United States Department of Justice
\nFederal Bureau of Investigation
\nMemorandum
\nDate: 12\/13\/78
\nTo: Mr. Moore
\nFrom: J. O. Ingram<\/p>\n
Subject: RYMUR<\/p>\n
Purpose<\/u>: To advise the formation of Interagency Working Group on Guyana.<\/p>\n
Recommendation<\/u>: None. For information.<\/p>\n
Details<\/u>: On 12\/7\/78, Liaison Officer [name deleted] was advised by Lee R. Marks, Deputy Legal Advisor, Department of State (DOS), that Secretary of State [Cyrus] Vance had asked Marks to chair an Interagency Working Group on Guyana (IWGG), to include representatives of DOS, Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Agency for International Development (AID), and FBI. The purpose of the IWGG is “to identify issues and expedite decisions.\u201d Attached is a copy of DOS memorandum setting up the IWGG.<\/p>\n
After conferring with J. O. Ingram, SA [name deleted] attended the first IWGG meeting the evening of 12\/7\/78. It appeared that IWGG would deal with questions and potential questions raised by the Congress and the public regarding U. S. Government handling of events following the assassination of Congressman Ryan in Guyana. Specific issues discussed were DoD\/DOS funding for removal of bodies of Peoples Temple (PT) members from Guyana, and eventual disposal of bodies from Dover Air Force Base. A Funding Subcommittee, chaired by OMB, was formed, with their first meeting scheduled for 12\/8\/78 (subsequently, Section Chief H.E. Woodby, Administrative Services Division, was named to represent FBI of this Subcommittee).<\/p>\n
CONTINUED \u2013 OVER<\/p>\n
[2]<\/p>\n
Ingram to Mr. Moore Memorandum
\nRE: RYMUR<\/p>\n
SA [name deleted] attended the second IWGG meeting on the morning of 12\/8\/78, while SA [name deleted] attended the third that same evening. Neither dealt directly with FBI involvement, although at the morning session there was a brief discussion of autopsies of PT members\u2019 bodies (a matter being coordinated by Criminal Division, DOJ). Matters regarding unclaimed bodies as well as funding also were discussed.<\/p>\n
On 12\/12\/78, SA [name deleted] attended a fourth IWGG meeting, when autopsies were again brought up. Criminal Division, DOJ, was not represented, but an Autopsies Subcommittee was formed, to be chaired by Mike Abell, Criminal Division, DOJ. Also discussed were drafts of two letters prepared by DOS as general replies to congressmen and the public, setting forth steps taken by US Government following the tragedy in Guyana. No specific mention of the FBI was made in either.<\/p>\n
—–<\/p>\n
Under Secretary of State
\nFor Management
\nWashington<\/p>\n
Memorandum<\/p>\n
December, 1978<\/p>\n
To: Mr. James F. Barie
\nOffice of Management and Budget<\/p>\n
Governor John J. Gilligan
\nAgency for International Development<\/p>\n
Ms. Deanne Siemer
\nDepartment of Defense<\/p>\n
Mr. Philip B. Heymann
\nDepartment of Justice<\/p>\n
Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/p>\n
Department of State:<\/p>\n
Ambassador Viron P. Vaky
\nAssistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs<\/p>\n
Ms. Barbara M. Watson
\nAssistant Secretary for Consular Affairs<\/p>\n
Mr. Douglas J. Bennet
\nAssistant Secretary for Congressional Relations<\/p>\n
Mr. David E. Mark
\nActing Director, Bureau Of Intelligence And Research<\/p>\n
Mr. Herbert J. Hansell
\nThe Legal Adviser<\/p>\n
[2]<\/p>\n
Ms. Joan M. Clark
\nDirector, Management Operations<\/p>\n
Mr. Hodding Carter III
\nAssistant Secretary for Public Affairs<\/p>\n
Mr. Peter Tarnoff
\nOffice of the Secretary<\/p>\n
FROM: Ben H. Read<\/p>\n
SUBJECT: Interagency Working Group on Guyana<\/p>\n
Secretary Vance has asked Deputy Legal Advisor Lee R. Marks to chair a Working Group on Guyana. The Group will meet daily, beginning today, to identify issues and expedite decisions.<\/p>\n
The Group will include representatives of the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, AID, the FBI, and OMB. OMB will chair a Subcommittee dealing with the problems of funding.<\/p>\n
The Group will include:<\/p>\n
OMB<\/strong> \u2013 Mr. Barie United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Memorandum Date: 12\/13\/78 To: Mr. Moore From: J. O. Ingram Subject: RYMUR Purpose: To advise the formation of Interagency Working Group on Guyana. Recommendation: None. For information. Details: On 12\/7\/78, Liaison Officer [name deleted] was advised by Lee R. Marks, Deputy Legal Advisor, Department of State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":87662,"menu_order":97,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91555","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91555","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91557,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91555\/revisions\/91557"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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