[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 1120 of the FBI’s RYMUR release.]
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GEORGE 04152 071830Z
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O 071703Z DEC 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8371
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 4152
E.O. 12065: N/A
TAGS: CARR, GY, (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE), (LAYTON, LAWRENCE [Laurence] JOHN)
SUBJ: W/W: ARRESTS: LAWRENCE JOHN LAYTON
REF: STATE 300272
Mr. Layton will be permitted visits by relatives according to the Director of the Georgetown prisons. His attorney is named Rex McKay (same attorney representing Charles Beikman).
BURKE [John Burke, American ambassador to Guyana]
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Originally posted on March 23rd, 2020.
Last modified on July 4th, 2022.