[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 69 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/1978GEORGE03875_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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GEORGE 03875 222011Z
ACTION SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 H-02 SS-15 NSCE-00 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 DODE-00 PA-02 FBIE-00 MCT-02 SY-05 PPTE-00 SYE-00 INRE-00 SSO-00 /059 W
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O 221915Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 8144
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3875
E.O. 11652: N/A
TSGS: CDES, GY (AMOS, LINDA SHARON, (HARRIS, LIANE)
SUBJECT: DISPOTION OF REMAINS (SHARON AMOS & 3 CHILDREN)
REF: A) GEORGRETOWN 3818 B) STATE 293789 C) GEORGETOWN 3789
1. Post mortem examinations of the four corpses has just been competed [completed]. Hospital requests immediate instructions concerning disposition of remains.
2. Liane’s father, Sherwin Harris is known NOK [Next of Kin] of Liane. Amos’ NOK still unknown.
3. May these four bodies be evacuated via USAF aircraft? Please reply ASAP.
Burke [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]
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