[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 45 of the FBI’s RYMUR release.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE294823_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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STATE 294823
ORIGIN ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 SS-15 SCS-06 CA-01
FBIE-00 SY-05 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 INRE-00
DODE-00 CG-00 DOTE-00 AID-05 ICAE-00 /058 R
DRAFTED BY ARA:CDR SANTA MARIA
APPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL
S/S-O:TGMARTIN
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O 212016Z NOV 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO JCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1664
INFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2053
USCINCSO QUARRY HTS CA IMMEDIATE
CINCMAC SCOTT AFB IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 294823
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
SUBJECT: EQUIPMENT FOR GUYANESE POLICE
REF: GEORGETOWN 3816
Para 4 of Reftel identifies further needs of Guyanese National Police for field investigation and search and rescue operations. Request that items (cameras through mess kits) be provided to the NP [National Police] from DOD assets.
Christopher [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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