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GEORGE 00476 301911Z
ACTION OCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 SSO-00 L-03 H-02 CA-01 /028 W
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O 301836Z JAN 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8870
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0476
E.O 12065: NA
TAGS: CDES, GY, (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: NOTIES OF EVIDENCE OF CORONER’ INQUEST INTO DEATHS OF JAMES JONES, ET. AL.
REF: A. STATE 015351 B. GEORGETOWN 0339
MATERIAL REQUESTED BY DEPARTMENT, EXCLUDING EXHIBITS TO TESTIMONY, FROM CORONER’S INQUEST INTO DEATHS OF JAMES JONES, ET. AL, BEING HAND CARRIED TO US BY LEGAT ROBERT OGLESBY ON PA 228, JAN 30. MATERIAL WILL BE DELIVERED TO DEPT. BY FBI COURIER ON JAN. 31. EXHIBITS TO TESTIMONY SHOULD BE READY LATER THIS WEEK.
DWYER [Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Dwyer]
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