[Editor’s note: The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1979STATE211536_e.html.]
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STATE 211536
ORIGIN OCS-06
INFO OCT-00 ADS-00 L-03 JUSE-00 CA-01 LOC-01 ARA-11 /022 R
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APPROVED BY CA/OCS/CCS/ARA:JARINI
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P 140155Z AUG 79
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
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E.O. 12065: N/A
TAGS: CDES, GY (PEOPLES TEMPLE)
SUBJECT: PERSONAL EFFECTS OF JONESTOWN DECEDENTS
REF: GEORGETOWN 3494
1. DEPT MOST RECENTLY RECEIVED MEMORANDUM OF LAW FROM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AS WELL AS MEMO FROM DEPT OF JUSTICE SETTING FORTH THEIR POSITIONS ON U.S. TREASURY CHECKS THAT WERE ENDORSED IN BLANK. THERE ARE STRONG ARGUMENTS MADE ON BOTH SIDES OF ISSUE: CORPORATE PROPERTY VS. PERSONAL PROPERTY.
2. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PRESENTLY BEING CONDUCTED, AND HOPEFULLY MEETING WITH JUSTICE CAN BE HELD SOON TO FINALIZE DECISION.
VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]
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