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GEORGE 00329 231540Z
ACTION L-03
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 OCS-06 CA-01 JUSE-00 H-02 /028 W
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R 231222Z JAN 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8792
UNCLAS GEORETOWN 0329
E.O. 12065: A
TAGS: CASC, GY (PEOPLE’ TEMPLE)
SUBJ: DISPOSITION OF PEOPLE’S TEMPLE PROPERTY IN GUYANA
REF: STATE 14147
1. SUBSTANCE PARAGRAPHS 1-10 REFERENCE TELEGRAM AND FORTUNE’S QUESTIONS A-G DELIVERED TO ATTORNEY GORDON GILLETTE TODAY BY CONOFF CASH. GILLETTE’S REACTION TO QUESTION: QUOTE THESE ARE VERY FAR REACHING COMPLEX QUESTIONS. NO OFF-THE-CUFF ANSWERS CAN BE GIVEN QUICKLY AS HAS BEEN AND IS THE CASE WITH VERBAL QUESTIONS. QUOTE
2. GILLETTE REGRETTED THIS MATERIAL ARRIVED AT AN EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY TIME. HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WORK ON MATTER THIS WEEK BUT WILL DO SO EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT. CASH WILL CONTACT GILLETTE AGAIN END OF WORK-DAY, JANUARY 29, 1979. URGENCY FOR US WAS STRESSED TO GILLETTE.
DWYER [Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Dwyer]
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