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GEORGE 00636 121157Z
ACTION ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /016 W
——————008075 121202Z /20
P 121100Z FEB 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8955
UNCLAS GEORGETBWN 0636
PASS ARA/CAR FOR MCCOY
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: OREP (RYAN, LEO) PEOPLES TEMPLE
SUBJ: INFORMATION FOR AMBASSADOR CRIMMINS
PLEASE INFORM AMBASSADOR CRIMMINS AND/OR MR. CARPENTER THAT FURTHER SEARCH OF FILES REVEALS THAT TWO MEMORANDA FOR THE FILES WRITTEN BY MR. DANIEL WEBER CONCERNING PEOPLES’ TEMPLE WHICH WERE GIVEN TO AMBASSADOR CRIMMINS FEBRUARY 9 IN GEORGETOWN WERE IN FACT TRANSMITTED TO ARA/CAR, ATTN: MR. FRANK TUMMINIA, UNDER COVER OF NOTE FROM MR. WEBER ON APRIL 4, 1978. COPY OF TRANSMITTAL NOTE BEING POUCHED TO AMBASSADOR CRIMMINS IN CARE OF C.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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