286. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to Director of Central Intelligence Helms1
The President has received the message conveyed in your memorandum of August 6th,2 and requests that the following reply be made through [less than 1 line of source text not declassified]:
The President has received the message [1 line of source text not declassified] and is quite willing that discussions on British Guiana be conducted [less than 1 line of source text not declassified]. The President would like to emphasize, however, that in his view the first object of these discussions would be to determine whether our two governments can reach agreement on their assessment of the situation in British Guiana and the urgency of taking action to improve it. The President approves of the plan to have a team of four officers come to Washington on August 14th, but he hopes that these discussions can be followed promptly by a policy assessment which will permit him and the Prime Minister to come to a clear understanding on which action can be based.”