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ORIGIN PA-02
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 DRC-01 SS-15 SP-02 H-02 L-03 SY-05 INR-10 SCS-06 /062 R
DRAFTED BY PA/FOI:HCOHEN:VF
APPROVED BY PA/FOI:BENNIS
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R 202029Z OCT 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
UNCLAS STATE 266102
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: OGEN
SUBJECT:FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FROM ROSS E. CASE
1. DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED LETTER FROM MR. CASE REQUESTING UNDER 5 USC 552, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), ACCESS TO AN AFFIDAVIT GIVEN BY DEBORAH LAYTON TO THE US EMBASSY IN GUYANA, ON OR ABOUT MAY 14, 1978 WHICH DEALT WITH HER PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEOPLES TEMPLE OF THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, OF THE PEOPLES TEMPLE AGRICULTURAL MISSION IN JONESTOWN, GUYANA, OF JAMES WARREN (JIM) JONES, AND OF HER PERSONAL ACTIVITIES WHILE SHE WAS ATTACHED TO THAT GROUP, AND IN SUBMISSION TO “THE REV. JIM JONES.”
2. SCS, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, HAS ADVISED THIS OFFICE THAT A SEARCH OF THEIR RECORDS FOR THE ABOVE-CITED AFFIDAVIT MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. HOWEVER, SCS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT IF SUCH AN AFFIDAVIT EXISTS, IT MAY BE LOCATED AT YOUR POST.
3. REQUEST POST POUCH ANY KNOWN DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO
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CASE REQUEST TO DEPARTMENT, ATTENTION: PA/FOI, FOR REVIEW, CITING FOI CASE NO. 830369. WOULD APPRECIATE REPORT BY CABLE ON NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS FOUND, IF ANY.
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