0 65 1 11 US Department Of State Case NO Doc No 006511113 Date 03 14 2018 I CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 GEORGE 05314 01 OF 02 082307Z ACTION ARA-16 INFO OCT-01 00 CIAE- 00 DODENSAE-00 SP 02 88-15 HA-06 TRSE- 00 01 10-14 EUR- 12 COME-00 I113 0900012 67 0414142 NOV 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4011 INFO AMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN AMEMBASSY KINGSTON AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO - AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN RELEASE FULL I I A SECTION 1 OF 2 GEORGETOWN 5314 REVIEW AUTHORITY Richard Zorn Senior 0 12065GDS 11 3 86 ROBERTS GEORGE B OR-M TAGS PINT SHUM GY - SUBJ TOUR HORIZON WITH PRESIENT BURNHAM 1 C SUMMARY IN AN OCTOBERSO COURTESY CALL ARRANGED AT GUYANESE PRESIDENT REQUEST I WAS ABLE ONCE AGAIN TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN OVER THE TREND IN TH GUYANESE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION BURNHAIVI DEFENDED HIMSELF ELOQUENTLY POINTING OUT THAT THE GOG DID NOT COMMIT MANY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD THE CON- VERSATION ALSO TOUCHED ON ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES AND THE NEW CONSTITUTION WHICH BURNHAIVI CLAIMED GAVE HIM NO MORE POWER THAN HE HAD HAD BEFORE THE CONVESATION WAS RELAZED AND NON-CONTENTIOUS 2 C ACTION REQUESTED THAT EMBASSY GEORGETOWN BE PROVIDED WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE US ALTERNATE GOVERNOR IN THE OCTOBER 7 WORLD BANK MEETING ON THE $8 MILLION POWER DEVELOPMENT LOAN TO GUYANA END SUMMARY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 GEORGE 05314 01 OF 02 0823072 3 C I CALLED ON GUYANA PRESIDENT BURNHAM OCTOBER 30 AT HIS REQUEST THE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL HAD INFORMED ME THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD DECIDED TO RECEIVE RESIDENT CHIEFS OF MISSION AS SERVERAL OF THEM HAD EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO PAY COURTESY CALLS ON HIM NEITHER I NOR MY BRITISH AND CANADIAN COLLEAGUES HAD REQUESTED SUCH A MEETING 4- LOU BURNHAM ASKED ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING U S UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511113 Date 03 14 2018 39198 308 9390 91918 Jo 3H L G3NEE3ONOO 383M OHM 3H L NI 383M 3H L OHM G3MSV 3H SLHSIH O '8 H380 LOO NO 800 A8 3CIVIN VNVARB NO 3H L OJ 8V SI E3A3LVHM 38 ASSV8IN3 13381' 38 SDI-LI LI 83ddn OJ ANV I 3A LON GVH 3M I NV388IEIVO 3H L 803 3H L 3ONVCIEIOQOV NI E38OJ OO BELLSINI-IN I-LLINI SHO3NOHH3 3INVS I NMOL3SHO39 W083 3HVNIV SI 3H L SV SLHSIE NO GESV8 383M CIEI8I 3H L NI 3AVH AVIN 3M SNOLLVAEESEIEI ANV OJ ONILVOICINI NI N338 3AVH LON AVW HEDII-I NVICIVNVO CINV 3H L I-LLINI SNOILVSEEANOO SV 3 BRO 3INOS 3MVIN OJ Lf'18 3H L N338 CIVH NOISIO3G I VH L 8383HLV9 CIIVS I NI SLHSIEI 3H L 83AO CI3NEI3ONOO 383M A3I-IJ 3 le NV01 3H L NO NIVJ S8V OJ 'S'n 3H L NI 383HM3ST3 CINV 3H L NI 3WOS SIHJ BRO 3H L 21 08380 20 0 M990 398039 90 39Vd CIVH 3HJ 3WOS SVM I 3AVH LHSIIN EONH3AOS 300 LVHNI LO3EIICI ON CIVH CIVH I LVHJ CIIVS I 3HJ NI OJ 8$ NV NO CIVH HOIHM 3NLI 33W LN303H 3H L SNIHFICI VNVAHE LSNIVEDV mo GVH GEI8I 3H L HONH3AOE 3H L LVHJ ' 13Ld38 M3N 3H L NO NVOIEI3INV 3H L NO NOISSHOSICI O '9 I V LN3ININOO LON CIICI WVHN308 800 SV NI 3NEIVM A8 LN3038 3H L G3NOLLN3IN I '3'Id03cl 3S3NVAHE 3H L SSNI1333 3H L 38 GELLVEIFIOOV ATIFH 38 3S3NVARE BNIWOO 3HJ LVHJ 'S'n 3H L I O '9 8100M 3H L LVI-LL G3W33S HOIHM SDOIHVA 3HJ G3NOLLN3W 3M 800 3W LI 3H L I V AVNI TILLS 383M HOIHM 3H L G3SSHOSICI 3M O L 3801 00 1 SVM 3H L GIVS I swam 20 zeiea 9L LSQOO 000 egogL SLoz-w 882 e1213401uewuedea 90 031 2 I I I I 9 US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511113 Date 03 14 2018 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO Doc No 006511113 Date 03 14 2018 SITUATION IN GUYANA EXPLAINED THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS I SAID THAT THIS BUREAU ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICES IN THE DEPARTMENT HAD TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION VARIOUS REPORTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF DR WALTER RODNEY AND ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS IN GUYANA I MEN- TIONED THE CHARGES MADE ABOUT THE 1978 REFERENDUM AND THE REMOVAL FROM GUYANA OF MATERIAL WITNESSES INTHE RODNEY CASE I MENTIONED THE RECENT INCIDENT IN WHICH CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 GEORGE 05314 01 OF 02 0823072 A GROUP OF FOREING REPORTERS HAD BEEN ARRESTED WHILE TAKING PICTURES OF A POLICE STATION AT LEONORA IN WEST BANK DEMERARA SEPTEL 9 C BURNHAM SAID THAT HE THOUGHT HUMAN RIGHTS CERNS WITH RESPECT TO GUYANA WERE ILL FOUNDED THE COUNTRY HAD FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND NO POLITICAL PRISONERS THERE WAS NO TORTURE PEOPLE COULD GET UP AND MAKE INSULTING REFERENCES TO HIM AT ANY TIME THE OPPOSITION AND WPA OPERATED FREELY WITHIN THE COUNTRY WALTER RODNEY HAD BEEN UP TO NO GOOD HE HAD WANTED TO OBTAIN EXPLOSIVES AND HE HAD BLOWN HIMSELF UP WITH HIS OWN CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 GEORGE 05314 02 OF 02 0823442 ACTION ARA-16 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 DODE-OO PM-07 H-01 L-03 NSC-05 SP-02 83-15 TRSE-OO OMB-01 IO-14 EUR-12 COME-00 113 0900002 67' 0414142 NOV 80 - 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