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Strategy advice for Cheddi Jagan
[Editor’s note: The six pages in this document open with two otherwise blank pages marked “Prime Minister” and “Cheddi Jagan”. The balance of the document appears to be in code, offering advice to Jagan – who at the time led the opposition party against Burnham – and describing what Peoples Temple could do.]
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People all over the U.S. have read the article which shows how Harold turned you [illegible several words] you attempted to form a coalition, and how it is marked for a CIA takeover. (Assume nothing). You must tell him all about the support we have from Angela Davis, Huey Newton, the Black Panthers, and all of the socialist and communist parties in the Struggle in the U.S.
Sutton came out in strong support in a radio phone patch, he brought out the conspiracy against Black leaders but he was butchered in the press. Ron can verify with [illegible name] (in the U.S.) that we have always supported him, but it was just that the conspiracy in the U.S. We notified you before that we would be assisting you and your party. That was always intention, but we first needed to get this move of people established.
Speak of thousands back there and nearly one thousand here.
Background: [Handwritten notation: “give the background (strictest of confidence)”]
1. Promise about a son would be handled as a political decision. People on left think it handled every way but what it should be.
Give all background in confidence about attempts on his life, bureaucrats who came out to get people to talk negative, interrogation by bureaucrats, go into the point about [illegible] if you were suddenly persona non-grata by PNC, what would you do? Nightmarish situation. [illegible word] of concern for him in case we were being tapped we came directly. [illegible] cover is necessary to prove good faith that we will do in anyway.
[illegible name] is isolated by a framed illegal habeous corpus charge that he cannot [illegible words] contributions he would like… he can’t even come out of the jungle.
Hill’s [code name for Jim Jones] friends expected a CIA takeover. Hill has spoken positively about you to government leaders and to we spoke to on arrival. This respect we reciprocate at the time. But now that the union between two parties is not being accepted by the PNC, it gives us great consternation. That is primary over our individual concerns, over Jeremy, etc. It is important to us to live up to socialist principles. Bob was praised highly by Hill through his secretary when speaking to Sutton.
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[illegible 4 words] discussion with him at the time one brief conversation but I can well empathize with your paranois, but effort must be made to overrided national barriers of marxists. Speak in marxist terminology. That is the basis of this conspiracy against us. We have full support of all marxist in the U.S. and [illegible balance of line].
[illegible two lines] We have information of the duality of the Foreign Minister.
Tell him that to have had a lot of input from people in the U.S. that there is a CIA situation in the office and we are obviously concerned that we do not know what part he will be in the situation. Maybe we have unwittingly hindered solidarity and played into the hands of the CIA. If there is a chance for him to visit us without any problems to you, you would be very impressed at the collective farm with a comprehensive medical program nursery for all babies, marxis school, food, chickens, livestock, [illegible] program. The colleague did not want us to share [illegible] food with people in the area. People back there like Sutton asked us to keep this CIA rumor in absolute confidence.
We know the worst enemy of unifying is paranoia. We understand if he has no suggestions to understand paranoia we have our share of it. Tell about Unita Blackwell Wright, the oil company, p.r. firm, senators against [U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Andrew] Young, and he is not even that bold. We even had a letter from Mrs. Carter about what we were doing providing [illegible words] (show letter)
Quote from Peoples World and Berkeley Barb. A lot of people talking about it [illegible] like what is happening to a colleague of Sutton’s very high reputed, very well documented book written by Sutton and his counterpart in Colorado. The Indian leader it happened to also.
The World Peace council passed a resolution of support which is being sent to the U.K. and here. All people who were socialists, marxists or any type of communists came out in support and Angela Davis made a speech specifically in support of Hill
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and she made a telephone patch also. Here as did Huey Newton. Many others did also, farm workers, etc.
Everybody here knows what I am. We were told by liberals that it si because we are too Marxist-leninist
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I’m of the opinion that the man who have had a brief conversation with and his wife in the PNC should be contacted but not caused any difficulty. Do you have an article?? it goes over the cadre around Bill. A picture with _____?? It goes over the facts of the small cadre around Bill that leans to the direction of Angela Davis. It stresses a predominance of the offing of Edith types. It’s also greatly concerned about Harold and danger of his passing.
It’s a philosophical thing by him up from the U.S., quite a lengthy? and say anything happened to Harold, and stress he may know of it, you know what I’m talking about. He said the people who are of the persuasion of Angela D. are a definite priority, and that people like [illegible] will soon be in the offensive??
and we expect to go to [illegible] to establish our work sooner or later anyway. The things that have happened cause us to conclude that’s the best thing to do anyway, and we want to be beneficial.
Paula [Adams] asked if we mention something of the unfortunate?? background and I said that’s close on the agenda. He’s sure paranoia exists everywhere and you only know by the cridentials of the people we’ve been friendly with in our church and in his church, and that’s all we can hope for. We are serious about wanting to give this country the best type of assistance possible, even if we don’t remain.
This should be early on the director’s wife’s agenda. Ask him about that chap who’s name rhymes with Hughes? if there should be any consultation. Say he’s the one individual we have had a great deal of faith in and the chap who is the subject of the philosophical speech so we want evidence from thereon.
We have concluded that the exception that was [illegible] we even doubt that exception. [illegible] of it should be litton to so??????????????
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