GETS ADVANCE WARNING OF TROUBLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100270009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Content Type: NSPR

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i k a t business he is given advance warn- enough to atop a rifle bullet.
' by weeks, sometimes by months, . r _Barratt told the Russians that A rifle-
uout possible world trouble spots proof vest would be too heavy for com-
Barratt is the world's leading fort, and did not get an order.
stylist of costum-made, bullet-proof Barratt's creations strong enough to
vests. As such he is much sought stop a pisfol bullet weig'h,13 4 pounds
after by the world's leading states- and' costs *73.60. A vest thit. ti X
men and politicians during times of`
world stress. Ahd for Barratt busi- knife throat weighs eight pounds and
ness is good these days . . . which costs
means Mugs an bad a1T over. "I don't' even -haw to riad`
By mail ab cl y . y pei-sotl Barratt? is re- newspap~y7~,.~~ find 414 liltat'p
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Central Ai ilea, from Central Africa, ' +^`t ? e
from praetT altq't-11 sections of the globe. ' Surveying his large backlog rkrrd s
While Barratt won't' reveal his clients Barratt dolefully shook his head..
1)vv name, he ' hikes no secret of the Net His distress because his bnsiui wis
that some of his best orders in recent so good was almost painfully-'apparent.
ins nths have arrived from Cuba. This Which did. nit speak well for 'the
r,,, (lmtbt means that Fidel Castro and cause of world pc tce.
vance Warning of Trou
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