[Editor’s note: The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE303343_d.html.]
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STATE 303343
ORIGIN ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 PM-05 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 SP-02 SS-15 /048 R
DRAFTED BY ARA:RWZIMMERMANN:JE
APPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL
S/S-O:TMARTIN
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P 302211Z NOV 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY
INFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY 2208
JCS WASHDC PRIORITY 1791
UNCLAS STATE 303343
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY, VE
SUBJECT: SMALL AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS FOR GUYANA
REF: CARACAS 11175
1. MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A SOURCE OF SMALL AIRCRAFT SUPPORT FOR THE GOG.
2. IN THE PRESENT ABSENCE OF ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR MAKING ONE OR TWO SMALL AIRCRAFT TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE TO THE GOG, SUGGEST YOU DO NOT PURSUE THE MATTER FURTHER AT THIS TIME.
VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]
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