{"id":103637,"date":"2020-10-25T17:58:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T00:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103637"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:26:42","slug":"nov-16-1979-%e2%80%a2-1300-%e2%80%a2-georgetown-state-%e2%80%a2-5080","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103637","title":{"rendered":"Nov 16, 1979 \u2022 1300 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 5080"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: Agencies receiving informational copies on PDF.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>R 161300Z NOV 79<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 1018<br \/>\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 5080<\/p>\n<p>E.O. 12065: NA<br \/>\nTAGS: CDES, GY<br \/>\nSUBJ: CONGRESSMAN RYAN ASSASSINATION: CLAIMS AGAINST USG FOR NEGLIGENCE IN DEATHS OF CONGRESSMAN RYAN AND NBC NEWSMAN DON HARRIS AT PORT KAITUMA, GUYANA NOV.  18, 1978.<\/p>\n<p>1. EMBASSY GEORGETOWN RECEIVED NOVEMBER 14 (FOR ATTENTION OF DCM) THE ORIGINALS OF TWO FEDERAL TORT CLAIM AFFIDAVITS FROM MARVIN E. LEWIS, OF LEWIS, ROUDA &#038; LEWIS OF SAN FRANCISCO, CLAIMING DAMAGES STEMMING FROM THE DEATHS OF CONGRESSMAN RYAN AND NBC NEWSMAN ROY DARWIN HUMPHREY (AKA DON HARRIS). THE CLAIMS ARE MADE ON BEHALF, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE RYAN CHILDREN AND HUMPHREY&#8217;S SURVIVING SPOUSE AND CHILDREN, ALLEGING THAT THE DEATHS OF RYAN AND HUMPHREY RESULTED FROM NEGLIGENCE OF DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES JOHN BURKE, RICHARD DWYER, RICHARD MCCOY, AND JOHN BUSHNELL.<\/p>\n<p>2. THE COVERING LETTERS FROM ATTORNEY LEWIS NOTE COPIES AND BEEN SENT TO MR. FABIAN KWIATEK, THE DEPARTMENT&#8217;S ASSISTANT LEGAL ADVISOR.<\/p>\n<p>3. THE EMBASSY IS POUCHING THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS TO [ILLEGIBLE WORD], ATTENTION MR. KWIATEK.<\/p>\n<p>4. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT, IF ANY, RESPONSE THE EMBASSY SHOULD MAKE TO ATTORNEY LEWIS, AND WHAT FURTHER ACTION <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 05080 190619Z<\/p>\n<p>IS REQUIRED OF THE EMBASSY.<\/p>\n<p>ROBERTS<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: Agencies receiving informational copies on PDF.] R 161300Z NOV 79 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1018 UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 5080 E.O. 12065: NA TAGS: CDES, GY SUBJ: CONGRESSMAN RYAN ASSASSINATION: CLAIMS AGAINST USG FOR NEGLIGENCE IN DEATHS OF CONGRESSMAN RYAN AND NBC NEWSMAN DON HARRIS AT PORT KAITUMA, GUYANA NOV. 18, 1978. 1. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103637","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103637"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137678,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103637\/revisions\/137678"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}