[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 67 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/1978STATE295993_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
CONFIDENTIAL
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STATE 295993
ORIGIN ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SCS-06 CA-01 FBIE-00 JUSE-00 L-03
CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 SY-05 MCT-02 H-01 SSO-00
INRE-00 /044 R
DRAFTED BY ARA/GWG:RWZIMMERMANN
APPROVED BY ARA:JBUSHNELL
S/S-O:SVALERGA
CA/SCS-R DAVIS
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O 222104Z NOV 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY CARACAS IMMEDIATE
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 295993
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: CASC, OREP, GY
SUBJECT: GUYANA SITUATION
REF: CARACAS 11013
REGARDING ANY MEMBERS OF JONESTOWN COMMUNITY WHO MAY FIND THEIR WAY TO VENEZUELA WE URGENTLY NEED IDENTIFYING DATA AND INDICATION OF INTENDED ONWARD MOVEMENT. COORDINATE WITH OFFICE OF LEGAL ATTACHE.
CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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