[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 370 of the FBI’s RYMUR release.]
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[Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on pdf]
R 230332 NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8167
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3885
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CARR LAYTON, LARRY
SUBJECT: W/W [Whereabouts/Welfare] ARRESTS: LARRY LAYTON
1. Layton, Larry (Full name unconfirmed Lawrence [Laurence] John Layton)
2. Male
3. DPOB January 11, 1946 (Unconfirmed) Place unknown
4. Passport # and place issued: Unknown
5. Last US address unknown
6. 20 or 21 November 1978, Port Kaituma, Guyana
7. Unknown
8. Murder
9. Presumed Camp Street Prison [Georgetown]
10. Pretrial
11. 15 January 1979
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12. Unknown
13. Unknown
14. No
15. Unknown
16. 21 November 1978; police
17. Not yet visited
18. Unknown
19. Unknown
20. Unknown
21. Unknown
22. Unknown
23. Layton arrested as suspect in the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan and the members of his party on 18 November 1978.
24. Unknown
Burke [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]