{"id":103647,"date":"2020-10-26T08:48:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103647"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:34:22","slug":"dec-3-1979-%e2%80%a2-0552-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-311371","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103647","title":{"rendered":"Dec 3 1979 \u2022 0552 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 311371"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979STATE311371_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260425233316\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979STATE311371_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 311371<br \/>\nORIGIN L-03<br \/>\nINFO OCT-00 ARA-15 ADS-00 H-02 PA-02 \/022 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY L\/C: F A KWIATEK<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY L\/C: F A KWIATEK<br \/>\nL\/ARA: M G KOZAK<br \/>\nARA\/CAR: R A MCCOY<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;060693 030823Z \/13<\/p>\n<p>R 030552Z DEC 79<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 311371<\/p>\n<p>E.O. 12065 N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: ACLM, GY, US<br \/>\nSUBJECT: TORT CLAIMS INVOLVING CONGRESSMAN RYAN AND NBC NEWSMAN DON HARRIS<br \/>\nREF: GEORGETOWN 5080<\/p>\n<p>1. UNDER FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT OF 1949 AND ACT OF AUGUST 1, 1956, CHIEFS OF MISSION AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF FISCAL REPORTING POSTS ARE LIMITED TO SETTLING TORT CLAIMS FOR AMOUNT OF DOLS 1,000 OR LESS. THE LEGAL ADVISER AND DEPUTY LEGAL ADVISERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO A DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONSIDER, ASCERTAIN, DETERMINE AND SETTLE CLAIMS CAPABLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT UNDER THE ACT FOR AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF DOLS 1,000.<\/p>\n<p>2. SINCE AMOUNT CLAIMED IN EACH CASE FAR EXCEEDS DOLS 1,000, EMBASSY SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF CLAIMS TO ATTORNEY LEWIS, STATING THAT CLAIMS HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 311371<\/p>\n<p>TO THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT LEGAL ADVISER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS FOR ADJUDICATION. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED OF THE EMBASSY AT THIS TIME. SAME CLAIMS ALSO HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT BY ATTORNEY LEWIS.<\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nNNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 STATE 311371 ORIGIN L-03 INFO OCT-00 ARA-15 ADS-00 H-02 PA-02 \/022 R DRAFTED BY L\/C: F A KWIATEK APPROVED BY L\/C: F A KWIATEK L\/ARA: M G KOZAK ARA\/CAR: R A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103647","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=103647"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137687,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103647\/revisions\/137687"}],"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=103647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}