{"id":103178,"date":"2020-10-21T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103178"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:18:42","slug":"jan-30-1979-1157-port-of-spain-georgetown-0367","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103178","title":{"rendered":"Jan 30, 1979 \u2022 1157 \u2022 Port of Spain-Georgetown \u2022 0367"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979PORTO00367_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260423001731\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979PORTO00367_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nPORT O 00367 301158Z<br \/>\nACTION L-03<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 JUSE-00 OCS-06 CA-01 \/022 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;113516 310412Z \/64 <\/p>\n<p>R 301157Z JAN 79<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3634<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE PORT OF SPAIN 00367 <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 12065: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, TD, GY (PEOPLES TEMPLE)<br \/>\nSUBJECT: (LOU) PROTECTION OF US INTERESTS VIS-A-VIS PEOPLES TEMPLE ASSETS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO<br \/>\nREF: A) STATE 23077; B) STATE 16429 AND PREVIOUS <\/p>\n<p>1. (LOU &#8211; ENTIRE TEXT) <\/p>\n<p>2. PURSUANT TO INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED REFTELS A AND B, A FORMAL STATEMENT IN THE FORM OF A FIRST-PERSON (AMBASSADOR TO MEA MINISTER) NOTE HAS BEEN LODGED WITH THE GOTT [Government of Trinidad and Tobago]. <\/p>\n<p>3. BARCLAYS ACCOUNT WAS CLOSED OUT BY HELEN SWINNEY ON DECEMBER 8. SHE RETURNED TO THE US ON DECEMBER 10. SHE WAS REPORTEDLY QUESTIONED BY THE FBI UPON ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SHE IS PRESENTLY RESIDING WITH A SON IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT THE EXACT ADDRESS UNKNOWN TO THE EMBASSY. <\/p>\n<p>4. THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE ABRAHAM SHIPPING COMPANY IS SAID TO BE A CONVENTIONAL AGENCY\/VESSEL ACCOUNT. THE COMPANY SIMPLY COLLECTS THE FREIGHT CHARGES FROM THE CONSIGNEE TO WHOM THE &#8220;ALBATROSS III&#8221; DELIVERS CARGO, AND THE VESSEL&#8217;S OPERATING EXPENSES ARE DISBURSED FROM THE ACCOUNT. <\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 02 PORT O 00367 301158Z <\/p>\n<p>PLEASE ADVISE IF MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS REQUIRED CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE ACCOUNT, AND, IF SO, EXACTLY WHAT IS DESIRED. <\/p>\n<p>FOX [Richard J. Fox, Jr., American Ambassador to Trinidad]<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nNNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 PORT O 00367 301158Z ACTION L-03 INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 JUSE-00 OCS-06 CA-01 \/022 W &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;113516 310412Z \/64 R 301157Z JAN 79 FM AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN TO SECSTATE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103178","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=103178"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137077,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103178\/revisions\/137077"}],"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=103178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}