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STATE 076818 POSS DUPE
ORIGIN OCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /007 R
DRAFTED BY CA/OCS/EMR/EKIRINCICH/MRER
APPROVED BY CA/OCS/EMR/JLWARD
CA/OCS/EMR/RAMCKENZIE
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P 280214Z MAR 79
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
UNCLAS STATE 076818
E.O. 12065 N/A
TAGS: CDES
SUBJECT: FUNERAL EXPENSES OF RYAN PARTY PEOPLE’S TEMPLE
REF: GEORGETOWN 4181
DEPARTMENT HAS MADE CONTACT WITH NBC NEWS, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER AND HOUSE SARGEANT [SERGEANT] AT ARMS AND WILL FORWARD FUNDS AS SOON AS THEY ARE RECEIVED.
VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]
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