D-2-Q-12A
August 30, 1978
Appt. W/USSR Embassy
Marceline J, Terri J, Deb. T.
– Marceline told Cde. Timofeyv [Feodor Timofeyev] that she did visit [Cheddi] Jagan following the two girls that had visited his home during the night.
– she told him that the wife was hostil, and the inference that was made was, well, were legal, letting us know we could visit them during the day.
– she asked about their doctor and told him we had submitted somethings to the Georgetown hosp. but they weren’t able to do all the test.
– He said their specialist was not in the country yet, but he mentioned a Cuban doctor, he didn’t know his name.
– Marceline asked if their local doctor would know his name?
– Timofeyve thought he might.
– he said their doctor was due in, but he was late and even his wife was trying to call and find out what the hold up was because they didn’t know the reason.
– we showed him the statment about their visit
WHILE HE READ IT he kept shaking his head in agreement, he said the last two paragraphs he would like to have in writing. He said he would to keep the paper a couple of days and go over it he said he had trouble translating some of the English. If you prefer to show it to me and take it, I understand.
– We told him we preferred to take it now, Marceline said it wasn’t that we didn’t trust him, but it could get into the wrong hands.
– he said o.k., but the two paragraphs giving Jim’s perspective of the community situation, (where you live), its another to have a perspective of the world situation. he said they need to give Moscow more feedback then [than] just the amount of people living in the area and that sort of thing.
– Marceline told him we would take it today, and that she would be going into Jones town, but that we could probably re-type the last two paragraphs and deliver it to him.
– He told us Jagan had approched him and asked him about Peoples Temple., He said he had not broched the subject at all, but they did make their position clear (USSR with Peoples Temple) and said they were surprised, but he thought it helpd put things into more a perspective. He said when people hear of a U.S. organization they tend to stay away (in so many words automatically associated as pro U.S.)
– He said he felt Jagan had a better understanding now.
– Marceline said she didn’t think he did, or he wouldn’t have made inference that they were legal to visit in the day time.
– Timofeyev told us to be careful how we talk over the radio. He said they have been told that the U.S. Embassy monitors all radio communications and not to mention them by name.
– Marceline told them him we were careful, very careful and aware, and that we did not mention names on the radio.
– by the way, he turned on the radio after he read the notes regarding Jagen, before he began to talk.
– Terri told him that out in the middle of the jungle, Jonestown, people were more informed then the average person.
– I mentioned that our seniors as well as our children could tell him what was happening in Angola and Mozambique ect.
Marceline told him we were teaching Russian to all, and that she and Jim had both taken classes in Russian in college, but that Jim had done much better then she
– We told him that Jim was the instructure [instructor] of that calss.
– he said that they had some tapes and instructions on Russian language and he would get them for us if we wanted them.
– We told him we would like that very much.
– He said he would have it ready for us when we dropped off the paragraphs from the
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D-2-Q-12B
– note he read today.
– He mentioned that Jagen had wanted to know about a bill passed in parliament in regards to Peoples Temple, a bill that made our position clear with the govt. of Guyana.
– He said Sharon had mentioned this to him once and he didn’t really understand, and when he mentioned this to Jagen, he wanted to know about it, he wasn’t aware either, he said of course Jagen is a busy man, it could have been a time when he was out to other business, or before he was in parliament, said something about him not being in until the last four years.
– Marceline said that could have been the case, because we have been in Guyana for about five years now, and this was something that would have happened at the inception of our comming to Guyana.
– He said he would like to know more about this,
– Marceline said she thought Paula [Adams] would know more about this since she was here in the beginning, and that she would talk to her when she went to Jonestown.
– I thanked him for talking to Jagen about us, and told him Jim would appreciate what they had done.
– Timofeyeve said well I didn’t approach him at all, he came to me.