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GEORGE 01331 271250Z
ACTION H-03
INFO OCT-01 ARA-10 ISO-00 NSC-06 AID-01 SS-15 /036 W
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R 271207Z MAR 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9275
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 1331
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: OREP, GY
SUBJ: VISIT OF HFAC STAFFDEL
1. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE STAFF PERSONNEL, MESSRS. BERDES, SPALATIN, AND SMEETON, AND STENOGRAPHER MRS. MCCARTHY, DEPARTED GEORGETOWN FOR WASHINGTON ON MARCH 23.
2. THE DELEGATION TOOK TESTIMONY FROM THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE MISSION: AMBASSADOR BURKE, DCM DWYER, PAO KIBBLE [Stepheny Kibble, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy], MRS. NACY MASON, MR. DOUGLAS ELLICE, MR. DENNIS REECE, MR. LEONARD BARRETT, AND MR. JOSEPH HARTMANN.
3. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 20, THE DELEGATION, ACCOMPAINED BY DCM DWYER, FLEW TO PORT KAITUMA AND WERE GIVEN A TOUR OF JONESTOWN BY THE GUYANESE OFFICIAL CONSERVATOR, MR. SIMON.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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