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* Ke RK KKK WEST KINGSTON - AN INSIDE VIEW by Donald W. Hogg The riots and other disturbances in West "ingston, Jamaica during the summer and fall of 1966 have excited great interest throughout the Caribbean area. Ideas about the causes, nature, and consequences of these disturbances differ quite widely, however, and many of the facts concerning the situation still remain obscure.. In this connection the letter appear: ing below may be of some interest to students of the modern Caribbean scene. The letter was written by Samuel E. Brown, the Ras Tafari leader whose "Treatise on the Rastafarian Movement" appeared in the April 1966 issue of Caribbean Studies (Vol. 6, No, 1, pp. 39-40). As a victim and deeply concerned observer of the disturbances, Sam gives an inside account of some of the events and offers his interpretations of their causes and results. He comments also on the Jamaican reception of the Emperor Haile Selassie in the spring of 1966 and on his feelings about the Emperor's visit. Readers who question the accuracy or validity of Sam's assertions must be informed that other sources tend to confirm his points about the political instigation of the riots, the methods of some police groups, and the conditions of the West Kingston poor. It is well to note also that the objective truth about such affairs may be difficult or impossible to ob- tain, since different people see the events from different points of view, and that the feel- ings, beliefs, and statements of persons involved in social events are facts fully as valid as the events themse!ves and frequently more important for influencing subsequent develop ments. And there can be little question that great numbers of people in West Kingston - Ras Tafarians and others as well - share many of Sam's views on the Jamaican situation In any case, the letter presents information on the Kingston scene that has hitherto re~- mained unavailable to many of us and that may be of some use to analysts. It is reproduc- ed in its entirety with the writer's permission and seems a fitting, if unexpected, epilogue to his previous statement, Editing has been restricted to a few changes in punctuation that make reading easier, Letter from a Ras Tafari Leader by Samuel Elisha Brown 8 Anderson Lane, Kgn 12, Jam, W. Indies Hello Don, 28/11/66 Good day, It's a long time since we last communicate with each other, yet better late than never. You have heard of the recent disturbance in western Kingston; they made me out to be the