1962 Guyana Election event
also: elections, that election, 1961 elections, pre-independence election, new elections
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United Kingdomcountry · 3Janet Jaganperson · 2CIAintelligence service · 2Forbes Burnhamperson · 2Inter-Services Intelligenceintelligence service · 2John F. Kennedyperson · 1Guyana Projectoperation · 1David Ormsby-Goreperson · 1Carl Kaysenperson · 1Massachusettscountry · 1United Fruit Companyorganization · 1Guyanacountry · 1McGeorge Bundyperson · 1National Security Councilorganization · 1
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1962 Guyana Election host_asserted
“By the CIA and British intelligence, as we've said repeatedly. So that excuse that they created was used to amend the British Guyana Constitution. Sound familiar? Because that's what they're trying to do in Haiti. Providing for a system of …”
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By the CIA and British intelligence, as we've said repeatedly. So that excuse that they created was used to amend the British Guyana Constitution. Sound familiar? Because that's what they're trying to do in Haiti. Providing for a system of …
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except when it approaches its own doorsteps. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The day before the elections, in December, a letter appeared in British Guyana newspaper. The CIA had written a fake letter and signed Joggin's wife Janet's name …
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be in power and our communist comrades abroad will continue to help us to total victory. That was a fake letter that the CIA ran in their fake papers in British Guyana to try to affect that election. Doesn't that sound familiar? Didn't they…
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You see what I'm saying? When you read this, this reads like the United States today. The day before, let's see, Ms. Joggin quickly retorted that she did not write the stupid letter. However, the damage was already done. As expected, Joggin…
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had polled 41% of the votes. From an operational viewpoint, the problem was to increase Burnham's attractiveness, cooperate with third-party movements like the United Front, and produce a coalition to go against Jagen's popularity. The meas…
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hurdle had yet to be surmounted. Kennedy met British Ambassador Sir David Hormsby Gore in Massachusetts over July 21st and 22nd. He raised Guyana, telling the Crown's representative he wanted to know if British envisioned new elections, whi…
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agreed to bring matters to a head, forcing consideration of Gaiwanese political factors. Great Britain ultimately accepted the CIA's project proposal and consented to the Secret Intelligence Service's support. London's most important contri…
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later inducing the political parties to accept a formula of proportional representation in the National Assembly. This improved Washington's odds for a favorable outcome. When NSC staffer Carl Kaysen told McBundy the latest news on October …