ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY OF JAMAICA (WPJ) LEADER DR. TREVOR MUNROE TO DISBAND THE WPJ AND FORM A NEW POLITICAL PARTY

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• Publication Date: October 28, 1991

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/NF) SUBJ: ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNIST WORKERS
PARTY OF JAMAICA (WPJ) LEADER DR. TREVOR MUNROE TO
DISBAND THE WPJ AND FORM A NEW POLITICAL PARTY
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GUIDE: guide://1012/2bwknb
Dates:
Date Published: 28-Oct-1991 19:20:00
Date Received: 28-Oct-1991 19:47:33
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: JAM
Region: AMERICAS, JAMAICA
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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XNF) 2 COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY OF JAMAICA (WPJ)
LEADER, DR. TREVOR ((MUNROE)), SPOKE TO A GATHERING OF 23 WPJ MEMBERS
DURING WHICH HE ADVISED OF HIS PLAN TO DISBAND THE WPJ EFFECTIVE JANUARY
1992. MUNROE TOLD THE GROUP THAT THE PLATFORM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE WPJ
ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT GIVEN THE RECENT DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE
COMMUNIST WORLD. MUNROE NOTED THAT BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT AWAY FROM
COMMUNISM, THE WPJ IS NO LONGER RECEIVING THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT IT
RECEIVED IN THE PAST FROM COUNTRIES LIKE THE SOVIET UNION AND CUBA.
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id/NF) 3. MUNROE SHARED WITH THE GROUP HIS INTENTION, ALONG WITH SIX OTHER
UNIDENTIFIED JAMAICANS, TO CREATE A NEW POLITICAL PARTY. HE CLAIMED THAT
THE NEW PARTY WOULD ENCOMPASS SOME OF THE VALUES OF THE WPJ AND THAT IT
WOULD PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO
MUNROE, THE NEW PARTY WILL BE EXTREMELY VOCAL ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE
COMMON PEOPLE AND IT WILL ENDEAVOR TO PROMOTE TRAINING AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. THE NEW PARTY WILL DEVOTE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS
OF WOMEN, YOUTH AND THE WORKERS. MUNROE EXPLAINED TO THE GROUP THAT HE
WOULD ANNOUNCE HIS PLANS TO DISSOLVE THE WPJ TO THE MEDIA AT SOME FUTURE
DATE. HE CONCLUDED THE MEETING WITH AN INVITATION TO ALL WPJ MEMBERS TO
SUPPORT AND TO JOIN THE NEW PARTY. COMMENT: MUNROE GAVE NO
INDICATION OF WHEN HE PLANS TO MAKE HIS STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA. LIKEWISE,
HE ALSO GAVE NO INFORMATION ON THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW PARTY OR THE NAME
OF THE NEW PARTY.)
"I/NF) 5. ACCORDING TO A JAMAICAN POLITICAL OBSERVER, IN EARLY OCTOBER,
DESPITE THE POSITIVE PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE FORMATION OF A THIRD POLITICAL
PARTY AS EVIDENCED IN A RECENT CARL ((STONE)) POLL SHOWING 41 PERCENT IN
FAVOR, A GROUP HEADED BY RONALD ((THWAITES)) OF THE JAMAICA BROADCAST
CORPORATION (JBC) RADIO AND WPJ LEADER MUNROE TEMPORARILY DELAYED
ACTION ON ESTABLISHING A THIRD PARTY. THE OBSERVER NOTED THAT BOTH
THWAITES AND MUNROE WANT TO BE MORE CERTAIN OF THE PARTY'S SUCCESS
BEFORE INITIATING ITS FORMATION; HOWEVER, THWAITES IS PARTICULARLY
CONCERNED THAT ANY SUCH POLITICAL ACTION WILL JEOPARDIZE HIS STANDING WITH
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. COMMENT: THWAITES IS A CHURCH DEACON (b)(1)
AND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO RELINQUISH HIS STATUS IF HE BECAME POLITICALLY (b)(3)
ACTIVE. THIS IS SOMETHING HE DOES NOT WISH TO DO, AT LEAST NOT PREMATURELY.)
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