tC 6 5' 1 11 3 US Department of State Case No Doc No 306511134 Date 03 14 2018 SECRET RELEASE IN FULL PAGE 01 GEORGE 03454 0210382 ACTION INFO 88-14 ADS-00 REVIEW AUTHORITY Richard Zorn DOT-02 L-OI Senior Reviewer 1054 0210552115 2914002 JUL 80 - FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3072 INFO AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO AMEMBASSY PARIS AMCONSUL MARTINIQUE GEORGETOWN 3454 LIMDIS E O 12065 ROBERTS GEORGE B TAGS PINT GY FG SUBJECT LOCATION OF PERSON IMPLICATED IN WALTER RODNEY KILLING 1 5 - ENTIRE TEXT 2 A SOURCE IN GEORGETOWN HAS TOLD OUR POLITICAL OFFICER THAT GUYANA DEFENSE FORCE GDF SGT GREGORY SMITH IMPLICATED IN THE BOMBING DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER DR WALTER RODNEY MAY BE HIDING IN FRENCH GUIANA THE SOURCE STATED THAT SGT SMITH WAS ESCORTED TO CAYENNE ON AN AIRCRAFTAPPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO BY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BILLY SHERRSA PHONETIC FLEET MANAGER OF SOLOMAN SEAFOODS SGT SMITH AN ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN WITH EXPERIENCE AT REPAIRING RADIOS AND RADAR ALLEGEDLY WILL WORK FOR ONE YEAR AS A RADIO REPAIRIVIAN FOR SHRIMP FLEET IN CAYENNE UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME- JACK SOLOMON OWNEROF SOLOMON SEAFOODS IS UNAWARE OF SGT EMPLOYMENT WITH HIS SHRIMP FLEET AND WOULD NEVER CONDONE ACTIONS NOR EMPLOYMENT WITH HIS FIRM ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 GEORGE 03454 0210382 3 PER SOURCE THE FOLLOWING IS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WHICH LED TO INVOLVEMENT WITH SMITH BILLY SHERRA WAS FORMERLY INVOLVED IN SHRIMPING OPERATIONS IN GEORGETOWN WHERE HE BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS WITH GDF CHIEF OF STAFF BRIGADIER NORMAN MCLEAN SHERRA WAS IN GEORGETOWN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO ON COMPANY BUSINESS WHEN HE WAS AWAKENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY BRIGADIER MCLEAN AT HOTEL MCLEAN TOLD SHERRA THAT HE HAD A PERSONAL FAVORTO ASK MCLEAN THEN PROCEEDED TO REQUEST COOPERATION IN HIDING A GUYANESE CITIZEN FOR ONE YEAR BY GIVING HIM EMPLOYMENT WITH THE FISHING FLEET THAT HE MANAGED UNCLASSIFIED US Department Of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No 006511134 Date 03 14 2018 US Department of State Case No DOC No C06511134 Date 0311412018 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO M-2013-15063 Doc No C06511134 Date 03 14 2018 MCLEAN SAID THE PERSON WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED RADIO TECHNICIAN AND WOULD PROVE USEFUL TO SHERRA IN FLEET OPERATIONS SHERRA BEGAN TO ASK SOME PROBING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL BUT WAS HALTED BY MCLEAN WITH THE STATEMENT ASK ANY MORE OTHERWISE I SHALL HAVE TO LIE TO YOU I WOULD RATHER NOT DO SHERRA THEN FELT COMPELLED TO COMPLY WITH REQUEST BUT HAS SINCE REALIZED THAT THE PERSON HE IS HARBORING IS SGT GREGORY SMITH 4 COMMENT THE STORY ABOVE IF TRUE COULD CONCEIVABLY PRODUCE CHARGES OF US COMPLICITY IN A GOG COVER-UP OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING DEATH THE STORY ALSO COMES IN THE WAKE OF THE FACT THAT REPUTED WIFE JOAN MELVILLE I WAS ROUTINELY GRANTED A US VISA AT THE REQUEST OF THE GUYANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ALBEIT UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME JOAN MELVIN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE STATED THAT WAS BEING POSTED TO THE GUYANESE MISSION IN CANADA AND DESIRED TO VISIT RELATIVES IN THE US GEORGETOWN 3236 I 5 OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF USG SUPPORT TO THE BURNHAM REGIME HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF UNCOVERING INFORMATION ON SMITH AND HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN THE SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 GEORGE 03454 0210382 BOMBING DEATH OF RODNEY SHOULD THESE OPPOSITION GROUPS DISCOVER THE FACT THAT SMITH MAY NOW BE WORKING FOR A US FIRM WHILE IN HIDING AND THAT HIS REPUTED WIFE RECEIVED A US VISA AFTER THE RODNEY KILLING WHICH ASSISTED IN HER DEPARTURE FROM GUYANA CHARGES OF USG COMPLICITY IN DEATH COULD WELL FOLLOW COMPLI REGARDLESS OF THE REAL CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THESE FACTS MOREOVER IF IT IS TRUE THAT MCLEAN ASSISTED SMITH BY USING HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH SHERRA IT REPRESENTS ANOTHER STRONG IMLPLICATION OF GOG GUILT IN PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT ASSASSINATION ROBERTS SECRET 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