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ACTION SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 L-03 H-02 SS-15 HA-05 SSO-00 NSCE-00 PPTE-00 /048 W
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O 291440Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 8255
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3993
E.O. 11652: NAT
TAGS: CDES, GY (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: REQUEST OF PERSONAL DATA FOR DECEASED AMCITS
REF: GEORGETOWN 3948
EMBASSY HAS JUST BEEN INFORMED BY NBC THAT THE MAN WE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO AS “DON HARRIS” HAD THE LEGAL NAME ROY DARWIN HUMPHREYS. EMBASSY IS ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT NBC TO GET BIO DATA.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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