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FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8518
INFO DEPT OF JUSTICE IMMEDIATE
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JUSTICE FOR JIM HERGIN
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SUBJ: PEOPLES TEMPLE BANK ACCOUNTS IN GUYANA
REF: STATE 319402
IT HAS JUST COME TO EMBASSY’S ATTENTION THAT THE PEOPLES TEMPLE HAS THREE BANK ACCOUNTS AT THE GUYANA NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK. ACCORDING TO BANK OFFICIALS, ACCOUNTS TOTAL ABOUT US$2000,000.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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