[Editor’s note: The State Department withheld three lines from this cable under the B6 Exemption to the Freedom of Information Act. The withheld portions are noted in green type.]
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R 101237Z AUG 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0299
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3557
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: CARR, GY, (LAYTON, LAURENCE JOHN) (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: PRISON VISIT TO LAURENCE JOHN “LARRY” LAYTON, AUGUST 8, 1979
REF: GEORGETOWN 3227
1. CONOFF VISITED LAYTON AT GEORGETOWN PRISON ON AUGUST 8, 1979. [Three lines deleted]. LAYTON INDICATED THAT HE ANTICIPATED HIS INQUIRY WOULD BE SCHEDULED IN ABOUT A MONTH.
BURKE [John Burke, U.S.Ambassador to Guyana]
UNCLASSIFIED
Originally posted on October 25th, 2020.
Last modified on July 27th, 2022.