[Editor’s note: The State Department withheld most of this cable under the B6 Exemption to the Freedom of Information Act. The withheld portions are noted in green type.]
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R 061216Z JUL 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0012
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 2982
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: CARR, GY, (LAYTON, LAURENCE JOHN) (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: PRISON VISIT TO LAURENCE JOHN “LARRY” LAYTON, JUNE 26, 1979
REF: A. STATE 160396; B. GEORGETOWN 2682
1. CONOFF VISITED LAYTON AT GEORGETOWN PRISON ON JUNE 28, 1979. [Remaining five lines deleted]
BURKE [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]
UNCLASSIFIED
Originally posted on October 25th, 2020.
Last modified on July 26th, 2022.