“major, if uncertain. INGRAM WORKS in a well equipped ey—I prefer the aristocracy." Helin 1. his attention to Southeeat Asia. Mo VerRell recalls with relish qvean r ‘n. the operation.(Wenr 1e/1 **S Mot- A machine shop-lah attached to the without question an elitist. Not urpria W”
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“Row and again. Wet Bell's name has charge of the design operation and use in cancer research.. mespore urap- ons he believed had Ilie and spiriting some 10 anti Castrotes awfully quickly urmine here The pa into the news: The first issue of uhose name is on the Model 11-subma- A”
“aristocra- • that in counterinsurgency, the pri Vietnam Superhawk on bringing the enemy to Its knees, or 1096, and WerBell was NGRAM WORKS in a well equipped cy 1 prefer the aristocracy." He is mary' problem was a lack of depth In. N THE LATE 60s, WerBell turned itsWerBell gr”
“occasional tr The way WerBell operates, this vidual pieces—is properly registered. : : father was an officer in the Russian ***-hi-1- ----*‘" asticcinmuntst activities,” he to it a sense of dash and discipline that grocery and liquor states.: means defending established regim”
“revolt. He was, of world with such deadly and efficient' in the U.S. armed Military Armaments is there, too. (Bo- he was.) I of his agency and then formed his course, on the side of the government, weapons? No, "I see no reason to he- ramilitary "adviser." hind Environmental Ind”
“But that was the old, appreciative, recipients of WerDell’s ration as he went. He got a degree if made himself available to anticommu- sion equipment, stuff that lets you sur r, WerBell hit the swashbuckling WerBell. The new, low- journalism from the University of ■ nist regi”
“policies of the e a friend for an ex- are so loaded with weapons that it Is a sylvania, shortly after his Russian, is to shoot ’em and cut the hearts Its neighboring countries. He was in United States are the business of the American father and his Scottish born: out." Thailan”
“olfirsi 14-00000 0 (1 oT TT TBT 0 6 © 2 © itch O%Pel CI PCI • unsmith to the MloAt Side Roger Bl’illioms no weapons given to him by friendly in Operational Negation of Insurgency forces in Vietnam, he said, and they and Countersubversion, tied in with • excerpted by per”
“sort of a hobby, but 1 established regimes. Apparently the market tor suppressors . then it became my main drive in life. the ragtag, bickering bunch of Cuban feeling in Powder Springs, WerBell de exiles had seldom seen. Perhaps his lictatorships, against is not very large”
“what to make the shop; he hadn’t been by in several r.ngs.". the direction of Gordon Ingram, who putting his early medical training tc ties and began experimenting with of the brash Wer Bell, and he and his months, he said, "and things change use in cancer research. weapons o”
“one of these cover organi of small arms, demolition devices sion, occasionally glancing at his zations has been clandestinely cre and other commando skills at the wrist chronometer—he must be ated, financed and managed from proving grounds of Mitch Wer- back at the farm by ni”
“dedicated to killing people. Environ- weapons for the U.S. Army end other counterinsar- snugly into a dispatch € 017 pletely matter-of-fact when he mental Industries, WerBell says, is WerRell recovered from cleg injury. Armaments makes the case. talks about firearms, and death”
“neighboring countries. He won in United States are the busings of nation, WerBell replied jauntily, wonder they do not collapse. There are American father and his Scottish born out" Thailand, "working closely with the State Department in Washington, anem you work for the comp”
“communism or other so- | East, too, ‘ llow much of this moving the second Dominican government tices it in a unique ence between our supplying arms to, else, Wer Bell says, is In the business cial issues. He has the face and bear- ;in WAS military, WerBell won't say, man to reac”
“was Was: I'm doing nowi-here he ges- major anti-Castro exploit wad % speed claren, "The well ich II, ‘Ann tare thorized to manufacture them.. tel: 'em I'm prepared tea purehzan t only does not trouble Wer Bell, it a citizen of both the U.S. and Rissis, tires at the arsenal on ”
“degree is made himself available t.santicommu- sion. equipment, stuft that lets you sur- swashbuckling Wer Bel! The se-m. st page of The Atlanta Constitution counterinsurgency techniques journalism from the University 0: : nist regimes that wanted help in fight- prise the hell ”
“International, Mill- different. Wer Bell’s first assault on are indeed—-not merely se tary Armaments Corporation“and Abaco has been psychological.' With rious but experienced, pow- Sionics Inc., he design's and manu- - great skill and ruthless persuasive- —erful and farsighted.”
“equipped one of its boys. His-paramilitary work,5 which consists of advising, and some- W. A‘ father track Ni- ", ‘!• 077: vs. rifle under the other. times directly assisting foreign gov-1.1 fee” ggr, but t’re plant ! l :! / Wphind them, propelling himself vie- C>ne iny i •:”
“of his personality. well steeled, M ia treetaially sell, the foreofull suppreruin of coups riglically to see that his awesome He comes by both his militarism atusf foreern about wommunR*. -I ilonad-d WerBell war already petive in the % Let, retelbiont and the like. collertson of”
“model er, young Match and dependent group." He says he does not round after round from sell to individuals, not even if they’re to blast would be assassins a few years 1*j n’o the bullet shattered certified anticommunists. ago. Then there is a small, brass-fitted tomobile th”
“sensible until-he begins Europe, and 1 moved into the Far tion, but he practices it in a unique unique American enterprise. Nobody the second Dominican government arms business. I don’t see 2311 talking about communism or other so- East, too.” How much of this moving manner. M”
“anticonitr dresses in military clothing of indeter- Before long, he was dabbling in WerBell, by contrast, is a business- ample, are outlawed by the National, Latin American dictatorships. “Before Wer Bell’s netivitles and his hawkish ment, too. Wer Bell is tin minate origin, a”
“14-00000 winnu wctitdop (tintyhel) .11 suuniis com- dedicated tu killing people. Environ- weapons for the U.S. Army and other counterinsur W’erBell recovered from a leg injury. Armaments makes the case, too), com. er-of-fact when he mental Industries, WerBell says, is plete with”
“14-00000 tilvegeef. wifterte .: IF/licnt nur breaks otil anyechice ill the world. former OSS man Hitch i’eriBell is onger etsiel able to supply weapons to either side- or both. Anel he’s 1[T only one of several ,8 (:1 high-flying operators in a dork and growing trad”
“more, and in the mide. iWerBell pulled out His- first major paramilitary opera then was .1the Dominican Republic D DES WERUELL feel • 8 conscience about PPPs world with sich dewity and he was.) whis agency and then formed his during the 1963 revolt, lle was, of torecs and ”
“federate flag on the radio antenna, well as American) A few wpeis e-left; “Communism has no place in ing in “a tax loss of a half million dol- an appointment as liaison officer be- still a hobby, albeit a. paying hobby. WerBell’s see-ia W. an Als Kete , Writern Hemisphere —or ”
“hemisphere I.am totally opposed to it, • well. It has about 12 employees, includ- forces—statinned in the U.S. He itved • WerBell purchased the Dobbs estate. party was captured The Cubans, the mainly to see what *1* It and to the spread of ideological germs ing four machinists ”
“faithfully cast in the mold • of commerce ate finance, but been suspret, the conversation from which most of the chief in- by no mneans a negligible would have been brief.) spectors of large American police coral hump, either. In fact, Abaco The agent on the island —most depar”
“PRICES IN SOUTH FLORIDA! ele about any goddam thing we do,” WerBell standard ,45 automatics to single-shot says. It is a conclusion that is neither COME IN OR CALL—SEE FOR YOURSELF! 9 assassination pistols. Daggers, bayonets difficult nor illogical. It may not, however, and t”
“like Weritell's wen, :We:Hr!) or him friends meant to area bpstalrs right down to the office.” taste for guerrilla-type wia rfare he delighted to discover n Note kmezi- Three years ago, WerBell's weapons can always be suppressed by tPse ostbute the weapons to rightiring “Upstai”
“gunrunning and tank- riding Mitch WerBell every now and then sales. Defense Systems International, they Goll • leprus • Horsebatt riding • Se-ming • Fishing • Fire monde, At Your Favorite Store say, does not suffer from such tunnel vi- ine actorwodawAnt • Esterent tsos sur”
“scol-evebinituan J 14-00000 7 09 111 • 1 Si ©- 61 .. @ itch erpel •isho• Ia i 1 see nir weapons given to him by friendly in Operational" By Roger W’illieirns forces in Vietnam, he said, and they and ‘ nonteenirenee ing is excerpted byipre Envctonnta r.*‘* Onisnir”
“14-00000 The Owner of Guns Seized In 1974 Will Sell Them MARIETTA C.Sept. 4 (AP) —Mitchell L. WerBell 3d of. — --------- Marietta has agreed to quit the : —=— arms trade, which in the past has frequently in volved him in ——;___ international intrigue. _ /. In a deal wor”
“it seems that everyone associated with WerBell takes gun i hand for target practice at one time w another. Bennett Bintlff, chairman cl the board of Butterflies Defense Systems International, plays marksman with * handgun aren't, / FREE Gleaming colorful glass butter flie”
“a steady stream of says. Particularly if to say that, after two years of exten- the Bolsheviks, but before the collapse The Heart of It shore, and to pick up the family of an exile leader. The boat, flying the Con visitors and customers, foreigners as sse interests is from si”
“their pro- It's obvious that if there were any 1970 to 73; then he is ready to gram tin which case you will have thing doggy or bellicose about Wer- * take the most important step— to read about them in the newspa- Bell, he wouldn't be lunching where find himself a secluded r”
“spirit enables was: 1) four-square for the cause of the yering. him to walk upright and confident among his fellowmen. His presence C.e-EX-,LE Council for a Free Abaco, and 2) recruiting The people who hire the firm, WerBell is a strong protection, and his words send British m”
“Intelligence four- and five-star generals," recalls Wer Agency — an arm of government WerBell Bell of his days as an OSS captain behind says now he has never had anything to do .Japanese lines in World War II. with, except to sell it some guns. The company he was talking abo”
“manufacture his suppressors, to weapons and to warfare, and lie has government was looking tavoratily 00 WerBell out of the country, but noth- anger. He specializes in the weapons WerBell must pay a specialitax of $500 ndel’at that point." ing came of it. WerBell’s “independent ”
“8 “0 The flamboyant son of a . Cossack colonel. Mitchell WerBell 11 has been Lva involved in several Caribbean adventures Y and misadventures. Now. as —dees the Bahamas nears - independence, the wealthy At) =-=- arms-dealer has his sights - set on Abaco... ; D. By”
“I’m just lucky.” WerBell. Charges against WerBell, More than just luck, however, WerBell’s however, were dropped on orders of propensity for being in the crucial place then-Attorney . General Ramsey Clark. at the crucial time seems to stem from a WerBell now declines to discu”
“ntrast, is a business ample, are outlawed by the National minate origin, and he embellishes the Fidel took over in Cuba, we were views on the conflict (WerBell opposed Communist menace; it is n fight that. i in military adven- Firearms Act, along with sawed off image by talking”
“non an • re/vmn are nee 0. In combat didn’t titillate him he vestiges of Prohibition ‘era' gangland with a grin, "Our function ion was was to : keep mment of a coalition government. to win it. wars.. phrases There is nothing phony in Contrary to eyminat opinven Pov v'dnt part”
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“London clubman. And that’s just . straight out of a Forsyth script: thorities are not supposed to see. what he is: Robert Hamilton, Rar- the take-over of Abaco—an action had delivered a shipment of blank on of Belhaven and Stenton, a dis- that will allow these men to pet survey”
“14-00000 wss***) Bell sounds as smoothly and play- children all together, one perce of providentially, at this critical june- fully Machiavellian as the senior their own land. Who will decide ture in mid-1974. Michael C. Oliver, account executive of • medium- - what’s just a”
“14-00000 CAST9 — Hitch 4CCF retetc ma inns SOinctt on the East River, WerBell finally his valise and displayed its contents: aa F half-dozen missile guns, both hand and shoulder weapons, which fire a sina gerefed rocket instead ef the conventional ballet. Werlell ha”
“both — is doing for the Abaconian secessionists is some at Miami's lying about of the Hon. W. E. Errington what uncertain. So far, there has been (Eric) Watkins, a member of the Bahami- some lobbying of Parliament in London by an Parliament from Abaco, clenching a Marger, a l”
“me a damned good living. property if they don’t like the pleases him. 1 have no objection to southern coast. The mission was to dictatorship if it serves the interests of But the living is not why i do it." He does not 6-affet from I profits of Military Armaments except The el”