CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF A SPECIAL ASSISTANT IN THE GUYANESE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05363897
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2016
• Case Number: F-2015-02297
• Publication Date: October 31, 1972

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SUBJECT: Current Activities of.a'Special Assistant
in the Guyanese Ministry of Informatibn and
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who is currently serving as a special-I-St-Ant in tr -
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A. YFIELD is working on a variety
of assiz ments, including political tasks,
often d rectly under Prime Minister
Forbes URNHAM who appears to have a
Iiigirrega � for MAYFIELD's professionall
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competence and judgement. MAYFIELD, who
is considered intelligent with exceilelt
-public relations expertise by local
standards, was recently appointed to
the newly organized propaganda committee
of the ruling People's National Congre s :GS)
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, B. MAYFIELD, a c4Whicia.. black .
power radical, has been allow Rif.6:23/ , Yl:Itip,--D
maintain some: contact with'Et4i AYANA
leader of the Africaij_5.ociety forr-ult ral i..'
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but understands the Prime Minister's
political difficulties and the necessity
for the government to disassociate itself 1 NOV 16 1972
from much of ASCRIA'ss doctrine; MAYFIELD
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recently concurred in a paper advising
"1 the Prime Minister to cultivate and
.pacify the East 'Indian community.M
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w o is out o avor with
Minister. Nevertheless.
the Prime
the Prime
Minister will arrange for MAYFIELD to
be granted Guyanese citizenship in
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2. The above information 'concerning
being provided to your Bureau in reply to
D.C. letter,. dated 23 May 1963, Subject:
Mayfield - Security Matter' C, Ana Livia
Security - C4.which reepested infortation
MAYFIELD's activities while he IS abroad
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MAYFI LD is
your Washington,
Julia Hudson
CordeTo Mayfield
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3. The above information is being provide 4 to your
-Bureau with the understanding that it will receive no
'further dissemination other than to your approptiate
field offices, without the prior approval of this office;
and that any reference to it in internal Bureau documents
will state only that it was obtained from.a confidential
source.
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