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STATE 176731
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-14 ISO-00 CA-01 PPTE-00 HEW-06 /028 R
DRAFTED BY CA/SCS; DEHENSHAW;SJD
APPROVED BY CA/SCS; LPMULLIN
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P 131702Z JUL 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
UNCLAS STATE 176731
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CDES (BUTLER, CHLOTILE)
SUBJECT: DEATH OF CHLOTILE BUTLER
REF: GEORGETOWN 2027
DEPT UNABLE LOCATE ANY NOK FOR DECEASED. PASSPORT RECORDS SHOW FRIEND, ERNESTINE BLAIR, AS PERSON TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. WE UNABLE CONTACT MS. BLAIR. PERSON WHO LIVED WITH MS. BUTLER AT LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IN U.S. DID NOT KNOW OF ANY NOK. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HAS NO RECORD OF NOK.
CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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