[Editor’s note: This is a State Department cable that was included in the FBI’s 2009 RYMUR release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act. It was not included in the State Department’s own release, but we have included identifying information for it using the agency’s designations.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE303200_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 SSO-00 SY-05 SYE-00 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 INRE-00 DODE-00 /038 R
DRAFTED BY CA/SCS:RCLARK:ACM
APPROVED BY ARA:JBUSHNELL
CA/SCS:AGISE
S/S-O:JETHYDEN
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O 301950Z NOV 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN IMMEDIATE
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E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS:CASC
SUBJECT: DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF CAROL JOYCE TOUCHETTE AND ALBERT TOUCHETTE
REF: PORT OF SPAINS’S 3395 PARA (3)
1. Dept. has informed Julia Keely, the aunt of Albert Touchette that Carol Joyce Touchette and Albert Touchette have been positively identified and what disposition would she like to make of the remains. She informed us that, after a conference with all interested family members, they decided that it was the proper responsibility only of survivor, Charles Touchette, the husband and father respectively and they do not wish to be further involved.
2. In view of the statement set forth in Port of Spain’s 3395 (paragraph 3) Mr. Touchette should inform Dover by
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cable that he is without funds but he would prefer that remains of his relatives be cremated or whatever else he may wish. Whatever is stated in the cable must be covered by a signed statement by him to the embassy.
Vance [Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State]
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