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104-10182-10091 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (09/28/1965)

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992


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  REFERENCE - UFGA-23126, 20 SEPTEMBER 1965 - RECENT OETENTICN OF AMLEC-3       ,
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           1.  WER BELL, 201-259910, WAS BORN 8 MARCH 1918 IN PHILADELPHIA
  DURING WORLD WAR 11 HE SERVED WITH THE GSS IN BURMA AND CHINA. SHORTLY
  AFTER HIS DISCHARGE, HE OPENED AN ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
  FIRM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THIS BUSINESS FAILED AND HE BECAME INVOLVED
  IN IMPCRT-EXPCRT TRADE AND PROMOTION WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE
  CARIBBEAN. HE WAS GRANTED A PCA ON 13 JULY 1959 BUT WAS CONTACTED ONLY
  OdtASICNALLY AT HEADQUARTERS UNTIL HE WAS TERMINATED IN OCTCBER 1959.
  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD NO WCFRTHWHILE INFORMATICN TC CFFER NOR
  WAS HE ABLE TO GEVELOP ANY. HE WAS ASSESSED BY HEADQUARTERS AS A
  WIHELLLR DEALER'' TYPE WITH CONSIDERABLE INTELLIGENCE BUT UNABLE TO
  REALIZE MUCP SUCCESS IN PROMOTION WORK AND THAT HIS.APPROACHES TO KUBARK
  WERE DESI-GNED PRIMARILY TO CBTAIN FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

          2.  IN MAY 1962 WER BELL WAS IN MANAGUA AS VICE PRESIDENT OF
 COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD., OF NASSAU, ATTEMPTING TO SELL NATO
 SURPLUS ARMS.  HE WAS ALSO ATTEMPTING TO SELL AN INTERNATIONAL
 INVESTIGATION SERVICE OFFERED UNDER WORLDWIDE INFORMATION- SERVICE
 INC., WHICH WER BELL CLAIMED TO OWN. HE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN EITHER
 VENTURE.

          3. WER  BELL WAS REFCRTED IN THE OCNINICAN EP'JfILIC IN
DECEMBER  1964 ASSCC;ATED WITH FINCA /FRUTAS INTERCCNTINENTALEc-  - -
C POR A/, AN ORGANiZATICH WHICH EXPORTS FRUIT FROM THE DCMINICAN REPUBLI.
LATER-  URING  THE F'GkTING IN SANTO DOMINGO, HE WAS WITH AMCARBCN-I
WHEN THE LATTER WAS WCUNhEO.

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