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GEORGE 00973 070849Z
ACTION OCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /007 W
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R 061313Z MAR 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SSA BALTIMORE MD
INFO SECSTATE WASHDC 9119
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0973
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: CFED, GY(PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: JONESTOWN SOCIAL SECURITY CHEQUES
REF: YOUR LETTER (SPR 522) OF FEB 12, 1979 ATTENTION: JOHN P. MCHALE, ACTING DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
1. YOUR LETTER RECEIVED MARCH 1, 1979. PHOTOCOPIES OF 39 CHECKS BELONGING TO 12 PAYEES WILL BE SENT ASAP.
2. WOULD IT BE PRACTICAL TO RUN NAMES OF JONESTOWN PAYEES TROUGH COMPUTER AND GET A COUNT (OR LIST) OF CHECKS OUTSTANDING. (I.E., ISSUED BUT NOT YET PAID)? IF SO, YOU MAY WISH TO DO SO, AND STOP PAYMENT ON THEM. EMBASSY RECOVERED 748 CHEQUES.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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