In a recent article (GC, June 4th , 2003) Mayor Hamilton Green stated that the “Sun Chapman”, a river launch owned and operated by Norman Yacoob Chapman, was blown out of the water at Hurudaia, near Wismar, on July 6, 1964, and that this incident led to the Pogrom against Indo-Guyanese living in Wismar.
Hamilton Green, a person of interest
THE WISMAR MASSACRE
What
Mayor
Green
failed
to
state,
and
I
know
that
he
knows
the
true
story
as
he
was
intimately
associated
with
the
UF-PNC’s
campaign
of
destabilization
in
1962,
1963
and
1964,
was
that
the
explosion
was
caused
by
the
accidental
explosion
of
a
number
of
detonators
that
were
carelessly
stored
near
the
heated
engine
room
of
the
“Sun
Chapman”.
These
detonators,
as
the
good
Mayor
must
undoubtedly
remember,
were
bound
for
PNC
operatives
in
the
Mackenzie-Wismar-Christianburg
area
for
use
in
X-13
operations
against
perceived
PPP
supporters.
I
know
all
of
this
because
while
I
was
employed
at
DEMBA
in
Mackenzie
I
had
many
close
relatives
who
were
active
PNC
members
and
operatives
in
the
area
and,
as
a
result
of
intelligence
supplied
by
them,
I
knew
that
the
detonators
were
coming
down
on
the
“Sun
Chapman”.
Following
the
incident
it
was
reported
to
Dr.
Jagan
that
the
explosion
of
the
“Sun
Chapman”
was
caused
by
accidental
detonation
rather
than
by
any
act
of
sabotage.
To
this
day
I
hold
the
PNC
responsible
for
the
deaths
of
those
Afro-Guyanese
aboard
the
“Sun
Chapman”.
Yours
sincerely,
A.
Nedd
Alberta,
Canada
Friday, June 06, 2003