{"id":102981,"date":"2020-10-19T15:07:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T22:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=102981"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:09:54","slug":"jan-10-1979-1700-georgetown-state-0120","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=102981","title":{"rendered":"Jan 10, 1979 \u2022 1700 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 0120"},"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 1628<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. The State Department release withheld all names associated with Peoples Temple from this cable. They are denoted below in red type.<\/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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\nGEORGE 00120 101704Z
\nACTION ARA-15
\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SCS-06 CA-01 SY-05 SYE-00 FBIE-00 USSS-00 L-03 H-02 SSO-00 \/033 W
\n——————122988 101706Z \/50<\/p>\n

O 101700Z JAN 79
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 8685
\nAMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN NIACT IMMEDIATE
\nINFO AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN IMMEDIATE
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0120
\nDEPT PLEASE PASS TO FBI, USSS.
\nE.O. 12065:NA
\nTAGS: CASC, GY (PEOPLE TEMPLE)
\nSUBJ: TRAVEL PEOPLES TEMPLE SURVIVORS<\/p>\n

1. THE EMBASSY HAS JUST LEARNED OF THE DEPARTURE OF CUBANA FLIGHT 455 (TO BARBADOS)<\/span> OF TWO PT MEMBERS: MIKE TOUCHETTE AND CARL BARNETT<\/span>.<\/p>\n

2. EMBASSY BELIEVES THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO RENDEUVOUS WITH PT SHIP “ALBATROSS III.”<\/p>\n

3. FOR DEPARTMENT: PLEASE NOTIFY CONCERNED FEDERAL AGENCIES.<\/p>\n

4. FOR BRIDGETOWN: PLEASE ATTEMPT TO REMAIN AWARE OF THEIR WHEREABOUTS.<\/p>\n

BURKE<\/p>\n

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