P t t S O Nf l croon 2 Nerewber 1964 M E M O R A N D U M FOR Mr J Hareid Shull aw SUBJECT Sri till Gift a a 1 On 2 N o v e m b e r we r e ce iv e d tha f o l l o w i n g immediate cable f r o m ear L o n d o n station w i t h the request that its contents ba given ta you 2 Oa tke m o rn in g of 2 N ov em be r Mr Frost of MI-6 r e p or te d that he bad again d i s c u s s e d tha S mi tk er s artlola with tka Colonial Offica Mr Frost argad that tka E m b as sy la Land on should discuss tkla ma tt er first wltk tka Britisk Foreiga Offloa for two reasons a G r e e a w o o d aarrlaa lass we i gh t in tka cab in e t tbaa kis predecessor keaoa tka p o s i t i o n of tka F a r ai g n Office in Britisk Gaiana s etters is c e r r e s p o n d i a g l y stroagthened b The Foreign Offica is more s y m pa th et ic toward a c a o r d i a a t e d O S O K p o s it io n and C IA M I- 6 role tkan are c er tain persons in the Co lonial Office 3 Oar London station c ommented tkat it was qaite apparent tkat Mr Frost was acting under i astractions from tke Ckief of MI-6 and Mr James Falton of MI-6 4 Mr Frost later telepkened to report tkat tke Colonial Office was iastracting its pablic affairs r e p r e s en ta ti re in George t ow n to issue aa efficial denial tkat a Coloaial Offica efficial had made the statements attributed by Ssiitkers Mkea MI-6 was iafermed of this tkey pointed oat tkat tkis at best is a holding epera t io n since the impressfoa ceald still resiaia in British Gaiana and elsewhere that Colonial Office officials area though denying d e c la s s ifie d E O 13526 Sec 3 5 COPY LBJ LIBRARY nrrr V- tlLtf UllLl S EH N H f -grnnrr 2 the s t a t e m e n t s w e r e still c o n t e m p l a t i n g f e t t e ri ng a PPP PNC coalition S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r Mr Fulton a ct in g o b e h a l f of the C h i e f of m 6 c on t a c t e d oar C h i e f of S t a t i o n is L o n d o n urging that A m b a s s a d o r Brace d i s c u s s the S m i t h e r s a ff ai r with the F o r e i g n O ff i c e in order that the s e t t e r could be t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m an i n t e l l i g e n c e to p o l i o level w h i c h Hr F u l t o n and the C h i e f of MI-6 felt was of g r e a t importance 5 Our C h i e f of S t a t i o n in L on do n d i s c u s s e d the Saiithers af f a i r and b r i e f e d A m b a s s a d o r Bruce on the f o r e g o i n g information Th e A m b a s s a d o r is r e q u e s t i n g E r i c s o n to c o n t i n u e d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h the C o l o n i a l Of f i c e and the A m b a s s a d o r is c o n s i d e r i n g a p p r o a c h i n g Sir Harold Caccia oLuiiri LBJL NSF Country File British Guiana Box 55 Folder British Guiana Vol 2 8 64 - 11 64 2 of 2 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