[Editor’s note: The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978GEORGE03914_d.html.]
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GEORGE 03914 252228Z
ACTION SY-05
INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 /017 W
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R 241900Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8184
INFO AMEMBASSY CARACAS
AMEMBASSY PANAMA
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FOR A/SY/AND MSGBN
CARACAS FOR RSO
PANAMA FOR RMO
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: ASEC, MSG
SUBJECT: EMERGENCY USE OF MSGS
1. DUE TO THE EMERGENCY SITUATION IN GUYANA, MSG PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR AMBASSADOR ON A 24 HOUR BASIS-ONE PER SHIFT.
2. ALSO DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AT CONSULAR SECTION DUTY HOUR COVERAGE BY MSG HAS BEEN NECESSARY.
3. THE ABOVE ACTION WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF LIMITED MANPOWER OF GUYANA POLICE.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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