ARMS SALESMAN IN PERU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200530008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 17, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Peru
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SUBJECT Arms Salesman in Peru NO. OF PAGES 1
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ACQUIRED
DATE OF INF
DATE DISTR.18 January 1949
NO. OF ENCLS.
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REPORT NO.
Robert Schepers is now in Lima, selling Belgian-manufactured
Browning arms and ammunition. Since he was overheard to have
remarked that he had recently been successful in such sales in
Venezuela, an investigation was made and the following information
was obtained:
1? Although Immigration records show him to be a doctor of medicine,
he is known in Lima as an engineer, and has so registered himself
at the Hotel Bolivar. This is believed to be his first visit to
Lima,,the regular Browning representative to Peru in previous years
having been a Belgian engineer named Stassart.
2a Immigration records reveal the following data: Document He.
NO CHANGE in Class.
Name) Robert Schepers DECLASsr TED
Nationality: Belgian Cl ss. CHPt~`c f., Tel.
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Birthplace: St. Gilles, Belgium DDA Memo
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Birthlace: 14 December 1899 Auth: DD-~ D ? 77 /1763 Profession: Doctor of bedicine D
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Marital Status : Single-.. 3~=
Passport: No. 208999, issued Brussels, 22 May 1948
Peruvian Visa: Non-Immigrant Visa No. 223, issued
12 October 1948, Rio tie Janeiro, Brazil
Entered Peru: 6 December 19148, Limatambo Airport..'
proceeding from Buenos Aires via Panagra
Local Address: Hotel Bolivar, Lima
3, The Lima representative of Browning is said to be Edouard Dargent, who
has offices in the Edificio Olaechea, Room Ho. 101, Calla Pando, Jiron
Carabaya 719,E Lima, with Post Office Box. No, h6S. Dargent is a Belgian
national, born in Belgium in 1889, and he holds Peruvian Alien
Registration Card No.. 32360,,
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