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DECLASSIFIED A/ISS/IPS, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended September 4, 2008
Department of State
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w-0;42251 Z JAW 71 P FM, AMEMBASSY KINGSTON,. TO SECSTATE WASHDC . PRIORITY 6935' INFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN AMEMBASSY PORT OF 1 SPAIN' 'KINGSTON! 007
SUBJECT: HAPPY NEW : YEAR, 1 0 PRIME MINISTER, SHEARER, LEADER , OF THE OPPOSITION' MICHAEL , MANLEY, MINISTER OF TRADE; AND: INDUSTRY ROBERT LIGHTBOURNE, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND; PLANNINGEDWARD SEUA AND THE ! GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF , JAMAICA,G4 ARTHUR' BROWN, INFORMED, THE: AMBASSADOR SEPARATELY AND : INDEPENDENTLY THAT IF: ALCAN, AND REYNOLDS:: CAPITULATED, TO. THE, GOVERNMENT OF : GUYANA, THE! INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURES: WOULD BE SUCH; THAT JAMAICA WOULD BE REQUIRED' TO SECURE! THE! SAME; ARRANGE'S. MENTS. WITH THE INDUSTRY, THE AMBASSADOR- CONTINUED WITH' THE HARD' LINE USED BEFORE TO( NOc AVAIL THIS: TIME:. - IN; GENERAL' THE! ABOVE: NAMED ! JAMAICAN OFFICIALS STATED 1 THAT .. IF' THE OVER RIDES, TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ET6, ACCURING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF- GUYANA, AS. WELL; AS THE ALLSIMPORTANT MARKET FOR THE, BAUXITE CONTINUED AS BEFORE: THERE; WAS, ABSOLUTELY 'NO: ARGUMENT AGAINST 51 PERCENT EQUITY OWNERSHIP , THAT :COULD' BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE! JAMAICAN PEOPLE. 2* IT : IS' THE' AMBASSADORIS .- OPINION THAT' IT' WOULD: BE , CHEAP' IN THE, LONG RUN FOR, THE. COMPANIES TO TAKE. A. HARD LINE, IN GUYANA. 30 AMBASSADOR . TELPHONED; JOSEPH! MCCONNELL, PRESIDENT' OF; REYNOLDS, WHO IS' THE SUBROSA INDUSTRY SPOKESMAN: IN' JAMAICA, AND' INFORMED HIM OF: THESE! DEVELOPMENTS . . MCCONNELL ! STATED'
DECLASSIFIED A/ISS/IPS, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended September 4, 2008
VIRGOROUSLY : . THAT . REYNOLDS WAS NOt . REPEAT . NOT . GOING I TO ,ACCEDE, TO THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA'S DEMANDS REGARDLESS OF THE. RESULTS OF THE ALCAN . DISPUTE. MCCONNELLI . FPRTHER INFORMED.; THE; AMBASSADOR THAT HE HAD : RETAINED JOHN J MCCLOY AS. REYNOLDS' .,ATTORNEY ' TO , NEppTIAtE, WITH' DAVIS . OF ALCAN IN i THIS MATTER AS DAVIS IS "DIFFICULT, UNREASONABLE AND HELLBENT TO; DESTROY THE INDUSTRY.". 4a IT IS THE . AMBASSADPR1S FURTHER OPINION THAT . . THE= ABOVE HIGH OFF101ALS, ARE ANXIOUS FOR, JAMAICANE BURNHAM TO BE, UNSUCCESSFUL TN . THIS'CON!LI,CT"WiTft ALCAN AND I ARE—NOT". ANXIOUS,' FOW . ANYTHINCil TO: HAPPEN IN GUYANA: THAT' WOULD NECESSITATE IMMEDIATE CONFRONTAT II,OW BETWEEN THE; INDUSTRY AND THE ! - GOVRNMENT - OF1;4AMAICA* FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST JAMAICA: WOULD PREFER, TO STAY OUT OF THE EQUITY-.BUSINESS4 A-MEBASSADOR WISHES HE HAD OPPORTUFTY TO CONVEY THE ABOVE, SENT iMENTS:TO DAVIS OF ALCAN. DE ROULET.
Department of State
TELEGRAM
w-0;42251 Z JAW 71 P FM, AMEMBASSY KINGSTON,. TO SECSTATE WASHDC . PRIORITY 6935' INFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN AMEMBASSY PORT OF 1 SPAIN' 'KINGSTON! 007
SUBJECT: HAPPY NEW : YEAR, 1 0 PRIME MINISTER, SHEARER, LEADER , OF THE OPPOSITION' MICHAEL , MANLEY, MINISTER OF TRADE; AND: INDUSTRY ROBERT LIGHTBOURNE, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND; PLANNINGEDWARD SEUA AND THE ! GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF , JAMAICA,G4 ARTHUR' BROWN, INFORMED, THE: AMBASSADOR SEPARATELY AND : INDEPENDENTLY THAT IF: ALCAN, AND REYNOLDS:: CAPITULATED, TO. THE, GOVERNMENT OF : GUYANA, THE! INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURES: WOULD BE SUCH; THAT JAMAICA WOULD BE REQUIRED' TO SECURE! THE! SAME; ARRANGE'S. MENTS. WITH THE INDUSTRY, THE AMBASSADOR- CONTINUED WITH' THE HARD' LINE USED BEFORE TO( NOc AVAIL THIS: TIME:. - IN; GENERAL' THE! ABOVE: NAMED ! JAMAICAN OFFICIALS STATED 1 THAT .. IF' THE OVER RIDES, TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ET6, ACCURING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF- GUYANA, AS. WELL; AS THE ALLSIMPORTANT MARKET FOR THE, BAUXITE CONTINUED AS BEFORE: THERE; WAS, ABSOLUTELY 'NO: ARGUMENT AGAINST 51 PERCENT EQUITY OWNERSHIP , THAT :COULD' BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE! JAMAICAN PEOPLE. 2* IT : IS' THE' AMBASSADORIS .- OPINION THAT' IT' WOULD: BE , CHEAP' IN THE, LONG RUN FOR, THE. COMPANIES TO TAKE. A. HARD LINE, IN GUYANA. 30 AMBASSADOR . TELPHONED; JOSEPH! MCCONNELL, PRESIDENT' OF; REYNOLDS, WHO IS' THE SUBROSA INDUSTRY SPOKESMAN: IN' JAMAICA, AND' INFORMED HIM OF: THESE! DEVELOPMENTS . . MCCONNELL ! STATED'
DECLASSIFIED A/ISS/IPS, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended September 4, 2008
VIRGOROUSLY : . THAT . REYNOLDS WAS NOt . REPEAT . NOT . GOING I TO ,ACCEDE, TO THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA'S DEMANDS REGARDLESS OF THE. RESULTS OF THE ALCAN . DISPUTE. MCCONNELLI . FPRTHER INFORMED.; THE; AMBASSADOR THAT HE HAD : RETAINED JOHN J MCCLOY AS. REYNOLDS' .,ATTORNEY ' TO , NEppTIAtE, WITH' DAVIS . OF ALCAN IN i THIS MATTER AS DAVIS IS "DIFFICULT, UNREASONABLE AND HELLBENT TO; DESTROY THE INDUSTRY.". 4a IT IS THE . AMBASSADPR1S FURTHER OPINION THAT . . THE= ABOVE HIGH OFF101ALS, ARE ANXIOUS FOR, JAMAICANE BURNHAM TO BE, UNSUCCESSFUL TN . THIS'CON!LI,CT"WiTft ALCAN AND I ARE—NOT". ANXIOUS,' FOW . ANYTHINCil TO: HAPPEN IN GUYANA: THAT' WOULD NECESSITATE IMMEDIATE CONFRONTAT II,OW BETWEEN THE; INDUSTRY AND THE ! - GOVRNMENT - OF1;4AMAICA* FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST JAMAICA: WOULD PREFER, TO STAY OUT OF THE EQUITY-.BUSINESS4 A-MEBASSADOR WISHES HE HAD OPPORTUFTY TO CONVEY THE ABOVE, SENT iMENTS:TO DAVIS OF ALCAN. DE ROULET.
