{"id":103136,"date":"2020-10-21T15:21:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103136"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:36:12","slug":"jan-23-1979-%e2%80%a2-1902-%e2%80%a2-bridgetown-state-%e2%80%a2-0274","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103136","title":{"rendered":"Jan 23, 1979 \u2022 1902 \u2022 Bridgetown-State \u2022 0274"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103136\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=101214\">Serial 1805<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n<p>[The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979BRIDGE00274_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260422233444\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979BRIDGE00274_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nBRIDGE 00274 232235Z<br \/>\nACTION L-03 INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 JUSE-00 SS-15 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 FBIE-00 CA-01 \/041 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;048027 241346Z \/44 <\/p>\n<p>R 231902Z JAN 79<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 7230<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE BRIDGETOWN 0274<br \/>\nE.O. 12065: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, GY (PEOPLES TEMPLE)<br \/>\nSUBJ: PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES INTERESTS VIS-A-VIS PEOPLES TEMPLE ASSETS IN GRENADA<br \/>\nREF: STATE 016430 <\/p>\n<p>1. UPON RECEIPT REFTEL, CHARGE TELEPHONED HIGHEST OFFICIAL AVAILABLE IN MINISTRY EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TO REQUEST IMMEDIATE IDENTIFICATION AND IMMOBILIZATION OF ANY PEOPLES TEMPLE ASSETS IN GRENADA. <\/p>\n<p>2. OFFICIAL PROMISED RAISE MATTER AT ONCE WITH PRIME MINISTER AND ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONSIDER WHAT STEPS CAN BE TAKEN UNDER GRENADA LAW TO MEET OUR REQUEST. <\/p>\n<p>3. WE ARE SENDING FULL NOTE TO GRENADA AS TRANSMITTED REFTEL. WILL REPORT ANY FURTHER REACTION. <\/p>\n<p>EDDY [John Joseph Eddy, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S,. Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados]<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nNNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 1805 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 BRIDGE 00274 232235Z [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":93,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103136"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137040,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103136\/revisions\/137040"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}