[Editor’s note: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld all references to Jan Gurvich’s father in this cable. They are denoted in red type.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1977STATE234710_c.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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ORIGIN SCS-05 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /006 R
DRAFTED BY CA/SCS/FLHENNEKE:RAM
APPROVED BY CA/SCS/SADOBRENCHUK
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P 292231Z SEP 77
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
UNCLAS STATE 234710
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC (GURNICH [Gurvich], JANN ELIZABETH)
SUBJECT: W/W: JAN ELIZABETH GURNICH, NOV. 5, 1953, CALIF
1. DEPT. HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY MR. [LOU] GURVICH CONCERNING HIS DAUGHTER JANN ELIZABETH GURVICH. JANN DEPARTED THE UNITED STATES APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO AS A MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE’S MISSION. HER FATHER BELIEVES SHE IS CURRENTLY RESIDING WITH THIS GROUP AT MISSION CITY, MISSION FIELD, GUYABA. MR. GURVICH HAS RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS LETTER DESCRIBING POSSIBLE DANGER TO HIS DAUGHTER AS A MEMBER OF THIS GROUP AND IS PLANNING A TRIP TO GUYANA TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT HIS DAUGHTER PERSONALLY.
2. POST IS REQUESTED TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT JANN GURVICH AND ASK THAT SHE COMMUNICATE WITH HER FATHER AT (504) 525- 7111. IF UNABLE TO LOCATE, PLEASE REPLY BY DIRECT RELAY CABLE TO MR. GURVICH, 1102 LYKES CENTER, 300 PAYDRAS, NEW ORLEANS, LA., 70130, TEL: (504) 525-7111.
3. NOTICE; PRIVACY ACT AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED IN CASES
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WHERE INFORMATION RELAYED TO INQUIRER BY POST OR DEPT.
CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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