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File folder with photo of Vibert Mingo<\/strong><\/p>\n Government Ministers<\/p>\n Claude Vibert Mingo<\/p>\n Minister of State for Home Affairs<\/p>\n Born Dec. 15, 1926<\/p>\n At Beterverwagting, East Coast, Dem.<\/p>\n \u2013 —-<\/p>\n D-3-E-22<\/p>\n Report on meeting with Vibert Mingo, Jan. 10, 1975 <\/strong><\/p>\n Conversation with Minister Vibert Mingo, Minister of Home Affairs on Jan. 10, 1975 with Paula Adams and Debbie Touchette:<\/p>\n Jean Brown<\/p>\n This is also a write-up that I was doing that had already been relayed to the Office back in January.<\/p>\n PA<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-14<\/p>\n Memo on contact with Vibert Mingo, November 9, 1976<\/strong><\/p>\n November 9th, 1976<\/p>\n Vibrent [Vibert] Mingo<\/p>\n MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS: <\/u><\/p>\n REASON: Made distinction between Shalom group and P.T. and denounced rumor started by crazy Joe Farriss” that we grew marijuana.<\/p>\n REMARKS: He said all our files were clean, and they never thought we had marijuana growing. We took cake to his home. Oct. 24th.<\/p>\n PHONE: 63310.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-13a<\/p>\n Report of meeting with Vibert Mingo, March 17, 1977<\/strong><\/p>\n TO: JIM JONES TIM STOEN REPORT (After discussion with Debbie and Paula)<\/p>\n On Wednesday, 16 March, Cde. Mingo and an associate met with Debbie, Paula, Mike [Prokes] and me at our request. The meeting was sought by us to determine whether the government could expedite the immigration processing of our people. Before we discussed that point Cde. Mingo mentioned a number of ”complaints” that had come to his attention; in so doing he appeared friendly but with the usual aloofness of a police officer, he pointed out that he personally was impressed with our project but that we should know that “not everyone accepts your organisation in Guyana.” What follows are the salient points:<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-13b<\/p>\n Page 2<\/p>\n read in conjunction with the complaint about “smuggling”, infra.)<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-13c<\/p>\n Page 3<\/p>\n (a) . “Try to integrate as much as you can into the Guyanese society,”<\/p>\n (b) . “Another thing which would dispel doubts and fear; have a program to get people into your project to show what is going on.” He suggested we invite Ministers, government officials, and ordinary people.” He indicated he did not expect us to pay the transportation of such people into the Interior. We told him this was a very good idea, and that we would implement it. Tim’s Recommendation<\/u>: that we set one or two days every month as a Jonestown Open House, advertising in the newspaper and radio that everyone who cares to may come visit. We could keep the disruption to a minimum because of the limited spaces on airlines going in, and it would be a good way to displace paranoia by showing openness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-13d<\/p>\n Page 4<\/p>\n TIM\u2019S OVERALL IMPRESSION: Mingo is a direct person who worked himself up through the ranks without the benefit of extensive formal education, he was willing to go into the aforesaid natters to help us, not harrass us, and that he is not particularly worried about us at this time. He will probably become more worried as we increase our numbers substantially. Although he was gracious to us, I felt distinctly out of place as a light-complected person, particularly when he mentioned people who did not accept us because we were Americans. We should act on the suggestions of Mingo and let him know when we have done so. I am also convinced we need, not now but as soon as the folks start pouring in, A BLACK MALE as our lead representative. Right now the government sees an undue proportion of white faces, which probably creates questions as to how much we in P.T. hav<\/em>e shed the American syndrome. Once they see our leadership here in Guyana, particularly our spokespeople, as Black, they will accept us much more as legitimately dissatisfied with American oppression. Size is important, so someone like [Jim] McElvane would be helpful. It’s very good that both Mike and I are small in this respect, (P.A. note: I agree that it is essential to have the lead spokesperson as Black, but I don’t think that anything will be that effective until we have Black Guyanese in our p.r. group. There are two Black American groups that we are succeeding that left bad impressions with the government. One was the Shalom group and two, was the House of Israel leader.)<\/p>\n COMMENTS FROM DEBBIE\u2019S NOTES THAT WERE NOT IN TIM\u2019S:<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-13e<\/p>\n Page 5<\/p>\n [Balance of paragraph stuck out: \u201cBeing Patricia Cartmell has not yet been put in a permanent responsibility, it would be nice if she could do some p.r. two days of the week. I think Darrell [Darell] Devers would be very good in that area to accompany her. It would be necessary to assign her before she becomes indispensable in the building program. Someone must do it, if not her. It is a very weak point in our relations in Guyana.\u201d]<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-17a\u00a0 \u2013 17b<\/p>\n [Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This is an early draft of the memo at <\/em>D-3-E-1<\/em>3a \u2013 13e above.]<\/em><\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-12<\/p>\n Q & A Session with Vibert Mingo, April 1, 1977<\/strong><\/p>\n April 1, 1977<\/p>\n MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS:CDE. MENTORE JIM, PAULA [Adams], JIM JR. DEB T. [Touchette]<\/p>\n Question: How large is our membership?<\/p>\n JIM: two or thousand are coming and membership of twenty thousand.<\/p>\n Question: What is the name of our newspaper?<\/p>\n JIM: Peoples Forum.<\/p>\n Question: Circulation?<\/p>\n JIM: two million, two monthly, 600,000 in Bay Area, had extensive article on Guyana. Building burnt down, dynimite in our build[ing].<\/p>\n MINGO: Suggest Jim shift to another part of the states.<\/p>\n JIM: It involved in activity in news, Cubans Air, Black press is the only other revelation in the Caribbean (taken from the Peoples Forum).<\/p>\n Mingo: Thanked us for our efforts (Thanked Jim).<\/p>\n JIM: It\u2019s our duty, if facism rises, it\u2019s our duty.<\/p>\n MINTORE: Then we hope you\u2019ll get the list?<\/p>\n Jim: Explained about aircraft, and fact it\u2019s chartered.<\/p>\n CADETTE: The three hundred and eighty people comming, do they write the Forum?<\/p>\n JIM: Some do, some don\u2019t.<\/p>\n SOMEONE ENTERED FROM FORIEGN AFFAIRS…<\/p>\n MENTOR: So the list will get that? You don\u2019t have to cancel the Charters…<\/p>\n JIM: O.K.<\/p>\n MENTORE: Just get the list.<\/p>\n CADETTE: Wants to know number of Men, Women, Children and ages<\/p>\n JIM: Started to speak of skilled people.<\/p>\n CADETTE: Regardless of skills or…<\/p>\n MENTORE: Had you have been in their place (The imperialist), you\u2019d have done the same thing (talking of arresting Soc. leaders)<\/p>\n MINGO: You\u2019ll have to shift work, go underground<\/p>\n JIM: Told of bring files to Guyana, and the risk<\/p>\n MINGO: said he helps us alot.<\/p>\n JIM: Agreed, we had said that he was most helpful. Jim said he is up front (Mingo) and he could test us anyway he wished<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-2<\/p>\n Sharon Amos memo on meeting with <\/strong>Vibert Mingo, March 1978<\/strong><\/p>\n [Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This memo also appears at <\/em>https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=124046<\/em><\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n Sharon Amos<\/p>\n [Vibert] Mingo<\/p>\n (March 1978) [Desmond] HOYTE [Shirley] Field-Ridley Re RUSSIA and CUBA coming to visit us (we were to tell him of the USSR good article and that they want to come but don\u2019t know how to arrange it) Re Peter Fernanz JJ COMING TO TOWN BOAT: is there any problems of buying a boat in US dollars owned by a Guyanese citizen, registered in US or Trinidad (wants twice as much Guyanese money as US) MEDICAL LICENSE FOR LARRY [Schacht] —–<\/p>\n D-3-E-3b<\/p>\n Memo on meeting with <\/strong>Vibert Mingo, March 9, 1978<\/strong><\/p>\n MINGO 9\/3\/78 THURSDAY<\/p>\n CULTURAL CENTER PROGRAM<\/p>\n \u2013 he felt that it was awfully expensive<\/p>\n \u2013 he said that Hoyt [Desmond Hoyte] might say something sinister about it \/ should charge a nominal fee 50c or $1<\/p>\n \u2013 re JJ coming in\/ he would have to check on it\/ he doesn’t fully understand the reason for JJ being confined<\/p>\n \u2013 re his having talked to Dr. Reid\/ he hasn\u2019t talked to Dr. Reid yet and hasn\u2019t met with Bishop\/he would have had to meet and then just secondarily bring up the subject (rather than initiate the subject)<\/p>\n \u2013 he doesn\u2019t have the temperament to be prime Minister<\/p>\n \u2013 [Hubert] Jack is actually closer to the PM and Green too, but Jack is the closest<\/p>\n \u2013 Hoyte just sits closer to the PM because he was elected and Jack and Green were appointed\/ an elected official has the advantage in this way<\/p>\n \u2013 there are 53 seats in the House, each party has a certain number of seats\/ the PNC have 37 members<\/p>\n \u2013 the PM can appoint less than 6 ministers<\/p>\n \u2013 Teekah was elected<\/p>\n RE PM PRICE OF Belize<\/p>\n \u2013 he has a packed program \/Jack is acting Minister of Foreign Affairs while Price is in town (we asked if Price would be able to come to Jonestown since he visited in SF)<\/p>\n RE STAND-OFF IN THE PRESS<\/p>\n \u2013 he will speak to Shirley Fields-Ridley about seeing us and about whether or not there is a stand-off as he sits next to her in Parliament<\/p>\n RE JUDGE BOLLERS<\/p>\n \u2013 we mentioned that he was enthusiastic about our project after he saw the slides and told Dick McCoy that\/ we said he even brought up the subject of the Stoen case but the people that talked to him said they didn’t want to pursue the matter since they knew it related to court matters\/<\/p>\n \u2013 Mingo said that as long as the Judge was the one that brought up the subject we should (or could have) pursued it<\/p>\n RADIO ANTILLES<\/p>\n \u2013 he said they are Pro-Imperialist, run by the West Germans, not progressive\/ be very cautious<\/p>\n RE PPP<\/p>\n \u2013 we said that we had heard that there was a rumor they would attack us but we didn\u2019t think they would as Carlton Goodlett is a good friend of ours<\/p>\n CUBA AND RUSSIA<\/p>\n \u2013 we asked why they might not be coming tho they had requested permission<\/p>\n \u2013 he said there was not problem and he had approved their coming<\/p>\n \u00a0—–<\/p>\n D-3-e-8<\/p>\n Report of visit to Vibert Mingo, March 22, 1978<\/strong><\/p>\n [Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This memo also appears at A-1 (7) on page <\/em>https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=129788<\/em><\/a>.] <\/em><\/p>\n [Marginal note: \u201cMarch 22, 1978; Deborah Touchette\u201d]<\/p>\n 2) MINISTER MINGO: Visited by Sharon A., Tim C. Deborah T.<\/p>\n In reference to the arrest order, Mingo said he would try to get this fixed. He called on the red phone to Commissioner [Lloyd] Barker. The commissioner said he would check it out. Told us we would have to check back. Ref. to [Desmond] Hoyte: He said Hoye writes for the Nation, (used to write for the New Nation). He said he projects plans for government, economic development. Sharon asked what the problem was of the USSR coming to visit our project? Mingo said \u201cif they are slow to come it would be on their part, there\u2019s no problem with them going.\u201d In ref. to\u00a0 the purchase of the boat: He said there is a racket, we cannot pay him in American currency. Once the business is in Guyana you have to get permission at the Bank of Guyana, even though the transaction will take place outside of Guyana. Trying to do this is illegal. Sharon mentioned Dr. Fernandes\u2019 visit to J\/town. He said Dr. Fernandes is a devout Catholic. The father is a devout\u2026 they would do a lot for the cause of Catholicism. Mingo said he may come next month. He said he would call Shirley Fields today for us. Tim could call him back.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n D-3-e-10a<\/p>\n Meeting with Vibert Mingo, April 1978<\/strong><\/p>\n APRIL 1978 MINISTER MINGO \u2013 We told him Bunnie Mann was conning to S.F., to meet our people and asked if he could be a part of this new situation with Katsiris [Steven Katsaris]?<\/p>\n \u2013 Mingo said Bonnie is capable of anything, but he didn’t understand why he should interfere like that.<\/p>\n \u2013 We asked him about the situation of Barker setting off an explosive to the gentils of a man to get him to talk?<\/p>\n \u2013 Mingo said there was an incident in the 60’s with the PPP, the people were diciplined, Barker may have been involved in another incident, I don’t know.<\/p>\n \u2013 We told him what Barker had said about comming up to investigate us, we were tired of investigations, could be do something about this?<\/p>\n \u2013 Mingo said he would talk to him about it.<\/p>\n \u2013 I asked if Barker could go up anyway, even if Mingo talked to him.<\/p>\n \u2013 He said it was possible. Admitted he didn’t have that much controll over his dept.<\/p>\n \u2013 He told of Bonnie\u2019s history, how he was once [illegible initials] and left by night to Canada when the heat was on and later came back.<\/p>\n \u2013 He said the PM is aware of hie extravagance. There’s some things I don’t know about or understand myself, he said. He didn’t understand why Bonnie was still in a key position,<\/p>\n \u2013 We asked if there was anything Bonnie could do to hurt us?<\/p>\n \u2013 He said the most he could do would be to blackmail us. He said it was Worrel [Claude Worrell] who brought you here.<\/p>\n \u2013 said Worrle had far more respect. To try to discredit you, he has to do alot, the most he could do is blackmail by using his position.<\/p>\n \u2013 He said [Hubert] Jack is close to the P.M.<\/p>\n \u2013 Reid talks about leaving soon, (retiring), he\u2019s in his senior years,<\/p>\n \u2013 It’s a question of his personal choice. He is loosing alot of weight, has a sugar problem<\/p>\n \u2013 He said he didn’t feel there would be a turn to the right at this stage.<\/p>\n \u2013 In respects to Peoples Tmeple, one of the reasons the P.M. has gone is to get assistance.<\/p>\n \u2013 He said one thing that troubles me is when there\u2019s alot of problems people tend to turn one way or the other quickly for solutions to problems.<\/p>\n \u2013 He said that Bonnie Mann and the P.M. are very close. If Bonnie has anything on the P.M., well he doesn’t know, but then again that’s something he doesn’t understand.<\/p>\n \u2013 He said the P.M., is concerned about National Unity seriously\u2026<\/p>\n\n
\nFROM: TIM STOEN, D. TOUCHETTE, PAULA ADAMS
\nRE: REPORT OF MEETING WITH HONOURABLE VIBERT MINGO, MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS
\nDATE: MARCH 17, 1977<\/p>\n\n
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\n(this is an older contact I just didn\u2019t get typed up)<\/p>\n
\n-why is the press so tight with him?
\n-Mingo said he used to write for the New Nation paper (Hoyte did)
\n-Hoyte likes to write, since he is the Minister of Econ. Devt. he is involved in projects and plans for the govt and that\u2019s why he is written up a lot<\/p>\n
\n-he hadn\u2019t talked to her yet, will talk to her today<\/p>\n
\n-he said they would know how to arrange it, it doesn\u2019t have to be a minister who arranges it so it\u2019s them that are hesitating<\/p>\n
\n-Mingo said he is a devoted Catholic and he and his family would do a lot for the cause of Catholicism<\/p>\n
\n-he said he had done nothing yet 6o [so] check on it
\n-he called the Commissioner of Police and Barber will check on it<\/p>\n
\n-Mingo said this was a racket (on the part of the Guyanese person) and we couldn\u2019t do it<\/p>\n
\n-he got irritated and said we have to realize that we have to conform to certain regulations or we will be in trouble. Said \u201cin your country\u201d there are regulations (US)
\n-we argued the humanitarian reasons and children dying inKaituma and he said We\u2019re not seeing eye to eye about this
\n-I told him I was shocked by this since we were not concerned only about us but Guyanese who need medical care
\n-he said Larry could continue to practice without a license
\n-I mentioned the people that had needed care but died in the hospital under [Guyana Finance Minister Frank] Hope, he said Hope had to be OK if he was sent there
\n-I objected to this and said we had seen case after case where Hope had neglected the case or did things he had no knowledge of how to do effectively\/ he said that maybe Hope had been there too long and needed more graining [training]
\n-he said Hope used to be supervised by a nurse practitioner but there aren\u2019t enough of them now\/ I said if you can be flexible enough to let Hope practice without adequate supervision why can\u2019t Larry who is far more qualified be allowed to have a license\/ he mumbled something about that being a different thing<\/p>\n
\nDEBORAH TOUCHETTE<\/p>\n
\nAPPT. W\/ SHARON AMOS
\nMIKE PROKES
\nDEBORAH TOUCHETTE<\/p>\n