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GEORGE 04198 120206Z
ACTION ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 USSS-00 PPT-01 CA-01 SCS-06 HA-05 L-03 H-01 JUSE-00 SY-05 SSO-00 SYE-00 /038 W
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O 111030Z DEC 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8400
C O N F I D E N T I A L GEORGETOWN 4198
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y – REFTEL 4196 VICE 4197
E.O. 12065: GDS 12/10/1984 (BURKE, JOHN R.) OR-M
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO) GY
SUBJ: VISIT BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS TO GEORGETOWN.
REF: (A) GEORGETOWN 4196 (B) HEWITT/DWYER TELECON OF DECMEBER 10.
1. AT 7:30A.M. (LOCAL), DECEMBER 10, MINISTER SHIRLEY FIELD-RIDLEY CALLED AMBASSADOR ON BEHALF OF HER HUSBAND, MINISTER HAMILTON GREEN WHO IS ILL WITH LARYNGITIS. SHE REFERRED TO THE CONVERSATION AMBASSADOR HAD HAD WITH GREEN MORNING OF DECEMBER 9 IN WHICH LATTER HAD GIVEN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETA SERVICE PERSONNEL TO GEROGETOWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERVIEWING CERTAIN AMERICAN CITIZEN SURVIVORS OF THE JONESTOWN INCIDENT. FIELD-RIDLEY, SPEAKING FOR HER HUSBAND, SAID THAT FULL CABINET-LEVEL COMMITTEE (WHICH HAD BEEN FORMED AT PRIMIN’S DIRECTION TO DEAL WITH THE JONESTOWN AFFAIRS) WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THE REQUEST. ACCORDINGLY, SECRET SERVICE PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT RPT NOT TRAVEL TO GEORGETOWN UNTIL SUCH A REVIEW HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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