JOHN F KENNEDY LIBRARY DOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD ITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FOLDER THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER ITEM 76B DATE DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION ENCLOSURE 1 PAGES 2 CLASS TS LOCATION NATIONAL SECURITY FILES COUNTRIES BRITISH GUIANA GENERAL 6 62-12 62 BOX# 15 L- Xr NLUc- o -- 0 GBP Vo -W- 0 - 3 0 k a$Qcc AJ J 6fr KvTv Vtf'9 N - lo J 3 0 P 7 lS Tr 7 --------- -- T 3P- SECRET - EYES ONLY Enclosure No 1 SUMMARY OF DEVELOPMENT OF CONCERNING BRITISH GUIANA OPERATION 2 The CIA has assumed f u l l r e s p o n s ib ilit y in the U S Government fo r the secu r it y o f a l l planning and covert a c tio n concerning th is H H I op eration The State Department is kept f u l l y informed o f a l l developments on a regu la r b asis 3 The CIA contacted Linden Forbes Burnham le a d e r o f the P e o p le s N ational Congress PNC major opposition party in B r itis h Guiana and P eter D Aguiar leader o f the United Force Party U F minor op p osition p a rty and they both agreed to in s is t on an e le c t o r a l system o f p rop ortion a l rep resen tation fo r B r itis h Guiana a t the C o n stitu tio n a l Conference which began in London on 23 October 4 As expected the C o n stitu tio n a l Conference collapsed over the issue o f p rop ortion al rep resen ta tion and the holding o f n e w e le c tio n s b efore independence No firm date fo r independence fo r B r itis h Guiana has been s e t 5 The CIA contacted Burnham subsequently and in return for prom ise o f fin a n c ia l assistan ce to the PNC he gave assurances resp ectin g his p o l i t i c a l program 6 A prominent Negro lead er in New York C ity has been fchp HpId fJuiana rnmmittee a Small t n 'Tfwl tal i TOP SECRET- - EYES ONLY SANITIZED E O 13526 SEC 3 5 -gQ g-S T rR F X - EYES ONT Y - Page 2 t 7 Subsequently the CIA contacted D1Aguiar and he also agreed on a p o l i t i c a l program in return fo r c e rta in fin a n c ia l support n-rxa SECRET- - EYES ONLY JFKL NSF Box 15 1 Country British Guiana 6-62 - 12-62 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu