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INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ADS-00 CIAE-OO IN R-1 0 NSAE-OO SP-02 SY-05 i059 0409202 I1 1 0117202 JUL 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2859 NFC AMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN AMEMBASSY KINGSTON AMEMBASSY LONDON AM EMBASSY PARAMAREBO AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN USINT HAVANA USSOUTHCOM QUARRY HTS SECTION 02 OF 02 GEORGETOWN 2989 NOFORN 6 U THE OPPOSITION WEEKLY CATHOLIC STANDARD JUNE 29 REPORTED THAT A WOMAN OUT A STATEMENT CLAIMING PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF SGT EXISTENCE THE STANDARD ALSO REPORTED THAT ACCORDING TO ITS SOURCES SMITH HAD NOT LEFT GUYANA THE SAME ISSUE CARRIED CERPTS FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE BRITISH PAPER BY FORMER UK ATTORNEY-GENERAL SAM SILKIN DES- CRIBING RODNEY AS INNOCENT OF THE ARSON CHARGES AGAINST HIM REF B AND AS A INTELLIGENT AND COMPASSIONATE WHO DID NOT BELIEVE IN VIOLENCE EXCEPT WHEN ALL OTHER FORMS OF OPPOSITION HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED COMMENT SILKIN ATTENDED THE TRIAL FOR ARSON OF RODNEY AND TWO OTHER WPA LEADERS JUNE 3-6 AS AN OBSERVER FOR THE BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP 7 U THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY THE MIRROR JUNE 29 ALLEGED SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 GEORGE 02989 02 OF 02 0408472 1 THAT DEATH WAS A PART OF A REGIONAL PLOT BY THE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No 006511146 Date 03 14 2018 6'51 11 4 U S Department of State Case No Doc No 006511146 Date 03 14 2018 FORCES OF AND TO DO AWAY WITH LEADERS THE MIRROR CLAIMED TO SEE DEATH AS RELATED TO THE SUPPOSED MILITARY PLOT AGAINST MANLEY IN JAMAICA AND THE ATTEMPTS TO KILL MAURICE BISHOP - 8 C IN RELATED DEVELOPMENTS THE GOG MADE MUCH OF A JUNE 21 STATEMENT BY SECRETARY OF HOME AFFAIRS VINCENT NOEL IN GEORGETOWN LAST WEEK FOR FUNERAL THAT CONTRARY TO A STORY CARRIED IN THE CATHOLIC STANDARD MAURICE BISHOP HAD NOT REFERRED TO DEATH AS AN THE NEW NATION JUNE 29 ACCUSED THE STANDARD OF AGAIN PUBLISHING NOEL AND OTHER VISITING VIPS SUCH AS RALPH BROWN SEPTEL AND RAFIQ SHAH LEFT GUYANA PRIOR TO THE JUNE 23 FUNERAL MANY OF THEM DID HOWEVER ATTEND A MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD IN A GEORGETOWN CATHEDRAL ON JUNE 21 COMMENT GUYANESE AUTHORITIES WHO HAD REQUESTED AN INVESTIGATION BY FOREIGN EXPERTS DID NOT RELEASE THE BODY TO THE FAMILY UNTIL JUNE 22 THE ONLY FOREIGN DIPLOMAT WHO ATTENDED THE SERVICES FOR RODNEY WAS THE CUBAN MINISTER COUNSELLOR PEDRO SILVIO GONZALEZ PEREZ WHO ALSO SIGNED THE CONDOLENCE BOOK AT WPA HEADQUARTERS COMMENT WE BELIEVE THE CUBAN AMBASSADOR WAS NOT IN GEORGETOWN ATTHE TIME 9 A WELL-PLACED SOURCE ORALLY PROVIDED EMBASSY GEORGETOWN ON JUNE 28 WITH SOME PRELIMINARY AND TIVE FINDINGS BY THE BRITISH FORENSIC TEAM WHICH EX- AMINED THE REMAINS OF WALTER RODNEY AND THE CAR IN WHICH HE DIED HANDS WERE REPORTED TO BE UNINJURED BY THE BLAST INDICATING THAT HE WAS NOTHOLDING THE SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 GEORGE 02989 02 OF 02 0408472 PLOSIVE DEVICE WHICH KILLED HIM THE INJURIES HE SUS- TAINED INDICATED THE BOMB HAD BEEN RESTING IN HIS LAP FRAGMENTS OF THE DEVICE REMOVED FROM THE BODY AND FROM THE CAR INCLUDED PIECES OF WOOD THESE AND OTHER BITS HAVE LED THE FORENSIC TEAM TO SUSPECT THAT THE DEVICE WAS SOPHISTICATED BUT OF A TYPE GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD COMMENT AS WE DO NOT WISH TO RISK COMPROMISING OUR SOURCE PLEASE TREAT THIS INFORMATION AS THE FULL REPORT WILL BE COMPLETE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS ROBERTS SECRET UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO M-2013-15063 Doc No C06511146 Date 03 14 2018 0 6 5 1 1 1 4 US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511146 Date 03 14 2018 I UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 306511146 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