GRENADA: BISHOP COMMENTS ON U.S. VISIT, ANNOUNCES VISIT OF SENATOR WEICKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00135R000500930021-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: June 15, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: GRENADA: BISHOP COMMENTS ON U.S.'VISIT,'ANNOUNCES
VISIT OF SENATOR WE CKER-,!
1. SUMMARY: GRENADA PM MAURICE BISHOP TOLD REPORTERS UPON
HIS RETURN FROM THE U.S. ON JUNE 10 THAT HE WAS ABLE TO
ACHIEVE ALL THE OBJECTIVES SET FOR THE TRIP, THE MOST
NOTABLE OF WHICH WAS TO PRESENT A TRUE PICTURE OF WHAT THE
REAL GRENADA WAS LIKE, IN THE-FACE OF ADVERSE PROPAGANDA.
BISHOP ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT A SMALL U.S. BUSINESS DELEGATION
HEADED BY SENATOR LOWELL WEICKER (R-CONN) WOULD BE VISITING
GRENADA IN THE COMING MONTHS TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES OF
INVESTING IN THE COUNTRY. END SUMMARY.
2. ACCORDING TO JUNE 11 (CANA) REPORT, BISHOP HAS DESCRIBEE-
AS SUCCESSFUL HIS JUST-ENDED 11 DAY VISIT TO THE U.S. THE
PM TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MEET ALL THE OBJEC-
TIVES SET FOR THE TRIP AND THE GRENADA DELEGATION WAS ABLE.
TO GIVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES "A
SOBER AND RESPONSIBLE IMAGE OF THE.GRENADA REVOLUTION."
HE ADDED "I THINK IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, THROUGH'MANY
DIFFERENT MEDIA REPORTS, MEDIA BRIEFINGS AND PRESS CONFER-
ENCES'THAT WE WERE ABLE TO IN FACT ALSO GET ACROSS TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES THE FACT THAT, THE PEOPLE OF
GRENADA REGARDED THEM AS THEIR FRIENDS AND WANTED TO OEE
RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO. PEOPLE CONTINUE."
3. THE PM ANNOUNCED THAT AS A RESULT OF HIS TRIP A SMALL
U.S. BUSINESS DELEGATION HEADED'BY SENATOR LOWELL WEICKER
OF CONNECTICUT WOULD BE VISITING GRENADA IN THE COMING
MONTHS TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES OF INVESTING IN THE
COUNTRY, AS WELL AS COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF FISHERIES.
4. SENATOR WEICKER IS REPORTED IN THE JUNE 9 ISSUE OF THE
BARBADOS ADVOCATE TO HAVE STATED THE UNITED STATES SHOULD
HELP GRENADA DEVELOP ITS TOURISM AND FISHING INDUSTRIES.
WEICKER IS ALSO QUOTED TO HAVE SAID "AS FAR AS I AM
CONCERNED, THE POLITICS OF GRENADA IS THE BUSINESS OF
GRENADA," AND."WORKING ON PROJECTS OF:A COMMON INTEREST
SURE BEATS NAME-CALLING."
5. NO COMMENT. BISH
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