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GEORGE 04485 291958Z
ACTION L-03
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 JUSE-00 SCS-06 /026 W
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P 291111Z DEC 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8590
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 4485
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: CASC, GY (PEOPLES TEMPLE)
SUBJ: PROTECTION OF US INTERESTS IN PEOPLES TEMPLE ASSETS IN GUYANA
REF: STATE 324210
IN CONVERSATION WITH CHARGE DECEMBER 28 FOREIGN MINISTER JACKSON SAID THAT MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON JONESTOWN CHAIRED BY MINISTER OF HEALTH GREEN (WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM TRIP ABROAD) HAD MET SAME DAY AND WOULD MEET AGAIN PROMPTLY. JACKSON SAID THAT GUYANESE GOVERNEMENT WOULD REPLY TO EMBASSY NOTE ON ABOVE SUBJECT EARLY IN WEEK OF JAN. 1.
DWYER [Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Dwyer]
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