Version A JOHN F KENNEDY LIBRARY DOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD ITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FOLDER THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER ITEM 31 v DATE 7 12 62 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION M i ' RUSK MEMO TO JFK PAGES 4 CLASS TS LOCATION NATIONAL SECURITY FILES COUNTRIES BRITISH GUIANA GENERAL 6 62-12 62 BOX# 15 Ar S i l O A - SANITIZED 3 6 6 31 E 552 2 Was an linmuna Inuidioungn 3 3 93 1465 manta autumn-min taxman FILE Maximum July 12 1962 Number of Thin 95' was of - I chios 35 22 22 i jk 4v 91 26 2 as 335 13 3 3 33 3 3 g 33 g may Eigixs 3 3333 5 333 5% 5 335% 1355 33 113 23 Egg if 3 i333 i 2 5 513 EB 3353 E3 a 53332355 - little a a t BI 56 ago no km 54 M134 8013 31 2322 any 7 JFKL NSF Box 15 1 Country British Guiana 6-62 - 12-62 Version MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESHJEN Subject British Guiana- ta Mail We have reassessed the probable orientation of an independent British Guiana under Ghaddi Iagan 3 leadership and I attach for your 3 consideration a paper describing the program we propose to follow - Enclosure 1 Special National-Intelligence Estiniate dated April 11 1962 - 4-13 concluded We believe that Jagan is a Communist though the degree of Moscow s control is not yet clear Jagan government in the post 4 independence period would probably follow a policy of nonalignment in 1L international affairs but would probably lean in the Soviet direction 7 t1 we have also been given by the FBI a report of the American unist Party 5 intention to work for JaganI economic assistance from the Soviet Bloc Enclosure 3 Attached IS a study we have prepared of contacts by the People s Progressive Party with communists communist fronts and the communist bloc since September - 1961 Enclosure 4 During cross examination before the Commonwealth Commission of Enquiry into the causes of the February riots Iagan admitted on June 22 1962 that he was_a-communist- This admission goes after much muddled explanation by I agan'as to what the term communist meant and was quali ed by his de nition that comnnist was a system based on from each according to his'ability and to each aboording to his needs Further Questioning on Jaganis political beliefs was cut short on June 26 by the British Chairman of the Commission with the ruling that it was useless to pursue the subject since it had already been established beyond peradventure that Dr Jagan PHOTO COPY FROM GERALD R FORD LIBRARY Gar- u am a rammed Beams-smite a so asses See as seen PGRTIONS memento 3 12953 mean no me 614 sluice HSME e HABA om 71 53 moans nail 1 anti y 1 1 d- Cranks 5 amoJ 3 n rit 1 1 lit 5 u 1 I - 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3 6 CDF5 ey nmaaoaqu z is we Approved For Release 2002103110 TOP SECRET '1 4 - decision we will just lose opportunities to accomplish our objective and arrive that much closer to British Guiana's independence without our having done anything about Jagan Under the circumstances we should inform the British of our conclusions and of the program we are undertaking at the same time soliciting their cooperation Accordingly we propose that the Secretary Speak to the British Ambassador on the following lines E Ialking Points with the British Ambassador l The President appreciated Prime Minister hacmillan's letter of May 30 He has asked me to Convey our thoughts in reply through you to Lord Home and to the Prime Minister 2 we welcome the Prime Minister's suggestion for special consultations about British Guiana we would prefer to hold them in Hashington however since we have no British Guiana expert on our 25X1C staff in London The Colonial Attache at the British Embassy is an ex rt on the subiect 25X1C 5 It is quite clear that Jagan is distrustful of U S motives and there is little chance of our obtaining his confidence It seems unrealistic therefore to hepe now that British Guiana can be kept on the side of the west by a policy of seeperation Our hopes for this in September 1961 have been destroyed by subsequent events 6 'we TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2002103110 NLK-01-391-4-3-2 Approved For Release 2002103110 NLK-01-391-4-3-2 mm 6 we cannot afford to see another communist regime established in this Hemisphere You can appreciate that the re- action both within the U S and throughout Latin America would be severely'adverse 7 we feel compelled therefore to set as our objective an independent British Guiana under some other leader than Jagan 8 we are glad that you envisage new elections This would provide an opportunity for a government of a different complexion to come into power through democratic process However the coalescing of the various elements new opposed to Jagan into a winning combination will be no easy task Postponement of the independence conference is also welcome news since it will afford more time 9 The President has personally studied the problem and has come to the conclusion that there is no alternative to developing a program to bring about a suitable coa tion and to assure that Jagan does not Win a new election - 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