[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 88 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/1978STATE297279_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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ORIGIN ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 H-01 SS-15 SY-05 INR-10 CA-01 MCT-02 SCS-06 PA-01 AID-05 OC-06 CCO-00 SSO-00 SYE-00 NSCE-00 USSS-00 INRE-00 TRSE-00 CIAE-00 NSAE-00 FBIE-00 JUSE-00 /068 R
DRAFTED BY ARA/RPP:RWZIMMERMANN:
APPROVED BY ARA:SRGIBSON
DOD:CDR. MORRISON
S/S-O:JETHYDEN
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O 240835Z NOV 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
INFO SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2096
JCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1693
CINCMAC SCOTT AFB ILL IMMEDIATE
USCINCSOUTH QUARRY HTS CA IMMEDIATE
FBI WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0041
HEW WASHDC IMMEDIATE
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 297279
E.O. 11652:GDS
TAGS: CASC, GY
SUBJECT: TRANSPORT OF SURVIVORS
REF: STATE 296179; JCS 231405Z
1. HEW [Department of Health, Education, and Welfare] has initiated preparations to receive survivors and has asked for minimum of 24 hours notice before arrival CONUS [continental U.S.].
2. HEW will need at time of notice specific destination of
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each individual, full name, date and place of birth, Social Security Number, and name, address, phone of NOK [Next of Kin] in us or individuals that might be contacted for assistance.
3. Military now planning on two lifts for these survivors, one for Eve/Leary group and one for Lamar group.
4. Charleston [AFB] has been designated as port of entry but this information is not repeat not being made public at this time.
Christopher [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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