Dec 7, 78 • 1841 • Bridgetown-State • 3616

[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 987 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/1978BRIDGE03616_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]

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BRIDGE 03616 100016Z
ACTION ARA-15
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SCS-06 CA-01 H-02 L-03 FBIE-00
JUSE-00 DODE-00 USSS-00 SS-15 CG-00 DOTE-00
CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 SY-05 /058 W
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R 071841Z DEC 78
FM AMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6908
AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN
INFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 3616
E.O. 12065: N/A
TAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY, BB
SUBJECT: PEOPLES’ TEMPLE: WHEREABOUTS OF ALBATROSS III
REF: A. STATE 305018

1. ALBATROSS III’S AGENTS INFORM US VESSEL WILL NOT LEAVE BARBADOS BEFORE DECEMBER 11 AS DISCHARGING CONTINUES.

ORTIZ (Frank Ortiz, U.S. ambassador to Barbados)

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