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GEORGE 02384 310140Z
ACTION DRC-01
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ADS-00 L-03 SS-15 SP-02 H-02 SY-05 INR-10 /054 W
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P 301717Z MAY 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9755
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 2384
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: AINF,
SUBJ: PRIVACY ACT, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT GUIDANCE.
EMBASSY HAS JUST BECOME AWARE OF A NINE-PAGE PAPER ENTITLED “PRIVACY ACT, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, IN THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE CASE” WHICH WAS CIRCULATED AT THE RECENTLY-CONCLUDED ARA CONSULAR CONFERENCE AT SANTO DOMINGO. IS THIS PAPER MEANT TO SUPERSEDE OR SUPPLEMENT EXISTING DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTION REGARDING THESE TWO LAWS?
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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