[Editor’s note: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld the name of Monica Bagby from this cable. It is denoted below in red type.]
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PAGE 01 GEORGE 03786 192003Z
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Z 192010Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC FLASH 8073
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE GEORGETOWN 3786
E.O. 11652: NA
TAGS: CASC, GY [BAGBY, MONICA]
SUBJ: AMERICAN CITIZEN WOUNDED AT PORT KAITUMA
REF: GEORGETOWN 3776
1. As mentioned para 2 reftel, first plane out of Port Kaituma contained one wounded American. She has been identified as [Monica Bagby]. Her DPO and her PPT DPOI and number are unknown.
2. [Monica Bagby] is a Negro female about 35 years old. She has been admitted to and operated on at Georgetown Public Hospital and is reported to be in serious condition. An armed police guard is stationed in her room.
BURKE
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