[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 333 of the FBI’s RYMUR release. Two names originally withheld by the State Department in the RYMUR release are denoted in red type below.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE298836_d.html.]
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STATE 298836
ORIGIN ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 FBIE-00 SCS-06 CA-01 SY-05 H-01
CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 DODE-00 SSO-00 INRE-00
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DRAFTED BY ARA:RWZIMMERMANN:JE
APPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL
S/S-O:TREYNDERS
FBI:ANICHOLAS
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O 251804Z NOV 78 ZFF4
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN NIACT IMMEDIATE
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E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
SUBJECT: MEMBERS OF PEOPLES TEMPLE IN PORT OF SPAIN
REF: PORT OF SPAIN 03394
1. FBI AGENTS CLAUDIO GONZALEZ AND ANGELO F. CLASS WILL BE CARRYING ON S&W MODEL 60 REVOLVER SERIAL R-102-039 AND ONE COLT 3 REVOLVER DETECTIVE SPECIAL SERIAL 664533.
2. ASSUME NO PROBLEM IN ARRANGING ENTRY.
CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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