0 6 5 11 6 US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511168 Date 03 14 2018 1 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 GEORGE 02539 0500522 ACTION 5 INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ADS-00 PM-05 INR-10 NSAE-OO SP-02 SS-15 ACDA-12 AID-07 OC-06 RELEASE IN FULL CCO-OO FBOE-OO OPR-02 SSO-OO OCS-06 I129W 0504332 '20 39mm Rewewer REVIEW AUTHORITY Richard Zorn 0314242 JUN 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2633 INFO AMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN LIMITED OFFICIAL USE GEORGETOWN 2539 ED 12065 TAGS SHUM PINT PINS GY SUBJECT U ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED GUYANA CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER ON JUNE 1 THE GUYANESE POLICE ARRESTED SIXTEEN PERSONS IN TRAINING OF THE USE OF ARMS WITH THE INTENT OF OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARTICLE GOES ON TO STATE THAT FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONTINUING IN A SECOND ARTICLE IN THE SAME ISSUE IT WAS REPORTED THAT SEVEN PERSONS WERE ARRESTED IN NEW AMSTERDAM FOR PUBLIC RADIO REPORTS INDICATED THAT THESE PERSONS WERE WPA ACTIVISTS ACCUSED OF PLACING ANTI-GOVERNMENT SLOGANS ON BUILDINGS 2 LOU THE ARRESTS CAME TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED OPENING OF THE TRIAL OF WORKING ALLIANCE WPA ACTIVISTS WALTER RODNEY OMAWALE AND RUPERT ROOPNAIRINE FOR THEIR ALLEGED ROLE IN THE JULY 1979 BURING OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GEORGE 02539 0500522 NATIONAL CONGRESS PNC PARTY HEADQUARTERS IN GEORGETOWN THE PERSONS DETAINED ARE ALSO AP- PARENTLY WPA ACTIVISTS 3 LOU EMBASSY WILL ATTEMPT TO COVERTHE TRIAL OF RODNEY OMAWALE AND ROOPNAIRINE ON JUNE 3 ALTHOUGH OBSERVERS WILL BE LIMITED BY THE RELATIVELY SMALL SIZE OF THE COURTROOM OBSERVERS FROM ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN FORMER LABOR ATTORNEY GENERAL SAM SILKEN AND FROM AMNESW UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No 006511168 Date 03 14 2018 6 5 11 US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511168 Date 03 14 2018 4v NATIONAL WILL ALSO BE IN ATTENDANCE US CITIZEN AND UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW PROFESSOR DAVID WEISSBRODT WILL REPRESENT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AT THE TRIAL WEISSBRODT WHO PAID A COURTESY CALL ON THE CHARGE STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE REGARDING OBSERVERS AT POLITICAL TRIALS DWYER LIMITED OFFICIAL USE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO 5063 DOC No 306511168 Date 03 14 2018 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