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104-10256-10077 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (5/27/1970)

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             SUBJECT:   Mitchell Livingston WerBell




                  1. Subject is a 52-year-old, native-born American who served
             on military assignment with the Office of Strategic Services from
             approximately July to December  of 1945 with primary service in the
             China-Burma-India  theatre. Following his military/OSS service,
             Subject entered into a variety of short-term business activities, most
             of which were characterized by his unorthodox business practices.
             There  is no indication that he has ever been employed by the Agency.

                  2. There is considerable evidence in Subject's file that he was
             looked upon with strong suspicion by several Government agencies,
             including the Bureau of Customs and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
             for alleged arms smuggling in a number of South American countries,
             as well as his apparent involvement with several revolutionary groups
             and Castro assassination schemes.  Office of Security records disclose
             that Subject is generally categorized as a con man, unscrupulous, a
             wheeler-dealer  and-a promoter-of grandiose schemes.

                  3. In July 1959 Subject apparently volunteered his services to
             the Western Hemisphere  Division and was seriously considered for_
             use as an informant on revolutionary activities in Cuba and the
             Dominican  Republic. During the period that Subject's Operational
             Approval was  being processed, he volunteered several pieces of
             information, all of which were judged to have little value. In
             October  1959, WH Division decided to drop all operational interest
             in the Subject since they became convinced that his real aim in working
             for CIA was to use Agency funds to promote his personal interests.


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