[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 66 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/1978STATE295988_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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STATE 295988
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 INR-10
NSAE-00 PA-02 TRSE-00 MCT-02 SY-05 SYE-00 USSS-00
H-02 AID-05 SS-15 OC-06 CCO-00 JUSE-00 CG-00
DOTE-00 L-03 SSO-00 NSCE-00 INRE-00 ICAE-00 /073 R
DRAFTED BY CA/SCS:RDAVIS:JE
APPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL
S/S-O:SVALERGA
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O 222054Z NOV 78 ZFF4
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN NIACT IMMEDIATE
INFO JCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE 1677
SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2068
CINCMAC IMMEDIATE
CINCSOUTH IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 295988
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
SUBJECT: DESTINATION OF AIRCRAFT
This will confirm info relayed by phone that destination of aircraft carrying remains will be U.S. Air Force Mortuary, Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware.
Christopher [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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