</s>124-90124-10055 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/4/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI AGENCY NUMBER: 124-91024-100555 AGENCY SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 97-9234-NR AGENCY FILM NUMBER :: CR 97-9324-NR Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MX TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 10/11/1962 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS: MANUEL FUEGO MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Secret RESTRICTIONS : PAPEL, TEXTULINGSTON DOCUMENTS CURRENT STATUS : 1A: 1A: IB: 1C: 4 Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 09/12/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEPENITE, APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : MEMO 1919 NW 50953 DocId: 32335497 Page 1

Summary  
This document contains a classified FBI report dated October 11, 1962, detailing investigations into individuals associated with Manuel Fuego, Mitchell Livingston Werbell, and Arthur J. Smith. The report references CIA activities in Nicaragua and Guatemala, including surveillance on Werbell and Smith. It notes that the U.S. government was aware of potential connections between these individuals and entities linked to Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua. The document includes details about a woman named Lucy Luchen, who accompanied Werbell to Managua, and addresses associated with Smith’s movements in Washington, D.C. It also mentions telephone communications involving DR. Briggs, Mario Garcia Kohly, and Frank Austin, as well as meetings planned in San Salvador and El Salvador. The report references a confidential source, Colonel José Luis Aguil de Leon, and notes the involvement of the Judicial Police in monitoring activities.  

Key People  
- Mitchell Livingston Werbell  
- Arthur J. Smith  
- Anastasio Somoza (Nicaragua)  
- Lucy Luchen  
- Mario Garcia Kohly  
- Frank Austin  
- DR. Briggs  
- Colonel José Luis Aguil de Leon  
- Miguelito Digoras (President of Guatemala)  

Key Locations  
- Managua, Nicaragua  
- Guatemala City, Guatemala  
- Washington, D.C., United States  
- San Salvador, El Salvador  
- Miami, Florida  

Key Events  
- Surveillance on Werbell and Smith by Guatemalan Judicial Police  
- Telephone communications between SMITH and individuals in Washington, D.C.  
- Meetings planned in San Salvador and El Salvador involving Werbell, Smith, and others  
- Investigation into financial enterprises linked to Anastasio Somoza  
- Mention of a confidential source (Colonel José Luis Aguil de Leon) providing information  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Judicial Police (Guatemala)  
- U.S. Embassy, Nicaragua  
- U.S. Embassy, Guatemala City  
- Financial enterprises associated with Anastasio Somoza

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