Approved F - e ei riDEiTriAir o f c n 1 q N LJ-001-055-3-40-6 TH E W H ITE HOUSE WASHINGTON December 9 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR MR BUNDY SUBJECT British Guiana Election 1 It looks as i f the election is pretty much in the bag for the opposition parties We are still waiting for returns from three more' districts 2 A projection indicates that the opposition parties w ill have one more 27 to 26 or three more 28 to 25 seats than the P P P The odds now seem slightly in favor of a three seat majority 3 Harry Shullaw H H H H H i Bill Cobb and I w ill be meeting firs t thing tomorrow morning to discuss the significance of the election results One disturbing element is that the Justice Party w ill probably not win a seat although there is a slight chance they might get one with their surplus vote This means that we may want to figure out some other way to bring East Indians into the Government One possibility might be to try to bring into a PNC UF coalition a couple moderate goodie P P P members not including Jagan of course I 1 3 a 4 4 Assuming the above projections are correct we have not done too badly While I would have preferred to see a less im pressive P P P showing and a more im pressive Justice Party showing the main objective has been accomplished - i e beating Jagan 1 3 a 4 5 SANITIZED Gordon Chase A u t h o r i t y - 1Hy Approved For Release 1999 10 19 NLJ-0 C O P Y LBJ LIBRARY UO' - N A S A Dai tJ L k LBJL NSF Country File Latin America Box 55 Folder British Guiana Vol 3 of 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