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ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 H-02 ARA-14 CA-01 /024 R
DRAFTED BY CA/SCS/FLHENNEKE/MRER
APPROVED BY CA/SCS/SADOBRENCHUK
CA/SCS/EAPOWERS
CA/SCS/RLRIVERA
DESIRED DISTRIBUTION
H; ARA/CAR
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P 102314Z FEB 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
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E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC (STOEN, JOHN VICTOR)
SUBJECT: W/W JOHN VICTOR STOEN
1. FYI: FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST TO SCS IN THE STOEN CASE. SENATORS JACOB K. JAVITS, FLOYD K. HASKELL, EDWARD W. BROOKE, ALAN CRANSTON, JOHN GLENN, MARK HATFIELD, THOMAS EAGLETON, LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., DICK CLARK, S.I. HAYAKAWA, DANIEL INOUYE, BIRCH BAYH, DENNIS DECONCINI, PATRICK LEAHY, FRANK CHURCH, CLIFFORD CASE, PAUL SARBANES AND JOHN SPARKMAN, CHAIRMAN, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, LEO RYAN, RON DELLUMS, PHILIP BURTON, DON EDWARDS, ROBERT DUNCAN, JOHN BURTON, PAUL MCCLOSKEY, TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, GEORGE MILLER, DON BONKER AND CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, CHAIRMAN, HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
2. DEPARTMENT INFORMED THAT MR. STOEN SENT A MAILGRAM ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE TO 91 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, INCLUDING
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ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES OF BOTH CHAMBERS. MANY BUT NOT ALL OF THE ABOVE INQUIRIES ARE THE RESULT OF THAT MAILGRAM. IN ADDITION, MR. STOEN SPENT TWO WEEKS LOBBYING EXTENSIVELY ON CAPITOL HILL.
3. SCS UNDERSTANDS THAT ARA/CAR HAS RECEIVED LETTERS FROM OTHER INTERESTED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PRIMARILY THOSE WHO RECEIVED LETTERS FROM JONES SUPPORTERS.
VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]
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