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ACTION SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 SSO-00 /018 W
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O 230615Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO CDR/JTF SOUTH/GEORGETWON GUYANA AHF2
INFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8170
C O N F I D E N T I A L GEORGETOWN 3889
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: CASC
SUBJECT: PEOPLE’S TEMPLE
REF: CDR/JTF SOUTH GEORGETOWN 230120Z
1. REF MESSAGE HAS BEEN READDRESSED TO SECSTATE WASHDC FOR INFO.
2. REQUEST ALL FUTURE SUBSTANTIVE CABLES ORIGINATED BY YOUR COMMAND BE ADDRESSED TO (RUEHC) SECSTATE WASHDC AS WELL AS EMBASSY GEORGETOWN.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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