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ACTION ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 H-02 CPR-02 SCS-06 CA-01 SS-15 NSC-05 SSC-01 /048 W
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R 241705Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 420
INFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 6123
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: PDIP ES GY
SUBJ: PRESIDENTIAL CONDOLENCES FOR TRAGEDY IN GUYANA
1. PRESIDENT CARLOS HUMBERTO ROMERO HAS SENT A TELEGRAM OF DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR TO AMBASSADOR DEVINE OVER THE TRAGEDY IN GUYANA AND THE DEATHS OF CONGRESSMAN LEO J. RYAN AND HIS COMPANIONS.
2. SECRETARY OF INFORMATION RAFAEL FLORES LIMA HAS SIMULTANEOUSLY SENT A SIMILAR MESSAGE ASKING THAT DEEPEST CONDOLENCES BE CONVEYED TO THE NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED.
3. APPROPRIATE WRITTEN REPLY HAS BEEN SENT IN RESPONSE TO EACH MESSAGE.
4. DEPARTMENT’S ASSISTANCE IN CONVEYING THESE EXPRESSIONS OF REGRET AND CONDOLENCES WILL BE APPRECIATED.
DEVINE [Frank J. Devine, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador]
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