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Mark Lane

Attorney At Law

 

Member of the Bar                                                                                           1177 Central Avenue

of the State of New York                                                                       Memphis, Tennessee 38104

                                                                                                                                      901 726-1800

 

 

Nov. 6, 1978

 

Richard McCoy

Guyana Desk

AF/U Room 4250

Department of State

Washington, D.C. 20520

 

Dear Mr. McCoy:

 

As you know, various agencies of the U.S. Government have participated in the persecution of the People’s Temple in the U.S. and Jonestown, Guyana. This letter should put you on notice that in the event that these efforts continue through the actions of a Committee of the U.S. Congress, or through the actions of any other agency of the United States Government, that the People’s Temple will give serious consideration to accepting one of the offers that has been made to them to move the entire community to a country which does not enjoy friendly relations with the U.S. I need hardly point out to you how embarrassing this might be to the Government in view of President Carter’s continued references to abuses of human rights in other countries. I enclose a copy of a letter that I mailed this day to Congressman Ryan.

 

Sincerely,

Mark Lane

 

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