[Editor’s note: The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE297857_d.html.]
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STATE 297857
ORIGIN ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 SS-15 AID-05 DODE-00 STE-01 /037 R
DRAFTED BY ARA:WDCALDERHEAD:JE
APPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL
S/S-O:SVALERGA
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O 242221Z NOV 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
INFO CINCSOUTHCOM QUARRY HTS CANAL ZONE IMMEDIATE
CINCMAC SCOTT AFB ILL IMMEDIATE
USREDCOM/RCJ2 MACDILL AFB FLA IMMEDIATE
USCINCARRED FT MCPHERSON GA IMMEDIATE
CDR 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS FT BRAGG NC IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 297857
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: AFSP, GY
SUBJECT: EMERGENCY OFFICE SUPPLIES
REF: GEORGETOWN 3882
DEPARTMENT HAS MOVED IN THE AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 24 TO DOVER AFB FOR ONWARD SHIPMENT TO GEORGETOWN 21 CASES, WEIGHING 1,500 POUNDS AND OCCUPYING 150 CUBIC FEET, WHICH CONTAIN 10 MANUAL TYPEWRITERS, THREE REPRODUCTION MACHINES, AND NINE CASES OF PAPER, TYPEWRITER RIBBONS AND RELATED OFFICE SUPPLIES. ALL BOXES ARE MARKED “FOR AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN” AND ARE TO MEET PART OF NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN REFTEL.
CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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