EXANDER INCOMING TELEGRAM 45 Department o f State flamiDEimcAii Action EUR Info SS G SP L H ARA CAP SXI E P US ' MC A 1V CA Cb AB RMR FO'r- '7loIAL jir l L ri J _KLLiy _ _ FROM AMCONSUL GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC STATE GRNC BT -eONPIDENTSAlr -- 020547 1964 MARCH 26 PM 743 P R I O R I T Y _ s a u x -- s g n -- ACTION PRIORITY DEPT 344 INFO LONDON 164 FROM GEORGETOWN' 26 MARCH 5 P M I I U S TRADE UNIONIST MEAKINS HAS BEEN ASKED LEAVE BG VOLUNi iTARILY OR BE DECLARED Pk OHIBITED IMMIGRANT AND DEPORTED DEPT will recall magistrate recently ruled gobg previously erred in i 'DECLARING HIM PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT BUT MAGISTRATE DID SO ON LEGAL TECHNICALITY RATHER THAN SUBSTANCE THAT PARTICULAR 'TECHNICALITY HAS NOW BEEN CORRECTED BY JANET JAGAN MEAKINS IS WITHOUT PERMIT AND APPARENTLY HAS NO DEFENSE AGAINST BEING DECLARED PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT LETTING THIS HAPPEN WOULD PRE SUMABLY PROVIDE SOME PROPAGANDA AMMUNITION AGAINST GOBG IN U S ' CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN UNIONS IT ALSO PRESUMABLY MIGHT SEEM TO CALL FOR CONGEN MAKE REPRESENTATIONS AT LEAST FOR RECORD TO GOBG JANET JAGAN OR CHEDDI ON GROUNDS IT HAS CONTROL IMMIGRA- TION BUT SUCH ACTION WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING EXCEPT POSSIBLY STIMULATE BELIEF BY GOBG THAT USG HAS BEEN DIRECTING US TRADE UNION INTERVENTION THUS FAR SINCE MY ARRIVAL REGIME' S STANCE V WITH CONGEN IS THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH TROUBLE m a k i n g c o n g e n u n d e r s t a n d s j a g a n n o w p r o f e s s e s b e l i e v e t h a t all his labor troubles largely due to presence us trade u n i o n i s t s HERE CFN 344 164 26 MARCH 5 PM U S MEAKINS BG GOBG JANET JAGAN ' MEAKINS GOBG U S CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICAN UNIONS GOBG JANET JAGAN CHEDDI GOBG USG US NOT RESPONSIBLE JAGAN US o d e c l a s s if ie d E O 12958 See 3 6 NL 1 9VBy jj y NARA Date ' PAGE TWO RUESHK 08 I INFORMED GOVERNOR LUYT FULLY MARCH 26 RE MEAKINS CASE ' AND GOBG EFFORTS RESTRICT US TRADE UNIONIST MC CABE' S CURRENT VISIT TO 48 HOURS WHICH WE STRETCHED TO 6 DAYS BY UNOFFICIAL POLICE COOPERATION ALTHOUGH MAKING CLEAR I WAS NOT SPEAKING ON INSTRUCTIONS I IN EFFECT MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO GOVERNOR BY LPOINTING OUT IMAGE If US OF BG WHICH SUCH RESTRICTIONS LIKELY -flONFIDENTIAIs ' REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS -PROmWTfO UNLESS UNCLASSIFIED OOlffXPBMTlfli I ' _______ -2- 344 MARCH 26 5 P M T K O M GEORGETOWN I'CREa TE' I ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT REGIME MIGHT FINALLY DECIDfeTT'f ' TRY BAR ENTRY ALL FOREIGN UNION LEADERS UNFAVORABLE TO PPP AND I SUGGESTED SERIOUSNESS OF SUCH SITUATION GOVERNOR SEES THESE POINTS BUT AS I EXPECTED AND UNDERSTAND HE FEELS CONSTITUTIONALLY V' 5HE IS NOT IN POSITION INTERVENE IN THESE CASES o ' I THINK CONGEN HAS NOW DONE ALL THAT IS PRACTICAL IN TH I S ' MATTER AND WOULD PROPOSE LEAVE FINAL DECISION TO MEAKINS AND ' ' l UNIONS WHETHER DELIBERATELY PERMIT DEPORTATION FOR PUBLICITY 'V ' PURPOSES ' I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD IDEA IF U S UNION MOVEMENT COJJLD FIND CANADIAN TO SEND IN TO TAKE ON MEAKINS WORK - GOBG WOULD FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT REFUSE SINCE CANADA SEEMS STAND HIGH f v WITH JAGAN REGIME _ ' I o J ' CARLSON GP-1 - o ' o CFN I LUYT 26 RE MEAKINS GOBG US MC CABE' S 48 6 I NOT SPEAKING I US BG I PPP I I NOT IN I MEAKINS I U S CANADIAN GOBG JAGAN -T 2S i3flZ o o- ---- ' v' V '-- t CQtTFXDBWriAtr ' LBJL NSF Country File British Guiana Box 55 Folder British Guiana Vol 1 12 1963-7 1964 2 of 3 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu