{"id":103659,"date":"2020-10-26T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103659"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:45:22","slug":"dec-20-1979-%e2%80%a2-1936-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-327918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103659","title":{"rendered":"Dec 20 1979 \u2022 1936 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 327918"},"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\/1979STATE327918_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260425234402\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979STATE327918_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 327918<br \/>\nORIGIN OCS-06<br \/>\nINFO OCT-00 ADS-00 JUSE-00 CA-01 L-03 ARA-15 \/025 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY CA\/OCS\/CCS\/ARA:DWATERS:ACM<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY CA\/OCS\/CCS\/ARA:JARINI<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;063168 202314Z \/15 <\/p>\n<p>P 201936Z DEC 79<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 327918<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CGEN: JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: U.S. V. LAWRENCE [Laurence] LAYTON<br \/>\nSUBJECT: TRAVEL OF U.S. ATTORNEY <\/p>\n<p>1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF U.S. ATTORNEYS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. <\/p>\n<p>2. DENNIS MICHAEL NERNEY, ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY, SOUTHERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA (415) 556-8512 DESIRES TO TRAVEL TO GEORGETOWN TO CONSULT WITH GUYANESE OFFICIALS AND ASSIST AMERICAN CITIZEN WITNESSES THAT WILL APPEAR IN THE TRIAL OF U.S. V. LAWRENCE LAYTON SCHEDULED TO BEGIN JANUARY 8, 1980. <\/p>\n<p>3. THE PROSECUTION OF A FOREIGN NATIONAL IS NOT FORESEEN. <\/p>\n<p>4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FOREIGN TRAVEL IS TO MEET WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICALS [OFFICIALS] AND TO INTERVIEW WITNESSES. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSULTED REGARDING MR. NERNEY&#8217;S TRAVEL. THERE HAS BEEN PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE HOWEVER REGARDING THIS CASE. ALL <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 327918 <\/p>\n<p>CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GUYANESE AUTHORITIES HAS BEEN ROUTED THROUGH DCM MR. RICHARD DWYER. <\/p>\n<p>6. APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PASSPORTS. <\/p>\n<p>7. THE CASE IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE. <\/p>\n<p>8. NAMES AND NATIONALITIES OF PERSONS TO BE INTERVIEWED ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. <\/p>\n<p>9. ITINERARY HAS NOT YET BEEN SET, HOWEVER TENTATIVE PLANS ARE FOR DEPARTURE IN EARLY JANUARY FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MIAMI TO GEORGETOWN. <\/p>\n<p>10. ASSISTANCE OF A STENOGRAPHER, COURT REPORTER, OR INTERPRETER IS NOT NEEDED. <\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State]<\/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 327918 ORIGIN OCS-06 INFO OCT-00 ADS-00 JUSE-00 CA-01 L-03 ARA-15 \/025 R DRAFTED BY CA\/OCS\/CCS\/ARA:DWATERS:ACM APPROVED BY CA\/OCS\/CCS\/ARA:JARINI &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;063168 202314Z \/15 P 201936Z DEC 79 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103659","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103659","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=103659"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137699,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103659\/revisions\/137699"}],"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=103659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}