104-10074-10078]..~. Revival of Secessionist Sentiment on Abaco/Disappearance of © an Dynamite Stores. vtce — poueszr¢ CONTA ACE SexvICe upoort Staff - whee Ofer attics sol Supge oO 9 . Mr. George Musutin "8B July 1973 “ WH/7/CARIB | / Attached 4s for your information. i ee _— _ 2 Lo? — _ | Ne ee — x ; - E-2 IMPDET CL BY 097622 : ; . ee pee eee ae ee eer omen ce eee ne A ei En URED a SN TONES I se AAD Get REID tr enna tee SSSA EEN IA
14-00000 REPORT CLASS-SECRER— COUNTRY BAHAMAS a Dol 23 JULY 1973 AND EARLIER SUBJECT - REVIVAL OF SECESSIONIST SENTIMENT ‘ON ABACO/ DT SAPPEARANCE OF DYNAMITE STORES ACQ UNITED STATES (23 JULY 1973) -FIELD. NO. XMIM OOB 3217 2071873 _ | a SOURCE U.S. CITIZEH, A BUSINESSMAN WHO IS A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF. ABACOS . ie SECESSIONIST SENTIMENT ON THE ISLAND OF ABACO WHICH APPEARED ) TO HAVE SUBSIDED,’ IS REGAINING ITS FORCE. IN THIS RESPECT A SECRET MEETING OF ACTIVITIST GROUPS WAS CALLED FOR THE NIGHT OF 23 JULY 1973 At WHICH FUTURE MOVES MIGHT BE PLANNED. ABACO DISSIDENTS. ARE’ BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED AT THE FAILURE OF LONDON TO SUPPORT THEIR POSITION. SION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT .OF A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT ABACO. AMONG OTHER THINGS THEY ARE CONSIDERING THE INTRODUCTION OF U.S. CURRENCY. INDEPEND IN ORDER TO .SEVER THEIR ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE ON NASSAU. FULL EW Cora se we hebendk THEY ARE Now DISCUSSING, WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY, SECES-
14-00000 ISLAND OF NEW PROVIDENCE. - ELEME SENTIMENT HAS BEEN PROMOTED BY THE BELIEF ON ABACO THAT MUCH PRIVATE U.S. CAPITAL WILL SUPPORT A NEW, SMALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRY AND IN ADDITION SOME ERSTWHILE NASSAU CAPITAL WILL ALSO MOVE TO ABACO, SOME ABACO RESIDENTS CLAIM THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT BAY STREET MONIES WHICH ARE CONCEALED OR HAVE LEFT THE BAHAMAS WOULD RETURN TO AN INDEPENDENT ASACO. iy | 2. WHILE THERE IS SOME DISENCHANTMENT WITH ABACO INMOLVEMENT — WITH WELL-KNOWN ARMS DEALERS SUCK AS MLULCHELL WERBELL NEVERTHE= LESS ACCORDING TO A PALM BEACH. aul DEALER THERE HAS ‘BEEN AN UPSURGE IN THE VOLUME OF WEAPONS ENTERING ABACO AND IN ADDITION MORE AND MORE GuNs ARE FINDING THEIR WAY TO OPPOSITION ELEMENTS ) THE 3. THE NEW COMMISSIONER FOR ABACO, COMMISSIONER (STORR) HAS. BEG UN A REPRESSION AIMED AT WHITE OPPOSITION ELEMENTS. NORMAL BUSINESS DEALINGS ARE MADE DIFFICULT, PERMITS NOT SIGNED AND RECORDS MISHANDLED. A SIMILAR ATTACK DIRECTED AT OPPOSITION NTS IS OccURRING ON CAT KEY WHERE THE NEW “COMMISSIONER, WHO CONTROLS SOME LOCAL TRANSPORT, is REFUSING TO HANDLE MERCHANDISE BELONGING TO FORMER DISSIDENT ELEMENTS. 4. JUST PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE, ONE HUNDRED CASES OF DYNAMITE . e ance eee enna - . 8 . : e
14-00000 MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED FROM THE PREMISES OF SEABREEZES, LIMITED, . A CONSTRUCTION FIRM. SENTIMENT EXPLAINING THIS DISAPPEARANCE a a TAKES THREE FORMS. REGARDED AS LEAST LIKELY 1S THAT OF A SIMPLE THEFT UNRELATED TO POLITICAL ELEMENTS. A SECOND SCHOOL BELIEVES THAT THIS MATERIAL, THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR PICK- “UP TRUCK LOADS, HAS BEEN CACHED BY DISSIDENTS FOR FUTURE: USE. A ks | POPULAR INTERPRETATION, HOWEVER, HAS IT THAT THE POLICE REMOVED. ne “THE DYNAMITE POSSIBLY TO MINIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD ‘OF VIOLENCE BY REMOVING EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL. ABACO DISSIDENTS, HOWEVER, - CLAIM’ TO BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE REMOVED THE: DYNAMITE AS PART OF A "PROVOCATION WITH THE IDEA OF HOLDING THIS MATTER OVER THE HEADS OF THE WHITE ABACO RESIDENTS FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE USE. THESE PEOPLE CLAIM THAT THE DYNAMITE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REMOVED WITH= OUT POLICE COMPLICITY, SINCE THE AREA WAS WELL PATROLLED. IN ADDITION THE POLICE ARE KWOWN TO. HAVE LEASED A PICK-UP TRUCK AROUUD THAT TIME. 5. A FURTHER UNSETTLING NOTE IS THE FACT THAT CHUCK HALL WHO HAS BEEN FOMENTING VIOLENCE FOR SOME TIME AND WHO CLAIMS RELATIONSHIPS WITH U.S. INTELLIGENCE HAS QUIETLY INQUIRED ABOUT | _ RENTING A RESIDENCE ON ABACO. END OF REPORT. es of
14-00000 | | : | . Co Oo | 6. C/S: PLEASE PREPARE HARD COPY AND PROCESS SHEET I HEADQUARTERS. | oe | 7. FIELD COMMENTS: GORDON IS IN THE U.S. TO ARRANGE FOR HIS i FATHER’S FUNERAL. HE WAS INVITED TO THE MEETING REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT, BUT COULD NOT ATTEND. THIS REPORT SEEMS TO HAVE 00B AND OOACS) OVERTONES. E2 INPDET CL BY 294476 SECRET = | a | a | }. L. | | | | a ae ore ce ne ct tb A a ta Arete NR NE ETE ARR NT TA, . Pg