A p p ro ve d F o r Release 19 9 9 1 0 m -rN t3 -0 0 1 3 55-3-41 -5 C THE WHITE HOUSE -S S G B tB 9 -- w a s h in o to n December 7 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR MR BUNDY SUBJECT British Guiana - Election Here are some scattered reports about the election 1 There seems to be a very heavy vote - will probably be better than 90 percent of the registered voters This is a good thing assuming everybody votes the way we think they will 2 There appears to be a minimum of violence 1 3 a 4 3 The H H H estimate before the polls opened was that the PPP would get 22 seats the PNC 19 th U7 9 the Justice Party 2 and the GUMP 1 This of course would be a delightful outcome For no particular reason 1 feel in my bones that the margin of victory won't be this large hopefully I'm wrong 4 We may have some pretty good ideas about election trends by tomorrow morning 1-3 a 4 Gordon Chase SANITIZED Authority ' NARA Daw 0 E C-lt P Approved For Release 1999 10 19 NLJ-001-055-3-41 -5 v i CO PY IB J LIBRARY t ---- o o o ' oJ'L y LBJL NSF Country File Latin America Box 55 Folder British Guiana Vol 3 of 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