SUPPORT FOR RADICAL MOVEMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001403480004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 8, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

MEMORANDUM FOR:
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Support for Radical Movements
Both Havana and Moscow strongly endorse Grenada's
sponsorship of regional meetings to expand links with labor,
youth, journalists, and women's groups. Funds, staffing, and
equipment needs have been donated by Cuba to facilitate such
gatherings. Grenada is preparing to host a conference of anti-
imperialist youth and students from the Caribbean in March 1983
which will be sponsored by communist front groups, including the
Soviet-dominated World Federation of Democratic Youth. 25X
the Bishop 25X1
government organized a closed meeting of regional leftists in
August to create a unified "patriotic front" to oppose efforts by
the Caribbean Community to isolate Grenada. Bishop is worried
about a'possible move by the regional organization to expel his
country when Caribbean heads of state convene in Jamaica during
mid-November. Grenada's headlong thrust into the Cuban-Soviet
camp has been disconcerting to its democratic neighbors, who are
apprehensive about: the growing ideological polarization and
possible plans by Bishop to export his revolution.
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Leftists from St. Lucia, Dominica, and possibly other
islands reportedly are receiving basic traning from the Grenadian
army. Some small groups may be receiving indoctrination and
military training at the secluded Calivignv facility. The
In addition to the Cuban and Soviet presence, the Libyans
are becoming more active now that they have an embassy in
Grenada. that they are providing 25X1
funds to regional leftists and encouraging Bishop to "spread the
revolution." Qadhafi 25X1
urged Caribbe in poli during
June to form paramilitary strike forces to combat US interests
and pledged material aid to help them. F I 25X1
Looking Ahead
Grenada seems increasingly likely to become a disruptive
influence in the eastern Caribbean. Bishop and his small coterie
of radicals are firmly in control of the island and have moved
solidly to align themselves with the Cubans.and Soviets. The
short-term strategy of Havana and Moscow apparently is to make
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the smallest investment necessary to prop up Bishop's regime
economically and to strengthen his security forces sufficiently
to deter internal dissent. Over the longer run, they probably
hope to take advantage of the steady economic deterioration in
the region and to recruit followers from among the large pool of
unemployed youth--many of whom are impatient for change. 25X1
Prime Ministers Sea a of Jamaica
and Compton o
f St. Lucia
have
expressed
their belief
that Grenada
and its alliaVl
will
attempt to attract converts from
the ranks of
the unemployed
and to advocate armed struggle as a
means to gain p
ower. By
training and arming insurgents,'the
threat of illeg
al takeovers
would grow--particularly
among
and fragmen
ted ministates
of the eastern Caribbean.
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