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KUWAIT 06286 231101Z
ACTION ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 NEA-11 ISO-00 SS-15 H-02 SSO-00 /044 W
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O 231052Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 2403
UNCLAS KUWAIT 6286
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
SUBJ: REPORTS ON SITUATION IN GUYANNA FOR CODELS
REF: A. STATE 296325 B. KUWAIT 6154 C. STATE 295317
EMBASSY GRATEFUL FOR SITREPS AND OTHER DETAILED REPORTING ON SUBJECT, WHICH ENABLED US TO INFORM CODEL ACCOMPANYING SECRETARY BLUMENTHAL OF EVENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. CODEL DEPARTED KUWAIT 1200Z NOV 22. ACCORDINGLY, DETAILED REPORTS, SUCH AS REF A SENT NIACT IMMEDIATE TWENTY HOURS AFTER CODEL DEPARTURE (WHICH WAS GIVEN REF B), ARE NO LONGER NEEDED. HOWEVER, GENERAL SUMMARIES SUCH AS REF C SENT TO ALL DIPLOMATIC POSTS REMAIN USEFUL HERE. IN EITHER CASE, TELEGRAMS THIS SUBJECT NO LONGER NEED BE SENT NIACT IMMEDIATE.
MAESTRONE [Frank Eusebio Maestrone, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait]
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