[Editor’s note: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld several names from this cable. They are denoted below in red type.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE100748_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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STATE 100748
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 ARA-14 H-02 /023 R
DRAFTED BY CA:SCS:EHO’KANE:KC
APPROVED BY CA:SCS:SADOBRENCHUK
CA:SCS:RLRIVERA
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P 192240Z APR 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
UNCLAS STATE 100748
E.O. 11652:
TAGS: N/A CASC:(DEAN, BURGER LEE)
SUBJECTW/W: BURGER LEE DEAN 11/14/16 ARKANSAS OR LOUISIANA
1. SON, SSGT JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH CONCERNED WITH W/W OF MS. DEAN, A MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE. HE WISHES TO INFORM MOTHER THAT HE IS NOW STATIONED AT FT LEWIS, WASH. AND WOULD LIKE HER TO COME LIVE WITH HIS FAMILY. ADDRESS: QUARTERS NO 5321 FT. LEWIS, WASH. 98433 TEL: 206-964-3372. WOULD LIKE MOTHER TO CONTACT HIM.
2. PLS CONTACT MS. DEAN ON NEXT VISIT TO JONESTOWN, PASS MESSAGE AND PROVIDE W/W REPORT TO HOLLINGSWORTH VIA OFFICIAL DIRECT RELAY CABLE. EFFORTS APPRECIATED.
3. WITH OEPAVD DO HYACINTH THRASH, GEORGETOWN TEL 1190, INFO PASSED TO AID OF CONGRESSMAN JACOB WHO EXPRESSED THANKS TO POST FOR CONCERN AND ASSISTANCE.
4. PRIVACY ACT AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED IN CASES WHERE INFORMATION IS TO BE RELAYED TO INQUIRER BY DEPT. OR
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POST. AUTHORIZATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A SEPARATE ITEM IN ANY REPORT TO THE DEPT.
CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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