by
[1199]‘the Agency.-+ According, to “Dyckman, Mackem is now employed, in the
[1200]Washington area as a private investigator. In addition, accord-
[1202]ing to Dyckman, Macken is involved with a paramilitary activity |
[1203]funded by some unnamed British source. [he activity, which
[1204]Dyckman-referred to’as “the new land project” seeks to establish :
[1205]a tax shelter on one of ‘the out-islands of the Caribbean by ; .
[1206]forcefully taking over the island and establishing a government — :
[1207]there. Mackem is supposedly involved in paramilitary training
[1209]of forces who would participate in this paramilitary adventure
[1211]again. According to Dyckman, the parazilitary training sunnosedly
[1213]‘takes place in Georgia not far from Atlanta.
[1215]2. This is the extent of my conversation with Dyckman~or-tne-*"*
[1216]above subject and I have no further information or details concern-
[1217]ing this. .
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[1266]oy AND. THAT IT TnPORTED. FROM. NEW" “york ‘to BELGTUN A ‘SILENT SUB-.
[1267]HACHINE GUN ‘WHICH LATER SHOWED uP “IN SPAIN CONNECTED WITH “BASQUE
[1269]ASSASSINATION. ¥
[1271]e. MECHEEL Ls UERBELL. III (201-259910} IS PARTNER OF DEFENSE
[1273]SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC. oF POWDER SPRINGS. GEORGIAsA LICENSED moe Ds
[1274]ARMS ‘DEALER. HE BORN & NAR 1914, PHILADELPHIA. H@S HAS Lengtyby :
[1276]201 ON WERBELL WHO HAS LONG HISTORY POPPING UP IN-AREAS AND SITUATIONS,
[1277]WHERE CAN MAKE FEW FAST BUCKS. HE CHARACTERIZED AS UNSCRUPULOUS
[1278]WHEELER- DEALER AND PROMOTER OF GRANDIOSE SCHENES. HE OF OPERATIONAL ;
[1280]INTEREST IN MID-1959 WHEN BECAME INVOLVED WITH ANTI~ CASTRO PLOTTERS
[1282]N DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND. OFFERED PROVIDE BKHERALD WITH INFO ON
[1283]REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES IN CARIBBEAN. HE GRANTED POA IN AUGUST
[1284]3959 BUT THIS CANCELLED OCTOBER, 2959 WHEN HIS INFO PROVED BE OF
[1286]DATE:
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[1322]“ pROROTE PERSONAL INTERESTS. EVER SINCE, ‘BKHERALD HAS. BEEN DIS-
[1323]~ CLATMING- UERBELL: UHS-HAS-REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTED | PROMOTE SELF “AS REP
[1324]_SINCE ‘AUCH: OF _BKHERALD INFO: ON WERBELL
[1326]THROUGH HIS: 01 PETAL. CHANNEL. “EAROVE INFO may: “NOT ‘8e PASSED FORETGN «
[1328]NATIONALS. BECAUSE ‘VERBELL yODUAL CITIZEN. + ¥
[1330]oon 3. ONLY TRACE ON MITCHELL VERBELL q Is THAT HE ALSO INVOLVED —
[1332]FATHER'S -
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[1394]TOs DIRECTOR,
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[1401]1. suBy REFS, ALA*ALo “DIN AL@TAYYAR OF THE TRAGL MUN, 1s STILL OF
[1403]te ,
[1405]CuaRenT INTEREST TO Fat WHICH HAS MIM UNDER PER 1ODIC OBSERVATION.
[1406]TAYYAR HAS BEEN IN BAGHDAD ON HOLIDAY FGR PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND Fat
[1407]“OPES MAKE gPERATTONAL” ABPRG ACH To HIM ‘SHORTLY AFTER HIS RETURN NEW
[1408]_ YORK IN NEXT WEEK OR SO, DURING 25 FEB MEETING WITH F9I COUNTER
[1409]_ PARTS, “TERPOS AGAIN REITERATED BKHERALD INTEREST IN TayYA® SAYING HE.
[1410]DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE CONTACT TaYYaR IF FOR SOME REASON F3i DECIDED.
[1411]NOT 70, FBI CONTACTS SAID MATTER WOULD 8& RESOLVED ONE WAY OF ANOTHER
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[1470]Capitalist revolution, the ultimate solution
[1472]the successful managérs of
[1474]trepreneurs, financiers, mer-
[1477]ss’ talking rebellion.-A kind of
[1478]ebellion, anyway. There is no call
[1479]to subvert the Republic, only to
[1480]abandon it. In increasing numbers,
[1481]America’s most affuent and active
[1482]elites are threatening to withdraw
[1483]their funds, their assets, ulti nately
[1484]even themselves and their families
[1485]from.the centers of the U.S. econ-
[1486]omy, which many of them seem to
[1487]consider done for. Nicholas - von
[1488]Hoffman, the acerbic and preter-
[1489]naturally foresighted columnist of
[1490]The Washington Post, found that in
[1492]- some of mid-America’s best ervcu-
[1494]tive clubs, “Theré is talk of buring
[1495]fold coins and keeping them in the
[1496]office safe, of owning a piece of lund
[1497]to retreat to when the trouble
[1498]starts.” The hero of the year’s most
[1499]durable best seller, Kon Can Profit
[1501]From a Monetary Crisis, hy: Marry’
[1502]Erowne, is “Peter Panic.” the quine -
[1504]‘tessential American small investor.
[1506] Hevis in flight from his own na-
[1508]tional economy. Transferring every
[1509]penny he owns from U.S. invest-
[1510]ments into Swiss banks and South
[1511]African gold stocks, Peter Panic
[1512]Practically deubles his worth from
[1514]“1970 to "33s then he ia ready to,
[1515]take the most’ important Step to.
[1517]find himself a sechutéd rural retreat
[1518]to weather the nation’s coming
[1519]troubles, ,
[1521]Rut retreat arhere? That's the
[1522]basic problem nune of these doum-
[1523]suyers grapples with, A. seven.
[1524]ty-five-thousand-dollar-a-vear oman
[1525]who pulls up lock, stock and bond!
[1528]260 ESQUIRE: scPRUARY / “ji 7
[1530]Qe
[1532]by Andrew St. George _ : ar ue
[1534]investors—are -
[1536]farmhouse may find there » mea-
[1537]sure of protection “from random
[1538]violence—<or he may ‘find, if real
[1539]trouble starts, that in-his isolation
[1541]he’s utterly.defenseless,
[1543]~ Unless, of course, he his planned .
[1545]‘ahead—as far uhead and us care-
[1546]fully ¢ c
[1547]can only call, for the neument, the
[1548]Abaco Plan (it. remains to be seen
[1549]by events, of course, Vhether the
[1550]~ ‘Abaco planners were as wise and
[1551]prescient as they were farsighted
[1552]and careful). The originators of
[1553]the Abaco idea were the first to im-
[1554]Plement the urge to abandon Amer-
[1555]ica with a concrete design, includ-
[1556]ing a destination, provisiun for per-
[1557]sonal and financial safety, monetary
[1558]reward-and even a Utopian social
[1559]Program. Though the men behind
[1560]Abaco ure nearly the opposite of
[1561]the commune-seekers of the late
[1562]Sixties and early Seventies, their
[1563]cljectives are much the same. They
[1564]- seek a way out and a return te
[1565]fundamental values, but their most
[1566]fendarental value is the propost-
[1568]then that each of them shoul be-
[1570]many times a millionaire, untrou-
[1571]bled by inflation.
[1572]By the time you read this, the
[1574]men of Abaco may have accom. -
[1575]Dlished the first staves uf their pro- -
[1577]fran cin which case you will have
[1578]read about them in the newspa-
[1579]pors)-—or they may have failed
[1580]be in the proc Poregrou :
[1581]But Vu tike y. et them as f
[1582]did, ata lunch in Waskington, Le,
[1583]hist May. :
[1585]“Cra Hever! and tet alip the dugs
[1586]ont :
[1588]investments to move to-a secluded .
[1590]the criginaturs-of what‘cne’
[1592]. No, sir!’ Not here in Duke Zei- _
[1593]bert’s place you don’t; this well-
[1595]- bred Washington restaurant admits |
[1597]no animals. Not even if they're
[1598]Wearing  eighty-dollar Church's
[1599]‘shoes. Not even if they happen to
[1600]be the familiar old two-legged war
[1601]hounds who were made immortal in
[1602]the Shakespearean line. and who
[1603]are being made fashionable again
[1604]this year by the success of Fred-
[1605]erick .Forsyth’s’ latest book, The
[1606]Dou mo
[1608]of War, Lo
[1610]Here we are in 1974, murky,
[1611]angst-ridden, confusing oht "7A, and
[1612]with Forsyth's novel a best seller,
[1613]hailed as “soon to be a major mov-
[1614]ie,” deferentially praised for its.
[1615]“reportorial rea inure and.
[1616]more people are talking about “the
[1617]cogs of War’ as if they knew what
[1618]the phrase meant: an internutional
[1619]cunspiracy of financiers and killer
[1620]commandos who Wage mercenary
[1621]mini-wara in the quest for maxi-
[1622]payoffs. What nonsense! A drink at
[1623]Duke Zeibert’s polished: bar -will
[1624]five us a better view of reality
[1625]than Fred Forsyth’s collected
[1626]works,”
[1628]Take Mister Mitchell ingston
[1629]WerLeil here, a ruddy, jovial, maus-
[1630]tached: ch sipping his prepran-
[1631]dial Tanqueray martini catra dry.
[1632]It's obvivus that if there were any-
[1633]thing doggy er bellicose about Wer-
[1634]Rell, he woulda‘t be linching wher
[1635]he is—at the head ef the of
[1637]"prize front corner table, :
[1639]Or take the tall well-tailored
[1640]Mav sitting neatte Werbell, It is)
[1641]Plain ata glance that he looks and
[1642]a having just been overhear! ask-
[1643]i "May To have the pickles,
[1645]sounds lise a patrician
[1648]14-0000
[1652]London clubman. And thaws just.
[1654]what he is: Kebert Hamilton, Bar-
[1655]on of Pelhaven and Stenton, a dis-
[1656]tinguished member of the House
[1657]of Lords. -
[1659]In fact, a.good Jook at the leg-
[1661]" endary Mitch WerBell—millionsire
[1662]“firearms tycoon, designer of the
[1664]world’s best muzzle silencer,. ad-
[1666]' senturer, friend of dictaters and
[1668]‘C.LA: “agents, ‘manipulator’ of the
[1669]fack-of small. nations—and at ‘the
[1671]~. ‘seven men’ who are his luncheon
[1672]. guests today reminds’ us that, in
[1674]real Jife, the stratexy.of private
[1675]s demands, first of all, finesse.
[1677]: Forsyth’s ‘s-telling, “the dogs of
[1678]get together only to--make
[1680]hai boiled “conversation about
[1682]. “knocking off an entire republic”
[1683]‘with the aid-of World War H_ ma-
[1684]chine ‘pistols taboriously concealed
[1686]factures” hia own -weaponry, which
[1687]“are recugnized all over the warld
[1688]as the most sophisticated small
[1690]arms obtainable.. Having acquired
[1692]a taste for irregular warfare as an
[1693]O.S.S. commando ‘leader behind
[1694]‘Japanesé lines in World War IT,
[1695]WerBell is rumored: tu have taken
[1696]a hand iti a jong string of mini-
[1697]wars since then, fvom the South
[1698]Chiaa Sea to the Caribbean and the
[1699]Mev iterzanean, Hut WerBell frowns
[1700]on <rass badinage, especially with
[1701]food. At Zeibert’s the table talk is
[1703]mostly-about gastronomy today, in -
[1705]part because'the dill sours and soft-
[1706]shell crabs are truly remarkable, in
[1707]part because the host at the neigh-
[1709]” boring table is Clifton Daniel. the
[1711]silver-haired Washington bureau
[1712]chief of The New York Times.
[1714]Eut by the time coffee and Cour-
[1715]er arrive, Daniel and his party
[1716]depart. Werbell lights a finely
[1717]veined Montecruz double corona. “1
[1718]talked to the island tuday," he says,
[1719]and suddenly the table is all atten-
[1720]tion.
[1722]he island’—-that's what this
[1723]lunch is all about. The island
[1724]is Abaco; not yet. an inde.
[1725]pendent republic, nor a center
[1726]of commerce ated finance, but
[1728]coral hump, either. In fact, Abaco
[1729]is the sevend-largest Jandmasa in
[1731]the Hahamas—Great Abaco and _
[1733]Little Abaco, surrounded by a
[1734]sprinkling of small reefs and cays,
[1735]over seven hundred square miles
[1737]of fertile tropical paradise. Mitth
[1738]Werbell and his gucets have come
[1739]to Washington to discuss a project
[1741]42) tsQuint-: eCHRUARY
[1743]drums. WerBell’s world is.
[1745]Sionics“Inc:, he designs ‘and manu- ~
[1747]by no means a negligible
[1749]straight out of a Forsyth seriye:
[1750]the take-over of Abacu—an action
[1751]that will allow these men to pet
[1752]themselves and. their money profit-
[1753]ably out of the U.S.
[1755]To be sure,- any resemblance to
[1756]popular fiction stops short with the .
[1757]basic idea.’ Commando politics ig
[1758]dead. It will no longer ‘de to break|
[1759]open a case of booties hand gre-
[1760]nades and storm the palace. In fact, ‘
[1761]Abaco has no palace. What it does ‘
[1763]‘ have'is:six to seven thousand native
[1765]inhabitants who lead lives ranging
[1766]from ' quiet Stagnation to mute
[1768]_poverty. <-
[1770]:To be conquered, Abaco must ‘be
[1772]‘.attacked=that fiindamental, aspect
[1774]of territorial ‘expansion has not
[1775]changed in four thousand years—
[1776]but-in an age of psychological war-
[1777]fare, motivational research; sub-
[1779]-liminal propaganda and ‘behavior
[1780]. Modifcation, the. tactics must be
[1781]/ different. WerBell's: ‘first assault ‘on *
[1783]- great. skill and ruthless persuasive-
[1785]ness,-the citizens of Abaco are ‘con:
[1786]vinced, step by step, that they must
[1788]become an independent nation: that
[1790]becoming an independent nation is
[1791]the greatest, most rewarding thing
[1792]in. the whole wide worid: that it is
[1793]they, the citizenry of Abaco, who
[1794]Must urgently .need and demand
[1795]and fight for status as a self-gov-
[1796]erning commonwealth.
[1798]“I talked to the island for. almost
[1799]ain hour this-‘morning,” Wer¥ell re-..
[1800]Peats gently, now that everyone
[1801]around the table is watching him
[1802]with close attention, “They finally
[1803]got- the slips. They've already dis-
[1804]tributed half of them. They'l) make
[1805]2 one-spot run this weekend and see
[1806]how they score. They thin
[1807]sixty to sixty-five percent.”
[1809]No translation is needed. As the
[1810]Watergate tapes have demonstrat-
[1811]ed, men who share a secret scenario
[1812]come tu share a secret language, as
[1813]if by osmosis. Werlell’s remarks
[1814]reveal that he has had a lorg-dis-
[1816]‘tance conversation’ this morning
[1818]with one of his chief operatives on
[1819]Abaco, using a clear phone line—
[1820]ic, a connection involving untapped
[1821]phone numbers. (If the conversa-
[1822]tion nad not involved a key agent
[1823]on Abaco, and if ithe ph F
[1824]been suspect, the conversation
[1825]would have been brief.)
[1827]The agent on the jsland—most
[1828]likely C.K. “Chuck” Hall who has
[1829]served as WerLHell's principal oper-
[1830]ative on Abaco during most of the
[1831]Summer of 1074-—reported that the
[1832]special courier who Ooveasienally ar-
[1834]“vives from Miami aboard a small
[1835]amphibisn seaplane, bringing con- *
[1837]Sk Ae
[1839]38
[1841]sipnments which the Nz
[1843]-and- Africa, Ws
[1845]thorities are not sunnased to cee,
[1846]had delivered a shiprrent of biank
[1847]survey forms, Tr poiling- slips,
[1848]devised by a prestigious U.S. opin-
[1849]jon-research firm, are to scontior
[1850]sentiment on Abaco in.favor of in-
[1851]dependence—not just once, but
[1852]week by week, as WerBeli’s psywar
[1853]campaign unfolds. _ .
[1854]Furthermore, WerBel! learned
[1855]this morning that a test sampling
[1856]focused on a single Abaco settle
[1858].ment, perhaps Marsh Harbour ‘or
[1860]Fox Town, had been scheduled by
[1861]his. agents on Abaco for the coming
[1862]weekend. The organizers expected
[1863]to poll between sixty and sixty-Eve
[1865]percent. in favor of independence— -
[1866]an impressive score, reflecting the |
[1868]fact that the covert political cam
[1870]_paign of WerBell and. Co. is in its
[1872]sixth month. - -
[1874]aré indeed—not. merely se
[1875]' rious: but experienced, pow-
[1876]érful and farsighted. Three
[1877]Hof. WerBell's’ luncheon
[1878]a puests are former C.I.A. ca-
[1880]reer otticers, all three recently | re- :
[1882]branch, where they acquired in-
[1883]valuable experience in the manipu-
[1884]lation, dismanthng and rearranging
[1885]of governments. John Muldcon, who
[1886]is WerRell’s principal agent in
[1887]Washington, has served as a PolAd
[1888]—a political adviser—in Vietnam
[1889]er Macken has
[1890]seen similar duty in a number of
[1891]Southeast Asian countries, and Ted
[1892]Rousses, a tanned, greying man,
[1893]has been a senior CLA. clandestine
[1894]services olficial! in the Mediterra-
[1895]nean—ltaly, the Balkans, above all
[1896]Greere— for’ almost twenty years
[1897]before he retired last year to’ join,
[1898]ostensibly, the management of the
[1899]Astor, Washinyton’s best Greek
[1900]restaurant, long owned by his
[1901]family. :
[1903]These men are not war hounds or
[1904]gunslingers. Their ethos and. telos
[1905]thrust mot toward violence but
[1906]toward control. They are technetron-
[1907]ic conflict managers—planners, or-
[1908]ganizers, und oniy occasionally the
[1909]manipulators of vivtent action, Mub
[1910]doen is a tal, pink deep-chested
[1911]Trishman faithfully cast in the mold
[1913]“from which most of the chief in-
[1915]apecturs of large American police
[1916]departments scem to spring, Mick-
[1917]em looks like Ivy League grad.
[1918]uate instructor, nal, Duttoan-dewa,
[1919]horn-rimmed, alert, with a Hong
[1920]kong Racquet Cheb tie to match
[1921]his niivy blazer. The pipe-smoking
[1922]Roussos, in his Mawlessly cut En-
[1923]klish trepicais, demonstrates what
[1924]the French mean when thes say
[1926]3 -re these. people serious? * Thes mo,
[1928]a
[1930]44-00000
[1932]Pa)
[1934]distingué—the aging Charles Royer
[1935]plunked in a spy scenario, looking
[1936]not so much the part of James Bond
[1937]as his enigmatic superior, M. A‘
[1939]* three, follow Werkell's briefing with
[1940]small nods and ‘half smiles of ap-
[1942]proval.
[1943]Werfell talks on, his eyes on the
[1944]pearl-grey ash of his’ cigar, his
[1946]growly voice low. There's ‘work to |
[1948]be done—lots of ‘it. The day known
[1949]ss U.D.[.—that is, the date: when
[1951]“Abaco breaks away ‘from? the-Com-."
[1952]- monwealth’ of ‘the. Bahar
[1954]the
[1955]Unilateral ‘Declaration - of | ndepen-
[1956]dence—is tentatively set for New
[1957]Year's Day of 1975. The operations
[1959]_-Tequired to seize, control of the is-
[1960]- orisins ve been” disguised . as the
[1962]sineve.
[1963]ait: that
[1965]h such amazit
[1966]the world’s maj
[1968]of: ‘seemingly. local on Aero
[1969]and deceptively “ad- hoc’ - groups
[1971]have sprung up: to handle those ac-.
[1972]‘tivities that cannot be kept from*
[1973]public view—propaganda, organiza- ,
[1975]tion,.and so ‘forth. There are: the
[1976]Abaco ‘Independence Movement
[1977](known as A.ILM:); the Abaco De-
[1978]velopment Council; Friends of
[1979]Abaco; the “Prosperity "74" Eco-
[1980]nomic Conference on Abaco.
[1982]Every one of these cover organi-
[1983]zations has been clandestinely <re-
[1985]ated, financed and managed from
[1987]WerHell’s headquarters in Powder
[1989]“Springs, a-suburb of Atlanta. To
[1990]coordinate their activities—propa-
[1991]ganda, recruitment, proselstization, ”~
[1993]the importation of distinguished
[1995]“baco’s head honcho: ‘mit.
[1997]lionaire, ideologue and phi-
[1998]tosopher Michacl C, Oliver,
[2000].
[2002]. seaplane, and a halfway ho
[2003]promising independence - mi
[2005]er. of. a former U.
[2007]“the cause of U.D.L is es
[2009]“guest speakers from the U.S. who,
[2011]preach the independence gosps! but-
[2012]tressed by a variety of economic
[2013]ard political promises—-a care hy
[2014]camouflaged “forward hes
[2015]ters” has been set-up in Mi
[2016]large, deceptively suburban &
[2017]at 1666 S.W. Twelfth Street
[2018]‘a hich-powered SSE radio ¢ .
[2019]a “dispatch center” for hardling
[2020]cargo traffic with Abaco via a small
[2021]for
[2023]whe are discreetly fawn to Mi
[2024]Gn arrival; the. independence ac--
[2026]-tivists. are either enrolled in pouti-
[2028]Cal indoctrination courses. held in
[2029]‘Niami, or, having been provided
[2031]with plane’ tickets: under various
[2033]cover names, they are flown farther
[2034]north tu o training base near At-
[2036]ng shinder ¢ ‘the command
[2037]- infantry oceér, -.
[2038]Col.Robert Bayard..
[2040]Col. Bayard, a tall, leathery nian
[2041]‘in thé Gary Cooper mold, with grey
[2042]exes and a shock of reddish brown
[2043]hair, is the officer in charge of “spe-
[2044]cial ‘personnel. Young, muscular,
[2045]unattached: Abaconian independence |
[2046]enthusiasts, whose commitm
[2048]Strong, ure given seven weex
[2049]sSupersecret instruction in the
[2050]of. small arms, demolition cevices-
[2051]and other commanda skills at the
[2052]proving grounds of Mitch Wer-
[2053]Fells arms company. Prov
[2054]greunds?-~ Well, WerHell om
[2056]plenty of ‘gadgets that Lear testing.
[2058]His companies. produce a deadly
[2059]sniper rife, “accurized,” automat.
[2061]ed, utterly silent, with (He built-in
[2062]capability of plugging a beer can at
[2063]& thousand y —"We guarantee
[2064]thes mich,’ says Wertell—and a
[2065]special sighting device which en-
[2066]ables the rifleman ‘to fix his target
[2068]"day or night. With Gordan Ingram,
[2070]Werlell has designed and Preduces
[2071]the incredible Ingram, a miniatur-
[2072]ized submachine gun no farger
[2073]than the familiar. .45 service auto
[2074]matic, eight hundred rounds per
[2075]‘minute, the whole shooting match
[2076]about as noisy as a very fast Ping-
[2077]Pong. match—“pac .. . pac .. .-pac-
[2078]pacpac’—the barrel is a patented. —
[2079]Werkell silencer. There is plenty of
[2080]“sophisticated equipment” to test.
[2081]But among visitors who have heen
[2082]invited there more than -once, the
[2083]place—electronic security fencing,
[2084]the dog patrols, the imperious warn-
[2086]‘ing signs, the helipad for cambsat ©
[2088]choppers, the airstrip for the com-
[2089]fany Learjet—amrng people who
[2090]call Mitch by his first name, the
[2091]place is known as “the farm.”
[2093]Rgraining special personnel is a
[2094]rigorous regime, and Col.
[2095]Bayard keeps himself ia
[2096]shape; at Zeibert’s he takes
[2097]grilled liver and a singie
[2098]beer, and lunches in silence,
[2099]seldom intervening in the discus-
[2100]sion, oecasioaally glancing at his
[2101]wr chronumeter—he must be
[2102]back at the farm by nightfall, ‘and
[2103]a3 a mere colone!, he must “fly: come
[2105]on the ready strip.
[2107]Setting out the final phases of
[2108]the Abaco take-over campaicn. Wer-
[2110]oy 22 ABACO: NATIONAL LAND TRUST -
[2111]MENT eC We
[2113]Ka
[2115]LALA HOBIE R
[2121]2a Ob
[2122]ea erv awe Bilbrectew orea wert red
[2124]Peted TVe tare:
[2126]fa ere we reese ere ere altel aieathed
[2128]feet NMP we
[2130]Ah, yes. the seven thousand native inhabitants: afser the
[2131]tevolution, every Abaconian will et a certificate tike this
[2132]one, worth one acre of homestead land absolutely tree.
[2136]USQuIEC FEReUARY 62
[2138]14-0000
[2140]_ fees
[2142]Bell sounds as smoothly and play-
[2143]fully Machiavellian as the
[2145]ot really make-or-break media
[2147]but
[2149]e: their self-image.” It's easy:
[2150]We're gonna use only
[2151]‘Abaconians’ think of
[2152]“lis. Well, as people of
[2153]‘In reality, they’
[2154]BRars | hunkered. ona moun‘ai
[2156]‘other. holiow hype. ‘No effecti Ps
[2157]war concept i is. .
[2158]Stretching across the central ‘and
[2160]g° Bahamas. Com-
[2161]. th, administered ‘by the
[2162]Pindling government in “Nassau,
[2163]they‘re'still government land, strict-
[2165]uy ho trespassing for. Private, citi-.
[2166]. ‘zens:
[2168]dust suppose, the scenario goes,
[2169]that'on January 1, 1975, good old
[2170]torpid hung over “sorry-general-
[2171]the-switchboard-is-closed” New.
[2173]Year's Day, Great Abaco and Little | |
[2174]- Abaco and all the lesser cavs. reefs
[2176]and coralback adjacent therets, de-
[2177]clare themselves.an independent re-
[2178]public. This vast virgin acreage
[2179]would: be—zp for grabs. Every na-
[2180]tive-burn Abacunian could line up
[2181]for his divvy. .
[2183]“Willihe get it? asks Ted Rous-
[2184]80s at trie restaurant.
[2185]-you bet your boots,” says
[2186]“Here, see if Fo can find
[2187]-. +. He flips through his
[2188]attaché case, custum-made by Peal’s
[2189]of Londsn, pulls out sume goll-
[2190]‘elaborately printed bends.
[2191]the Abaco National Land
[2193]Land Entitlement Certificate. This
[2194]guys every native Abaconian adult
[2195]geta his one-acre homesite free and
[2196]clear after. independence. And on
[2197]the ben ary share, he'll get some
[2199]of the m:jor lease revenues, Here's
[2201]the tender, lays it all on the line.
[2202]You. bet thes get a share. Fre
[2203]i right here,
[2204]hat the political situa-
[2205]co tx Justand fairs” ”
[2207]a fair,’ says Roussos
[2208]f course, just and fair. If
[2209]ativnal Land Whatnot gives
[2210]each hative a che-acre homesite, it
[2211]will vive them al, nian, woman and
[2213]64 Fsyuint: reoRuaRy -
[2215]t senior.
[2216]-, account executive of » mediuni-
[2217]ized ad agency’ plotting a tricky:
[2219]he support of the locals is
[2220]ial; “To. get it, we're gunna |
[2222]southern. reaches of Abaco ‘there. are a
[2224]eficiary Share Certificate. _
[2225]" And here's. the other gizmo, the
[2227]children all together, one perce’ of
[2229]their own land. Who will decide
[2230]“what's fest and feir?” :
[2232]“Ah... probably I will.”
[2233]There he is... the lotw voice. the
[2234]bony-figure in the forty-ninedollar
[2235]Robert Hall drip-dry suit, the jack-
[2236]et bulge between chest and armpit
[2237]contouring ‘not ‘the :familiar shoul-
[2239]“der holster but .a Hewlett-Packard
[2241]minicalculator: Mike Oliver likes
[2243]‘ sitting.at the far énd of the table
[2244]‘with a notebook beside the butter
[2246]plate.. He-has lunched here prudent-
[2248]- Iy‘and salubrioualy on fothing but
[2249]cold fish’ and ‘icéd-tea and with a
[2251]health-conscious: frown for the va:
[2252]por. of’ two-dollar cigars, staring in-
[2253]ntly at every ‘speaker in turn, now
[2254]staring at Tec ‘Roussos over the re.
[2256]all point but: é ‘good-.point, ‘Just?
[2258]“and: ‘fair’ are only © ‘words until’
[2260]suméebody decides’ what they are
[2261]supposed to mean. On Abaco, I will
[2263]“decide.” That's the dig point, isn't
[2267]Right you are, Mike. Chesty’
[2269]Mitch WerRell and Big Jack Mul-
[2270]doon and Smart Walt Mickem and
[2271]Courtly Lord Belhaven in their be-
[2272]spoke three-hundred-dollar suits
[2273]and club ties and hand-rubbed
[2274]Peal's cases, and Bob Bayard in his
[2275]craggy silence, and all the other
[2276]N.C.P. stalf'(New-Country Project
[2277]is what that stands for) and special!
[2278]personnel drawing contract pay on
[2279]or about Abaco are ultimately only
[2280]meant to enforce w Mike Oliver
[2281]considera just and fair and desir-
[2282]able. Ted Roussos knows it, too; he
[2283]resigns from the project the day
[2284]after the luncheon meeting. But no
[2285]one else does. Why should they?
[2286]Mike Oliver is here, after all, not
[2288]just as the founder.and constitu- .
[2290]tional creator of a perfectly séeri-
[2292]ous American new-coiintry move--
[2294]ment, but in representation of a
[2295]powerful syndicate of financial
[2296]backers, It-is, above all, Oliver who
[2297]is making independence an immi-
[2298]nent reality fer the citizens of
[2300]_ Abaco, most of whom have never
[2302]herid his name.
[2303]Kut.among the driven, troubled,
[2305]questing financiers of America, |,
[2307]Oliver is more than a name. To
[2308]many husiness leaders he's a miri-
[2309]cle worker, a minor prophet on the
[2310]crumbling walls'of the city, a far-
[2311]sighted sentry registeriig the ap-
[2312]prozch of the forces of darkness.
[2314]» For a specter is haunting America
[2316]nr new apparition of four space
[2317]aye horseinen: Inflation, Unemploy-
[2318]ment, Depression and Chaos. And
[2320]BAS
[2322]providentially, at this critical june
[2324]ture in mid-1974, Michael C. Olver,
[2325]in asentiation vith Mitchell Wor
[2326]Bell, offers the drivea rich an alter-
[2327]native: not just some ‘backecuntry
[2328]hidey-hole, but citizenship and _resi-
[2329]dénce in an entirely new country: a
[2330]newborn commonwealth wholly ded-
[2331]icated to the protection of private
[2333]wealth and the survival—indeed,
[2335]the reriral—-of the classic free-
[2336]enterprise system.
[2338]Long before the Dow hit the five
[2339]hundreda, and coffee went up to
[2340]fifty cents a cup, long before old
[2341]people began eating’ dog food and
[2342]farmers ‘dumping their calves into
[2343]ditches, Mike Oliver foresaw that
[2344]the free-enterprise econemy was
[2346]‘doomed -in—America: It sounded ~
[2347]» Strange at first, coming from Mike
[2348]- Oliver, this single-minded belief’ in
[2349]“devaluation; decline and fall, for i in
[2350]the mid-Sixties-the-dollar was still
[2352]the fixed star of the economic firma-.
[2353]ment, the U.S. economy was boom-
[2354]ing, and Oliver himself seemed the
[2355]very embodiment of the American
[2357]dream of success: a European im-—
[2359]migrant to the-U.S, at eighteen, he
[2361]had made his first million by thirty:
[2363](real-estate development, construc-
[2364]tion) and 1965 saw him living on a
[2365]charming wooded estate in Nevada
[2366]with s pretty wife named Retty and
[2367]three lively children. Approaching
[2368]fifty, Oliver was the president of
[2369]sever:! medium-sized corporations,
[2370]a settled, influential community
[2371]leader and’ the employer of a rav-
[2372]ishingly beautiful secretary named
[2373]Vicky Jo Todd, who was crowned
[2374]Miss Nevada in 1970. Yet for al-
[2375]most ten. years, where other busi-
[2376]nessmen and economists saw only
[2377]progress and prosperity, Oliver di-
[2379]vined a long-range trend toward de- :
[2381]Pressivn and disaster.
[2383]Worldwide travel and an intense
[2384]reading of economics helped con-
[2385]vince him by 1965 that, as he told
[2387]a visitor years later, “They're go- -
[2389]ing to screw up the money.” He
[2390]felt certain that debauchery of the
[2391]doliar would lead to political crisis,
[2392]inflation, and ultimately to sume
[2393]sort of dictatorship.
[2395]“Once I saw that the dollar was
[2396]kaput, that whatever the govern.
[2397]ment did would only make matters
[2398]worse, I dumped my stocks and
[2399]bonds ‘and switched to.a strong
[2400]position in gold coina. Everyone
[2401]laughed, except my friends; my
[2402]friends said Vd gone crazy. Well, as
[2404]> you know, it turned out that I'd
[2406]made some pretty snarp bets in the
[2407]money market, and instead of call-
[2409]ing to suyyest where | could get -
[2411]sume psychotherapy, my friends
[2412]called to (Contiuned an page s3ts
[2417]14-0000
[2420]nm Where
[2421]stanie t tips, Amd.
[2422]real money
[2423]t 1 Dhad gout
[2424]: Just the oppesite was
[2427]. and analysts and fo
[2429]nsultants were
[2430]y couldn't
[2432]Noses were against the wall, and so—
[2433]the market. Let me tell you, not
[2434]vo opeuple do. Amd the way iti han.
[2435]. at wasn't any tips or charts ur
[2436]ig managers; what really hap-
[2437]that by 1065 Pd: beconie &
[2438]disciple, eally—of Vrofes-
[2439]an Mises.”
[2440]or von Alists, the longest-lived
[2441]t -tweb, most prolific {nineteen
[2442]bouxs) and least self-etfucing economist
[2443]Austriun Schyul founded .by
[2444]werk, died in./1903 in New
[2445](whore: he'd been: teaching
[2447]eae a
[2449]tury of. obscurity and: ricglect, his teach-
[2450]: ings begun to enjoy a renaissance here,
[2451]2 way Karl Marx came into
[2453]e yuns of the Red Army
[2454]iWhle in the distance.-
[2456]ore people listened to Von
[2457]time, there would be more gold
[2458]cs like Oliver today, and al-
[2459]vot many did, the professor's
[2460]tiny enteriv of adinirers often compared
[2464]en
[2467]s, of course.
[2469]3 was a polymath and his
[2470]us are complex, but some of the
[2471]tT dvctrines are not difficult. to
[2472]yun Mises believed that human
[2473]Ta fuire capitalism
[2474]mie thing. He had
[2475]acramentnal faith in the
[2476]ag a mere institution—the
[2477]r “computer” seen by Key-
[2478]the guvernment can tink
[2479]whenever it needs*te—but aaa
[2480]1 Process whi ho regulates
[2481]Tai uch as one cannot
[2482]ne watch with a bung
[2483]Mises was convinced that
[2484]utd not intervene in eco.
[2485]‘ Tom! irs, in the perovidential work-
[2486]i market, without causing
[2487]rventionism” was a self-
[2488]. tus circle: the first gov-
[2489]3 7 0 ernnirntul intrusion into business neces-
[2490]2 sitated a second to stem the ravages of
[2491]the first. then a third one to unde the
[2492]juences ef the second: then
[2493]aiervention to’
[2494]third... Von Mises des
[2495]the whole
[2497]pees
[2499]errr O Rte Ree
[2501]: handwriting n when their’
[2503]40) just as, after a-half: cen-_
[2505]tern Eurupe ot abuut the.
[2507]- smoking experience.
[2509]- Onebeautiful -
[2511]A ed Mae wee ner eee
[2513]If you've never
[2514]had one, have an
[2515]A&C Grenadier
[2517]Long, stender, muld-casting A&C Grenadiers
[2518]k wrappers — are aun
[2519]petted and domestic tobsicces
[2523]See ete
[2524]SF ON PEs ev seeane:
[2528]Pee,
[2529]156 TEewy
[2531]AntonioY Cleopatra.
[2532]AAS
[2534]€sQuire FEAAUARY 151
[2537]14-0000
[2539]> use of suppressive Mreasur
[2541]Chaos and tyranny—that is sesat
[2542]Mike Oliver foresaw ne early as a e4,
[2543]the inevitatle result of America’s “ine
[2544]terventionist” and “collectiviot’ fiscal
[2545]That he made million
[2548]T
[2549]confirmieyt his premonitions. OF course.
[2550]“the profits. helped: to “people who tend
[2551]fe cuise in verms of sno .ey—-that oa,
[2552]most of us—th med.to prove that.
[2553]Oliver had something.
[2555]To tell the work w: hat he had, Uiiver
[2556]wrote a book in 1968: A New ‘Cousti-
[2557]_ tution for a New ‘Country, Printed
[2558]- privately, never. noticed in a book Fe,
[2559]w, Written in pedestrian declaratory
[2560]sle, the book has ‘thus far sold 13,400
[2561]copies through the mail—proving thot’
[2562]there does - exist that contradictuty
[2563]thing; a genuine underground best
[2564]seller. ©
[2566]The subtitle on the ‘cover reads: “Has :
[2568]the Time’ Come To Abandon the United
[2569]States?” Oliver's answer is a firm
[2570]“Yes." The book tells why, and how.
[2571]“The United States’ can ‘nv longer
[2572]" saved from severe ‘crisis... . Tho
[2573]not yet under complete tyranny, preva-
[2574]lence of totalitarian ideas and increased
[2575]prove that
[2576]f freedoni-is in’ sight: {in
[2578]ly départure will. eS
[2580]“The book is nota tract; it’s a plan of
[2581]ction, ‘If Ludwig von Mises is indeed
[2583]ism, and Harry Browne, the best-selling
[2584]author who invented Peter Panic, .per-
[2586]haps its Bakunin, its prolific pa
[2587]atructionist, then Mike Oliver is “its
[2588]Fidel C.stro—the ultimate militant
[2589]who redciines the doctrine in terms of
[2590]tetal actizn., Browne's book, advocating
[2591]that self-sufficient people withdraw to
[2592]“retreat homes” for safety, has snow-
[2593]balled into an all-season hest seller; but
[2595]‘it's Mike Oliver. who is about to show.
[2597]them how to do it.
[2599]“Tha person with self-respect has o
[2600]right to preserve hia life and freedom,”
[2601]Oliver's book reassures the reader. “But
[2602]he has no duty to y in a country
[2603]whose government policies will destroy
[2604]him.”
[2606]The country Oliver is describing isn’t
[2607]Nazi Germany; history is a cruel joker
[2608]—this time around, it's the United
[2609]States. “Means for effective action to
[2610]save freedom in the United States in
[2611]the foreseeable future no longer exist.
[2612]Thus, the freedom-loving ‘person ‘has
[2613]no choice: leave, or be deatroyed.”.
[2615]_ Fortunately, “a ‘surprising number
[2616]of nearly uninhabited, yet quite suit-
[2618]able pluces for establishing 9 new coun-.
[2620]try still exist. . ... The exact Jocation
[2621]of the new country ennnot be revealed
[2622]vt this tin.e. Yet, one has hut to look at
[2623]the western hemisphere ta find that
[2624]places for establishiiiy a new, faircecced
[2625]country ste exist.”
[2627]And now, that “fair-sized country”
[2629]country sevkers, wealthy and influen-
[2630]tial men who would have laughed at
[2632]352 ESQUIRE: FEBRUARY
[2634]Young ¢x-
[2636]the
[2638]. intelligence’ officer whe is. not me
[2639]centhusiastic, this lean _ young “har
[2641]‘best of all. black; off he goes to wor
[2642]among the silent, sun-wrinkled fisher- .
[2644]Mike Oliver's stcictures & short while
[2645]aye, are supparting his campaign with
[2646]money and anything else that might be
[2647]required, What ‘ou need, Mise;
[2648]just say the word, Slike. And the mest
[2649]on of Oliver's well.
[2650]j nas been
[2651]he Miteh
[2652]8, pars-
[2654]‘) . New it’s the
[2655]Oliver-Wer8ell organization, at least se
[2656]far as Abaco ‘is concerned. Special
[2657]personnel are interviewed, recruited,
[2658]briefed: Walter Mackem, the scholarly
[2659]vA. officer leaves fur the
[2660]Raharnas- on’ his assignnient, Big
[2661]John Mulduon rents a suite in the La-
[2662]fayette Building in midtown Washing-
[2663]ton, Kaiph McMullen is dispatched to
[2665]Miami, along. with a pale, quiet, former’
[2667]British intelligence officer known only
[2668]as “Grant wha is a communications spe-
[2669]Feil to run wireless traffic with
[2670]W érBell- Oliver’ organization’s.agent
[2671]network on Ahaco . .. coded ‘wireless
[2673]affic.. five it groups and all that
[2675]jazz, the. way-a proper ‘intelligence sta .
[2676]keptical Ted Roussos
[2678]tion.does it. The‘
[2679]is sodn replaced with another U.S:
[2681]charger. ‘Named Charles Boyle, he
[2683]men.and lobster trap of Abaco.”
[2684]And yet.who-but Mike Oliver-is des-
[2685]tined to” comprehend it, to encompass it,
[2686]to direct it all?-Who but Oliver unde
[2687]Stands that the campaign for Abaco is
[2689]not another banana-republic Jand grab, -
[2691]that this ia an ideological, yes, a moral
[2692]movement? Who makes sure that the
[2693]ideas of free enterprise and unfettered
[2695]“market capitalisni find seme expression
[2697]in every leaflet, pamphlet or newsletter
[2698]that the Oliver-WerBell organization
[2699]produces fur distribution on Abace?
[2700]AIM DEMANDS CONSTITUTIONAL CHANCES
[2701]WHICH WILL ELIMINATE THE. POWER OF
[2702]GOVERNMENT TO ARBITRARILY LIMIT PER-
[2703]SONAL RICHTS! AIM DEMANDS AN IMME-
[2704]DIATE END TO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIT
[2705]AND CONTROL OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
[2706]AIM DEMANDS. THE ESTABLISIEN ENT OF A
[2708]t, “pare-lemred men and
[2709]women of Abaco really demand all this?
[2710]Why ask? Mike Oliver has it at] thought
[2711]out fur them, Avterr uf ao remote-con-
[2712]trolled independence scenario, he means
[2713]to be a bon putron—not just the remote
[2714]maninulator, but in time the eifcient
[2715]and productive manager of the affairs
[2717]of Abaco. One question remains tu be |
[2719]settled here at lunch.
[2720]“Weare sure that our special person-
[2721]nel will seize and hold control on Abace
[2723]“when U.D.L comes," Qliver says, turn-
[2725]ing directly to Lord Belhaven. “What
[2726]I'm still worried about is the at te of
[2727]the British suvernment. The Pindhng
[2728]regime in Nas. will urge military in-
[2729]tervention by the British when they
[2730]alize that their constabulary ia no patch
[2731]for uur men, We want to be sure that
[2732]intervention docs ‘not tike place, Do you
[2733]think you can do itt
[2735]Lord Helhaven is an urbane, unflap-
[2737]House ot Lords. He is ao
[2741]PROPEL LIT
[2743]capond for the povernment
[2745]gcovement aver the first British loly-
[2747]“Oliver attcriptal te evtain te repre.
[2748]spent the tt sof the hace cam.
[2749]pai i nani.
[2750]Colin M in for bes
[2752]a
[2754]perl amd ovepbesrs
[2757]date lieutensn : of the Arey
[2758]and ‘Sutheriand Hig iers who was
[2760]serving a termin Parhament asa Com
[2762]n “Mad Match"! Mitchell was a
[2763]Brought ever te Werkells Ate
[2764]Lunta estate on the usual ollexpenses-
[2765]paid trip to meet some of Abaco's spoo-
[2766]sours, Mitcheil turnal to be abrasive
[2767]and relentlessty acquisitive. To belp
[2768]Abuco slong, he vanted a large fee.
[2770]a very large fee. Hie visit wad not ‘a :
[2771]success,
[2773]Tard Bethaven is diferent. Keeping
[2774]an eye on Oliver, ¢a .
[2775]fully as the American is watching Aim,
[2776]he decides not to explain the coniplexi-
[2777]ties. of influencing Her Majesty's Gov
[2778]erninent. “Oh, absolute he tells Oli-
[2779]ver with an encouraging ‘smile. “Not to
[2780]worry. I don't think Loudon really cares
[2781]what happens in ‘the Bahamas, yoa
[2782]know—tvo m: “dlouly miseries at
[2783]home. i've al y tabled a question on
[2784]Abaco for next week in the House, and
[2785]we'll keep up the pressure, I'll promise
[2786]you.that. By the tinte U.D.1. ia due...
[2787]fo, I -don’t think we should worry too
[2789]don.”
[2791]“Well, UD. is alt set: New Year's
[2792]Day,”. says Oliver. His face is suddenly |
[2793]different; the intense stare turns into a
[2794]‘warm, alniost aectionate grin. “Until
[2795]then, good luck, everybody, and back two
[2796]work. There's lots to be done.”
[2798]he mea rise in silent ageremer!. The
[2800]Tischgceprack is over: within twen-
[2801]ty-four hours the Oliver-WerHell orga-
[2802]nization is bacs in high gear. The patis
[2803]to ULILT, is lined with a thousand tasks;
[2804]connections to be coupled, mingled pa-.
[2805]raineters separated, contingencies re
[2807]" planned, “operational eapauilities™ to be
[2809]“actunted.”
[2810]* Rohert Anthony Carmichnel Hanil-
[2811]ton, thirteenth Raryn of Belhaven and
[2812]Stenton, jets back to London overnixzht,
[2813]pensively sipping Isic of Islay Scotch ia
[2814]a frunt-cabin VILE. seat. A fortnight or
[2815]so is spent planning and tablige mo
[2816]tions, and on June 1), at half past two
[2817]ef the clock, with the House of Lords
[2818]reassembled after the Whitaun recess,
[2819]the Lord Chanevllor on the Woolsack,
[2820]the Bishup of Portsmouth having read
[2821]the proper prayers, Lord Hethaven rises |
[2822]to address the pewrs of the realtor in a
[2823]voice of singuiar yravity: ~ ,
[2824]“My Lords, 1 dey ivave to ask the
[2825]Question which stands in my name on
[2826]the Order Paper. The Que tien was as
[2827]follows: To ask Her Ma
[2828]bivnt what 4
[2829]to mike, to t
[2831]bassine
[2832]Lord
[2833]ry und
[2835]the Abace
[2837]ands are
[2839]which bee
[2841]much ‘about Serious trouble from. Lon--
[2844]14-0000
[2846]foree of repe! ton, the Otiver-WerBell
[2848]! again,‘as-on-a number of previous oc-
[2850]Lords that the plucky,’ oppressed little
[2851]. Abaco
[2853]“State on July 10; 1973. Te would nomad
[2855]therefore, be appropriate for Hee M
[2856]rernment in the United King:
[2857]Kita seen to intervene in- the interral |
[2861]the noble Lord for that °
[2863]Lords: Ei the
[2864]repiy ant appreciate what he says... .
[2865]And aithoughithe people of Abaco have
[2866]Rat. on the recent record, demonstrably
[2867]$uitfered harassment, and Lord Pelha-
[2868]ven knows it, there is's subliminal sense
[2869]in Which it's all quite true. To lure the
[2870]government into procisiming and-reit--
[2871]erating the p inciple of nonintervention
[2872]in the newly i dependent: Bahamas -is_
[2873]one of the subtler gosls-of Lord Belha-
[2874]ven “s strategy. -
[2875]Lord Goronwy-Roberts is ‘densely.
[2877]Lords, this is the case of .an: indepen:
[2878]dent country. . My Lords, indepen-
[2879]dence. is indepe dictum
[2880]‘hardens’ into. dogma, if only by sheer
[2882]2
[2884]casions, impressed .upon the House of
[2886]In Powder: Springs. Ceorgia,- ‘where
[2887]Col. Bayard is sweating five special per-
[2888]ninel trainees from Abaco down at the
[2890]“Gnachine-gun range behind the fishpond:
[2892]ef Mitch Werfell’s farm, it is nine
[2893]o'clock in the morning. Dusty, strained,
[2895]popryed from the jabhing of rapid-fire
[2896]recvils, the colonel and his boys, whose
[2897]diurnal “duty tour” begins at six a.m.,
[2898]take a break. In doxy little electrie carts
[2899]of the sort used hy golfers, they roll si-
[2901]. Iyntlyacress the clase-cropped lawn of
[2903]the WerBell estate, up to the manor
[2904]house where they draw “midmorning
[2905]rations”—country ham sandwiches, pc-
[2906]ean biscuits, cold milk in fourteen-ounce
[2907]classes. Then it’s down to the riffe
[2908]range for three hours of marksmanship
[2909]instruction with a remarkable trainiag .
[2910]device devised by WerBell himself: a”
[2911]standard 7.62 N.A.T.O. military rifle
[2912]converted to fire 22 long- rity cartridges.
[2913]It's a luw-cost, low-noise, practically re-
[2914]coil-free way to teach a man how to hit
[2915]a Or Pepper can at seventysfive yards
[2916]with a military firearm, and it works:
[2917]the men who make it throuh this drill
[2918]are thereafter known, in the special
[2919]WerBellian nomenclature compounded
[2920]from the Hngo of Wurld War H, Korea,
[2921]Veetaam, and the intelligence establish-
[2922]ible war, as “sniper quali-
[2923]are, too.
[2925]. the Gliver. Were
[2926]ami headquarters
[2928]Rell orga
[2931]agadiamund.
[2934]dents, isonew kineawwn nonpro-
[2935]onally as Mrs. ph MeMulte n
[2936]preparing ap.
[2937]to who makes the
[2938]ane run tu Abaco, Into the, care:
[2939]masking taped care cartons gu
[2940]to te agents on Abace; spare pi
[2942]" WerHell, who i
[2944]“expet ing ‘an ‘important visitor
[2946]for a shortwave setion the blink 7 Bova
[2947]rr Rand: For'the New lntetlectnalh;
[2948]mazes of bumper stickers and wind?”
[2949]hicht stichera for- panel trifens apostro-
[2950]-phizing the Pindhnic government in-
[2951]competence and corruption, written by
[2952]Oliver's executive assistant Dave Scholl;
[2953]and bunches of other goodics ‘best
[2954]shipped directly and informally since
[2955]they. would only annoy the Hahamas
[2956]government if spotted passing through
[2957]the regular customs channels.
[2959]Two weeks Hiave passed since that ta-
[2961]“ble d'héte’at Duke Zeibert's, and Mike _
[2963]Oliver, having flown more than twenty
[2964]thousand miles, is back in Washington”
[2965]at’ the Gramercy Inn (single. room,
[2966]$23.50) talking on the “phone to Mitch
[2967]also back in Ww ‘ashing-
[2969]-ton but at the
[2970]tel (Monroe. Suite,.$95 daily). Oliver i is
[2972]. however well dey
[2974]-flung” physical. culture ‘chain Bond. a
[2975]spectacularly successful. young tycoon
[2977]“known .to held strung libertarian views,
[2978]- has expressed | his inté
[2980]tin buying. a
[2981]share, of the Abaco project, and I am
[2982]able to sit inom the briefing while Oli-
[2983]ver explains his dreams for the future
[2984]of Abaco.
[2986]Frank Bond arrives late, after eleven
[2987]at night. accompanied by a short. grey-'
[2988]ing lawyer and: an air of coiled impa-
[2989]tience. Bond ia young, unexpéctedly
[2990]young for a self-nade- millionaire, stim,
[2991]durk, dressed in’ a black suit which
[2992]louks rich but somehow too roureau, He
[2993]has already had at Jeast one long talk
[2994]with Oliver, but the allorney, as he
[2995]puts it, “knows from nothing” ebout
[2996]Abaco, It's just as well, for assembled
[2997]to greet. the two potential. participants
[2998]there are Col. Bayard, Mitch WerBeil
[2999]and of course Oliver—a synergized trio
[3000]wound up to deliver a sucko briefing.
[3002]The lawyer begins with the usual
[3003]question about Abaco as a potential tax
[3004]shelter, and Oliver fielts it with prac:
[3007]“Keep in mind what we are bul! ding
[3008]on Abaco is not a tax-shelter nation,”
[3009]he says. "It's a tux- free rution. Have
[3010]you read any of odr planning papers?
[3011]Have you sven ny book? The constitu:
[3012]tion? No? Well, maybe Frank told you”
[3013]—the lawyer shakes his head dubious-
[3014]ly. “Anyhow, basically what we are.
[3015]structuring on Abaco is thig... maybe .
[3016]L better rend it te you from the consti-
[3017]tution... ‘Preamble: We, the people or
[3018]Abaco’... and soon... here’. that
[3019]the only trac aad pi
[3020]yore ut ie-te protect |
[3021]from force ant pravd, oat that | thre
[3023]oly! And here con the nest
[3025]jareixvhiction 2.
[3026]here turther down toat puverninent
[3028]' 2 aa
[3030]“more” important ‘than..
[3031]t this’is. Private financial.
[3032]ssue all our money ‘and -
[3037]«Aired Bos participants to protect
[3039]ord unterual tiree and tran
[3041]“What fs mean te say...” says the
[3043]mean if you go tu ps thirty-eight.”
[3045]Oliver overrides hin. “Here Article
[3046]Twenty-seven says—this is Fiscal Mat-
[3047]tera—that “Ne gorernment agency,
[3048]branch or level shull pass any law, reg-
[3049]algtion or other restirction with the of
[3050]fect of ‘eatabishing @ legal tender or
[3051]otherwise requiring the acceptance of
[3052]ony form of moury, currency, Coin or
[3053]other medium of exchange: ercept as
[3054]provided bg roluntary coutracts or by
[3055]wethal consent voluntarily arrived at
[3056]between persawas or entities.” And here,
[3057]down at paragraph four: ‘The financ-
[3058]ing of goverumeut activities shall be ace
[3059]‘complished by roluntary payment of
[3060]premiums by persone wishing to partici-
[3061]pate in the serrices of government. wee
[3062]Do you follor what this means? First
[3063]off: the government of the independent
[3065]Republic of Abaco will-have ‘no power -
[3067]+ This is-very important.
[3069]. Frank knows
[3071]theyll guarantee ‘it. There
[3073]Federal Deposit Insurance on Abaco, no
[3074]-governnent loan guarantees or. banking
[3076]regulations, Nothing like the Federal
[3077]Reserve. No central bank, aa you
[3078]can see—no central bank. no ir.volve-
[3079]ment with the International Jionetary
[3080]Fund.”
[3082]“The money will be backed in gold,”
[3083]says the lawyer questioningly.
[3085]“The money will bein gold, at least
[3086]sonie of it,” says Oliver, “Some of us
[3088]who were the first participants have: .
[3090]drawn up the charter for a b and
[3091]we ill issue the ‘rand,’ the basic unit
[3092]containing .23 troy ounces of fold—a
[3093]handy medium-sized coin worth about
[3094]fifty dollars at present rates. Nemed
[3095]after Ayn Rand, you umlerstand, not
[3096]after the South Afeiean rand. There'll
[3097]be quarters and perhaps quintals, the
[3098]quintal worth just about ten dollars.
[3099]Then of course we'll have to have paper
[3100]money, ba to either in yold or other
[3101]stable as: All fully gotd-convertible
[3102]—you want Your wages in guid, you
[3103]just pay Uhe issuer a wisit.”
[3105]~And if an
[3106]the lawyer softly.
[3108]“They won't default.”
[3110]says Oliver.
[3112]“The asarts will have to be there, cover- |
[3114]ing the value of the issue, and if there's
[3115]any funny business, it’s long jail terms
[3116]foe everybody and his accountant—that
[3117]would be firstalesree fraud. Rut of
[3118]course self-regulation will probably
[3119]suggest that, issuers carry bankrupicy
[3120]insurance far triple safety-—privetely
[3121]written insurance, mind yeu.
[3123]“And public serviere—f'rn thinking of
[3124]the police, the judges, nye cullec-
[3125]tien, you know what i mean—Uhose will
[3126]he fin anced by whom?” asks the hinyer.
[3128]Thes ll be financed by voluntary:
[3129]says Ohiver, “Voluntary in
[3132]c at VOW
[3133]Jot yeu bus
[3137]esQuirt. eeaRuaRy 133
[3139]f
[3140]for instance. you see what we.
[3144]ho mfter werd,.
[3152]14-0000
[3154]Fs ANY
[3156]2 VON ARRAT AY 7A LIARS PC SOR ONTO
[3158]will be known ads ‘part
[3160]aS Just: like’ the.iU,S:
[3162]ship, anme long-term borrowis
[3164]forers,”
[3166]premiums
[3168]“UW be cntitted to the se
[3169]keverniment provides: those
[3170]won't be. Whatever service: pe
[3171]business can provide compett ively
[3172]be left to private enterprise, ”
[3174]“Like the police?” the ‘yer smiles.
[3175]“There's a cute deal—if you don't pay
[3176]your, premiuns, they can't arrest you
[3177]for overtime parking.”
[3179]“Well, no. Not really,” says Oliver,
[3180]“They can't arrest you for overtime
[3182]Those who pay the year
[3184]» Parking anyhuic, because this covern-
[3186]ment won's have the right to tell you
[3187]how long you should ‘stop your car at
[3188]the curb—why should it? But if you're
[3189]guilty’ of force or fraud, you? be ore
[3190]-rested whether you are a paid:u;
[3191]ticipant of nut’; What’ a nonpartici
[3192]von't have will be the right ‘to conduct
[3193]civil litigation, to set up a surrogate
[3194]trust, to collect damages on.
[3195]so forth.”
[3197]“mean as an
[3200]ied run-just like
[3201]° says Oliver.
[3202]ernment. The
[3203]bicameral legis-
[3205]organization, How
[3206]“Well, in some w:
[3207]the government
[3209]constitution calls ior
[3210]lature. An assembly
[3211]-portional ‘basis and a-senate. And there,
[3212]YOu see, the similarity stops. Abaco will
[3213]have no foreign. service like ‘the State
[3215]a Department, only trade representatives
[3217]in countries where business demands it.
[3219]Ut will have no public school system.
[3221]Beyond the fourth grade, there'll be
[3222]only private schools, privately main-
[3224]», tained.”
[3226]“No school system,” says the lawyer.
[3228]“*Why not?”
[3230]“Hecause what is called the school
[3232]system in the United States is really.an-
[3234]indoctrinatiun system,” says Oliver.
[3235]“ft's a syster for bureauerats to brain-
[3236]wash young people i n favor of collee-
[3237]tivism and statisai
[3239]“And sucinlisi
[3240]ingly.
[3242]“Yes. In the high schouls and col-
[3243]leges, in faver of ‘outright socialism,”
[3244]says Oliver. “This is not to say Abaco
[3245]won't have an educational rn OF Its
[3246]own kind, Lut every schout have ww
[3247]be financed privately, by the families of
[3248]the students or private benefacters, Tt
[3249]will mean, here and there, some hard-
[3250]~ maybe
[3251]o-and thut will be made feas:ble at
[3253]says Bond ‘approv-
[3255]_ low interest, 1 expect —but collectively
[3257]it will mean the survival of frevtom in
[3258]its: one essential _Provenance—ia the
[3259]Minds of the next ‘generation. Because,
[3260]you see,” Oliver holds his bony finger
[3261]before his face to silence all interrup-
[3262]tions, “Abacu is not 5 ing to be another
[3263]banana republic, That's not the punt: I
[3264]souldn't spend an hour's time just ta
[3265]minke some money that way, The pant
[3266]“is that the Repubhe of Abace will te,
[3267]first of all, eral experiment, a pince
[3268]where we'll try to heep individual faa
[3269]dom alive even of it doesn't survive an
[3270]America.”
[3271]“But won't
[3272]Bond doubt far .
[3273]"Oh, sure, Abaco will have ate armed
[3274]gaya Olver. *
[3276]1940 CsQuIet Henuaar
[3278]_ all wrong. They are
[3280]tort, and’
[3282]: Vhat sort of a poverament “wit it~ thiak
[3283]-_ be, anyhow?” asks Bond.
[3285]ected on 8 pro-”
[3287]Ye will cail then,
[3289]peace-keeping forces, becazse t
[3290]what they wil be. Abaco 3
[3292]make war on onuther ta
[3293]tary. of cuurse, Here
[3295]mortal outh and stand to atz
[3297]a national aathen, "bea 3 oe
[3298]ment-of Abaco will have no ceprip
[3299]sonal, pata-legal, special powers.
[3300]function only’ as the hired serva=
[3302]the -participants who pay fer it
[3304]Abaco pesce-keeping volunteers west
[3305]\ be made to salute any metaphysi
[3306]emblems, or take theistic piecces
[3307]government has mo right to iavawe:
[3309]they will sign a two-year or fiveyear or
[3310]any-year contract., as the conditions
[3311]may “demand, just like any hiral-erafy-
[3313]¢ it will be a dama eat
[3315]“men. ¥ sus]
[3317]he lawyer, who has |
[3318]gat his watch with rede |
[3319]“Ww elt, Frank, if wa
[3321]Bond, tising toa, “we
[3323]gotta go. Call-you in'the mortiag, Nive,
[3325]ind ‘we'll talk.” .
[3327]“One | more question,” says the law:
[3328]er.’ You gut the:natives, fice, tea thou
[3329]and natives...” .
[3330]“Seven thousand,” says Mitch Wer-
[3331]Bell, “maybe eight ‘or nine at them
[3332]it some. who are working in the botels
[3334]ight, say cight thousand, a
[3335]“says the lawyer. “How can. you. be sure
[3336]they'll buy all this—vote for your con
[3337]stitution and all that? After a'l, the
[3338]place belouge to the natives.”
[3340]“Well, we're training quite’ s few
[3341]natives with leadership potential,” says
[3342]WerBell. “Political indoctrination, and
[3343]so on. They'll organize a folio
[3344]maybe half the pepulation, that?!
[3345]along with us, vote the way they "re sup-
[3346]pused.to. And Hob here, Colonel Bay-
[3347]ard, he's also training some malives |
[3348]with good potential, except he’s tr.
[3349]ing Ais boys haw to shuet af a mov
[3350]target without missing, And we Eeure
[3354]the natives who won't buy what we
[3355]"em—they'll listen to Bub Baya
[3356]boys."
[3358]“Fine, call you tomorros, nic
[3359]metcha, bye... .
[3360]his counsel are gone.
[3361]. “God abmight
[3362]oe What de you t
[3363]For an insiant, he is as drained as an
[3364]actor after the perform
[3365]Mike, you were great...
[3366]gung-ho.as ever, but Oliver is atready
[3367]yw guing to bed.
[3369]pecling of his shirt.“
[3370]G'nivht everybody.”
[3372]Wut at breakfast it's a diferent st
[3373]“Frank called before eight this re:
[3374]ing—he’s really turned on.” says 0: .
[3375]“He's p g up ten thousand cash as
[3376]a surt’ of fouthold en Abaco, he said,
[3377]and next wevk we'll talk avriogs nie:
[3378]He fares the project
[3380]“As tong ae it fooks ke a giset deal”
[3381]cll growls in a huny over wucce,
[3382]Phat’s what his lawyer soid7 Nave
[3383]says happy. “And TE tel them, me, se
[3384]long as sou care for freedom, because
[3385]thats the big point, And vou krew
[3386]what Frank said? He said, “Mae, seu
[3389]Ww
[3391]iA
[3393]“OF CHER.
[3395]*$) couds 5
[3396]They were al-
[3397]Geffen dilate
[3398]ly fell in Jove. In
[3399]the only dite in his
[3401]THE WINNING
[3403]. Getten, KA Ovlan-and Robbie
[3404]on of The. Band went to ace
[3405]Neil Younsz’s shew’ at Gerfen's -ctub,
[3406]the Roxy. A fri told him Cher was
[3407]alune ond wanted to join them. “Cher
[3408]said, ‘Let's get together for dinner,’
[3409]and we were never apart since,” says
[3410]Geen with a small preen in his voice.
[3412]bers with any ac,
[3414]After the taning of the last Sonny and -
[3416]Cher show, Davi.
[3418]gent picture of Cher, bare midrifed, in
[3419]white with a butterfly over one ear
[3420]and another ‘in her Cleavage, and a°
[3421]shaved-for-theoccasion Geffen, in itis
[3422]sharpie tux; on her arm. It was. Cher
[3424]who talked him into the Corniche Rolls -
[3426]with the wire wheels. Cher who threw
[3427]out all his shirts sad dressed him. And
[3428]now because of Cher and: their mutual
[3429]psychiatrist, Dr. Ma Grotjahn, ‘he
[3430]ean ge into this boutique on the Strip
[3431]and have the two $345 suede jackets
[3433]and Cher surfaced °
[3434]together at the Grammy Awards, That
[3435]produced thee famous butterily-emer
[3437]fitted and ask if they have a third so
[3439]che will have one in every possible
[3441]color,
[3443]Califirnia -ostentation and flat-out
[3444]American exuberance, Ahmet Ertegun
[3445]influenced Geffen in another way. Ahmet
[3446]was so composed in his power, so re-
[3447]laxed at handling the tutally wrecked
[3448]rock stars who'd ‘come crashing off
[3449]planes, fall into his arris, rip the shirt
[3450]ot his ified back andi expect to he
[3451]taken home for dinner. Even now with
[3452]Ahmet, atin tine vs texpect
[3453]to be coehai: men of the AUlantic/ Asylum
[3454]board, Geen gets tiat) Breoklyn-bey
[3455]look on his face as though he is sroing
[3456]to ask, “ts this an ashtray?” before
[3457]dumping his cyaretic. Hs whole New
[3458]York world of the high-up Pierre suite
[3459]and the chauffeured car that is wait-
[3460]ins, motor running, for Mr. Geffen
[3461]when he emerges from Ahmet's town
[3462]house at tio a.m. is blown, and he is
[3463]back to the tine when ke had pone to
[3464]Ah in bus
[3465]third the.
[3466]manne Laura Nyro and supporting
[3467]them both, was broke and trying to sell
[3468]Ahmet an artist. Ahmet asked what it
[3469]would take to keep Geen going for a
[3470]year, Getfea said fifty thousand dollars,
[3471]hamming the fizure bad been making
[3472]when he ran the Ashiey Famous music
[3473]vent, the feure that represented
[3474]wealth’ te him when he was a bushoy
[3475]in the Catskills and beieg rich meant
[3476]goa Caditise and being on Qvean
[3477]Parkway, “If yea earned fifty thou.
[3478]saud dollars a yar, that was the most
[3479]any man conkh po
[3480]my nealy
[3481]his cheexbowk and arote
[3482]sonal cheek, He never
[3484]tu p
[3487]Uhat fT gave te Aba
[3489]Ww
[3491]While: Cher brought » him . to this
[3493]. oe "28 January 1975
[3495]SUBJECT: Press Reports of Ex-CIA Employees Involvement with
[3496]- Persons under Congressional Investigation
[3500]. ad. Press reports of Sentator. ‘Lowell. Py Weicker' s investigation. ‘of
[3501]- CIA's involvement with other government agencies surfaced the contact
[3502]of Lucien Conein-of DEA, a former employee, with an electronic maru-
[3503]facturer named Michael Morrisey. The same reports have also tied 7
[3504]Morrisey with a Mr. Mitchell L. WerBell, Ill, who, according ‘to our,
[3505]a : = files, has clainied United States Government and ‘CIA connections in
[3506]_ . ; the past. According to DEA, WerBell recently invoked the Fifth Amends °*
[3507]ment when appearing before Senator Jackson's Subcommittee investigating
[3508]DEA on whether or not he supplied arms to Robert Vesco. “Also, While
[3509]not mentioned in the press, at least. one retired CLA staffer and possibly.
[3510]two others may have been involved with Conein and Morrisey. The ex-
[3511]staffer is John P. Muldoon, a friend of Conein's, who. currently isa
[3512]private security specialist who has dealt with Morrisey in the purchase
[3513]of audio sweeping devices for his business. Muldoon was retained ! by
[3514]WerBell curing first half of 1974. The other two, Walter J, Mackem,,
[3515]~an-acqu aintance of Conein' s, anda Theodore J, Roussos, ‘bath of whom
[3516]“were in contact.with WerBell for possible employment in a scheme to
[3517]_-promate. the-secessién of the Bahamian Island Gf Abaco, an enter prise
[3518]"publicized i in February 1975 issue of Esquire by Andrew St. | George.
[3520]~ 2. We have no information in our files on the B. R. Fox Company
[3522]or:the Fox Company principals mentioned in the press ace: s. We were,
[3523]however, told b by DEA that Mr. Sandy Smith, Time magazine reporter,
[3524]was working ona story to the effect that the late Bernard S: pindel, former
[3525]“owner of the Fox Company, w was previously involved in “wire lapping for
[3527]the Teamsters Union and providing explosive cevices for organized crime."
[3528]Although Mr. Smith did not allege that cither CIA or DEA were associated “
[3529]with the Fox Company or Svindel, our DEA source. said d that Mr. Smith had
[3530]no intention of dropping the story and we can expect further press coverage.
[3532]3. In conclusion, ther e has” Leen no CLA involvement with the
[3533]B. R. Fox Company or with Michael Morrisey. ‘Morcover, Me. WerBell's
[3534]clairns of CIA affiliation or support over the years are simply not true. |
[3537]14-0000
[3539]- 25 Janzary 1975
[3541]SUBJECT: Mitchell Livingston WerBell LIT (201-259910) , i
[3543]1. Mitchell Livingston WerBell, who appeared in recent press
[3544]reports has for over a period of ten years been claiming to be a -
[3545]réepreseritative of the United States Government and of CLA, . The facts
[3546]do not ‘Support this contention, _
[3548]2. .CIA first learned of WerBell in July of 1959 when he contacted
[3549]General Cabel indicating xnoWledge of Cuban and ‘Dominican affairs.
[3550]Mr. Thomas J. Flores of LA Division was put in contact with WerBell
[3551]and:considered using him as an Fl asset. A POA was granted on
[3552]‘73 July 1959 for. this purpose. By October. 1959 it was ‘apparent that he
[3554]did not have the access to information as hoped and he apparently looked
[3555]upon his association with CLA asa means of furthering his various
[3556]‘business schemes. Ali contact was then severed.
[3558]- 3. From that time until the present Mr. WerBell has cropped up ‘
[3559]in a number of nefarious activities whereby he inferred he had CIA connections
[3560]or support. He was repovted to have been involved in arms sales to
[3561]Nicaragua and Guatemala, in efforts to gain recognition by certain
[3562]South American countries of the Cuban Government in Exile, and in an
[3563]abortive scheme to invade the Republic of Haiti in 1906. He also turned
[3564]up in Thailand where he contacted the COS purportiig to’ Bea Counter-
[3565]insurgency expert. In 197I the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
[3566]queried the Agency re Mr. Werbell, asking if WerBell hac a contractual
[3567]agreement or association with the Agency, as Werbcil was awaiting a hearing
[3568]before a Department of Defense Examinér related tohis participation in’
[3569]the aboritve Haiti invasion. . The Office of the General Counsel placed the
[3570]matter in perspective. Subsequently, he contacted the Agency to request
[3571]intercession on his behalf to have his security clearance reinstated which
[3573]. Gob revoked because of his Haitian caper. He was told this, cculd not. bei
[3574]done. [n-197] he again appeared in Thailand attempting to seil arms. da
[3575]1973 he was under investigation by U.S. Treasury Bureau of Alechol, |
[3577]Tobacco and Firearms and by the United States Customs Service for activities
[3578]mas. Ini
[3580]relating to possible mercenary activities in Abaco Island, Bat
[3581]this connection WerBell contacted three ex-CIA employees, Johan P. Muldoon,
[3582]Walter J. Mackern and Theodore Roussos in a scheme to tavelve ther
[3584]the activitics of an organization called the Friends of Abacu (POA which iis
[3585]advocating the secession of the island from the Commonwealth of Bahamais.
[3587]3.3% - |
[3589]i
[3591]rte
[3594]14-0000
[3596]All three inviduals reported their involvement with the WerBell group |
[3597]and had sought guidance from the Agency. In May and June they were
[3598]advised to break all ties with WerBell. On 27.June 1974 the FBI was
[3599]formally apprised of WerBell's overtures for their collaboration in
[3601]the effort'to bring: Abaco's secession. In September 1974 WerBell
[3603]reportedly went to Greece to sell arms to the Greek Government.
[3605]. Most recently WerBell reportedly appeared before Senator Jackson's
[3606]_Sub- Committee investigating DEA and-had taken the Fifth Amendment’ |
[3607]‘on the question of whether or not he had supplied arms to Robert Vesco.
[3610]14-90000
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[3614]i
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[3619]\ .
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[3626]|  MPON EIDE ARTICLE ON FBACO.
[3629]LEI cable dited wy Ten DB
[3631]aaa Aladdin Mm. ne--TAYVAR
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[3634]ey Security - — 1RBQ-
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[3642]14-0000
[3645]ae * pack ora rasolignt.
[3648]wanted to purchare,
[3649]azency ssokesm
[3650]Cone:
[3651]Frank. Y
[3653]"of the ¢ splosive. veuipment
[3654]1" buy any of according 10-+F
[3657]oo sald he company, B. it’ Fua, dusts
[3658]_ — csr several devicys designed “ta carr.
[3660]l plosives uriscered, by ume, movere
[3662]mechanizal pressuivs, light, of audio
[3663]mechanisms.
[3664]~ Leet The -eataincue state “The devices have
[3665]. - : oc actured for sale
[3666]. . ed afencies of the United |
[3668]soweificaily intended
[3669]le at ‘this country. 6s
[3670]coniained Ter is
[3671]manutactare? for
[3673]+. States -3¥ rent
[3675]a _.. ,fors alieation G
[3677]US.
[3678]. The han bust and
[3679]De AOMG we
[3681]Jt . daviers
[3682]we net know
[3683]. oa ob ek g farmer empiayes ut ibe Cent
[3684]net toe gence Accncy, is ac’ f of spe
[3685]: + Qperations and field su
[3686]7 e nee. Fel
[3688]” " Conein’s reachion tu the demonstrs
[3690]Feldkamp sand, was,
[3691]However, that’s not why. Prt here.
[3693]+, falesman, Wr
[3694]not identify, F
[3695]good sale:
[3696]make 2 Ss
[3697]not, does nt purchate,
[3699]ect ranies sarveiilancy eG
[3700]aid 1s “frequent
[3702]ere. *
[3704]worth” af
[3706]ment, shich Fed:
[3708]used (ey ine DE
[3709]. Acked at
[3713]J
[3714]i W (opel
[3715]oo 53
[3717]yas shecked and
[3718]we be Weicke
[3720]“a any
[3723]pate when
[3724]jaw
[3726]game ta a prerty
[3728]ised legally. Tivere’s na way this ¢quip-
[3731]Feitikamp said “it wouldn't) he within
[3732]the purview OC DEA asa narcotics acencs”
[3733]“te review the legabily of the explost.e j
[3734]equipment
[3736]d Sune 10, 1974, wri
[3737]tienery be a persen .
[3739]A cover meno ¢
[3740]fon BR OES
[3744]with the arproval of the te '
[3746]: had never seo i
[3747]sea feemer em |
[3748]ithe: ell |
[3750]rouid see il. {
[3752]WerBell said that he had
[3753]days o bet bh Marr
[3755]ually been made, "Lou's nut in
[3756]siness and nettes ony
[3758]never
[3759]the 3
[3760]wow
[3761]Mare: ssey could rot be reached for i
[3762]‘commest. .
[3764]eo ad.
[3766]2s.
[3767]Jot i a a
[3769]iallesed CLA 2
[3770]fora we
[3771]an Amet
[3772]after tak
[3774]Cubes
[3775]Trade For,
[3776]‘Cl Agent’
[3780]mains of a street in Achestos, a mining
[3783]14-0000
[3785]IA Agent Contacted on Alexandria Firm’s Assassination Equipment
[3787]maason
[3788]Mad? Weer
[3790]ug official
[3791]ter Central
[3792]rncy, operas
[3793]4 of Water.
[3795]oily
[3797]gate conspirator E. Howard
[3798]Hunt Jr. has been mention-
[3799]ed in connection with an
[3800]azrempt by an Alexandria
[3801]firm to.sell assassination
[3802]equipment to the U:S. -gov-
[3803]emment. : 7
[3805]Sen. Lowe!l P. Weicker
[3806]Jr. R-Conn., disclosed
[3808]- today that. Lucian Conein,
[3809]director of special projects
[3811]for the Drug Enforcement
[3812]Administration, viewed the’
[3813]equipment manufactured
[3815]y by the now-defunct Alexan-
[3817]dria electronics firm. But
[3818]Concin denies he ever even.
[3819]considered buying any of
[3820]the equipment.
[3822]Weicker released a cata-
[3823]logue of the devices which
[3824]included such things as ex-
[3825]Dloding cigarette. packages
[3826]and. electronic booby traps
[3827]fortelephnne receivers. The
[3828]ecuipment was manufac.
[3829]tured by the B. R. Fox
[3830]Laboratories, which'Weicke '
[3831]er said went out-of business.
[3832]three weeks ago.
[3834]THE SENATOR, a for-
[3836]Concin’s involvement in the
[3837]incident raise serious .new
[3838]questions about the opera-
[3839]tions of federal law enforce-
[3840]ment and Intelligence agen-
[3841]cies.
[3843]He also quéstioned ‘a
[3844]statement by Conein that
[3845]the DEA planned to pur-
[3846]chase only electronic eaves.
[3847]dropping devices from Fox.
[3849]“L told the senator that,’*.
[3850]Conein said. “Yeah, I.saw -
[3852]this (assassination) stuff.
[3853]So what? I’'ve-seen a lot of
[3854]that kind of thing in my
[3857]Conein was a long-time
[3858]CIA operative before mov-
[3859]ing to the DEA with the
[3860]assistance’ of Egil Krogh,
[3861]former head of the White
[3862]House plumbers for whom
[3864]‘Hunt worked:
[3866]Tn July 1971, Conein had a
[3867]three-way telephone -con-
[3868]versation with Hunt and
[3869]Charles W. Colson, former
[3870]White House. ‘alde “who:
[3871]Pleaded Rullty to-ohstruc-
[3873]tion of justice charges in
[3875]amassed during the House
[3876]Judiciary Committee's im-
[3877]peachment inquiry.
[3879]The conversation center-
[3880]ed.on-activities in Saigon
[3881]Prior to the coup that ousted
[3882]former South Vietnamese
[3884]: President Ngo. Dinh Diem.
[3886]Concin was a high-ranking
[3887]CIA operative in Saigon at
[3888]the time of the 1963 coup.
[3890]HUNT LATER used some
[3891]of the information ‘obtained
[3892]from Conein as background
[3893]for fabricating State De-
[3894]Bartment cables that impli-
[3895]cated the late President
[3896]John F. Kennedy in Diem’s
[3897]assassination. Hunt was
[3898]working for the Nixon
[3899]White House at-the time.
[3901]The, catalogue released
[3902]by Weicker included a
[3903]Memorandum to Mitchel
[3904]Werbell Widentified by
[3906]Welcker as a Georgia arms
[3908]» Manufacturer and apparent
[3910]soldier of fortune. The
[3911]mema was written by MI.
[3915]‘ aT the trial of David Witsberg.. of the Fox Laboratorles, ac-
[3916]/ Mer racmber of the special ti the conzesse) ‘ ,
[3918]Senate Watergate commit. °
[3919]tee, charged that the existe .
[3921]ence of the catalogue and * ~
[3923]A transcript of the conversa-
[3924]tion Is contained tn evidenc
[3926]CGN:
[3928]cording te Weicker.
[3930]In the memo, Morrissey ;-
[3932]states thatithe catalogue
[3933]“was put together only
[3934]after we Started workiig to-
[3935]gether with Lou Conein.”*
[3936]He later states that “some
[3937]of this equipment was
[3938]demonstrated to Lou i1 this
[3939](Alexandria). office about
[3940]three. weeks ago.'* The
[3941]memo was dated June 10,
[3942]1974, j
[3944]The memo, said the cata-
[3945]logue contained a “listing of
[3946]equipment that is available
[3947]and planned for Lou up here
[3948](Washington).
[3952]- WEICKER. SAID the
[3953]memorandum itself raised
[3954]doubts about‘Conein’s state-
[3955]ment that he had not consid-
[3956]ered purchasing any of the
[3957]assassination devices. And
[3958]he said it stirred questions
[3959]about whether Conein still
[3960]was working, with the CIA
[3961]despite his retirement from
[3962]that agency in 1971,
[3964]The catalogue lists its
[3965]“astro’’ equipment. this
[3966]way:
[3968]“The devices have been
[3969]designed and manufactured
[3970]for sale to authorized egen-
[3972]AY BPCTER C
[3974]“Od Be bAarél. Leer
[3976]we
[3979]cies of the United States
[3980]government, specifically in-
[3981]tended for application out-
[3983]side of this country.
[3984]“The items offered are ei-
[3985]ther, concealed into
[3987]everyday-type objects or
[3988]Packaged simply as ‘black
[3989]box’ pieces of equipment
[3990]with no labels or identifica-
[3991]tion on the outside other than
[3992]the necessary actuator
[3993]switches and sensors. Upon
[3995]request, this equipment can
[3996]be delivered in a ‘sterile’
[3997]condition for foreign use,"*
[3998]the brochure continues.
[4000]ALL EQUIPMENT in
[4001]our ‘astro’ category is.
[4003]manufactured to the highest
[4005]standards In terms of reli-
[4007]ability, dependability, life:
[4008]time, and. performance
[4010]under most weatter vuria-
[4011]tons,”’ the catalogue states.
[4013]Ic then states: “The infor.
[4014]mation contained: herein is *
[4015]classified by the manufac. +
[4017]turer for U.S. government
[4018]use only." ‘
[4020]]
[4022]aeons +
[4025]14-0000
[4027]THURSDAY. ja NUARY 28, 1975
[4029]U. S. Aide Was Briefed on Assassination Techniques
[4031]pany with Mrs. Barbara
[4032]web T BIS
[4033]rs. Spindel's
[4035]i I wy NICHOLAS M. HORROCK .” ‘Morrissey ated an
[4037]Mom Depew tan tameg | NOW York man oi
[4039]: : “c . a9__4 Fox Company. w.
[4040]: WASHINGTON. Jan. 22—A 9 Alexandria, Va, and New Back
[4042]> top official of the Feders! Drue we Cuy. Th. TA itacs
[4044]metal TESTO vent metuies, On
[4045]beliaif of the: screw
[4046]h had offi- on
[4048]said. He said that
[4049]sr¢ AUUcd to sell electranic
[4050]“Enforcement Acminstravon-shar he had presented detatts nat cies three cames of eee m ue equipment as an
[4051]said’ today that he had been on the companys electronic’ the cs and that two andividual, ¢ '
[4052]joriefed on what have been surveitiance equipment. and cocies Were in ihe hunds of. Mrs. Spindel confirmed that
[4053]° Idescribed “Os conic as- what the catalogue calls OSITO'Feera! officials. He declined’ the company was no longer in
[4054][Sassinacion tec by a’pri- equipment. to identity the two officials or nce and said that she wag
[4055]r-of sretap: Senaior Weicker has obtained the G: ment arcency they una ure Mr. Morrissey had
[4056]ing.and-bugging-equipment. the fies hat he saic Fa can a were ¢
[4057]__ The official, Lieut Col, Lucien the files of the ‘ox Com: by hushand, the tate
[4058]se eta asi of the pany writer toa offal o's ge, grunts eeiged eve Her hain, stag
[4059]sspecia operations and field Georgia “arms ~ manufacturer, ' ‘introd ved him to Calénel Co- the B, R. Fox Company, was
[4060]‘support section of D.E.A’s in- that savs: n. The colonel said that he“often quoted as a wiretap ex.
[4062]2:
[4064]~ sternationa! intelligence divi-; “Enclosed Is a catalog which?2 ‘could revall how he had learned pert.
[4069]tsion’ said that he received the, was ‘put together only after we soo . 7
[4070]briefing in May, 1974, from-re-; ete working Together withiof the Fox concem but that its Several law, enforcement of.
[4071]resentatives of, the now de-!Lou Corein. 1 wrote cut thisiMame Punt Me A Oochingten i ificials an electronic exper
[4072]lunct B” R. Fox Campany. Hine of ‘astro’ equipment with 22 acquaintance in Washington.iwho were interviewed indicat-
[4073]Ce slonel Conein said he had!you afd Lou-in mindy and be-! Mr. Morrissey, who said that'ed that the devices as described
[4074]sked for the briefing andicause of the.fiature of the devi jhe hed a degree as an electron.) in ‘the catalogue appeared us-
[4075]had. no “interest: in the “equip-(ces, it is Not being given to any:(iCS_ enarreer. said that he ‘de-;able only for assassinations or
[4076]ment. one-else ... Some of this equip- signed the equipment in Pi ale -the, bouby:trapping of pree
[4077]Y i as ‘am ou Fro o nS) MISES. .
[4078]Several law entor ment oft “ih oltce aoa ‘to Low ork in’ the field of wiretaps: One veteran industrial secu-
[4079]3.” Dat land room ‘bugs, iFity expert said that’ he’ saw
[4080]Bo. Mr.. Morrissey, who also
[4082]seen, once : domestic market for the de-
[4083]: ass ney would . Memo {9 Signed” ike “‘seribed bingelf as-a@ lawye! og with private companies.
[4084]cok at. geeassination| The ‘memo was dated June|said thal ‘ibmebeedtmmhevmf:"Evén on military installations
[4085]wipment. 10, 1974, and was signed: said ha he belleved the equip- sr high security Government
[4086]equips Mike.” iment he designed, which he agencies, Liese types of booby-
[4087]Served In Salgon - alt is part af the | evidence: said pits an stectronic trigger’ traps would pe inappropriate,
[4088]Accarding ‘to the tagonithat has cau by e 9 fine levice, was lega) as ong you'd never know who you
[4089]pers on United States In-!to' question whether the rela-ias it was not armed with an!mieht injure,” this source said.
[4091]a
[4092]ae volvement in the Indochinajtionship hetween Colonel Co:: explosive ‘He said. that it-hed} Colonel Conein said that he
[4094]war, Colonel Conein was a f@-jnein and the assassination nantethal ap; tions to trig--became a consultant to the"Bus
[4095]!nior operative'of the Central In| equipment. maniifactcrer was aiper bureiar alarms and: otherjreal of B Narcotics and Dangerous
[4096]jtelligenca Agency in Sa:gon in;casu . an: sion” equipment. (Drugs in 19 an ecame &
[4097]1963 and :served as ligisun be-; When asked by a reporter)” ie said that he would com-:full-time official of D.E.A. in
[4098]itween the’, United States; about the memorandum, Colo- sider se‘ling such devices only!December, 1973, His nace came
[4099]‘Government and forces that de-/nel’Conein said that he was tq the Federal Government, He‘up in Watergate committee
[4100]‘posed President - * Nae Dinhi shown ‘it during ‘an interview! added, however, that” he doesitestimony wher it was disclosed
[4101]‘Diem’ with Senator Weicker. -° “" ‘sell electronic. — surveillan one of the Wateraete burs
[4102]1 Senator * Lowell P. “Weicker “IT told him I had no idea’eg quipmert ta local police. giars, E. Howard ‘Hunt Jr. had
[4103]Jr. Republican of Connecticut,}the context in which it was! “Mr. Morrissey said that the met ‘with Colonel Conein, Mr.
[4104]who has een conducting an in-jwritten, and hat 1 had not Fox Company was dissolved: imdfurt at the time was gathering
[4105]vestigation of. C.LA. imvalve-;known Mr. Morrissey {beforetNovemser. i974, as a resultinformation .o prepare bogus
[4106]iment with other overnment the sales demonstration). 1 saidy, maargement differences. He-éables that implicated President
[4107]lagencies, said that be has aif l'was him [Senator Weicker}.isaidw that he had shared man-jKennedy in President iDem's
[4108]feopy of the catalogue of/f would turn the memorandum jagemen: ‘and control of thelassassination in 1963, -
[4109]‘astruments described ta Colo-jover to the. F.B.L. and Jet them!
[4110]‘nel Conein. jinvestigaie. 1 told him f vould
[4111]ned by @ Tepot-;be giud to take a polygraph, on)
[4112]When questioned pas he nation: u P!
[4113]kh di istened tore deca that he
[4114]|. pure and sim ad listened tu'a detaile: pres-|
[4115]ion is no oe in this) ¢Mtation on the booby-trap, as")
[4116]for this sort of thing.” sassination devices, but he did:
[4117]counsry: for ;not “discourage” the manufac. -
[4118]he added. he had| etF because he presumed that)
[4119]Mr. Weicker said that We at-(22 & licensed clectronics com-
[4120]brought the catalogue to t ml. pany it.had the authority to:
[4121]tention of John Bartels, adm produce the explosive devices.!
[4123]i
[4125]tery Mr. Weicker described t
[4126]| devices as “used for assassin
[4128]the had interviewed Colonelitnar despite the presentation;
[4130]nistrator of the Drug Enforce: Colonet Conein told Senator!
[4131]ment Administration, and thatiweicker, as he had a reporter,
[4133]Iconein and the cotonel's depu-lof the assassination gear, he;
[4135]'
[4137]“that the agency had not pul-jbugging equipment: To make’
[4139]‘ty, Searl Frank. He said. thalinad selected BR. Fox out oft
[4140]jthe officials had assured him jseverat companies to: provides
[4142]chased any of the devices. ‘this purchase, Colonel Conein
[4143]Senator Asks Question i erat pitt ‘Presentations ” of
[4144]Senator said that he hadisevera etter-known concerns! i
[4145]‘pean wold that the agency's men: Mr. Bartels, the agency ad.
[4146]chad done nothing to encourage: iministrator, said that he was's
[4147]a turer to think tharicondur ting an, interna! inquiry <
[4148]the manufacturer t9
[4149]ke a sale to their into the transaction.
[4151]he might mai j Mr. Morrissey identitied
[4152]jagedicy. :copy cf the catalogue obtaine
[4153]“My question was, why in the! by The New York Times as 2!
[4154]hett didn’t they do something {01 photostat of one that he ty pe
[4155]“discourage him,” Mr. Weicker iy the spring of 1974. The in
[4156]sid. ‘tormal cataloy gue said” bat the:
[4157]Tae of twa men who briefed! marecial enct af
[4159]i
[4161]ane he dele eee
[4163]nected with. ‘circulated & catalogue for such,
[4165]ge cemec  pee caw
[4168]14-0g000
[4170]Colone
[4172]1 Conein. asked about delay.
[4173]ing. said trat he had,hand
[4175]ted the briefing on a
[4176]S@sMaAMtion aspects of Fox
[4177]ecupment, and “tf wouldn't’
[4179]c
[4181]instrumenc hantsece,
[4183]pole. \
[4185]sos : He continued: “That stuff is P8ide cigares
[4187]: Only good in a war, and who
[4189]895 4 war? ty wag very sophisti.
[4190]cated stuff, They had a tele:
[4192]ace femate control, if the wrong Eenasaae se vel Tid
[4194]person picked up, the phone.) antidisurbance eect
[4196]jyou'd blow him up” concealed inside where batienas!
[4198]Solonet Conein said that helhave been removed, Remainder!
[4200]Lad found the material “fascin-/5, battery ce i ‘Ked;
[4202]: . fatea” kot that he chad saidfigich explosive * packed
[4204]- . nothing to encourage the idea} "Remote - controfied, -light.i;
[4206]_— : ~ {that the agency would Purchase jactivat init delivergit
[4207]such equip:rent. He said'that he;q Grates sensor, Uni felivers
[4209]. » . ' 7 .
[4210]had. purchaéed about _ gsop/2 Predetermined charge across:t
[4212]: t mat bait
[4213]the B. R. Fox Ompany, which pated from a remote ations
[4215]worth of audio’ equipment from‘! ted feoeerminals, when aig
[4216]he said could be used for BUR Use wink 1 ts preset code!
[4218]_ : “occ, ‘fupon the Occurrence of certain £
[4219]+) oof Theequipment he bought, he conditions fPlating to ght in.it
[4220]aot said, canziot’ be used in the tensity. EN
[4221]. iWnited States without » court] Boob
[4222]" jorcer but is for use in DE.A.’S  ptosi
[4223]. Horeign* Oberations. He ~ said: ly a
[4224]eos " HhOwever, that the Rear had not ei
[4225]: [been used, and <2 Sull have it in|”
[4226]fy safe.” tee eh
[4227]:. The briefing for " Coloné}
[4231]zine,
[4232]-'Conein wag conducted by Mr!
[4235]!hand
[4237]i
[4238]So [gig EremEntation ball — aay!
[4239]: : . disturbance unit.-Unit is similar's.
[4242]Owing tiny
[4244]fi vous 4 .
[4245]Phone that coud be iggerea’,_S"Motified 4 sent Le |
[4247]ging Use with explosive for firing:t -
[4249]in its operation as the anti-dis.'2
[4251][D2 © exception is in the!,,
[4252]. - Itype of explosive: charge .,.". Br
[4253]- "Explosive black box mog.{©
[4255]Flac black’ finish =|
[4256]———————=_—__— Be
[4258]". jturbance flashlight, BRF model!
[4259]Th
[4261]lap Jo ydersids SET SHS nea sary
[4263]/4o0q podaaniy anos 944] OA Op Moy,
[4264]a $628 “Worn B umauiy ‘yoy ”
[4265]“raed ose" naa IWOAE CVNITIONY ST ORM
[4266]* 1 SEES “saisnyag 9 voWns
[4267]‘sabod »ez viupy swore KY S749 3918
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[4270]VOM? airs 77 INIA -
[4273]as
[4275]THE
[4276]THURSDAY
[4278]NEW
[4280]Aide Was Briefed on on
[4282]ay, _
[4286]resentatives -of t
[4287]lancet B.R. Fox Company.
[4288]Colonel Conein said -b
[4290]not asked for the briefing and!
[4292]had no. interest . in
[4293]ment,
[4295]‘ “ft Several law enforcement off
[4297]Cials and Seziate investigators; ES
[4299]Jonel Coneia; asked vabout
[4300]it “briefing. said thay he -ha
[4301]ed the bri f oe as
[4302]assinavion aspects 0} ‘Ox's;
[4303]ie equip-| equipment, and “I jwourdn't)
[4305]stuff: with a L0-foot,
[4306]said that this was the first mel He continue vat stuff isi
[4308]t
[4309]they had seen’ evidénce’ that’ aj;only gqod in a.war, and who's
[4311]domestic Federal-agency would igot a war? tt was very sophisti-;
[4312]oe fsase ion {cated ‘stuff, They-had a tele!
[4314]ifphone that could te triggered,
[4315]dy remote control, If the wrong)
[4316]‘iserson’ picked up the Phones;
[4317]you'd blow him.up.” .
[4318]Colonel Concin said that fey
[4319]nad found the material “fascia-!
[4320]ating” but that he had’ said
[4321]nothing to encourage the’ idea
[4322]{ithat the agency would: parchase
[4323]such equipment. He said that he;
[4324]had. purchased about $500!
[4326]\ According to the ‘Pentagon’!
[4327]papers on United “States” in-: ‘|
[4328]aly tal the, s Indochina,
[4329]war, Colonel Concin was:a se-i|
[4330]nior operative of the Central In- {
[4331]telligence Agency in Saigon in
[4332]“11963 and served as liaison’ be- Hi}
[4333]tween: the’ 2 ynited that ce!|
[4334]‘Government and forces that de- aeorth of audi ee ge
[4335]io equipment from,
[4336]. ~ Iposea President - + Ngo -- ~Dinb the B. R. Fox Company, which!
[4337]Senator “Lowell Pp." “weicker) NE Said could be used for bug- ;
[4338]rJr., Republican of Connecticut, The: ‘equipment ite hougat, he
[4339]who has een conducting-an in said. cannot be vied ia. ‘the:
[4340]feign ° wa HUnited States without a court,
[4341]me: order but is for use in D.E.A.’s
[4342]of!{forcign operations. He sai
[4343]!|however, that the gear had nat,
[4344]peen used, and." ‘T still have it in
[4346]my safe."
[4348]: When questioned ‘by a repor-| The briefing for c
[4349]ler, Mr, Weicker described. Hele. was Coidutied ©
[4350]cevices 2& “used for assa’ es Soren
[4351]iti n, pure and simp!
[4352]‘There is no place in't
[4353]jeountry for this sort of. thing,”
[4354]he added. . dees in Alexandria, Va., and New
[4356]Me. Weicker said that he had! York City. Mr. Morrissey “sa
[4357]brought the catalogue to the at-/ that he had Presented’ etal
[4358]tention of John Bartels, admi-] 09 the company’s selecsroni
[4359]nistrator of the Drug Enforce- i surveillance
[4360]{ment Administration, and that: ¥: vat the catalogue
[4362]' > interviewed: Colonel] ¢quipment.” oy,
[4363]he fae Senator Welcker has obtained
[4365]d the colorel's Gepu:
[4366]ce A Frank. He said eit, a memo that ke said was from
[4367]tthe officiais had assured him, th files of the B. R. Fox Com- |
[4368]as the agency had not pi pe written to an official! of a
[4370]eorgia arms .. manufactures,
[4371]ichased any of the ¢ devices. that says: }
[4373]with cother _overnment);
[4374]agencies, said that he has‘ a:
[4376]copy of the - catalogue
[4377]nstruments described jo Colo-
[4381]New York man on behatf of
[4382]Fox Company, which had
[4384]JANUARY
[4386]discourage him,” Mr. Weicker{men was. “demonstrated to Louw
[4388]hos j Senator oF Asks Question
[4389]he
[4390]r that the ager
[4391]I WASHINGTON, Jan. ! nothing to envourage
[4392]‘top official of the Federal Drug the manufacturer (0 think Ura’
[4393]Enforcement _ Administration“ he might make a sale to their,
[4394]‘said today that’ he had been agency. !
[4395]briefed oa what -have been’? “My question was, why in the.
[4396]described a§. electronic hell didn't they do som: Rio,
[4398]vate manufacturer -of ,wirétap-!-said. .
[4399]ping and bugging equipment. One of two men w
[4400]Tne official, Lieut. Col. Lucien! coy, -Conecin, Michae!
[4401]- |Conein, -acting director of. the old a-reporter that he had met
[4402]{epee Operations and , fied with him for three hours. show-
[4403]support ‘section of D.E.A.’s ia- ng him, audio “equipment and
[4404], . ernational intelligence. div going over, .the . devices .de-
[4405]> jsion “said chat: he received the scribed by Senator ‘Weicker in
[4406]a briefing in May,. 197; etail. ©
[4407]Z aia
[4409]" several |
[4411]material ¢
[4413]23,
[4417]‘Assassination Techniques
[4419]itsed is a cataloz whi chi
[4421]S tegerher only after v andset inser;
[4423]r with time,
[4425]sar wre ran WR delay’: “14 Use inside telephone|
[4427]sro equ UR iced at—SEG following lifting!
[4429]you and, Lou ia mund, and b
[4430]icause of the nature of the ¢ev
[4431]Ces. it is aot being Riven toa
[4432]tone else... Some of this eq
[4434]f instrument handpiece.
[4435]Q“Ciparent te pack — antidis-
[4437]jqnd explosive mocute packed
[4438]. , :inside cigarette pack. Whea the
[4439]“ tice about 3 weeks: pack is lifted or-moved in. any
[4440]. ' . ,; manner, the “ex: osive is set
[4442]Memo Is Signed Mike’ i off.” cl
[4443]une} Modified -flashiight”.
[4445]The memo was dated j :
[4446]“1974, and was. drantidisturbance unit. Standard
[4447]° Everyready 2D" cell flashiight
[4448]tidisturbance electronics
[4449]cker|-conceated inside where batteries
[4450]reia-! have been removed. Remainder
[4451]Cc-! of the baztery space, is pacved
[4452]ional with explosive
[4453]q'Remoie - coatrotied, light-,
[4454]activated sensoz, Unit delivers}
[4455]a predetermined charge across:
[4456]its output ‘terminals, when a
[4457]‘tivated from a ‘remote location}.
[4458]according to its pre-set code.) *
[4459]Use with explosive for firing
[4460]upon the occurrence of certain,
[4461]conditions relating | to light ine;
[4465]10,
[4466]“Mike”.
[4468]5t-is -part of the ev
[4469]that "has capsed Mrew
[4470]to. question whether tt
[4471]Htionsnip “Setween Col
[4473]nein’ and the assass:
[4474]equipment.manufagturer ‘was a!
[4475]casual one.
[4476]Whea asxed by -a reporter:
[4477]about the memorandum: Colo
[4478]nel Conein said that. he was
[4479]shown if curing. an. interview:
[4480]with Senator Weicker. |” !
[4481]“ET told hin To had ro idea;
[4482]tthe context which it was,
[4483]‘written, and hat I kad not! tensity.”
[4484]known Mr. Morrissey (tefore|: g “Booby-trapped, M-16 0 ex-
[4485]Uie sales ¢ mmonstration]. 1 2 di plosive clip. Use:"A mechanical-:
[4486]if Twas (Senator Wei! -j.ly activated electronic charge.
[4487]T would tum the memorandum) circuit is built into a common;
[4488]over to the PB and Mea i at iriltary item, Upon removal of:
[4489]westigate. I told hir ! -
[4490]he giad to take a poly oh on irite etiten tee repre mage
[4491]; yglapn Onjizine, either by firing or by
[4492]the f matter,” | Rand removal, the explosive|
[4493]Inad steed fo a nsted pre generale the magazine is
[4494]4 +i !dotonated.”
[4495]entation oa the booby-tran, as- “q-Frasmentatio® dail ~ anti-|
[4496]Re ealeidie but he disturbance unit. Unit is similar;
[4497]COUT its operation as the arti-dis-
[4498]turer because he presumed that! jturbance flashlizht, BRF model
[4499]“pany Neensed fectronics, co: ‘a FD-2. The exception is in the
[4500]Producé the explosive” devces. : WEE. Bee see ee
[4501]Colonel Coxne.n told Senator) |utes. . Flat diack fi
[4502]Weicker, 43 he had a reporter, “
[4503]_ Presentation
[4505]had selec! t oft
[4507]25sey identified a
[4508]2 catalogue obta: a
[4509]ty The New York Times as al
[4511]photostat of on ne Cat he
[4512]in the.s. of 1974. The
[4513]formal ¢ zue said. tat
[4515]rot be delivered
[4516]ifor two weeks afer order and
[4517]twas for sate only to the United
[4518]iSeates Gevernment. The foilaw.
[4520]Ing are éxcespis on each item
[4521]“available: . : ‘
[4524]/e dated We. TAPS. 7
[4525]giacidin W AL~TAYYAR
[4526][STE Rp SECURITY — J/RAQ
[4528]FEL cal
[4529]Sub ect.
[4531]mor document Aared 3)
[4532]Dec 1708 , Burrar File
[4533]2-/5@., Ke Rolando freakho. |
[4534]aprer Rojas spternep
[4536]“fas
[4538]2
[4540] peutralty Maters:
[4542]| (Fram ; SUA fu)
[4544]14-0000
[4546]Ra .
[4547]with CHECK CLASSIFIC~ TION Tor AND BOTTOM
[4549]7 i ROU TING: SLIP
[4551]1%
[4553]te uP aI CAR. aris
[4555]RETURN
[4556]SIGNATURE
[4558]LCOMMENT .
[4559]‘ CONCURRENCE
[4561]T4
[4562]_ | f[intormarion
[4565]Mike Absher is an old friend of
[4566]Ted Kcussos and originally introduced
[4567]Roussos to Jim McTighe and Al Ramos
[4568]in’ June, Absher is considering
[4569]picking. up ROUSSOS on contract
[4571]for the EUR/Greek Desk,
[4573]Ruth
[4577]FOLO HERE TO RETURN TO SENCER
[4578]FROM: MAME. ADDRESS AND PHONE NO
[4580]|| CONFIDENTIAL
[4582]roe ra 237: the previous editions
[4584]UNCCASSIFIED 7: CONFIVENTIAL {| _T seerer J:
[4586]—- oiRecrrepty =| |. PREPARE REPLY.
[4587]anne 5 torent —
[4589]14-0000
[4591]‘ _ 30 September 1974
[4593]MEMORANDUM FOR-THE RECORD
[4595]‘SUBJECT: Meeting with Theodore Roussos on 31. August 1974
[4599]«J. «During subject meeting Mr. Roussos told me that
[4600]Mr. Mitchell Livingston WERBELL Il1-called him from Atlanta
[4601]on 29. August and. again. on 30° August. Werbell told Roussos
[4603]vewat he-was-leaving. for Athens on Saturday, 3] August in.
[4605]order to try to sell arms to the Greek government. Werbell.
[4606]‘wanted, Roussos. to -be. his advisor in this venture and to
[4608]‘go to Athens: Werbell fadicated that ‘the total-deal could
[4610]- reach $5,000,000, Roussos told Werbell that he would
[4612]check with-his “friends” (the Agency) before gtving-
[4614]Werbell an answer. derbell asked Roussos to see if nis
[4616]friends" were in favor of such arms deals or-not. ° Roussos
[4618]. had generally explained this call to me.on the telephone
[4620]on 29 August. My reaction on the telephone was negative
[4622]“.,.+t0 Roussos’ participation in such a deal, and he had
[4624]‘conveyed this- negative reply to Werbell by telephone
[4626]_ before: Roussos and I met personally on 31 August.
[4628]2. During our personal meeting, Roussos explained
[4629]that Werbell intended to pursue arms sales legally and
[4630]via the required U.S. Government channels. He said that
[4631]Werbell does have the capabilities to design and produce
[4632]weapons because of his access to arms factories. 1 told
[4633]Roussos thatWerbell's businesssactivities were his own
[4634]concern, i strongly advised against his getting invalved
[4635]in this deal. I explained to him the problems which the
[4636]U.S. Government was having in Greece and the current wave
[4638]of anti-Americanism and press attacks against the CIA.
[4639]If Roussos.as a former CLA offtcer well known in Greece
[4641]became involved in sucn a venture, 4 flap of substantial
[4642]proportions was likely complete with widespread press
[4643]play. Roussos understood and agreed not to get involved. —
[4645]£2 IMPDET _
[4646]CL BY 035682
[4648]eS erence ee er REAP tt
[4650]14-0000
[4652]Beg ° 7 , - , :¢
[4653]’ a SECRET 4G
[4654]He said Herbed? weutd prohably call fin ‘from Athens that. - ‘
[4655]- weekend and he would give Werbelt ‘a final negative reply.
[4656]werbell. planned to meet-with Greek Defense Minister :
[4657]: _. Averoff. Roussos said that :if, the U.S. wanted: to stop
[4658]Le, tnis,deal that we should contact Averoff directly. ©
[4659]° _ : From what Werbell said, Roussos belfeves. the arms: |”
[4660]requested by thre Greeks would-be for guerrillas and
[4661]: not main force units. - fe ot fo .
[4662]: & Yin er Ly ba : cet 4) :
[4664]. : Z AG/E/6C
[4665]i Fo,
[4666]Distribution: |.
[4667]2} = Werbell 201 -
[4668]1 = Roussos Personnel File
[4669]t
[4670]1
[4671]: i i
[4672]SECRET
[4673]bo RDO
[4674]t 4
[4677]14-0000
[4679]mt
[4681]SECRET
[4683]_ 7 oe 3 AUG R74
[4685]" MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
[4686]VIA: ‘Deputy Director for Operations |
[4688]SUBJECT: : Mitchell Livingston derbell III
[4690]2 0 ly J. Mitchel] Livingston Werbell III, who served briefly
[4691]=" with the OSS in-WWII, has been engaged for the past several
[4692]; “years in arms: dealings and swash-buckling promutional ;
[4693]Lattivittes which have brought him to the attention of various
[4694]ent agencies.. He has always remained within the
[4695]aw afine-edge. Ris latest scheme involves a.Movement
[4696]for. the Independence of Abaco, an island to the East of the
[4697]Bahamas. fFor.this:he has:obtained apparently substantial
[4698]financial support from wealthy Amerfcans and from a British
[4699]- Lord. . : :
[4701]~2, Werbell operates through a number of front businesses
[4703]-. 4n Washington, D.C. and in Marietta, Georgia, where he owns
[4705]‘one outfit named Central Information Agency (CIA). In al}
[4707]his dealings, Werbell broadly hints that he has current . '
[4708].-Connections with the Agency. We have just learned that
[4710]Werbell may be in possession of a one-line note from you,
[4712]“stemming from a chance meeting with you at an 0SS alumni
[4713]_ dinner, reading something like “gocd to see you again.”
[4715]‘ 3. Three retired Agency employees are currently employed
[4716]by Werbell in various capacities. This past spring these
[4717]employees sought contact with tne Agency basically to report
[4718]thefr concern over the-legality of Werbell's activities. We
[4719]‘quickly established that the matter was outside our charter
[4721]- and asked these retirees to report directly to the Federal |
[4723]’ Bureau of Investigation.. We, also furnished the Bureau with
[4724]all the pertinent.information in ou: files. It is to be
[4725]noted that somewhere in Werbell's scheme of things there
[4726]appears the ubiquitous Andrew St. George, who plans to write
[4727]a story on. Abaco for True magazine. °
[4729]pop pasta Ae raibLips [se . 5 52910
[4730]of. 7 o .¢ DG, - SPV
[4731]David A. Phillips ee
[4733]. — . Chief
[4734]Western Henisphere Division .
[4738]De NeiS . CL BY 010116
[4740]14-0000
[4742]_ - SEC tS] as.
[4743]. Les)
[4745]Subject: JMitchell Livingston Werbel? Ulf
[4747]000/C/WH/7/A.Spera:cad/1497 (9 Aug 74) : J. oo, a a
[4749]_ Distribution:
[4751]Orig & 1 Addressee
[4753]a DDC!
[4754]Exec. Registry
[4755]000 .
[4756]ADDO
[4757]CI/OPS
[4758]OPS/LSN
[4759]C/0S/SSD/SB
[4761]WH/Security
[4762]C/WH/7
[4764]201-259910
[4765]189-9-1
[4766]WH/7. (Friends of F Roaco)
[4768]IN te ee
[4770]a
[4773]2
[4775]ooe\wse tb 6 erent ene
[4779]SECRET
[4784]14-0000
[4786](FPBL Moet mept TD AMAR , OM
[4788]_ dated 7 Hep .197F
[4789]| On Lie)
[4791], : Le/;
[4792]a Sud, ect (pr pe bal ay “gene yer 4
[4795]14-0000
[4797]14 August 1974”
[4799]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD -
[4800]SUBJECT: Telephone Call from John MULDOON
[4802]“1. Approximately 1655 hours, 13 August 1974, a call
[4803]was received on C/hWH/7's extension, 351-4221 by the Secre-
[4804]tary, Miss Annamarie Ruppert. She answered the extension
[4806]=. by number and “the male voice asked to speak to Mr. McTighe.
[4808]The secretary. asked who was calling and the caller replied
[4809]“John “MUCDOON.." = The: secretary then replied that she was
[4811]“sorry “but. Mr. MéTighe couldn’t.be reached. In response to
[4813]‘MULDOON’s.-quéry, "Why’ not?" and before the. secretary could
[4815]reply, MULDOON became. obstinate and asked who he was speak-
[4817]ing to. -Miss -Ruppert replied "his secretary" and then
[4819]‘added that Mr. McTighe was away. When MULDOON asked where
[4821]he was, the secretary replied that she was not at liberty
[4823]- to discuss that. ‘Then MULDOON asked to speak: to McTighe's
[4825]deputy and was told that there was no one around whom
[4827]' MULDOON could speak to. (C/WH/7 was on leave’ and AC/WH/7
[4829]was in the PMC meeting.) MULDOON apparently didn't believe
[4830]this reply but then asked when McTighe was expected to
[4831]return. The secretary replied "within a few weeks”
[4833]‘(McTighe is on TDY) and then asked if she could take a
[4834]_ message to give to McTighe upon his return. MULDOON
[4836]became belligerent at this point, apparently thinking he’
[4837]was getting the ‘run around’ and replied, "just tell him
[4838]to talk to Jack Anderson" and hung up.
[4840]2. “AC/WHD was briefed on the above telephone call at
[4841]1740 hours, 13 August. He decided no action should be taken
[4842]on 13. August, but would like to meet with C/WH/7, Al Spera,
[4843]on 14 August.
[4845]3. At 0950 hours, the following met with AC/WHO:
[4846]Mr. Natzke, Mr. Wedemeyer, Mr. Spera and Miss Lehman. In
[4847]view of C/WHD's previous decision that no further Agency
[4849]contact should be made with MULDOON, RUSSOS, or MACKEM it
[4851]was decided that no one would return MULDOON® s call. How-
[4853]ever, AC/WHD would brief ADDO, Mr. Blee, on the above threat,
[4854]. and WH/7 would ask OPS/LIAISON to telephonically pass to the
[4856]FBI the fact that MULDOON again. contacted the Agency and
[4858]- threatened to’ go: to "Jack Anderson. A copy of this memoran=
[4859]dum is being sent to OPS/LIAISON for this ‘purpose.
[4861]asl E2 IMPDET
[4862]PEC Sp CL By 010116
[4864]a |
[4866]PERE 8 A ET TY a SR SN nr
[4869]i
[4870]i
[4872]a
[4873]z
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[4877]4
[4878]a
[4880]Be
[4883]2
[4886]“y
[4888]Subject: Telephone Call from John MULDOON
[4890]: . i a nn . . 20
[4891]ae 4. At AC/WHD's request, WH/Security rechecked the.
[4892]- files on-the three former Agency employees to determine whether
[4893]Pens they were Staff Employees. ‘All three were former Staff.
[4894]+. |, Esplayees. MULDCON retired on medical disability; RUSSOS
[4895]i. “Fetired.and then was rehired en a contract basis in February
[4897]41971 and contract: terminated in September 1973; and MACKEM
[4898]"was “separated as'-excess" in October 1973. This. information
[4899]‘| was passed to AC/WHD to brief ADDO. me ;
[4901]CK Mhinar—
[4902]* Ruth Lehman
[4903]. Acting Chief, WH/7
[4905]| gpoywH/7/R. Lehman: cab/1956
[4907]a Distribution:
[4908]Orig - WH/7 {FOA File) .
[4910]1 - WH/Security
[4912]1 - WH/7/CAR
[4914]1 - 189-9-1 _
[4915]1 - OPS/LIATSON-. 2 ee os
[4917]ive)
[4918]rs
[4919]a)
[4920]es
[4922]a
[4925]14-0000
[4929]MEMORANDUM FOR: Oirector
[4931]Shes, : poe
[4932]wratere sy rr a i
[4934]' CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE “AGENCY ;
[4935]» WASHINGTON. D.C. (20505: - Ce FS
[4936]WARNING NOTICE
[4938]SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS TAVOLVED
[4940]; Federal Bureau of Investigation
[4941]ATTENTION =: Intelligence Division -
[4942]SUBJECT .  : Mitchell Livingston WERBELL, [II
[4946]Reference is nade to TOFIRDS- 315/07634- 76, °
[4948]dated: O-August 1974, which reported on the growing
[4950]concern of the: Bahamian Government about renewed
[4952]“secessionist activity in Abaco. . In addition to the: -
[4953]‘Gnformation in reference, the ‘official Bahamian
[4955]service, which was the source of the above report,
[4957]also ‘provided a representative of this Agency on 7?
[4959]August 19.74 the following text of,a memorandum. it
[4961]prepared for the Secretary” ‘of the Bahamian Cabinet:
[4963]: "Please be advised thet. on 3 August
[4964]1974, information has been received from
[4965]our overseas contacts that Chester
[4966]ZOCHOWSKI, alias Chester GARY, has recently
[4967]been in touch with Mitchell L. WERBELL, and-
[4968]has reported that WERBELL is stil? planning
[4969]unspecified revolutionary activity in Abaco.
[4970]It is also reported that he has the support
[4971]of some. former U.S. Government employees
[4973]and that he-is trying to recruit a former
[4975]Special Services officer to promote revclu-
[4976]tionary activity in Abaco (the name of
[4977]Robert ARMSTRONG has been put forward as a
[4979]possibility). There ts ‘also a suggestion
[4980]that Robert VESCO might be financing some
[4982]‘of the activity." .
[4984]2.. The "Overseas. contact” described above was
[4985]identified by the Bahamian Service as the British
[4986]MI-5 representative in Washingten, 0.C. The Bahamian |
[4987]Service did not identify the "U.S. Government employees"
[4988]referred. to above.
[4990]CLASSIFIED RY 010116. EXEMPT FROM GENERAL OECLASSIFICATION
[4991]SCHEDULE CF £.0.° 11652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5B (2). IMPOSSIBLE
[4992]TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIPICATION.
[4994]shew
[4995]Ulu peer i
[4998]_- .
[5000]3. The files of this Agency reflect that Robert
[5001]ARMSTRONG and. Chester ZOCHOWSKI are known to your .
[5002]Bureau.:and their. involvement in this matter has ‘been
[5003]reported -in- previous correspondence, to this Agency.
[5004]Aithough - “the Bahamian Service reported ZOCHOWSKI's
[5005]alias“as. "Chester GARY," it is believed that this
[5006]refers. to “Chester GRAY. . :
[5008]“8. The above information is. ‘being furnished to
[5010]- your Bureau. for whatever action and further dissemi-
[5012]nation you.deem appropriate. The information, however,--
[5013]may not be discussed with any foreign nationals,
[5014]including the British and the Bahamians. .
[5016]“FOR THE- DEPUTY. DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:
[5018]David HK. 1. Ble
[5020]CIRA-0444-74
[5022]tae ‘ai re ae
[5023]Wie so sf wee wir te
[5025]; We
[5027]14-0000
[5031]0D0/WH/7/CAR/A. /Ramos & E.Rhoad: }¢ab/7493/1956 (12 August 1974)
[5033]Distribution:
[5034]Orig. & 1 - FBI
[5035]- “= OPS/LSN, oe
[5036]CIOPS/HH . . |
[5037]201-2599.10 .
[5038]C/0S/SS0/0SB
[5039]C/WHD
[5040]WH/Security
[5041]WR/7/CAR Chrono
[5042]“189-9-1 |
[5043]E/BC
[5044]A000
[5045]0D0.
[5046]DDO/ Registry.
[5047]WH/7/FOA File
[5049]“i *. BASED ON: WH/Miamt 22274 (In 330060) “dated 9 August 1974 |
[5050]| . CBI EB -
[5052]et te et tt ae te et FY
[5055]i
[5058]14-0000,
[5060]Lar yocunitt bean San Dege
[5061]a F ME 2ST y G74
[5062]HoT . -
[5064]la id 6a) , _ porte
[5065]Su} pect: nyt bi “at or, Ue
[5068]14-0000
[5070]- _SEORET/SENSITWE. 20s
[5072]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY :
[5073]WasninoTon, 0.C. 20505
[5075]- MEMORANDUM FOR: “Director
[5077]Federal Bureau of Investigation .
[5078]Attention: Intelligence Division
[5080]SUBJECT. :..* Mitchell Livingston WERBELL, III
[5082]“1..-Reference is made to your memorandum dated
[5084]§ August 1974; Subject: "Mitchell: Livingston WERBELL,
[5086]HI, Internal Security - Abaco; Neutrality Matters -
[5088]-Abaco;" your. reference (cl=3) 62-108665.
[5090]2y ‘Authorization is granted for your Bureau to.
[5091]disseminate the attachment to Reference (your Bureau's
[5092]memorandum-dated 22 July 1974 at Atlanta, Georgia.
[5093]concerning Subject) to the Department of State, the
[5095]Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
[5096]Firearms and the ‘Criminal Division of the Department
[5097]cof Justice. We would, however, appreciate your
[5099]jimiting the description of source AT T-1 as being
[5100]simply another government agency.
[5102]3. This Agency is most‘ appreciative of your Bureau's
[5103]handling of this sensitive matter and particularly the
[5104]opportunity afforded this Agency to’ coordinate prior to
[5105]further dissemination of this material. _
[5107]4, We will be most interested in receiving any .
[5108]additional information concerning this matter which may
[5109]come to your Bureau's attention.
[5111]FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:
[5113]of
[5117]David H. Blee
[5119]CIRA-0439-74
[5121]" CLASSTFIEC: BY 010116. EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
[5122]SCHEDULE CF £.0. 11652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY 58 (2).° IMPOSSIBLE
[5124]TO GETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION.
[5129]14-0000 |
[5131]vou way Venture
[5133]‘DDO/WH/7/CAR/Ruth Lehman:ar:7493/1956 (9 August 1974)
[5135]| Distribution: ;
[5136]Orig. & 1- FBI
[5137]_| .2'- OPS/LSN 7 ; a
[5138]CIOPS/WH . Soe ee a
[5139]201-259919 | a ;
[5141]C/WHD
[5142]-WH/Security
[5143]WH/7/CAR Chrono
[5144]“189-9-1 —_
[5145]C/DCcD CF
[5146]ADDO mo
[5147]DDO! |
[5149]FOA File
[5151]Pee tek bee et eps pee pe
[5153]‘te BASED ON: FBI Memorandum dated 6 August 1974 | co, Co
[5154]: Subject: "Mitchell Livingston WERBELL, ITT, ; bm
[5155]Internal Security - Abaco; Neutrality Matters --
[5156]Abaco;" your’ reference (CI-3) 62-108665
[5161]-00000
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[5187]30 July 1974
[5188]MEMORANUUM FOR: Chief, Western Hemisphere Division
[5190]SUBJECT: © OMitcholl Livings ton Kerboll and Hig_
[5191]: - _ Raployment of Former CIA Raployeen |
[5193]Fete
[5195]REFFRENCE: CtRA~0271-74; Subject: Mitchell Livingston
[5196]~ WERBELL, ITT, 0;
[5198]1. On 29-July 1974, Willian Mcefonnell, FBr liaison : . !
[5199]officer, delivered the attached FBY memorandum to OPS/LSE.: - !
[5200]‘Io delivering this memorandum, UcMonnell stated that whereas ce | .
[5201]the last sentence of paragraph 3 reads. "by individuals deg- . _ ; ;
[5202]eribed as former United States Government employees," Gray . : ;
[5203]actually said that Ferbell had indicated that he was being . A
[5204]assisted by former CIA employees. The FOI chose to use the i
[5205]term "former United States Governzent employces" in the at= i
[5206]tached mesorandua i order to 'make the memorandum less sea .
[5208]sational,* a
[5211]2. This memorandum should be read in conjunction with i
[5213]CTRA-037}-74. Rubject: Mitchel] Livingston ¥erbell ITI, dated
[5215]27 June 1074, ny
[5217]Pol! "5 3 The For requests authorization to forward a copy of
[5219], CIRA~0371-74: to ‘the Department of Justice, As. this menorandun :
[5220]was forwarded to the Bureau for its information only, your viewa
[5222]- On its passage to the Department of Justice are solicited. The oot
[5223]FBI plana to'ask the Department of Justice if the Departgent . Z|
[5225]‘wishes. the Bureau to investisate Mitchell warbell for Possible_. ee 7
[5226]. Feo. os j ‘
[5228]a ie
[5230]“4 Violation of -the Neutrality act,
[5232]. 3 “ ; H :
[5233]Signea; “Tane!s co, feizsig
[5235]a - a ; F. oI. G. Coleman |
[5236]C/GPS/LSH . an
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[5246]14-0000
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[5250]DNO/OPS/LSN/F IGColeman/ck
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[5255]1
[5257]1
[5258]1
[5259]a 1
[5261]1
[5263]I
[5265]- WH/Security
[5267]Addressee
[5269]Chief, OS/SSD.
[5273]IP/AN = 201-259910 |
[5277]‘I - OPS Reading Board” ©
[5284]Meee Obese he
[5286]| -SECRET/SENSITHE .
[5288]WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505.
[5289]WARNING NOTICE
[5291]“o. SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED
[5293]ae 6 AUG 1974
[5295]“. “MEMORANDUM FOR: Director
[5297]Federal Bureau of Investigation
[5299]ATTENTION mb, Intelligence Division
[5301]SgypyecT «ss: MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL, III
[5303]REFERENCE °: A. Conversation between Mr. William
[5304]a a : McDonnell, FBI Liaison Officer and
[5305]ur. F.1.G. Coleman of this Agency
[5307]‘on 29 July. 1974.- a oe
[5309]B. F681 New York Report dated 19 July,
[5310]Subject as above. « .-
[5312]“2. Authorization is granted for your Buréau to pass
[5313]a copy of CIRA-0371-74 dated 27 June 1974, Subject as
[5314]above, to the Department of Justice for its use. We wish
[5315]to make it clear ‘that the former Agency.employees mentioned
[5316]in paragraph 2 of that report: John Patrick MULDOON and
[5317]Theodcre John ROUSSOS, provided their information voluntarily.
[5318]with the intent of seeking the.advice of this Agency-on the
[5319]Jegality of the proposed venture of the Friends of Abaco
[5320](FOA). Both men were advised to avoid contact with the
[5321]FOA and to report their contacts to the Federal Bureau of
[5322]Investigation. © .
[5324]2. This Agency has not initiated any further contact
[5325]with the individuals named above or with Walter Coseph ACKER,
[5326]the third’ former employee approached by the FOA. MACKEM, ..
[5327]however, did himself contact this Agency in an attempt to get
[5329]an official policy on the activities of the FOA. He was
[5331]. CLASSIFIED BY 910116. EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
[5333]SCHEDUCE-OF £.0. 121.652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY SB (2). IMPOSSIELE
[5334]"TO DETERMINE GATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION, :
[5336]—SEORET/SEituie
[5338]=). OA ys
[5341],14-00000
[5345]informed. that: the.case comes under FBI jurisdiction, that
[5346]this Agency has no official involvement, and that all
[5347]. information we had on.the matter had been made available -
[5348]to’ ycur- Bureau. He was advised at that time to repert -
[5349]‘his contacts and ‘any information he had to your Bureau..
[5351]- FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:
[5353]" “ysy Gavia A. Fastiips
[5355]' i me David AL Phiddips
[5357]- CIRA-0432-74
[5359]to
[5361]SECRET/SENSITNE
[5363]14-0000
[5367]"* D0/WH/7/CAR/Al bert Ramos :cm: 7493/1956 (5 August 74)
[5369]Distribution:
[5370]Orig & 1 - FBI
[5371]: ‘1 - OPS/LSN
[5372]; - CIOPS/WH
[5374]- C/0S/SSD/0SB
[5375]1 - €/#HD
[5376]1 - WH/Security |
[5377]1 - WH/7/CAR Chrono _
[5379]BASED ON:
[5381]189-9-1
[5383]C/OPS/LSN Memo to C/WHD dated 30 July 1974
[5385]Subject: Mitchell Livingston WERBELL and
[5387]: his Employment of Former Agency
[5388]Employees
[5390]~ SECRET/SENSITIE 2.
[5392]_ p piviee sie wed | secret | oopeeee
[5394]-. Chief_of ‘Station, AU Mfanhoo xx wl nn
[5396]Chief, Western Herisphere. Civisfon.
[5398]Mitchell Livingston MERE L  e
[5400]MTOV TIC LIL
[5401].
[5403]a, |. For your background information, attached under
[5404]separate cover is one copy each of the following documents
[5405]concerning Subject: . .
[5409]a. CIRA- 0371-74 dated 27 June 1978 — 7
[5410]be. LRERGO New York memo dated 19 duly 1974
[5412]: 2. In forwarding the 19 July New York memo ‘mentioned 2 coves
[5413]. LHERGO reported that in the last sentence of paracraph 3, GaaY .
[5414]actually said that WERSELL had indicated he was being assist
[5415]by former. BKHER SLD employees. LNENSO chose to substitute inguzZZ
[5416]tn order to ‘make the meno Tess sensational.
[5418]3. A copy of CIRA-0371-74 i s being passed ‘to the: Departnent
[5419]of Justice.
[5421]Wilma R. VAN SCOY
[5423]Attachments:
[5424]As stated above, u/s/c¢
[5426]Distribution: ,
[5427].2 + COS, WH/Niamt. (watts, u/s/c) E2 IMPDET
[5429]CL BY O10116
[5431]in = on en ne et paid
[5433]CEOS REFERENCE TO "| DISPATCH SYESi AnD RMSE
[5435]| UFPS-419 5 Aucust 1974
[5436]“CASI SW WO) FILE NUW3E2-
[5438]| | EX - 2899S 2 |
[5440]1 SECRE T ~ rede
[5441], _ CHKE- _ DC GHFICER = Trent — 8 7493.1
[5442]Internal Distribution: {COCA 7 CAR Ruth con 28E
[5444]ee 207-259910 ull-b adqyed SESE Cate, 00 2 j
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[5463]| 2 6A
[5464]oa | Subject oft thd EL AE SFEA
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[5472]4 AUG
[5473]'g
[5476]i
[5477]| To: Director. . , of
[5478]ee ; . Federal Bureau of Investigation ; . 7 of
[5479]; po Attention: Intelligence Division
[5480]|
[5482]_FROS: : Deputy Director for Operations
[5483]“SUBJRCT: | Yraces Requested byl Mr. Wayne Yrankenfield
[5485]do To a 1. This memorandua ig in response to trace requests -
[5486]ye made by Mr. Wayne Frankenfield of the General Investigative ° : on
[5487]Division on 29 July 1974. a i
[5489]2. The files of this office reveal po pertinent idonti- |
[5492]' Advance Security Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia :
[5493]Noward GIBSON of Georgia _ an
[5494]Security Defense Systen of Maristta, Georgia '
[5496]3. Nothing is known of the Central Tovestigative Agency,
[5498]* @xcept as reported by the FBI.
[5500]. . 9o.-O DLE AAO ;
[5502]wt | 42. The files of ‘thia office contain considerable informa-
[5504]i tion on Mitchell Livingstoo’WERBFLL III, born 8 March 1918 in
[5506]i Philadelphia, Pa. The aajority of this information was received
[5508]: from the FBI, This office previously furnished the Bureau! infor-
[5509]‘mation on Werbell uader CSCI-3/773317 of 24 October 1962, subject
[5511]se WERBELL, Mitchell L.; and CSCI-316/02323-89 of 27 June 1869, sub=-
[5513]soos sy ject WKRBELL, Hitchell Livingston Ill.
[5515]NER AANA TPs heave
[5517]<a
[5519]f -3. Werbell has never been employed by this Agency nor does
[5520]{ the. ‘Agency have coy operational interest in Rim.. As a 2nd .
[5521]a Lieutenant io the Signal Corps in the China-Burms theater in
[5522]: We If, Berbell was assigned to OSS from April to Deceaber 1945.
[5523]; Io August 1959, this office considered using Yerbell as a source
[5524]: ; Of information on revolutionary activities in the Caribbean area, oe
[5525]7 — 7 . . - *
[5526]: - NS
[5527]Y “,
[5529]F2 IMPDET
[5530], CL BY 054698 ,
[5532]| Gt Away 4 a,
[5533]bbe cee dbal Oe 1 25H} 10 WP Cishoy
[5536]14-0000
[5538]. - ASTON ALT
[5539]COE EALTIAL
[5541]ot particularly Cuba, but teratnated its consideration of his
[5542]““peasible use in October 1959. From Necenber 1965 to Kovenber
[5543]x" 3966, Ferboll contacted this Agoncy’s Domestic Collection.
[5545]* Divisior in Coral.Gables, Florida to voluntarily offer iaofer=-
[5547]| gation.
[5548]: oT - 6, Serbell has been assessed an aa unscrupulous whocier-
[5549]to. dealer, a promotor of grandiose achenes, a man who lives beyond
[5550]ie e . ‘his means, and a high pressure advertising and promotion man.
[5551]vier He has ‘repeatedly misrepresented hinself as both an employee
[5552]lef the U.S, government.and the CIA, As an arms, dealer, he has
[5553]bean. involved with oumerous Latin American governaests and exile
[5554]Tgroups since the late 1950'e and is now involved in Bahaman af= .
[5555]‘ffirs.° “In 1969, he was in Thailand, attempting to sell the
[5556]government arms and a progr to neutralize the communist threat
[5558]"1a. that country. ae
[5562]-2,:, Werbell. operated Aa. public relations firm in Atlanta which
[5563]nto bankruptcy in 1959. He subsequently became Vice Presi-
[5565]dent and Director of Research and Nevelopmuent of STONICS, Inc.
[5567]of Atlanta, Georgia aod later became a partner in Defense Systens
[5569]a International of Powder Springs, Georgia.
[5571]‘weat'f
[5573]8, For further information on Werbell, you.are referred to
[5575]the Department of Defense and the Departzent of State.
[5577]Van CLEAVE, ©
[5579]Po, 9, The indices of this office reflect a Stephen
[5580]| : President of Intelligence Services, Ltd., Suite 11-B, 130 Vest
[5581]Wieucea Rd., N.F., Atlanta, Georgia; talepkone AC 404-255-7493.
[5582]The document concerning Van Cloave is charged out, and we are
[5584]‘geeking to locate it. :
[5585]' ; Sna-ne\ - - ; . nnennas
[5586]} 10, John Patrick: MULDOGN is, as stated in our CYIRA+0371-74
[5587]: i of 27 June 1974, subject Hitchell Livingston Werbell III, a fore
[5588]; mer Agency employes. Yor further information on Muldoon, yor ~
[5589]are referred to this Agency's Office of Security.
[5591]CIR-316/01815-74
[5592]C/OPS/LSN/F IGColeman/ck (1 August 1974)
[5595]O&1 - Addressee
[5596]2 - OPS/LSN 7
[5597]1 - IP/AN
[5599]a ZB.
[5601]CONFIDENTIAL
[5603]QQ 504.
[5605]em one weed ee ~
[5607]SON tier et et gcagi eT ite 8 atthe
[5609]\.
[5611]14-0000
[5613]TO Ore ane aint reece ite netheene
[5615]information in our riles concern
[5616]taken place betxeen. this Agency. and KER RELL. -
[5618]NEMCR-NDUM FOR: Associate Genete] Counsel, OGC
[5620]VIAL : “Deputy Director for. Operations -
[5621]“oSUBIECT Mitchel] Livingston WER BEL 111
[5622]” REFERENCE >. Your memorandum of 24 February 1976,
[5624]subject as 2 ove
[5625]; am hd 0 oe . he
[5626]-1. Per -refezsnce request, te are forwarcing
[5627]ing contacts that have
[5629]2. The following is a simaary-of all DBO-eontact. -
[5631]' directly with WER. BELL Which took place. in 1959:
[5633]a. A 6, July 1959 Memorandum to C/WKH Division
[5634]signed by Thomas J. Flores stated that General
[5635]Cabell called Flores to report that WER BELL -had
[5636]Called him. WERK BELL discussed with General Cabell
[5637]a trip WER BELL had taken to the Dominican Republic
[5638]and offered to come to Washington at his own expense
[5639].to discuss the trip. No cennitments were made to
[5640]WER BELL by General Cabell.
[5642]b. A 7 July 1959 Memorandum of Conversation
[5643]signed by T. J. Flores stated that WER BELL was
[5644]met in Washington, D.C., by Flores who discussed
[5645]with WER BELL information concerning the Dominican
[5646]Republic, Fidel Castro, Fulcencio Batista and
[5647]General Pedraza. :
[5649]c.. A § July 1959 Menorandum of Conversation
[5650]signed by T. J. Flores stated that on & July 1959
[5651]Flores called WER BELL to set up an appointment, —
[5652]During the meeting, WER BELL was told that the
[5653]Unjted States would not support any revolutionary
[5654]activities by General Pedraza. He was also told
[5656]“that the U.S. will observe its international
[5657]obligations concerning Cuba and. Pedraza, and that
[5659]Ve”
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[5701]podress or his: followers “of. ‘the: “‘neut
[5702]Flofes said that the Agency ‘had someé
[5703]. the possibility of his ‘(WER ‘BELL's) working
[5704]“el. =. +. for us .as/an intellicence gathcrer under® terms
[5705]“* to, be negotiated. after we obtained a security.
[5706]‘clearance,on him..- Flores” pointed out that. the.
[5707]s Rot _ottempting to’ limit his actions
[5708]hi ican Republic, nor.
[5709]y ry Te. ibility for those —
[5710]oo ee ers he carried out in-his own behalf.. “Flores.-
[5711]De Rae ‘dictated-a- Secrecy Agreenent to him and. -had hin--
[5712]. : sign ite ; ; Bot LG Lt
[5714]re / a. AS “July 1989, Sénorandum for. the Record -
[5715]vo _. Signed by-T. J. Flores reported . that Subject | et
[5716]cal¥ed: him on 9. July 195°. from Néw York. ‘ WER. BELL ct
[5717]“gavé Flores. -further information on.Loos:;; fnu, re
[5718]the representative of a Colonel Frei,‘ fnu, of. the
[5719]+ Swiss. army who. -had -1,000-men available for duty:
[5720]as ‘soldiers. - a . . as
[5722]e: “A 20 July 1959" M norandum' for ‘the Record
[5723]signed by T. J. Flores reported that WER BELL "
[5724]called Flores from Miari on 20 July to ask about
[5726]Y the: Agéncy “picking up the tab for his forthcoming
[5727]: trip to’ the Dominican Republic. They discussed
[5728]his clearance which had not come through.
[5730]Te a, : f. A 3 August 1959 Memorandum for the
[5731]: aot Fears “Record signéd by Martha R. Tharpe reported that
[5732]a ae on 24 July 1959 WER BELL calied for Mr. Thomas J.
[5733]- Uy : Flores. Since Flores was on leave, Tharpe took
[5734]the call. WER BELL gave Tharpe further infor-
[5735]mation concerning Pedraza and Batista. Tharpe
[5736]called. WER BELL back that evening to tell him
[5737]that if he obtained further information to
[5738]-report it to Mr. Justin Gleichauf, OO Contacts
[5739]Representative in Miani, until, Mr. Flores returned:
[5740]to Washington: oe oe
[5742]g. A 5 August 1959 “enorandum: for the’ Record
[5744]- signed by T. J. Flores stated that WER BELL phoned’
[5745]him on 5 August 195° to ask if there was any news
[5746]on his clearance. WER BELL said he wanted to go
[5748]to the Dominican Republic: soon, and would like CIA
[5750]to pick up his expenses. He was told there was no
[5752]Bae.
[5756]a . _ Be
[5758]news. “Flores and KER BELL discu ssed’ the Dominican
[5759]Republic and Cuba. On 3 August Fiores phoned | : -_ .
[5760]WER BELL and told him that his clearance had not ce vo 7 : —_
[5761]been granted and that he should sect predicate his | a ;
[5762]"activities on the expectation of the clearance at ae .
[5763]any given time. WER BELL said t=st the Pedraza, Bo tN
[5764]group was air: rifting and dropping. material® into- . se
[5765]Cuba. .
[5769]. . _— he AD September 1959. Memorandum for ‘the
[5771]: a = Record signéd ‘by. T. J. Florés re : aes
[5772]: .WER BELL ‘called Flores on 9 Septender 1959 to
[5774]“provide ‘information'on Cuba: Hé was told by
[5775]Flores that his clearance had not yet been oe ets
[5777]processed. . A a a gS
[5779]_ oo oe ld. ‘According to a 25 Septenter 1959 -
[5780]: ; . Memorandum for! the Record signed ‘by T. J. Flores, -
[5782]. \° WER BELL called Flores on 9 Septerber 1959, to:
[5784]) ask.af. «his . clearance ¢had ‘come through since.
[5785]‘he wanted the- Agency to finance his” trip to”
[5786]the. Dominican Republic. He was told it had
[5787]not. “WER BELL told Florés about. scne people . =.) 1°. ae .
[5788]who had been discussing the counterfeiting: . :
[5789]of U. S. dollars and Cuban pesos for-use in- a
[5790]“comnection-.with :Cuban revolutionary activities.
[5791]He was told by Flores to contact the FBI. On
[5792]13 September WER. BELL had phoned Flores at. home.
[5793]to say that the’ FBI had referred bim‘to the
[5794]Secret Service on the counterfeiting aspect,
[5796]- and that no one seemed particulariy interested
[5797]in the gun running. The Secret Service asked .
[5799]him to go to Miami at his own expense to obtain ne
[5800]further information on the matter and WER BELL
[5801]asked Flores' advice. Flores said that he could
[5802]not. ‘influence him one way or the other since he
[5803]was not in a position to direct his activities,
[5804]but felt he might be better off to take no action.
[5805]He was told that Flores would be in touch with
[5806]him as soon as he-had any further information
[5807]concerning our possible use of hin..- :
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[5812]q
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[5814]5
[5816]. j.. A 15 October 1959 Memorandum for the.
[5817]Record signed by Thomas J. Flores states that.
[5819]“WER BELL phoned him on 25 September 1989 to report
[5820]on Cuba. On 2 October 1959, Flores talked with
[5821]WER BELL hy phone and terminated the relationship.
[5823]3. | The following undated memorancuns are also contained in
[5824]WER BELL's file: .
[5829]14-0000
[5831]oa. A Memorandum,-for ‘the Record signed by
[5832](T. Fiores reports.that &ER BE res
[5833]13 August 1959 to discuss, Cuba
[5835]A act
[5837]This memorandum also. records that KER BELL phoned
[5839]Flores again‘on 26 August 1959 at which: time activities:
[5841]in the Dominican -Republic and Cuban activities in.
[5842]“Miaini were discussed: ER BELL also asked about the
[5844]_ status of his-clearance, and was told it had not yet
[5845]‘comé through. ‘ oo Ls
[5847]i "K" addressed to “Tom” ”
[5848]ome information concerning ..-
[5849]Lett is probably in...
[5852]et céme throug
[5854]‘some -inforination concern? y-Batista.. (This.
[5855]merorandum probably: is in the i
[5857]eter’ d. An unsigned report, apparently from’ :>
[5858]~. WER BELL, gave a summary of his contacts and .
[5860]activities during a trip to the Dominican Republic.
[5862](This report is probably in-the 1959 time frame.)
[5864]“4. .A 17 December 1963 dispatch from Station Santo Domingo
[5866]-reported that Station NOC Officer Joseph Luna recently met
[5868]WER BELL in Santo Domingo.” No further details of the mecting
[5869]were reported.
[5871]"S§. According to the CS file on WER BELL, three former
[5872]Agency employees were contacted in 1974 by WER BELL and other
[5873]representatives of a group called "Friends of Abaco OA),
[5875]a croup allegedly advocating the secession of the island of
[5876]Abaco from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The three former
[5877]employees contacted are: ;
[5879]a. John Patrick ‘zldoon, retired from.
[5880]. CIA on 20 March 1972. Oo
[5882]b. Theodore John Scuskos, retired from CIA
[5883]on 31 July 1970. He was rehired on a
[5884]contract in February 1971... His contract
[5885]was teriinated in September 1973.
[5889]“time framew)j°
[5891]So
[5892]aS] at oe re Pe cnn, mee See Cr cc
[5894]14-0000
[5896]Pothea wet con erning WER -RELL."an
[5898]its. independence. Qn, several _occasions, WER. BELL introduced —
[5899]Mr. Muldoon and“Mr- “Roussos a's active Agency. officials, implying .
[5900]’ “that either ‘the. Agency. or the Uni
[5901]:the.aims of the FOA. “WER BELL 50 proposed tO Messrs.. Muldoon:
[5902]'. and Roussos. in separate conversations that they, conduct a study,:
[5903]- involving. a visit to Abaco; -to determine the feasibility of -
[5904]-'Abace’s independence in political and economic ‘térms. ‘The ~
[5905]" study was to include interviews with citizens of “Abaco prior
[5906]_- to an aileged "plebiscite" on independence to take place in
[5907]-_Abaco on 28 June 1974. In default -of the collaboration of
[5908]~@ither.Muldoon or Roussos, WER BELL hired Mr. Walter Joseph
[5910]Walter Joseph Mackem, “separated fron
[5911]CIA’ on: 31 October 1973. ; eee
[5913]6. Mr. Muldoon contacted Agency empl yee E. ‘James
[5914]“MeTighe, on 22 May 1974... Mr: Mukdoon™té “MéTighe
[5915]that. -he was nominal - Président of a Washington- based :
[5916]firm called "Security Consultants International.” He presented
[5917]Mr. McTighe witha report, containi & th ential data he’ :
[5919]d effort to. *tavolye - “persons fori
[5920]in the activities of ‘the FOA in support: of:
[5924]Macken,..a_. ‘former. Agency<~ -friend-of ‘both Muldoon and Roussos.
[5926]According to WER BELL's file, Mackem later in 1974 contacted
[5928]the Agency in an: attempt to get an official policy on the
[5930]“. activities of ‘the FOA. Nackem was informed that the case
[5931]comes under FBI jurisdiction, that this Agency has no official
[5932]“involvement, and that all information we had on the matter had
[5933]. been made available to the FBI. He was adviséd at that time
[5935]to report his. contacts and any information he had to the FBI.
[5937]7. On 24 March 1975, Mr. Joseph P. Hayes, “assigned to
[5939]SE/PCH, reported that dur ing the weck of 9 March 1975, he . _
[5941]talked with Mr. Wesley Dyckman. Mr. Dyckman is a forner Agency
[5943]‘enpleyee employed by the Drug Enforcement Agency. According
[5945]to Dyckman; former Agency employee Walter Mackem was employed
[5946]jn the Washington .area as a private investigator. He is also
[5947]involved with a paramilitary activity funded by ‘some unnamed .
[5949]‘British source, .The activity, which byckman referred to as
[5952]rom
[5954]14-0000
[5956]_ is supposedly
[5958]the Greek Gover men
[5960]“WER BELL that -he:
[5962]ma
[5964]“ingne Rew Laid project" sought to establish a tax shelter on
[5966]one of the vur-21sianas ot ‘the Caribbean
[5968]fully taking | “ oy
[5969]over the. island and -cstabli hing a. £0 Fe. -Mackem.. - se
[5970]-involved i
[5972]fi the paramilitary t ining of forces
[5974]in this adventure. ‘According ‘to Dyckman, .
[5975]ing supposedly was to take place in
[5979]Mr. ‘Roussos met with Mr. K. Michael
[5981]‘ae AC/E/GC, and told him that
[5983]A 351. August to sell arms to
[5985]q Tr “ : ntéd Roussos to be hi's
[5987]‘advisor in this: venture and to go to ‘Athens. -Roussos-told
[5988]‘ER L’ would ‘check with CIA before giving him an answer. ;
[5989]WER “BELL -asked « oussos to see if. the Agency ‘was in favor of -
[5990]such an ‘arms deal vor not.. “Mr. Absher strongly advised against ae
[5992]- Roussos" getting involved in this deal. . Roussos told Mr. ‘Atsher . .
[5993]that he, understood and agreed not to get involved. Roussos
[5995]“  gaid that WER BELL:would probably ‘call: him fron Athens and he _
[5996]_ would give WER BELL a final negative reply. - es
[5998]"9. 08.22. July 1974, the FBI reported that WER: BELL may.’
[5999]be. in possession of a one-line note from former CIA Director-
[6000]William Colby. stemming ‘from a chance meeting with the Director
[6001]at an OSS alumni dinner, reading something like "Good to see
[6002]you again." This note was apparently used by WER BELL to
[6003]suggest that he and Mr. Colby were good friends. This infor-
[6005]mation was passed on to Mr. Colby on 9 August 1974.
[6007]> 10. According to reporting from several Stations, WER BELL.
[6008]and Arthur L. Smith (a cohort of WER BELL's) were in several ;
[6009]Central American countries during August and early. September... -- 0. eo
[6011]1962: Their principal activity appeared to be contacting
[6013]officials of the governments of Guatemala, Nicaragua, an
[6015]El Salvador for the purpose of obtaining recognition ofa
[6017]de facto Cuban Government in exile called the "United .
[6018]Organization for the Liberation of Cuba." In discussions with
[6019]Nicaraguan Government representatives, WER BELL ‘claimed the
[6021]proposed Cuban Government 1n exile had the support of 90
[6023]separate Cuban exile organizations and 186,009 Cuban exiles..
[6025]WER BELL offered a representative of the Nicaraguan Governnent
[6026]$100,000 to obtain that government's recognition of the Cuban
[6027]Government in exile. The croup claimed to have its headquarters
[6029]at 1025.Connecticut: Avenue, NW, in washington, D.C. While in
[6030]Guatemala, Smith claimed that the group had a nan in the
[6032]Department of State in Washington, D.C., whom they pay $6,000 ’
[6033]per year "to. keep, them advised." . : , a
[6035]14-0000
[6037]asset and told hin u
[6038]‘had organized a group, including approxim
[6039]inside Cuba, to perform a commence operation L
[6041]“eariy January 1966.. :
[6042]with the seconcary nission of blowing up.the
[6044]gissionm would be ca
[6046] Der€. -
[6047]_. Gnto Cuba and said’ that. they
[6048]-.the regime immediately
[6050]a 8.
[6052]“44, -In December
[6054]of Fidel. Castro,
[6056]generators that supply
[6057]at the time, stated that he was trying to get a
[6058]with the pission, and. inferred that the
[6060]Lied of f-if such approval was not obtained.
[6062]from. CIA‘ to proceed
[6066]According to the FBI
[6068]_ acquainted with many
[6069]“and othér countries,
[6071]had been approved ‘by
[6073]= 13. Accérding to-a memoraréun i
[6074]Febvuary 1968, one B
[6076]‘of this Agency and s
[6078]Mr. Baker said that WER BELL was in.t
[6080]business and deliver
[6081]Mr. Baker said that
[6083]ClA. Mr. Baker said
[6084]would have to get a_
[6085]Baker said that whe w
[6087]" might keep him from
[6089]14. WER BELL ca
[6090]in early 1969 when h
[6091]as Vice President of
[6092]himself as a counter
[6093]to display, claimed
[6094]himself at a local n
[6095]WER BELL -attenpted t
[6096]variety of U.S. nil
[6098]the gist of his reputation to
[6100]inission and the Thai
[6102]sponsored in any way
[6104]that he ana six Cubun exiles in the Wl. S.
[6106]ary 19.66 the. Miami office of the FB!
[6108]“BELL chad’. beer in contact with yarious news:
[6110]and reportedly, also had discusse
[6111]Phillips, Publi¢ Affairs Officer, Department of State,
[6113]"WER BELL- claimed to have a group: of ‘some S|
[6114]were ready for action to overthrow: |
[6116]ightclub. a5 Chie
[6118]1966 WER EELL contacted a Miami DCD
[6120]ately 70 Cubans
[6121]in Cuba during
[6122]Their prirary mission was the assasSination
[6123]electricity to Havana, Cuba. WER BELL,
[6124]"erecn light" -
[6126]lan to, assassinate Fidel, Castro,
[6127]4 the plan with Mr. Richard.
[6129]Washington,
[6130]00 men infiltrated
[6132]-€ollowing the. assassination of Castro.....
[6133]y WER BELL gave the impression that he. is.
[6134]high government officials, b
[6135]and implies. that his assassination plan
[6136]CIA. LO me Te
[6137]h WER BELL'S file, on 7
[6138]ruce Arman 5aker telephoned an employee
[6139]aid he had been in contact with WER BELL.
[6140]he weapons manufacturing
[6141]ed them by air throughout the world. ~
[6142]he understood that WER BELL does this for
[6143]that he understood from WER BELL that he
[6144]CIN security clearance to fly for WER BELL.
[6145]as afraid that his past smuggling record
[6146]getting a CJA clearance.
[6148]me to the attention of the Bangkok Station
[6150]e went to Thailand representing himself
[6151]Sionics, Atlanta, Georgia. He described
[6152]insurgency expert, had a variety of weapons
[6153]to be a retired colonel, -and introduced
[6155]f of CIA in. Thailand. . oe
[6157]o sell arms to the Thais and aisa to a” ;
[6158]itary ¢clenents. Station Bangkok passed
[6160]. personalities in the U..S.
[6162]Government stressing that he was. not
[6164]by the U. S. Government.
[6166]“poth in the. U." S.°
[6168]14-0000
[6170]“Distribution:
[6172]i5.° WER BELL was also the subject of tvo nénoranduns
[6174]_.Signed by Lawrence R. Houston. Mr.-Houston, answering a...
[6175]‘ request from Joseph J. Liehling, Deputy Assistant Secretary
[6177]7of Defense, on 23. February 1971, denied WER BELL'S alleged
[6178]“affiliation, with the CIA. .On 28. October 1971; Mr. Houston
[6179]“w¥ote Mr. David H. Henretta, Jr., of the Industrial Security
[6181]_ Clearance Review Division, to return notarized Interrogatories
[6183]"Previously. sent by Mr. Henretta.
[6185]i6. ‘We have no inforration on Colonel Bavard except - news
[6186]articles reporting his death which were forwarded by the FBI.
[6188]. 17. Per ‘your request, we have sent. “dnstructions to: ‘the -
[6189]LA/Miani. Station’ ‘that ‘there should be no contact with WER’ BELL.
[6193]_ Nestor D. Sanches.
[6194]; Acting Chief -
[6195]. ,Latin America Division
[6197]DDO/LA/CAR/Cari/D. Geisler:rb Ext. 1956 (3 March 76).
[6199]- Addressee
[6200]- DDO
[6201]- ADDO ; . :
[6202]DUO/ Reg... --- a
[6203]-. C/LA : ,
[6205]- LA/CAR/Cari chrono
[6206]>, 201-259910
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[6210]ett et ee et
[6211]1
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[6221]i
[6222]3
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[6226]per Aocurrent dave oY Ties iby ye
[6227]0974 trum Las vegas
[6229]| Subject MPo + thal (Logsin
[6230]| Beer bell, a” :
[6233]SENSITWE
[6235]i
[6237]MEMORANDUM F
[6239]“ATTENTION. |
[6240]SUBJECT
[6242]hoe och Ref
[6243]“$M 105- 21382.
[6244]reporting on
[6245]Independence
[6247]the Bahanas.
[6249]2. For
[6250]of this Ager
[6251]of a group c
[6253]Conmonweaith
[6254]Mitchell Livi
[6255]dealer, and
[6256]both of whom
[6257]enployees in
[6258]which your B
[6259]contacted ar
[6261]a.
[6263]CLASSIFIED B
[6264]- SCHEDULE OF
[6265]TO DETERMINE
[6267]“WARN “ING NOTICE
[6268]INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AXD METHODS INVOLVED -
[6270]27 JUN 1974
[6272]OR: Director ; .
[6273]Federal Bureau of Investigation
[6277]Intelligence ‘Division . uo
[6279]“MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL, lt
[6281]erence is nade to your Buresa’ s- File No. .
[6283]» ‘Subject as: above, and your Bureau's) 1
[6284]Subject's iavolvenent with the "Abaco: .'
[6285]Hovenent™ (ATM) in the Cornonwealth of
[6287]your inférnation only, three forner -enployées
[6288]cy were con itacted in June- 1974 by representatives
[6289]alled’ "Friends. of Abaco," 2 group, allecsedly
[6290]he-secession of ihe island’ of Abaco fron. the
[6292]of the Sahanas. Contact was initiated by
[6293]ingston Wh ELL ITI, an international arms
[6294]a naturalized Lit huanian named Michael OLIVER,
[6295]attempted to involve the forrer Acency
[6297]“the Abaco Independence Hoveneat (ATM), of
[6298]ureau is’ faniliar. The three former enplovees
[6300]e:
[6302]John Patrick M 'LDOON Yo
[6303]DPOB: 25 August 1937, Washington, D. C.
[6304]Retired from this A Agency on 20 March 1972) ,
[6305]Address at time of retirement:
[6307]4305 Kentbury Drive
[6309]Bethesda, Maryland
[6311]EMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSITICATION
[6312]PTION CATEGORY $B (2). IMPOSSIBLE
[6313]MATIC ‘DECLASS IFICATION.
[6315]_6/- 2579 76
[6317]Y 010116.
[6318]E.0. 11652
[6319]DATE CF A
[6321]an a
[6323]7
[6325]b. Theodore John ROUSSOS :
[6326]‘DPOB: 14 July 1919, Washington, D. C.
[6327]Retired: 31 July 1970
[6328]Address at tice of retiresent:
[6330]2918 Hardy Avenue.
[6331]. Wheaton, Marviand oo .
[6332]Note: ROUSSOS vas rehired on a contract ;
[6333]oo, _. basis in February 1971.. His contract.
[6334]- lee was terminated Septerber 1973, .
[6335]Cc. Walter Joseph MACKEN _ , en
[6336]DPOB: 13 December 1937, COnaha, Nebraska
[6337]‘Separated: 31 Cctober. i973 0 :
[6338]Address at tine of separation:
[6339]2609 %. Potomac...
[6340]-'.. Arlingtoa, Virginia
[6341]: 3. Mitchell Livingsten WERBELL III, the principal
[6342]‘owner. of the arms manufacturing firs Uefense Systens -
[6343]International and aw international arts .dcaler,; has becn
[6344]encouraging a group of Eahanian citizens on the island -
[6345]“of Abaco who seek:to secede from the 32hanian Commonwealth.
[6346]In this affair WERSELL has been collats ating with a :
[6347]group based in ‘ani called the "Friends of Abaco,"
[6349]Active in the Friends of Abaco is Hichsel OLIVER, a wealthy
[6351]' land developer residing at 2989 £1 Rancho Drive, Carson City,
[6352]‘Nevada. OLIVER, a naturalized U. S. citizen, was born
[6353]Moses OLITSKI on 11 Decenber 1928 in Lithuania, :
[6355]4. In encouraging person's in ASaco to scek ._-
[6356]independence of Nassau, OLIVER's apparent motive is to
[6357]establish a prototype governnent b on principles of |
[6358]‘free enterprise expounded in a pia k Louk which he
[6359]-has authored called "A Ne it 2 for a New Country"
[6360](Fine Arts Press, Reno, “Nev. - 1968). WERBELL, on the .
[6361]other hand, has privately expressed a desire to establish
[6362]a tourist mecca on, Abaco to include hotels, recreation
[6363]“facilities and ‘gambling casinos. ‘Officials of Noliday
[6364]International, a Baltimore firn specialized in recreation
[6365]and health spas, have been briefed by HESBELL and OLIVER
[6366]recently on the Abaco movement; Robert A.C. HAMILTON,
[6367]13th Lord of zeihavea and Stenton jand a renber of the
[6370]“Friends of Abaco,-on 10 June 1974 sponsored a resolution
[6372]-in behalf of the Abaco Indenendence Noverent on the flsor-
[6373]of the British House of Lords, following conversations |
[6374]with -WKERBELL - in Washington | in late May,
[6376]. Ss. ‘Despite: the seenine innocencte of the enterprise,
[6377]oo: . however, we: have observed that “ERBELL, in particular,
[6378]oo --has made a concerted effort to involve persons formerly
[6379]crith this Agency in. the activities of the — :
[6380]7 Friends | “of Abaco, in support of Abaco's independence, oe . _
[6381]- On several occasions, involving at least two former : Soe
[6382]. officers of this orjvanization, MULDOON and ROUSSOS cited
[6383]‘above, WERBELL has introduced thea as “presumably active |
[6385]Agency. officials in such a fashicn as to inply, according Ls
[6386]to the persons involved, that cither this. Agency or the ; Sone
[6387]~.. United States’ Government  SUPPOTTS - the ains 5 of the - ve
[6388]-. Friends of: Abaco. : oe
[6390]- os. Bo .6. Most recently, WERBILL has proposed to both
[6391]: ; retired officers in separate -conversations that they — ~
[6392]conduct.a study, involving a visit to Abaco, to determine ;
[6393]the feasibility of ‘Abaco's independence in political and
[6394]econonic terms The study would include interviews with
[6395]‘citizens on Abaco prior to an alleced “plebiscite” on
[6396]independence to take place in Abaco on 25 June 1974,
[6397]To be ‘included in the investiration is research on the St r
[6398]oa probable reaction in the United Nations Ore3nization to .
[6399]ee a petition from political grouns in Abace for support on
[6401]—_ pes independence, notably any parallels to be found in ;
[6403]precedents such.as the Biafra secession fron Nigeria. pO
[6405]7. Andrew ST. GEORGE, a nationally ‘noun free-lance
[6406]writer, has become active in WERBELL's orsanization and
[6407]clains to be preparing an article on WERRELL and the
[6408]Abaco movement for publication” in True Harazine.
[6409]- ST. GEORGE has particinated in the several meetings that
[6410]WERBELL, ‘CLIVER and their associates have had with the
[6411]two retired Agency | officers, Hr. John ? MULTCON and
[6413]Mr. Ted ROUSSOS. ~
[6416]8... In default. of the collaboration ‘of either
[6418]' MULDOON of ROUSSOS, SERBELL and OLIVER have hired
[6420]Walter Joseph MACKEM, a former Agency friend of both
[6421]MULDOON and ROUSSOS. .
[6422]a
[6424]9. - John “ULDO yo. is currently. enployed ‘as the
[6425]Washington renresen wtative of the firm Security Consultants
[6427]"International, a subsidiary of the Atlanta (Ga.) detective
[6428]‘agency, Central. ‘Investigative Agency. ROUSSOS is not:
[6430]enployed.. .
[6431]FOR THE. ‘DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:
[6433]_fs/ David A. PHilLtps
[6435]David A. Phillips | —
[6437]" CIRA-0371-74 |
[6441]1
[6443]'
[6444]H
[6445]i
[6449]Distribution:
[6451]Orig. & 1
[6453]Ladle © Loo Oe oe oe
[6455]Ct oe or hr er ry
[6457]FBI
[6459]- OPS/LSN
[6461]CIOPS/WH
[6465]C/OS/SSD/OSB_
[6466]C/WHD
[6467]WH/Security
[6469]O/ PERSONNEL for | MULDOON, Roussos, and.
[6471]MACKEM'S personnel. files
[6472]WH/7/CAR Chrono
[6475]BASED ON: Memoranda for the Record dated:
[6477]22. May 1974
[6478]21 June 1974
[6479]22 June -1974
[6480]26 June 1974
[6483]14-00000 Ff
[6485]ee SEGRE
[6488]ge a\ -
[6490]' Subject: Agency Retiree's Involvement. with
[6491]oe Abaco Independence Group an
[6493]Memorandum for the Record
[6495]. 1.. Through the intermediary of Robert Brown,. DC/EA,
[6497]“and retired ‘staffer Jack "Red" Stent, I was put in- touch
[6498]5 with John MULDOON, another retired staffer
[6499]who -is now fioriinal vice-president of a Washington-based © - _
[6500]‘firm called "Security.Consultants International." :
[6502]' Muldoon made the contact with. me apparently. on ‘the
[6504]-- advice o ob: Brown and Red Stent whose’ counsel he- :
[6506]ight. ij ‘fort to ‘protect himself from the possible.
[6508]" his. “involvement with a group promoting...
[6510]_, the independer tthe Bahamian -Commonwealth—is:land-of -- -
[6511]Abaco. We mét at 1100‘hours at "Tony's" on-L street. -
[6512]‘and 18th N.W. in downtown Washington. Red Stent-was-: ;
[6513]there to introduce me to Muldooa but he did not participate
[6514]- in the discussion. ° ; ;
[6516]2. Muldoon presented me with a typewritten report
[6517]containing the essential data he possessed concerning
[6518]a_group of individuals with whom.he had met on Friday,
[6519]17.May 1974 -in- ‘Washington. Attending the meeting with
[6520]Muldoon on that occasion were Mitchell WERBELL III (aka
[6521]“Mitch Three"), Lord and -Lady BELLHAVEN (alleged British
[6522]peers}, Mike OLIVER (a wealthy electronics tycoon of
[6523]European, possibly French, origin who currently resides
[6524]in Carson City, Nevada) ,‘ Howard HANDELMAN (Washington
[6525]correspondent of "U.S. News’ and World Report”), Renee
[6526](Inu) (the evening's object of Werbell's seeningly
[6527]voracious affections) and an employe of the Library of
[6528]Congress whom-Muldoon chose not to identify to me. At
[6529]‘a subsequent meeting on Monday, 26° May .1974, Muldooa
[6530]had lunch with WERBELL and free Yance writer Andrew 3t.
[6531]GEORGE who is also involved with WERBELL in the Abaco
[6532]independence enterprise. ‘The Werbell. croup is known
[6533]as the "Friends of Abaco" (already documented as such
[6534]in our files). , ot : .
[6536]eadervrcir c. a Cus Se
[6539]“ ‘SECRET.
[6541]; 3. Arowledge of the background of the principals
[6542]ig essential to a comprehension of the affair as recounted
[6543]by Muldoon: oS a :
[6545]: Sey ; - a. IsYand of Abaco ~ From available file .., .
[6547]a i information-*é Know that Abaco is.a snall island at the
[6548]north end of the Bahamas archipelago a short distance .
[6550]off the Florida coast. which was populated in 1785 by .
[6551]British Loyalists and their Black.$laves fleeing the
[6552]United’States following independence. The island remains
[6553]about ' 50% white. Openly apprehensive in anticipation of -
[6554]_y, |. -the Bahamas’ Yndependence from Great Britain, the residents
[6555]a4 Jof. Abaco, ‘both. white and black, have found themselves - |
[6557]v since independence - the object of apparent antagonism
[6559]and adiiinistrative neglect on the. part of the Pindling _.
[6560]ernment ,, which. has fueled talk of secession from
[6562]u rule. This talk has been institutionalized in an.
[6564]¢ zation headed by a white, Charles "Chuck"
[6565]hie..Abaco’ Independence Movenent (ATM) . | .
[6567]“3 genous. ors
[6568]“HALL.,. and-cart
[6570]ae -HALB is asresident of Marsh Grove, the country cross roads”
[6571]ot ; which poses as the metropolitan capital of Abaco; he
[6572]ae frequently visits Miami where he meets with Werbell.
[6574]coy b.. Mitchell WERBELL IIT - A PhiJadelphian,
[6576]WERBELL was a member of OSS in the Far East during World
[6577]_ War II where, according to. Muldoon, he cane to know the ©
[6579]a Director and Lou Conein. Werbell currently a resident.
[6581]cob. - of Atlanta, now-is president of: an international arms
[6583]a _. peddling firm called Defense Systenis International (DST).
[6584]in addition to industrial security systems, according to
[6585]MULDOON, DSI sells automatic weapons (including a minia-
[6587]ture machine pistol with a silencer) and bomb-booby- trapped ~~
[6588]items of various sorts (e.g., a tennis ball with a fuse.
[6590]which is automatically activated when vou stop playing)
[6592]and other James Bondian accessories. Werbell hopes to
[6593]establish gaming casinos, hotcls and other tourist
[6595]facilities in Abaco catering to the U.S. tourist crowd
[6596]available for easy ferrying from nearby Miani. As a
[6597]consequence of some run-in with Prime, Minister Michael
[6598]Pindling, however, Werbell is apparently permanently .
[6600]persona non -xrata in the Bahamas; hence his ambitions
[6602]appear to be contingent on Abacan independence. e
[6604]; c. Mike OLIVER - The financial angel of the
[6605]"Friends of Abaco,” Oliver's origins and auspices are
[6606]somewhat obscure to Muldoon. OLIVER clains to have spent
[6608]3
[6611]SEGRE
[6613]time in a Nazi concentration camp during World War IT;
[6614]che Speaks excellent French; he has a pet political
[6615]‘theory wWhich-he has pub lished. He is seeking some
[6616]political entity where he can put his theory into
[6617]practice to illustrate. to the U.S. government that it
[6618]Is Worth practicing’ in’ this country. In contrast to
[6619]-fhis. colleague Mitch Three Werbell, however. he seems
[6620]adamantly opposed to establishing a gambling empire.
[6622]-d. Lord and ‘Lady BELLHAVEN - A member of
[6623]the British House of Lords, .RELLHAVEN: plans to’ make
[6624]a’speech there, following his return. to London. on ‘22
[6625]May 1974;-castigating the British government for :
[6626]allowing Abaco to, be abused by: Nassau. ‘BELLHAVEN ”
[6627]appears to.be- ddentical with Robert Anthony Carmichael.
[6629]“" HAMILTON, bord 27 -Feb 27° the 13th Lord of BELHAVEN
[6630]. and STENTON . His wife is ‘the. former. Elizabeth ‘Ann
[6631]“... J. MOSELEY, da £ ‘the jate Colonel “Arthur Henry: .
[6632]re " . MOSELEY.’ (whos rela m.to fame remain + to be- probated).
[6633]- . . This information: comes from sevéral tomes on. the ~
[6634]English peerage “which were researched - ‘for me. by ‘Sally
[6635]Ann Brown of. “E/BC.
[6637]e. Howard HANDELMAN - The U. s. News and
[6638]World Report correspondent also has contacts with the
[6639]Agency, a fact which concerns Muldoon.
[6641]: f. Central Investigation ‘Agency - An Atlanta a
[6642]. detective Agency established a few vears ago by Howard
[6644]COSGROVE, a former Georgia police orficer specialized .
[6646]in narcotics operations who was apparently fired from ,
[6648]‘the force for reasons unknown to Muldoon. COSGROVE
[6650]retains a 265 interest in the CIA (sic); Mitchell |
[6652]-WERBELL IV (‘Mitch Four") holds another. 26% and a re-
[6654]maining 6% interest is held by the nominal president of
[6656]"CIA," a retired Army colonel named Byer or Briar. The
[6658]“EIA" has in turn established Security Consultants Inter-
[6660]national, as a: Washington-based wholly owned subsidiary. _ i
[6661]“'SCI's specialities are anti-audio sweeps and electronic ;
[6662]surveillance using devices developed by one David MURISSEY,
[6663]“an electronics engineer who colla borates with MULDOON g
[6665]wee "CIA."
[6667]4. The incident which alarmed Muldoon occurred
[6668]during the Friday gathering of the individuals mentioned
[6669]in paragraph two. Muldoon was palmed-off by Werbell at so
[6670]this gathering as an “official of the CIA (Central —
[6673]= assured him that
[6675]es SERED as
[6677]Intelligence Agency, in this instance)" who was there
[6679]to attest to the fact that neither the CIA nor the U.S, -
[6681]Government is. oppesed to Abacan independence. Hi's fo
[6683]interlocutors, despite Muldoon's protests that he was
[6684]retired from.CIA and in no way represented U.S. government
[6685]interests respecting Abaco,. seemed anxious-- he felt - .
[6687].,, to accept his: presence there as evidence of U.S. —_
[6688]a government -endorgséenent of the Abacan independence movement.
[6690]og.
[6692]‘he ‘woutd ‘not be pinpointed by: Werbdell as the source of
[6693]‘this ‘information if any action’ were taken on it. T
[6694]| » apart’ fron ‘the particular incident on
[6695]17 May 1974, the general outlines of WERBELL .and his
[6696]activities. and.aspirations for Abaco ‘have already been
[6697]|. reported. by two‘or three other sources... Since there is
[6698]“nothing the Agency can plausibly do at this juncture: -.
[6699]~about WERBELL'S apparent effort: to con his supporters =~
[6700]‘into-thinking that the ‘CIA was. backing the Abaco. — ..:
[6701]depende ; venture, I told Muldoon.I planned merely ~
[6702]; isside of ‘this story. a matter of record and™
[6703]Oat that. Fe
[6705].S; Muldoon took sorie pains to gain reassurance that
[6707]6.. To-cap off the story, Red Stent invited us to! .
[6708]lunch at. the Class Reunion on Eye Street ard Y8th. When
[6709]Muldoon ‘and -I arrived to meet Stent we found him ensconced
[6710]_ at-a-corner table with three other people. Red rushed
[6711]"over to inform us.that he would be introducing me as a
[6713]colleague of his from AEROJET. He then presented me to
[6714]WERBELL, Werbell's date.Patricia BOTOND ‘and Cecil BROWNLOW
[6715]“of "Aviation Weekly." WERBELL, looking for all the world
[6716]like Jerry Colonna, was intent on the task of seducing
[6717]Miss BOTOND, who happened to be promoting a convention
[6718]for the Atlantic Union organization, a political enterprise
[6719]which is an offshoot of the World Federalists Movement.
[6720]Miss BOTOND, as it turned otit was reared in Shanvhai, China,
[6721]at the same time as Stent. Red had attended school with
[6722]_cher brother. - the German Schoul in Shanghai. Miss BOTOND
[6723]had been expelled fron the German school in the late 1930s
[6724]for having had anti-Nazi deodles in her copybook.
[6725]Brownlow had helped Red obtain. aerial photos of the.
[6726]_ ChiCom consulate compound in Geneva in the early 1960s
[6728]_ when Red was stationed in Paris. When Werbell had
[6730]wearied of the reminisences of Stent and Botond and had
[6731]managed to hustle his prey off to a private table, Stent ~
[6732]Tevealed to BROWNLOW that I was not AERQJET but CIA.
[6733]Fortunately my name was mumbled at the introduction so that
[6734]no one could have repeated it. No one in fact seemed
[6735]interested. . oo ;
[6737] SEBEET
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[6755]“. 7. =Following Lunch Muldoon left witn a culleague
[6756]for a meeting at the Justice Department to. determine |
[6757]whether in sweeping Embassy buildings in Nashington he
[6758]must register as en agent of a foreign government
[6759](whichever it ight be). Brownlow went about his
[6760]business. Stent paid for the lunch. I returned to
[6761]what Stent whinsically refers to as the "Funny Farm."
[6762]My only regret is that George Orwell could not have
[6763]joined us for that lunch. oo. Le
[6765]wal fot i ne
[6766]“| ; E. James McTighe
[6767]: DC/WH/7 -
[6768]DDO/WH/7/E.James McTighe:sdf (24 May 74)
[6769]Distribution: ~ | : .
[6770]Orig - DC/EA .. : ‘
[6771]1 - 189-9-2
[6772]@) - -20%-259910
[6773]1 - C/WH/?
[6776]4
[6777]i
[6778]1
[6781]7
[6786]KAME:
[6790]EDUCATION:
[6792]TRAVEL:
[6793]PAPERS:
[6795]“DATA DATED:
[6797]2s BOTOND,. Patricia, Nee: - POTTER ~'
[6798]fr. . .
[6800]“BOTOND, Krisztina;.b.el960 °°
[6802]4
[6804]a
[6807]b58 126
[6809]7 galy 1965
[6810]. IOGRAPHICAL DATA
[6811]BOTOND, Istvan
[6813]17 Aug 1921, Hungary
[6814]USA, Raturalizea, May 12, 1962
[6815]“2152 Wyoming Ave., N.Wey Washington, D.C.
[6817]“BOTOND, Andrew; b. c1962.-—_.
[6819]Step-Childrén: . L .
[6820]Lila; bd. c19h8°,
[6821]Christopher; b. ¢19h7
[6823]‘ Architect/Urban Designer. The Perkina & WLLL
[6825]. Partnership, Washington,. D.C. . a
[6826]1953: Palatine Joseph Polytechnic University,
[6827]‘Budapest, Hungary .
[6829]1961: Ratvard University, Cautridge, Mass
[6830]Extensive .
[6832]F.I.C.A.: O74-32-6h19
[6833]Not Dated
[6836]14.00000
[6838]"+ ISTWAN BOTOND, A.LLA.
[6840]Age ow
[6841]‘ 7 . Citizenship:
[6842]"Marital status:
[6844]ORALC.A. (°- 074-32-6419.
[6846]“Education... ipl. Architect
[6848]Architecy/Urban Designer .
[6849]“2482 Wyoniing avenue, N. WwW. Washing, D. Cc. 26008 (202) DUpost 7-7525
[6851]Born: August 17, 1921, Hungary
[6852]A. (Nanuralized, May 12, 1962)" ~
[6854]Wife: Patricia Potter Botond (U.S.A.)
[6855]Childre=: ‘Krisztina, 3 1/2 years
[6856]. Andrew, 2years =~ Te
[6857](Lia, 16 years, and Christopher, 15 j years, from
[6859]“wife's. Previous marriage: a¥e- Hot filly cependesn), ©
[6861]“Palatine Joseph’. Polytechnic University,
[6863]'_.Faciilty of Architecture and: Engineering,
[6865]’ Bucapest, Hungary, 1955. .
[6866]Master of Architecture tn Urban 1 Design “
[6867]Harvard University, Graduate School of Design,
[6868]‘Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961"
[6870], Registered Architect
[6872]New York Stace # 8181
[6874]NCARB Certificate —# 4936
[6876]Professional “Corporate Member,
[6878]' Affiliadioa: | . American Institute of Architects, Washington Metropolitan Chapter
[6880]Awards: 2. ” 1984, Fourth Prize for. réplanning of a bombed cigy aquare and
[6881]_ Neighborhood in Debrecen, Hungary (co-designer)
[6883]1961, Scholarslup. at Ceatro bternazionale di Snodt
[6884]- di Architettura “Andrea Palladio," taly
[6886]* Languages: English, ‘Hungartan, German, Preach (acquaintance)
[6887]. Travel: _-' The Eahamas ‘58; Europe. °S9, ‘62, '65; Canada "61, °62:
[6889]a U.S. Virgia Islands '63, '65; Berrauda ‘63
[6890]lacerests: - Music, photography; sports: skiing, tennis
[6892]Ww
[6898]Publications: ; Ma ittmttvészet ("Hungariaa Architecture ")-- moathly —
[6899]at: 'S6: Airport and Buildings (Diploma thesis) .
[6900]July °S8& Furniture Factory in Debrecen, Hungary .
[6902]an Harvard University Library \
[6903]eo , , -Factora that Shape the City: Case saucy -- Budapest
[6905]PROFESSIONAL June} 1963 = Present od
[6906]EXPERIENCE hy perkina’& Will Partnership, Architects
[6907]vas Washington, D.C. ; :
[6908]‘Head: of ‘Design: Déparmeat Loe :
[6909]Responsible and involved in every: design fob as guide and
[6910]crite. Iv additioa to administrative duties (Personnel, Budget, |
[6911]. ‘Schedules, etc. ), active designer of two major projects:
[6912]" a) Universtiy of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
[6913]Boe . Teaching Hospital and Ambulant Paticat Facilities °
[6914]So ; ae _ First stage ready for bid .
[6915]Se . ae a, Est: $:7,500, 000
[6916]b) Duke University, Durham, N. c.
[6917]Research Laboratory Building for Medical Sciences
[6918]Working drawings under preparation
[6919]Est. $5,400,000
[6921]Other Department works:
[6922]Duke University, Durham, N.C;
[6924]Main Entrance
[6925]Bid: § 3,700, 000 ;
[6926]; Duke Untversity, Durham, N.C. —
[6927]- Cinical Research I Buildings
[6929]' George Washington. Univeraity, Washingtan, D.C.
[6930]- Long Range Plaa
[6931]Doctors" Office Building, Washington, D.C. .
[6932]Est $ 2, 600, 000
[6934]7 Virgin Islands Medical Ceaters: Se. Thomas, St. Croix
[6935]Est $14,000,000 each
[6937]Mb
[6939]4 wwe RN i! coved 7 ee
[6940]. cod ioe ;
[6943]Istvdn Bond, pore 3 Oo
[6945]PROFESSIONAL December 1956-funé 1968
[6946]_ ; EXPERIENCE = (Absent tea mouths for Post-Graduate Snuidiea)
[6948]IM. Pel & Associates, Architects’& Planners
[6949]New York, New York
[6951]° Architect Désigner/Planner.. .
[6952]Hotel Denver Hiltor: design work and detailing of precast
[6953]/exterior and store fronts. se
[6954]_ M.ILT. Earth Science Building: preliminary design
[6955]_ | aod planning work : .
[6956]_- Union Station-ates project, -Toronto, Canada: alte
[6957]”_ dhalysie ind feasibility smdies. | So
[6958]. “Financial Plaza; “ Detintown Toronm, Cadada:
[6959]_— prélimizary:stidlés.for a bank sand: office buildinga
[6960]"+, project — a . .
[6961]: -Weybosset Hill, Urban’ Renewal Project,.. Providence, R.L:
[6962]Urban Deeigner in the Planning Team : a
[6963]; Newhouse Communication Ceater, Schoo! of Journalism,
[6964]‘Syracuse University, New York: consultant on precast —
[6965]exterior system - :
[6967]Town Center-Plaza, Southwest Washingtoa, D.C.: site |
[6968]" study for extension of a newly constructed Housing- ~
[6969]a ee ae ‘Shopping project.
[6973]Prior to December 1956
[6975]Various architectural positions in Hungary (part-time
[6977]during University years.)
[6978]: Final year: (August 1955-November 1956) Head of
[6979]Architectural aranect in the Regional Planning
[6980]*. Bureau for Northeast Hungary, Duties-similar to :
[6981]7°. . pf€eent position, _
[6983]36
[6985]A
[6986]. . £, . . oat
[6987]Bask BUM _ ey aise see =
[6989]Popov Sooucsbscort Corfroreadions
[6990]janie Preeoklinoied COP oso
[6992]SUITE 409/151 SOUTH KING STREET | HONOLULU, HAWAIL 96514 | PHONE 949-4733 | Cable Address: GENINVCO
[6994]Dau 4 Bradéctreet, Ince *
[6995]“Rie 508 4677. Ala Yoana -
[6996]Kowoiulu,: Hawaii 968146. ¢
[6998]" Ate'a: Neil Leitner
[7000]é € a financial statement on Oliver-Roza Corp.,: dated” .
[7001]— 1OFS3169 by Chalk & Joerg, CPA‘s, 717 North Curry Stes P.O.
[7002]Box £060, Careon City, Nevada, 89071, © 0
[7004]Wi appraieal of ai "Oliver Subdivision" by Noble 7. Murray, - -
[7005]', Real Aetace Appraiser & Consultant, 2345 Camas Re., Carson Ciry
[7006]Nevada, - . . Te oe
[7008]sel Oliver, an Electronic's sagineer, of 2089 El Rancho.
[7010]e, Carson City, Nevada, is President of at least two
[7012]corporations, author of "A New Constitution for A New Country";|
[7013]ho} a committment from Waitechall Securities Corp., 138 Main Sc,
[7014]OceabPore, New Jersey, to his Vanguard-Corp. ‘so underwrite the
[7016]- Gales: of 500,000 ‘Bhares of cCoumon stock at $10.00 per share;
[7018]“@¢ul'fell thru because Britiena or Dutch B0versuents failed to
[7022]coe Charu with: tax relief, ~
[7024]Sinyorely, .
[7026], fe . Le o Le Semen we
[7027]77) " : Ao .
[7029]a 4 tf Gait pnd.
[7035]i : . \
[7037]woes
[7039]14-0000
[7042]. ited 7 ton, . a . ; 4 Son i i fe Nae 4
[7043]65°52. 04-712-3096 oR 48 war 1 169 "i
[7044]VANGUARD COR?” : AND DEVELOPMENT. . , 1988 NO,
[7045]2089 EL RANCHO OR ot i : ; . ,
[7046]CARSON CITY NEV 89701 re oe
[7047]TEL 702 882- 2685 rhe SUAZARY
[7048]no, MICHAEL OLIVER, PRES yt "PAYMENTS UNDETERMINED |
[7049]ot MORRIS C, DAVIS, V PRES ; EMPLOYS 3
[7050]m mo. _.. BETTY $. (MRS. M.) OLIVER, SEC-TREAS RECORD” = CLEAR;
[7052]DIRECTORS: THe officers and L. A, whl tore, ; .
[7053]Joseph A, Foss Jr, Or. R. 5. Williams, OF. Rs Melers, . a
[7054]Arthur, Ls Bonike, and § Robert Johnson. vo . rs
[7056]siters for: this operation + were not: “Jocated ‘during current Tavesti+ on
[7057]?t 5 personal’ payment record: is satisfactory. ls al
[7059]1969, Me Oliver, president, _was unavallable for an: interview, :
[7061]“> HISTORY: a
[7062]: So : One outside source gubmitted—the following statemont from Michael Oliver, a
[7063]4 ersonal lye dated Apr 25 1968: | - TL
[7064]ash : $ 8,200 Acets Pa $ {6 _
[7065]_ pects R “1,300 Owing Autos 3, 7200
[7066]- Coin Col Tection & Stocks * 6,000. Lo . "|
[7067]Current. . 45,560 Current . . 3,359
[7068]RE . 327,000. Ntgs i. - 27,0467 °
[7069]. . Autos . 5,990. NET WORTH : ; -. 318,003
[7070]: Total : "346, 400 Total Lo 348,400
[7071]. . Unsigned. . 0.
[7072]° Real -esiate ‘includes interest In Oliver-Roos Corp of $289,000; Carson
[7073] Gtty residence, $23,000; house at San Diego, Callf, $15,000. Statement was
[7074]| °° ootalaed from outside sources. _—
[7075]wo On Mar 18 1969, Oliver .was uravailable for an ‘Interview, : .
[7076]Ostaiis on this businass wera not available In outside quarters. Ona
[7077]outside source reported that operations are currently in the formative stages.
[7078]HISTORY ~ ’ Incorporated “In Nevada Nov | 1968; autnorized capital, $500,000. MiCHAEL
[7079]OLIVER, bora 1920, married. 1965 to-starting this concern, angaged in lang
[7080]development, as an officer In Otlver-Boza Cornoration. Prior to that, was
[7081]associated with the Philco Corp. .In Palo, Alto, Callfs Prior to that, emaloyes
[7082]by Volt Tech Corp., at San Diego. The. directors are residents of the State
[7083]of CVlifornia; antecedent informationis not currently availadle.
[7084]GPERATION Operates ‘In the land cevale Teor fielc. Full scope of operations nor
[7085]. - -learned. Theraare—fio emp os s. LOCATION: Heacquarters
[7086]. _s. . are maintained at Oliver's eels By Oauned ix in vd Pie. M. Olver
[7087]“5619 -(2006 6) Cradle
[7089]34
[7090]yYroRrm OR MANNSIA WHATEVE a.
[7092]THES avroar may Nor es aa coo in .whovt On- IN FPaRT IN an
[7094]eek
[7096]DHAPS Mi clne ECan eRe oigtiany Cree rec, oe
[7098]ME ST tyets ody aS
[7101]“y re Jot ty BAS * :
[7102]Bie , OS . Qeuo ses usted, me,
[7103]6 52 ot _ C2 48 APR ze 197):
[7104]. OLIVER ROSA CORP LAND DEVELOPMENT
[7106]2089 EL:RANCHO DR
[7107]‘CARSON CITY. NEV 89701
[7108]TEL 702 682-2483
[7110]- MICHAEL OLIVER, PRES
[7112]FRANK ROSA, JR, V PRES). . . 4. ~~”
[7113]“« BETTY S ChRS Mm) OLIVER, SEC-TREAS «3. “RECORD INOOMPLETE
[7115]UNDETERMINED
[7116]4
[7118]_ DIRECTORS: ‘The Officers and Robert R Johnson
[7120]ppliers-for this operation were not located during current...
[7121]igation. Gliver's porsonal payiients «record: is. satisiactory£ .
[7123]“SOR AEH 28,1971 of fears were absent.
[7124]Reporter estimates are: mos
[7126]Real estate . “$-- 290,000" = ey.
[7127]REAL ESTATE > TITLE VALUE -*
[7129]Residence of Olivers ' Oliver/Wite — $23,000
[7131]House, San Diego Oliver/Wi te 15,000
[7133]Furthér current financial estimates ara unavailable. Concerning a
[7134]personal statement of Michael Oliver, dated April $968, total assets were
[7135]listed at $348 ,469-and net worth at $318,003, Net worth of Oliver centered
[7137]- heavily In real estate,
[7138]a Operations of the concern appear to be profitable. Full extent of
[7139]‘Operations unknown. Fire insurance details not learnad. Businass is well
[7141]ce ‘~ostablished" and “affairs appear to be kept In order.
[7142]BANKING = Bank facility not learned, ,
[7143]. ~ HISTORY - . Incorporated Nevada on Nov'5 1965, authorized capital. $200,000. with
[7145]20,000 Shares at $10 per share,
[7146]_M OLIVER born 1920, married. Was associated with the Philco Corp in
[7148]Palo Alto, Calif. Prior’ to that, employed by Volt Tech. Cora at San
[7149]Ofego. Is Presently also the president of a Vanguard Corp.
[7150]ue B OLIVER born 1925 married. -Is bookkeoper of concern.
[7151]. Antecedents of Rosa Jr and Johason lacking. ~
[7152]a RELATED CONCERN: Vanguard Corp. same address, established 1968,
[7153]operates also in. land Gevelopment, Extent of Inter-company relations
[7155]unlearned, : |
[7157]OPERATION — Operates In the tand cavalopment field. Business non-seasonal.
[7158]. Emaloys 4 including directors. LOCATION: Headquarters are maintained at
[7159]Oliver's residence, owned by Mr and Mrs'M Olver, ,
[7160]4-28 (88 3) . ; a - . .
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[7199]bs H@S FILES CONTAIN FOLLCUING ON BENNETT 8.
[7201]BINTLIFF.
[7203]“¢201- 885951}. SUBJECT OF REF A REQUEST:
[7205]A. EARLY APR 1971. DEPARTMENT OF ARMY VIA INTERAGENCY SOURCE
[7207]REGISTER EXPRESSED OPS INTEREST IN SINTLIFF AS A "SOURCE ASSET" IN-—
[7209]VOLVED: IN ARMY OPERATION LcOL-Des ACTIVATED 2S MAR Lobhs WHICH WAS
[7211]>THE CONUS FIELD STATION, A SUBORDINATE ELENENT OF U.S. ARMY FIELD
[7213]ACTIVITIES CONMAND- HOWEVER. ARMY DROPPED ITS INTEREST IN BINTLIFF
[7215]WITHOUT PREJUDICE 13 OCT 1472. DPOB LISTED AS 1? FEB 1928, AUSTIN,
[7217]TEXAS. BINTLIFF ALSO LISTED AS! PRESIDENT. OUANTUN CORP. Y4Y MADISON,
[7219]NEU YORK. AND VICE PRESIDENT» MILITARY ARMANENT CORP... L'ENFANT PLAZA
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[7287]Nou” OUNER OF DEFENSE SYSTEMS INT!RNATIONAL, POWDER SPRINGS. GEORSIAs
[7289]UHOSE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ADMIMTSTRATOR IS. PAUL J- ROUTHIER, A RE-
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[7456]rine oe 373 : 12/9/73
[7458]‘RE: Current Bahamtan Situation —
[7460]: The following peopte were contacted by ‘the writer:
[7461]- Jay Mallin (Decenber. 3, 1973. ;) Mallin states that to the.
[7463]best of his knowledge there are only two groups known to be active fn the
[7464]“inbaeo, Movenént--the, group that ‘WerBe} (Mitchell Livingston KerBel [1I) 1s
[7465]associated with and a group being headed up by a Bob Brown.
[7466]‘Brown’ is currently in Washington ana is about to return to his home
[7467]cwhtch is in ‘Boulder, Colorado. Hallin incicated that 1f anything were about
[7468]“to occur Brown would certainly be fn the Miami area.
[7470]Brown 1s a white Amert can: and an ex-Special Forces type. He has
[7471]forned. a group of. ex- ~Spectal ‘Forces Specialists that-fn Mallin's opinion
[7472]"could really raise Hell.” Brown, according to Mallin, has been working for
[7474]Chuck Hall. However, Han 1s alse aligned with Wersel.
[7478]Ballin states t “hall of the planning sessfons = Brown's group ,
[7480]chave been held in the tiving room of Mallin’s Corat Cables home. | .
[7481]Brown's ‘group: ts all white but he has been in ‘contact with soz. of
[7483]. the local Blacks in. Abaco. The Blacks have had no formal training ‘nor do
[7485], they possess the prover. weapons for any sizable operation. In order to _
[7487]|ootate ‘Weapons and training. the Blacks have made friendly overtures to Brown" $
[7489]‘group. OS 7 .
[7491]. : | Matlin, Stated that some of the local Slacks could | move on thefr own
[7493]a but, he ‘believes that it would be highly unlikely.
[7495]Maltin speciitated. that U. s. Mafia “money may be being. spent in the
[7497]i Bahamas in ‘order to finance the overthrow of Pindling! $ government to stop:
[7499]; the seizure of the “cas tnos. He, aid not have any evidence to substantiate the
[7501]Ini answer to a-direct Guedtion from “the writer Malin ‘further commented -
[7502]that Paul Bethal is totally. out of the ‘Abaco situatfon. Bethal’s only role, .
[7503]. according to Mallin, was the one meeting he arranged for WerBel, Hall, a Michael
[7505]L{ghtbourne (Phonetic) and George Wackenhut. Bethal, Mallin further stated, ,
[7507]me an _ - 7 trys: to give people the impression that he has very high level connections
[7508]including members of the NationalSecuri ty Council..and-that -he .prepares papers
[7509]-and other briefings for the Council. HMallin‘states that this {s not true, that
[7510]_Bethal infact has no such contacts, oO -
[7511]. Mallin-went on to say that kerBel would not get involved with anything
[7512]that would Jeopardize his U. S. government contracts especially the sale” of
[7513]“Ms silencer to the Army. In addition, ‘according to Mallin, WerBel | is’ x CIA on
[7514]; informant and would advise the Agency of Ms activities. _ On Oecenber 9, 1973,
[7516]Maltin was ias recontacted by . the writer. Chuck Hall travels to Miami 4 great
[7517]deal ‘and contacts Mallin when he. does., Maltin, said his last contact with Hall
[7518]was about two months 290. Hatt? $ Supporters are mainly white although ©
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[7529]there are & couple of i tks, Hell {s publishine a min "yraphed newsletter
[7530]. ; “ under the name uy. the tbaco Independent Movement. : _
[7531]| , Hailin indicated that, "the whites cannot do anything in Abaco °
[7532]i witheiss everyone knuulag about #t.” ,
[7533]There has been a’series of thetts of weapons in the. Bahamas and
[7534]Mallia believes that Black, _MlStants could possibly be involved. Mallin
[7535]ce further believes that. there’ may in fact be a Black militant group ‘operating tn
[7537]the Abaco area.
[7539]Mallia stated ‘that, “Meret s ‘bringing 4 in of Colin Mitchel)” was just
[7541]- a, a lot of noise." - He went-on to say” Mitchet did not accomplish anything. |
[7543]David W. ike ‘Associate : ‘Securit Director, University of Miami,
[7545]Nites ‘not’ heard of. any unusual activity in the Bahamas. In answer” toa
[7547]direct question. fron. the writer Wike stated. that the only member of the tint
[7549]versity conmunity -khewn’- to be travelling to the Bahamas frequently is a
[7550]student who {sa suspected narcotics: dealer. Also, no prominent Bahamian
[7552]- personalities or members of their families are -known to be attending the
[7553]University.
[7555]‘John L. Curtin, Gove County Public Safety Department. Curtin
[7556]states that, “the trouble‘has been building for the last six to eight months."
[7557]He belfeves a direct assault would have to be made on Nassau itself in
[7559]order to accomplish the destred objective of stopping the seizure of the
[7561]“casinos. Curtin further stated that the Mafia has been "buying guns like
[7565]“ evazy." On. Decénber 5, 1973, Curtin, was” recontacted: due to the fact that
[7567]he had dinner with a prominent Bahamian businessman who is known to be in.
[7569]the lumber business. This. businessman is unite but fs well lIfked by the
[7571]Blacks fn the Bahamas. His identity 1s unknown to the writer,
[7573]iN
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[7577]—ThYs businessr:., stated that, there ts definite! increased activity
[7578]but that no. specific fate for any overt ‘action-Avs teen mentioned.
[7579]; This” Bustressran believes that Mafia money 1s an important factor and
[7580]that. Blacks will be hired *o co: the actual fighting if ‘there fs any fighting.
[7581]He views the casing issue ‘as the crucial one. He belfeves Blacks whd are
[7583]opportunistic will seize upon the casino issue to obtain weapons and money ,
[7585]from the Mafia and. attempt to seize power.
[7587]Dre Cavid Carteno, Sociology Instructor, University of Miamf,
[7589]Cartano was ‘contact ed due to his being a past member of the Institute. for the
[7590]. Study ‘of ‘Change. khen he ‘first became assoctated. with the: Institute he:
[7591]was “Introduced by. Yallin as being a Bahamian specialist. :
[7592]Cartano. could. not. contribute anything pertinent to this “inquity. He
[7594]renewed | his: ‘contacts’ in ‘the Aslands, in. over one: year! s time. “He does .
[7596]have te Bahanian students tn" One of hits elasses ‘but neither ‘of then: has- :
[7597]7 uo Rentioned anything of any significance, He doubts their value as sources. a
[7598]7 ad. a ; Gorden’ 0. Rothwell, Chief of Security, Sheraton Four énbassadors
[7599]HAN Hotel. Rothwell could not contribute anything pertinent to this inquiry. In
[7601]oo oo addition no Prominent Bahami ans are presently or have been recently in the
[7603]hotel, ; a
[7605]. WL. Bruce Wrightson, Chief of Security, Sheraton Royal Biscayne
[7607]‘Hotel, No prominent Sahamians are presently. or ‘have been recently in the
[7609]hotel,
[7610]LA confidential local law enforcement Source indicated that
[7612]“an attorney in West Palm Beach is selling automatic weapons. He is free :
[7614]Tancing and has a sail warehouse with two separate aiarm systems installed.
[7616]on the warehouse.
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[7626]Crief, Mani Field Ortice O98-44-74
[7627]ATTS : 0 Mr. uruce alavaring ; , & Jenvary 1874
[7629]Clef, Domestte Colivetion Division (auppurt aranch/Oss)
[7630].
[7632]Mitchell “L, verboll, II
[7635]Wo. 1. Ko. Aave revieved audjoct’ 3 Wl file for additional 1oforaatioa,
[7636]. Bibject wes of ‘Aaterest: to this Agwacy aa 1959 aad vas. ‘granted a
[7638]POA ia August of ‘that yoar. Tis was cancelled La October ‘1959 whea.
[7640]ale tafofmatioa proved to be of little value and because. it vas
[7642]“ Sudpected. Se vas tieing ‘Ageacy funds to promote his porsoanl. interests.
[7644]Pind ‘Baa gubssqueatiy attenptes: to pass himself off as an Agency .
[7645]s=ployoa. He’ is ‘characterized ‘Dy the filo'as wascrupulcus, a.
[7647]ead a ‘prowoter of (@randioce schemes. The subject. .
[7649]tigatioa fa 1873 by botn the Surecau of Alconsl,.
[7650]acd the United Btates Quatcas Service for ~ .
[7652]‘to possible merceaary— activities ia Abaco Toland,
[7654]_ 7 @ uf ths ‘gubject ahould coataet your ffico egiia, 0
[7655]sugteat you Gocept chatever fafornation he has to offor but mike no
[7656]furthor camal mosta concerning Ageacy contact. Subject ts well
[7657]known to the appropriate Desk and ia of catrezoly doubtful -
[7659]chagacter.
[7661]3. Bo trust ‘thie Rene rents will provide you with useful
[7662]fafommation concerniag thie subject. Thank you for bringiag hia
[7664]esar to our attention,
[7665]JACKSON BR, HORTOH
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