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STATE 136403
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-14 ISO-00 HA-05 /026 R
DRAFTED BY CA:SCS:RLRIVERA:KC
APPROVED BY CA:SCS:SADOBRENCHUK
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P 301958Z MAY 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
UNCLAS STATE 136403
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS:CASC (HUNTER, KATHY)
SUBJECT:W/W: PEOPLES TEMPLE MEMBER: KATHY HUNTER
1. MR. MARSHALL KILDUFF OF THE S.F. CHRONICAL HAS CONTACTED CA/SCS CONCERNING POSSIBLE HARASSMENT OF MS. HUNTER BY MEMBERS OF PEOPLES TEMPLE DURING HER RECENT STAY AT HOTEL IN GUYANA.
2. ACCORDING TO MR. KILDUFF, PERSONS AT THE HOTEL REPORTED THAT CONOFF MCCOY HAD TALKED WITH MS. HUNTER ABOUT HER COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE SHOULD CONSIDER LEAVING GUYANA. MS. HUNTER DID, IN FACT, DEPART GUYANA AND IS PRESENTLY IN THE U.S. KIDUFF IS INTERESTED IN HER STORY OF HARASSMENT.
3. POST IS REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY INFORMATION IT MAY
HAVE CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT OF HARASSMENT.
VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]
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