6 5 1 11 5 6 US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No 006511156 Date 03 14 2018 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 GEORGE 02737 1613382 ACTION ARA-15 INFO SYE-OO DOT-02 CIAE-OO DODE-OO AID-07 SSO-OO RELEASE IN FULL -TRSE-00 1045w REVIEW AUTHORITY Richard Zorn 059644 1613472 45 Senior Reviewer 0 1613252 JUN 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2730 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE GEORGETOWN 2737 ED 12065 TAGS PINS PINT GY SUBJECT GOG REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING FORENSIC I PATHOLOGIST FOR RODNEY DEATH REF GEORGETOWN 2729 1 MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RASHLEIGH JACKSON TELEPHONED ME LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO SAY THAT HE WOULD BE MAKING A FORMAL REQUEST TO EMBASSY GEORGETOWN IN THE COURSE OF MONDAY FOR ASSISTANCE IN FINDING AN AMERICAN FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST TO ASSIST THE GUYANESE POLICE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DEATH OF WPA LEADER WALTER RODNEY ON JUNE 13 REFTEL OF STAFF MCLEAN I-IAD PASSED A SIMILAR MESSAGE TO EMBOFF EARLIER IN THE DAY 2 THE MAIN POINT OF ISSUE IN THE RODNEY DEATH NOW SEEMS TO BE WHETHER THE BOMB WHICH KILLED ORDNEY WAS PLANTED IN THE CAR OR WHETHER AS POLICE ALLEGE IT EXPLODED IN HIS LAP FROM THE REPORTS OF POLICE AND FROM A PHYSICIAN WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN THE INITIAL AUTHOPSY REPORT IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE POLICE VERSION OF THE EVENTS CAN BE CONFIRMED BY INDEPENDENT EXPERT TESTI- MONY THE MEDIA HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT AN LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GEORGE 02737 1613382 FROM OVERSEAS HAS BEEN INVITED TO GUYANA TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION THESE REPORTS HOWEVER MAY WELL HAVE AS THEIR ORIGIN THE FOREIGN REQUEST TO ME 3 BROTHER DONALD NOT RONALD AS REPORTED REFTEL THE ALLEGED DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN LOCATED BY THE POLICE 4 COMMENT THE ANTICIPATED FORMAL REQUEST FROM THE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No 006511156 Date 03 14 2018 6 5-1 1 1 5 US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No 006511156 Date 03 14 2018 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WILL BE TRANSMITTED IM- MEDIATELY TO THE DEPARTMENT- WE HAVE NOW SEEN ONE REPORT ALLEGEDLY ISSUED BY THE WORKING PEOPLES ALLIANCE WPA ON THE RODNEY DEATH IT DOES NOT REPEAT NOT ACCUSE THE CIA OF INVOLVEMENT AS THE FIRST REPORTS OF THE WPA REACTION REPORTED REFTEL HAD ALLEGED NONE- THELESS FURTHER SUGGESTIONS OF USG INVOLVEMENT FROM THE WPA WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING 5 OUR REACTION THE FOREIGN REQUEST SHOULD AWAIT THE FORMAL TRANSMITTAL OF THAT REQUEST EMBASSY INITIAL REACTION HOWEVER IS THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WESE TO LIMIT OUR ASSISTANCE OT OFFERING THE EMBASSY OF GUYANA IN WASHINGTON A LIST OF FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO UNDERTAKE THE INVESTIGATION REQUESTED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE GOG DWYER LIMITED OFFICIAL USE UNCLASSIFIED 08 Department of State Case No hit-201345063 Doc No 006511156 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