[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 28 (which was duplicated as Serial 33) of the FBI’s RYMUR release.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978GEORGE03794_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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GEORGE 03794 201205Z
ACTION SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 H-01 SS-15 NSCE-00 SSO-00
CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 DODE-00 PA-01 FBIE-00
TRSE-00 CA-01 INRE-00 SY-05 USSS-00 SYE-00 OC-06
CCO-00 JUSE-00 ICAE-00 MCT-02 AID-05 DRC-01 /065 W
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O 200550Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 8081
INFO 1300 MAS HOWARD AFB CZ/DOOS
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C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (EO TAGS AND SUBJ ADDED)
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC BY (PEOPLES’ TEMPLE)
SUBJECT: SECURITY OF CONCERNED RELATIVES
REF: (A) HOWARD AFB MSG DTG 200425Z NOV 78
(B) GEORGETOWN 3791 (DTG 200330Z NOV 78)
1. Since Ref B. C-130 has been rerouted to Puerto Rico Intl Airport vice Panama Canal Zone.
2. C-130’s ETD Georgetown 0600z and ETA Puerto Rico 0900z.
3. For Howard AFB: Ref A acknowledged and executed.
Burke [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]
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