Is your .45 an ex-Cuban?
The Files on Axel Hilpert
By MARCUS WALKER
May 17, 2007
Reports to the Stasi by a KoKo colleague in late 1987 describe the trip. The Cubans were so happy with Mr. Hilpert's help they made him an honorary colonel, and gave him a Cuban uniform with a colonel's insignia. They also paid for his return flight, first class. Back in East Germany, a Los Angeles arms dealer agreed to pay $140,000 for 2,200 Colt .45-caliber pistols -- the bulk of the Cubans' merchandise.
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