[Editor’s note: The State Department withheld substantial portions of this cable under the B6 Exemption to the Freedom of Information Act. The withheld portions are noted in green type.]
R 231415Z JAN 80
FR AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1522
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0325
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: CARR, GY (LAYTON, LAURENCE J.), (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: CONOFF’S VISIT TO LAURENCE LAYTON
REF: A) 78 GEORGETOWN 2005; B) 80 GEORGETOWN —
1. Conoff visited USC [United States Citizen] Layton in Georgetown prison on January 17, 1980. [One lined deleted under Exemption B-6] As per reftel A, letters have to be turned over to prison authorities for prior examination. Layton acknowledged that he receives mail on a regular basis.
[Remaining 12 lines deleted under Exemption B-6.]
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