[Editor’s note: The reported death of Howard Hughes Jr. in Jonestown is in error. See follow-up cable here.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1979STATE032545_e.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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STATE 032545
ORIGIN OCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 FSE-00 /007 R
DRAFTED BY CA:OCS:EMR:KHOLMES:KMC
APPROVED BY CA:OCS:RAMCKENZIE
CA:OCS:EMR:RAMCKENZIE
BF/OF/AD/SAC
——————087925 071228Z /10
P 070558Z FEB 79
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
UNCLAS STATE 032545
E.O. 12065 N/A
TAGS: CASC: HUGHES, HOWARD R.
SUBJECT: W/W FUNDS: HOWARD R. HUGHES
1. SCS/TRUST DOLLARS 5 (FIVE) FOR HOWARD R. HUGHES HOWARD R. HUGHESSYMBOL 19X6875 ACCOUNT NO. 920608
2. DEPOSITOR: KATHERINE JEFFRIES, COEURD’ALENE, IDAHO
3. RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENT VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY ORDER.
4. FOR POST INFORMATION: IF SUFFICIENT CASH NOT ON HAND FOR PAYMENT CASHIER SHOULD USE EMERGENCY REPLENISHMENT PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN FUNDS IMMEDIATELY THROUGH USDO.
5. NOTIFY DEPARTMENT BF/OF/AD/SAC WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER WHEN FINAL PAYMENT MADE.
6. MESSAGE: REQUEST CERTIFIED COPY DEATH CERTIFICATE OF HOWARD ROBARD HUGHES, JR. DIED NOVEMBER 18, 1978
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AT JONESTOWN, GUYANA FOR PROBATE.
VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]
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