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GEORGE 02329 241820Z
ACTION OCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ADS-00 SSO-00 /022 W
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O 241830Z MAY 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9727
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 2329
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: CDES, GY
SUBJ: FUNERAL EXPENSES OF RYAN PARTY PEOPLE’S TEMPLE
REF: GEORGETOWN 2292
EMBASSY HAS JUST RECEIVED LETTER DATED MAY 17, 1979 FROM DONALD K. KUNKEL, VICE PRESIDENT, NBC NEWS OPERATIONS, NATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10020 (TEL: 212-664-5441) STATING THAT EMBASSY WOULD BE RECEIVING UNDER SEPARATE COVER VIA NBC’S BUSINESS AFFAIRS GROUP, PAYMENT IN FULL FOR THE UNDERTAKING SERVICE IN GUYANA CONCERNING DON HARRIS AND BOB BROWN, NEWSMEN KILLED NOVEMBER 18, 1978 ON PORT KAITUMA AIRSTRIP NEAR JONESTOWN.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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