A mysterious valise containing confidential documents belonging to an unnamed North Korean official was offered to the United States (US) Embassy by a “reputable businessman” in Barbados, shortly after the Cubana Flight 455 airliner crashed into the Caribbean Sea. American Ambassador Theodore Britton protested a consequent State Department (SD) “injunction that we should have nothing to do with the briefcase…”
Seventy-three people died in the twin bombing on October 6 1976, comprising mostly Cubans, 11 Guyanese, and a five-man visiting delegation from the Democratic People’s Republic Korea (DPRK) leaving disappointed at the delayed end of a formal trip to the South American country,