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ACTION ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 DOTE-00 EB-08 FMC-02 INR-10 NSAE-00 CG-00 DLOS-09 OES-09 COM-04 SS-15 NSC-05 L-03 H-02 /083 W
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R 262004Z JAN 79
FM AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
INFO SECSTATE WASHDC 3619
AMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN
AMCONSUL MARTINIQUE
UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 00342
E.O. 12065: N/A
TAGS: CGEN TD GY
SUBJ: (U) PEOPLES’ TEMPLE VESSEL “ALBATROSS III”
REF : A. PORT OF SPAIN 0185; B GEORGETOWN 0267
1. (U-ENTIRE TEXT)
2. ABRAHAM SHIPPING LIMITED, LOCAL AGENTS FOR THE “ALBATROSS III,” HAVE INFORMED THIS EMBASSY THAT THE VESSEL HAS OBTAINED A CARGO OF FERTILIZER CONSIGNED TO MARTINIQUE AND IS EXPECTED TO SAIL ON JANUARY 27. TENTATIVE PLANS ARE TO RETURN TO TRINIDAD IN APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS TO TAKE ON A SECOND CARGO OF FERTILIZER SCHEDULED FOR DELIVERY IN GEORGETOWN.
FOX [Richard J. Fox, Jr., American Ambassador to Trinidad]
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