[Editor’s notes: This document appears as Serial 818 in the FBI RYMUR release and as State Department cable 305365 in the State Department release.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE305365_d.html.]
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STATE 305365
ORIGIN ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 SIG-03 SCS-06 CA-01 AID-05 CIAE-00 DODE-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 SSO-00 ICAE-00 INRE-00 INR-10 PA-02 TRSE-00 SY-05 USSS-00 H-02 SS-15 L-03 /080 R
DRAFTED BY ARA/GWG-RWZIMMERMANN:CEH
APPROVED BY ARA/GWG-RWZIMMERMANN
S/S-O – RCASTRODALE
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O 031059Z DEC 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY PANAMA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY CARACAS IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO IMMEDIATE
FBI WASHDC IMMEDIATE
DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
CINCSOUTHCOM QUARRY HTS CZ IMMEDIATE
CINCMAC SCOTT AFB IL IMMEDIATE
US REDCOM/RCJ2 MACDILL AFS FL IMMEDIATE
UNCINCARRED FT MCPHERSON GA IMMEDIATE
CDR 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS FT BRAGG NC IMMEDIATE
USCINCEUR VAEHIGNE GER ATTN J-2 IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 305365
LONDON FOR MICHAEL FINLEY
E.O. 116525 N/A
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT NO. 28, 12/2/78, 1300 (EST)
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1. THE OFFICIAL LIST OF SURVIVORS BEING PERMITTED BY THE GUYANESE GOVERNMENT TO DEPART THIS WEEKEND INCLUDED A TOTAL OF 32 NAMES. SIX ARE ALREADY EN ROUTE FROM GEORGETOWN. OF THE REMAINING 26, IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT ALL WILL CHOOSE TO LEAVE TOMORROW.
2. THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR AID HAS APPROVED FOR PROCESSING THE UNANTICIPATED ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR HELP IN LEASING A SHORT TAKE OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT TO TEMPORARILY REPLACE THE TWIN OTTER DAMAGED AT THE TIME CONGRESSMAN RYAN WAS MURDERED. THE PLANE IS URGENTLY NEEDED TO SUPPLY FOOD AND MEDICINE TO INTERIOR TOWNS WITHOUT ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSPORTATION.
3. PRESS CALLS HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED DURING THIS MORNING, AND GENERALLY LIMITED TO ASKING WHETHER ANYTHING IS NEW. THEY HAVE NOT CONCENTRATED ON THE ISSUE OF THE ROLE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
VANCE [Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State]
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