[Editor’s note: The State Department release withheld several names from this cable. Those which are known to the editor are indicated below in red type; other withheld portions are marked in green.]
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P 140332Z FEB 79
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
UNCLAS STATE 038092
E.O. 12065: N/A
TAGS: [deleted line related to Laurence Layton]
SUBJECT: W/W ARREST:
REF: GEORGETOWN 616
[LAURENCE LAYTON] FATHER INFORMED OF [LARRY LAYTON] REQUEST MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 2 REFTEL. [LAURENCE LAYTON] DID NOT VOICE ANY OBJECTIONS TO SON’S REQUEST. [LAURENCE LAYTON] ALSO SAID HE HAD ALREADY SENT BOOKS TO SON VIA ATTORNEY.
VANCE [Cyrus Vance, U.S. Secretary of State]
UNCLASSIFIED