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UBJECT: DYMALLY VISIT TO GUYANA

LT. GOV. DYMALLY DURING HIS VISIT TO GUYANA HELD A SHORT RESS CONFERENCE ON DEC. 28, REPORTED IN DAILY CHRONICLE ON DEC. DYMALLY ANNOUNCED TO PRESS THAT HE PLANS TO URGE DEPARTMENT O WORK TOWARDS GOOD RELATIONS WITH CARIBBENA COUNTRIES. ARTICLE REPORTED THAT DYMALLY INTENDS TO MEET WITH THE QUOTE TATE DEPARTMENT CARIBBEAN DESK UNQUOTE SOMETIME AFTER ARTER INAUGURATION.

DYMALLY WAS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING THERE WAS BASIC GOODWILL N THE CARIBBEAN TOWARD U.S. AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE U.S. NTS TO PURSUE A POLICY REFLECTING THIS GOODWILL. DYMALLY ONTINUED THAT THERE WAS GREAT MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE IMITED OFFICIAL USE

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DESTABILIZATION IN THIS REGION

AND WHAT WAS NOW NEEDED HAS THE USHERING IN OF A NEW ERA OF
UNDERSTANDING. BYMALLY STATED THAT HE HAD MET AIDES OF
PRESIDENT-ELECT CARTER BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND WAS GIVEN
ASSURANCES THAT THE U.S. UNDER A CARTER ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT
INTERFERE IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF OTHER NATIONS.

3. REMAINDER OF ARTICLE DEALT WITH DYMALLY'S BACKGROUND AND
PURPOSE OF TRIP WHICH WAS TO VISIT PEOPLE'S TEMPLE AGRICULTURAL
MISSION AT PORT KAITUMA. DYMALLY IS SCHEDULED TO MEET TODAY WITH
PRIME MINISTER AND ATTEND A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
4. CHARGE MET WITH DYMALLY FOR SHORT PERIOD UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN
GEORGETOWN DEC 27 AND AGAIN FOR LONGER PERIOD OK DEC 28. BISHOP
JIM JONES, LEADER OF PEOPLE'S TEMPLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WAS ALSO
PRESENT AT SECOND MEETING WHEN CHARGE SUMMARIZED PRESENT STATE OF
U.S.-GOG RELATIONS. CHARGE EMPHASIZED TO BOTH DYMALLY AND JONES USG
ANGER OVER BURNHAM'S OCT 17 SPEECH WHEN BURNHAM IMPLIED U.S. COM-
PLICITY IN CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH DESPITE REPEATED ASSURANCES OF U.S.
NON-INVOLVEMENT FROM HIGHEST LEVEL OF USG. CHARGE CONTINUED THAT
RECENT HARSH GOG RHETORIC IN LOCAL PRESS AND OTHER FORA CHARGING
U.S. WITH DESTABILIZATION OF GUYANA AND CHARACTERIZING U.S. AS
ENEMY HAS FURTHER HAMPERED NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS. JONES AND
DYMALLY BOTH STATED THAT THEY HAD MET ON DEC. 28 WITH FONMIN WILLS
WHO EXPRESSED FEAR THAT USG WOULD DESTABLIZE GUYANA LIKE WE DID
CHILE. JONES ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS REAL FEAR AMONG GOG
THAT CIA WAS SUPRANATIONAL AGENCY ANSWERABLE TO NO ONE, WHO WERE
ACTING AGAINST GUYANA UNBEXNOWNST TO OTHER AGENCIES OF USG. CHARGE
CATEGORICALLY DENIED ANY AGENCY OF USG INCLUDING CIA WERE ACTING
AGAINST GUYAKA. CHARGE INDICATED THAT GUYANESE SIMPLY REFUSE
TO BELIEVE OUR DENIALS EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE ON
WHICH TO BASE THESE FEARS AND ACCUSATIONS. ON THE CONTRARY, GOG
RECENTLY HAS GONE OUT OF ITS WAY TO BE ABRASIVE IN ITS RELATIONS
WITH U.S. CHARGE THEN STATED PROBLEM IS WHY IS GOG SEEMINGLY
SO HOSTILE ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE GENUINE REGARD
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5. DURING COURSE OF CONVERSATION JONES APPEARED TO QUESTION
CREDIBILITY OF USG ESPECIALLY CONCERNING CIA ACTIVITIES AND OUR
SUPPORT FOR REGIMES THAT SEVERELY RESTRICT HUMAN RIGHTS. CHARGE
REPLIED UNFORTUNATELY MOST COUNTRIES IN WORLD TODAY RESTRICT AND
VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS. BUT THAT DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN LEAD IN

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IDENTIFYING PROBLEM AND PRESSING FOR AMELIORATION OF CONDITIONS
WHERE POSSIBLE. JONES ALSO MENTIONED HE HAD MET WITH MRS. CARTER
AND VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT MONDALE EARLIER WHO ASSURED HIM CARTER
ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT INTERFERE IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF GUYANA.
JONES INTENDS TO PASS THIS MESSAGE TO BURNHAM TODAY (DEC 29)
WHEN HE SEES HIM.

6. DYMALLY STATED HE WILL CONTACT COUNTRY DIRECTOR HEAVNER SOMETIME AFTER JANUARY 20 TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF HIS VISIT TO EASTERN CARIBBEAN.

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1 ac conclusion of the Committee raza of the stances surrounding the Congressman lec J. Ryan.

. FEBRUARY 2, 1979, LETTER FROM HON. CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

In connection with the continuing staff inquiry which I have ordered into the death of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the resulting incidents at Jonestown, Guyana, the Committee respectfully requests the following additional information and materials:

(1) As a part of a series of memoranda partially submitted under cover of Mr. Douglas Bennet's January 4 letter to me it was the Committee's understanding that all U.S. Government officials affiliated with the U.S. Embassy who had any kind of contact with the People's Temple organization in Guyana, including representatives of the Central Intelligence Agency, would submit statements summarizing that contact. On the basis of that understanding the Committee assumes that additional statements will be provided. This request applies to the period from the inception of People's Temple activities in Guyana in 1974 through November 18, 1978.

(2) Copies of State Department legal interpretations of and guidelines for implementation of the Privacy Act with particular reference to the question of whether, in the opinion of the Department of State, the Act applied to minors. In this same connection the Committee would require an explanation of the timeframes within which such interpretations and guidelines were formulated and provided to consular and embassy officials abroad.

(3) Any information which the Department of State may have regarding the exit from the United States and the arrival in Guyana of a minor child by the name of Dana Griffith.

(4) As of November 14, 1978, what was the State Department's and the U.S. Embassy's in Guyana understanding regarding the legal arrangement under which the People's Temple established and operated Jonestown? Also did that arrangement limit or preclude entry by any individual or group? Lastly, would you provide us with a copy of the arrangement document?