SC cV CENTKAL INTKLLIOINCI AOKNCT o ROUTINE 3 In t e llig e n c e I n f o r m a t io n C a b le COUNTRY BRITISH OUIAKA VENEZUELA DATE OF INFO 30 JUNE 196U f DISTIL 7 JULT 196U SUBJECT PUNS TO OVEKTKBOW THE GCVEHNMEMT 0 PHEMIER CHEDDI JAGAN IN BHITISH QUIANA PIACE DATEACQ I REF IN 20092 SOURCE AND APPRAISAL iV 1 ON 30 JUNE 196b FORMER CITIZEN OF BHITISH GUIANA MET WITH MEMBERS OF A THE UNITED FORCE OF MIHORITT OPPOSITION PARTI El GEORGETOWN AND PROPOSED THAT THE QOVERHMBIT OF PREMIER CHEEDI JAGAN BE OVERTHROWN AND A GOVERNMENT HEADED 9T FORBES BURNHAM LEADER OF THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL CCHGRESS AND PETER D'AGUIAR LEADER OF THE UF BE INSTALLED THE REASON- FOR THE PROPOSAL WAS THE BELIEF THAT UNDER THE PRESEOT CIRCUMSTANCES IN BRITISH GUIANA IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HOID ELECTIONS AND THE JAGAN GOVERNMENT WILL RETAIN POWER BT THE USE OF ARKS IF NEC'25 i L' THE MAN MAKING THE PROPOSAL'CLAIMED TO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT 2 THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES PLANS FOR THE TRAINING OF 100 MEN FOR 30 DAIS IN Thto material cootainsInformation affacttnctb National DtftnM ofth UnlUd Stataawithinth m--nln oftlx toplonM It DAO 8m 7 3 and 7M h tranml--lon or rtr latlon of which in any mannw to an unauthorised p noa 1 prohlMtjgMgJ 1 STATC INI DU AAMV ACSl o NAVY SANITIZED AIR JCS %AC tHPfij SS'- -f$ Authority -0 NARA Date COPY LBJ LIBRARY SECOEP N IC USX SSXZ OCt ONE HEPCINCLANT FBI NSA OCK OR OO W 11 CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS % in Ml o 'i- to i 200 PAGE 2 i t # VENEZUELA THESE MEN ARE TO BE INSTRUCTED HT A ' tmSaii WHO WAS TO ARRIVE IN GEORGETOWN OK U JOLT I96I4 AM WHO WAS SAID TO -HAVE CGHEOCTED SIMILAR TRAINING IN oVIETNAM 3 BUBNHAM HAS ALREADY KEEK INFOHMEE OF THE SCHEME AND D'AGUIAR WILL BE ASKED TO JOIN IN THE PLANNING AS-WELL AS CONTHIBDTR #2 000 BURNHAM WAS NOT TO KNOT OF D'AGUIAR'S PROPOSED ACTIVE 'ROLEBECAUSE BUHNHAM WAS SAID TO BE VEHT TOUCH ABOUT HIS OWN IMPORTANCE BOTH BDBNHAM AND DfAGUIAR AHE BEINO URGED TO FORM A REVOLUTIONART GOVERNMENT 9111t THEN USETHE TRAINERS TO LAUNCH A COOP BT SEIZING KET POINTS AND DECLARING A 1 NEW GOVERNMENT ' CHEDDI AND JANET JAGAN ARE TO BE KIDNAPPED AND HIDDEN IN VENEZUELA It fcpiSSEMi STATE CINCSO CINCLANT END OF MESSAGE ZfY ii Co uti J o K k v fORM IK-1 1 4J CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS USC PUVtOUS lOITtONS CONTINUATION OF TDCS INFORMATION REPORT COPY LBJ LIBRARY LBJL NSF Country File Latin America Box 55 Folder British Guiana Vol 1 12 63-7 64 1 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