DEP. PM SHEARER'S APRIL 8 STATEMENT ON VOGEL TESTIMONY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R000700050010-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 12, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 121603Z APR 88
FM AMEMBASSY KINGSTON
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2642
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TAGS: PGOV PREL SNAR US JM
SUBJECT: DEP. PM SHEARER'S APRIL 8 STATEMENT
ON VOGEL TESTIMONY
THE TEXT OF DEP. PRIME MINISTER/FOREIGN MINISTER
SHEARER'S APR 8 STATEMENT ON THE APR 5
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY BY CONVICTED NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKER MICHAEL VOGEL FOLLOWS BELOW. BEGIN TEXT:
A. A FEW DAYS AGO THE JAMAICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED STATES BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THE FACT
THAT, ON TUESDAY, 5TH APRIL, DURING THE COURSE OF
HEARINGS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TERRORISM, NARCOTICS AND
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, A CONVICTED DRUG
TRAFFICKER INFORMED THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF HIS OWN
CONNECTIONS WITH DRUG DEALINGS IN JAMAICA AND WENT
ON TO MAKE STATEMENTS CLEARLY INTENDED TO IMPLICATE
THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND THE COMMISSIONER
OF POLICE AND TO TARNISH THE INTERNATIONAL IMAGE OF
JAMAICA. ALL OF THESE GRAVE ALLEGATIONS ARE
TOTALLY FALSE, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA IS
ALARMED AND DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE PANEL OF
SENATORS DID NOT SEEK TO PROBE FURTHER INTO THESE
ALLEGATIONS.
B. THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR IN KINGSTON WAS CALLED
IN AND INFORMED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA
TAKES THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE OBJECTION IN THIS
MATTER BECAUSE:
--THE TESTIMONY OF THIS CONVICTED FELON, WHICH WAS
PUBLICLY GIVEN, WAS ALLOWED TO STAND WITHOUT ANY
ATTEMPT TO PROBE FURTHER INTO THE ALLEGATIONS TO
ESTABLISH IF THESE STATEMENTS WERE ACCURATE OR
WHETHER THE INFORMANT WAS COMMITTING PERJURY.
--THE USIA ADVISORY ON THE MATTER, WHICH WAS
CLEARLY DESIGNATED FOR FOREIGN SERVICE CIRCULATION,
CONTAINED INACCURACIES BUT WAS NEVERTHELESS
DELIBERATELY RELEASED TO THE MEDIA IN KINGSTON.
C. IN VIEW OF THE GRAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY AND FOR THE INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED IN
THE TESTIMONY, THE JAMAICAN AMBASSADOR IN
WASHINGTON YESTERDAY LODGED A FORMAL PROTEST IN
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WASHINGTON WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
D. THIS MORNING, MR. JOHN C. WHITEHEAD, ACTING
SECRETARY OF STATE, IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION,
INFORMED ME THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAD ISSUED A
STATEMENT IN WASHINGTON, IN WHICH HE SAID THAT THE
TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL VOGEL, THE CONVICTED DRUG
DEALER, ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER AND UNNAMED
JAMAICAN OFFICIALS, IS COMPLETELY UNSUBSTANTIATED
AND THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE PRIME
MINISTER WERE BASED ON AN UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE IN
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND ARE AT BEST COMPLETE HEARSAY.
E. ACTION IS PROCEEDING THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
CHANNELS WITH A VIEW TO TAKING STILL FURTHER STEPS,
AS SPEEDILY AS POSSIBLE, TO THE FULL SATISFACTION
OF JAMAICA AND OFFICIALS MENTIONED IN THE BLATANTLY
FALSE TESTIMONY.
F. PRIME MINISTER SEAGA WILL BE ADDRESSING THE
NATION ON THIS MATTER TONIGHT.
END TEXT OF DEP. PM SHEARER'S APR 8 STATEMENT.
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