BB-2-dd-1
Sharon Amos
LUCKHOO 13/4/78 (Debbie, Sharon, Mike)
-asked him what would happen if it went against us, what would happen before an appeal/ said we absolutely wouldn’t compromise on this but want to know/ told him we’d rather die than have the child taken etc.
-he said that if they decide against us, he would ask for a stay of arrest orders, nobody ever turns such a thing down/ I asked if it was a legal thing or just precedent/ he said it was precedent/ he’s never known it to fail, it’s granted automatically (I asked a couple of tiems about this)
-regarding the possibility in a loss of the case that the arrest order against JJ could be activated/ he said the case is not against JJ/ it’s Joyce who has been intervened/ JJ is not party to it and Joyce can always say, “I don’t have the child”
-the Marshall will not execute any orders because the registrar told Luckhoo this
-the court could have acted a long time ago on this if they wanted it activated
-they are stymied (Stoen) as no order is being served
-regarding: could he delay for a long long time, the judge/ he said the judge must eventually give a decision/ he should give it before the end of the month but if he doesn’t Sir Lionel will speak to him/ Sir Lionel could go to the Chancellor or the Chief Justice if something isn’t doen
-if they wanted to do anything, Sir Lionel felt they would do it now but the Registrar said he was told by the Chief Justice not to serve the papers
-regarding possible pressure on the case, he pooh-poohed that/ said “no-one has even asked me about the case” it’s “forgotten”
-he said we were unnecessarily concerned
-said re immigration that he doesn’t know about that order to stop John/ Sir Lionel said he himself couldn’t get the info
-first he said that order would have had to come from Fred Wills/ later when I said it might have been recent and came from Shahabadeen, he didn’t argue that
-he said “no-one is interested in doing anything to hurt you”
-he said he hasn’t seen the PM in 3 weeks
-he doesn’t think the Stoens will come here
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BB-2-dd-2
DEBORAH TOUCHETTE
APRIL 13, 1978
LIONEL LUCKHOO
APPT W/ SHARON AMOS
MIKE PROKES
DEBORAH TOUCHETTE
_Lionel said if the answer was “no”, in favor of Stoen, he will ask for a stay of execution on the arrest order.
-He said the orders are there they can do anything they want to, said no, this is not a case against Jim Mones, Touchette has intervined, he doesn’t know how they have an arrest order, Jim is not a party to the child, said Barnwell won’t give any orders.
-said there was no written law that states he has a limited time to give a decission, but he can be pressured through the registure.
-Sharon asked if anything could be done if Jim came to G/town and someone saw him who was a rep. of Hass, or didn’t like Jim?
-Lionel said nothing could be done. The registure General has been instructed not to serve anything.
-Lionel said he didn’t know about the order of not being able to take the child out, said the order could only have come from Min. Fred Wills.
-He said “I don’t think theres anyone at all interested in hurting you in Guyana.
-Sharon ref. to pressure of black outs, would there be pressure on us?
-I don’t know, I haven’t seen the P.M. in three weeks, I don’t think so, but I don’t know,
-Lionel said we were making ourselves too important, people weren’t as worried about us as we thought.
OPINION:
Luckhoo was irritated at the questions asked.
I think it’s because he not use to having his opinion questioned so throughly, we ask the same questions over again, (out of concern and necissity) and because we don’t pay a greater amount of money he shows impatients in giving us his time. Mike Prokes felt Sharon was to pushy in asking questions, but I don’t feel she was. We wouldn’t have gotton any answere if we didn’t probe. I thought she conveyed concern, but was not confrontative. Mike argued the point alot, disagreed with me on this. He pointed out that Luckhoo didn’t even say goodbye. (someone came into the office as we were leaving and Lionel was talking to them and didn’t acknoledge Mike Prokes good bye) I don’t know if he heard him or not, but I thought we should do something for him, like take him some scotch, or some baked goods to his home because the man was irritated and I don’t think we can afford for him to get hostil against us?
(We didn’t ask the same questions over and over in this meeting, but asked questions that had been asked in previous meetings)