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GEORGE 03338 101944Z
ACTION SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 L-03 H-02 JUSE-00 CA-01 SSO-00 /028 W
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O 101940Z OCT 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7821
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3338
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC, GY (STOEN, JOHN VICTOR)
SUBJECT: STOEN CUSTODY CASE
REF: A. STATE 255332, B. GEORGETTWN 3016
STOEN CASE HAS NOW BEEN ASSIGNED TO HIGH COURT JUSTICE POMPEY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT FIRST HEARING, WITH BOTH ATTORNEYS PRESENT, HELD LAST WEEK. NEXT HEARING TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 7 AT WHICH TIME A DATE WILL BE SET FOR BEGINNING OF PROCEEDINGS. MR. SOTEN’S LOCAL LAWYER, CLARENCE HUGHES, STATES, INCIDENTALLY, HE HAS NOT HEAR FROM STOEN’S US LAWYER, MR. HAAS, IN MORE THAN A MONTH.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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