Therefore, Prime Minister, in the circumstances, I am with a death threat hanging over my head. I am confirming to you that I have paid bribes to both Ministers Franklin Khan and Eric Williams on the said seismic project and further, Minister Khan used one of my companies in the 2001 general elections to rip off a venture production to pay for his campaign. I can make much more information available to you, Mr PM, but I will stay here for now. As you will observe Prime Minister, I wrote this part of the letter in my own handwriting for I did not want anyone typing this letter to be privy to the foregoing information. I wish not to bring your party nor government nor Cabinet into dispute, but I have taken precaution to send copies sealed of this correspondence to New York and to prominent persons locally, in the event harm comes to me. I do not want to end up as Hansraj Sumairsingh. Therefore, Prime Minister, I am asking you to pacify this situation urgently for time on my part is not a comfort.
I have in my hands what I found in my mailbox. I know that the Member for Diego Martin West always gets letters in his mailbox. I was fortunate to get this in my mailbox. We are speaking of a report of the EBC but we cannot turn a blind eye on the whole electoral process of the country. That is the bedrock of the democracy.
This letter is addressed to the hon Prime Minister. It says
Having written to you the preceding letter, I visited Minister Franklin Khan at his office on Ash Wednesday. I felt obliged to do so because I have certain arrangements with Minister Khan. At his office, Minister Khan told me that Minister Williams met him on Carnival Tuesday and told him certain things about me and the seismic project. I related to Minister Khan the threats that Minister Williams made to me. Minister Khan then told me that one retired General Ralph Brown is the source of all the bad reports that Mr Manning is receiving. He further told me that Eric Williams told him also that for quite some time Mr Ralph Brown is keeping Mr Manning updated on the project and poisoning your mind against me. Mr Khan then asked me to leave his office, he wanted to make a private call. After about five minutes Minister Khan then called me back to his office and asked me to speak to Minister Eric Williams on the phone. I hesitated but the Minister insisted and I reluctantly spoke to Minister Williams."