CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 9, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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JAMAICA: Prime Minister talks tough prior to ne o-
tia ons with forei_ ned bauxite industry.
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JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER MANLEY HAS ASSUMED A
TOUGH POSTURE AS THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT MAKES ITS
PREPARATIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FOREIGN-OWNED
BAUXITE INDUSTRY. MANLEY HAS REPEATEDLY STATED THAT
NATIONALIZATION IS NOT PART OF JAMAICANS ECONOMIC
POLICY, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A GENUINE EFFORT BY
SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO USE SCARE TACTICS TO
INTIMIDATE THE INDUSTRY.
THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PREPARING TO
NEGOTIATE FOR INCREASED BENEFITS SINCE THE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF THE NATIONAL BAUXITE COMMISSION IN JUNE 1972.
ALTHOUGH THE COMMISSION'S FINAL REPORT WAS NOT EX-
PECTED UNTIL MID-1974, MANLEY'S CONCERN OVER THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENERGY CRISIS APPARENTLY HAS
PROMPTED HIM TO INITIATE DISCUSSIONS AHEAD OF HIS
PREVIOUS SCHEDULE. AFTER A SERIES OF SPEECHES LAST
WEEK DESIGNED TO CREATE PUBLIC PRESSURE FOR NEW
ARRANGEMENTS MORE FAVORABLE TO JAMAICA, MANLEY STATED
THAT TALKS WOULD BEGIN IN MID-FEBRUARY.
IN A MEETING WITH THE US CHARGE ON JANUARY 7,
THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE AN IMPASSIONED PORTRAYAL OF
JAMAICA'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM THE WORLD
ENERGY CRISIS AND THE SPIRALING COST OF FOOD IMPORTS.
HE STATED THAT JAMAICA'3S ddSURVIVAL'd DEPENDED ON SUB-
STANTIALLY INCREASED BENEFITS FROM THE BAUXITE COM-
PANIES. MANLEY SAID NATIONALIZATION WAS NOT BEING
CONTEMPLATED NOW, BUT WARNED THAT HIS ATTITUDE WOULD
CHANGE IF FORCED BY '"THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS.".
THE PRIME MINISTERS'S VERBAL PYROTECHNICS DURING
THE MEETING WITH THE CHARGE PROBABLY WERE DESIGNED
PRIMARILY AS A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS PERSONAL COM-
MITMENT TO OBTAIN INCREASED REVENUES IN THE NEGOTIA-
TIONS. HE ALSO MAY HAVE HOPED THAT HIS EMOTIONAL
PRESENTATION WOULD CAUSE WASHINGTON TO CAUTION US
BAUXITE OFFICIALS TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH. NEVER-
THELESS, MANLEY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED
OVER HIS INABILITY TO RESOLVE JAMAICA'S ECONOMIC
DIFFICULTIES AND PROBABLY SEES INCREASED REVENUES
FROM THE BAUXITE COMPANIES AS AN EASY d'SOLUTION.'d
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