Sacks of USAID wheat flour being loaded into a Guyana National Service (GNS) vehicle in March of 1975 prompted a query from the US Embassy here to Washington as the GNS was not an authorized recipient.
The communication in a US diplomatic cable that was released on the Wikileaks website revealed that the flour had been earmarked for the World Food Programme (WFP) Youth Corps Project. The youth corps was later absorbed into the GNS – along with the flour. Wheat flour during this period was a scarce commodity as import restrictions were in place and persons found with it were liable to prosecution.
Then US Ambassador Max V Krebs relayed to Washington in May, 1975 that while on a trip to Matthews Ridge, he noticed a number of sacks of flour with the USAID symbol on it being loaded onto a GNS vehicle. He also said that US Embassy officials had noticed such empty sacks lying behind the
