{"id":101151,"date":"2020-08-03T15:07:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T22:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=101151"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:00:32","slug":"serial-1757","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=101151","title":{"rendered":"Serial 1757"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 1757<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n

[The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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P 291636Z JAN 79
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8854
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0447
\nE.O. 12065: NA
\nTAGS: OVIP, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
\nSUBJ: TRAVEL PLANS OF MINISTER OF INFORMATION
\nREF: GEORGETOWN 0390 <\/p>\n

1. Minister of Information and Culture Shirley Field-Ridley scheduled to depart Georgetown Jan 30 via Pan Am 228 arriving New York same day. Minister will proceed directly to San Francisco for the February 1 and 2 “Consultation on the Black Church and the Implications of the Jonestown Tragedy”, sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLOC) whose president, Dr. Joseph Lowery, invited Ms Field-Ridley during his December visit to Guyana. <\/p>\n

2. During her eleven day stay in the US, Ms Field-Ridley is expected to visit with Guyanese nationals in San Franciso [Francisco], Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. according to local press reports. <\/p>\n

Dwyer [Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Georgetown]<\/p>\n

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