{"id":103298,"date":"2020-10-22T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103298"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:50:27","slug":"feb-23-1979-1856-state-georgetown-44796","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103298","title":{"rendered":"Feb 23, 1979 \u2022 1856 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 44796"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: 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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O 231856Z FEB 79
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\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
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E.O. 12065: XDS-3 2\/23\/89 (VAKY, VIRON P.)
\nAGS: AMGT, OGEN, PEPR, PFOR, GY
\nSUBJECT: U.S. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
\nREFS: (A) 78 STATE 287307 (B) STATE 26977 <\/p>\n

1. (S) ENTIRE TEXT <\/p>\n

2. FOLLOWING IS THE FINAL VERSION OF THE GORM STATEMENT FOR GUYANA: <\/p>\n

BEGIN TEXT: <\/p>\n

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U.S. INTERESTS — A FRIENDLY, STABLE, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT ORIENTED TOWARD THE WEST WITH A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS. <\/p>\n

— ACCESS TO GUYANA’S RESOURCES. <\/p>\n

— GUYANESE PARTICIPATION IN COOPERATIVE CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS. <\/p>\n

— DENIAL OF THE USE OF GUYANA’S TERRITORY BY FORCES HOSTILE TO THE U.S. KEY POLICY ISSUES FACING THE U.S. IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS <\/p>\n

— WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE U.S. RELATIONSHIP WITH GUYANA IN VIEW OF THE TROUBLING DRIFT TOWARD ONE-PARTY RULE, INCREASING EXTREMISM OF OPPOSITION GROUPS AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT BURNHAM WILL DROP FROM THE SCENE, SETTING THE STAGE FOR A POWER STRUGGLE AND INCREASED POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. <\/p>\n

— HOW TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL BILATERAL ISSUES RELATED TO JONESTOWN SUCH AS PROPERTY CLAIMS AND THE CONTINUED ACCESS OF U.S. INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES TO PEOPLE’S TEMPLE RECORDS IN GUYANESE CUSTODY. <\/p>\n

— HOW TO DEAL WITH INCREASED CUBAN ANDSOVIET INFLUENCE WHICH MAY RESULT FROM POLITICAL INSTABILITY. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES <\/p>\n

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— IMPROVED BILATERAL RELATIONS. <\/p>\n

— CONTINUATION OF GUYANESE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRADE UNION FREEDOMS. <\/p>\n

— ACCESS TO BAUXITE AT REASONABLE PRICES. <\/p>\n

— DIMINISHED FLOW OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TO U.S. <\/p>\n

— THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HELPFUL GUYANESE ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF U.S. POSITIONS. <\/p>\n

— CLARIFICATION OF GUYANESE POLICY ON PRIVATE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. <\/p>\n

— CONTINUED COOPERATION IN RESOLVING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JONESTOWN TRAGEDY. <\/p>\n

— EXPLANATION OF CHANGES FROM LAST GOALS AND OBJECTIVES STATEMENT <\/p>\n

— A HEIGHTENED CONCERN OVER FUTURE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GUYANA IS CAUSED BY THE GOVERNMENT’S GOAL OF A MARXIST STATE WITH A NEW SOCIALIST CONSTITUTION. <\/p>\n

— THE JONESTOWN TRAGEDY HAS ELICITED EXCELLENT COOPERATION FROM THE GUYANESE THAT SHOULD CARRY OVER TO OTHER ISSUES. <\/p>\n

— RECENT U.S. ECONOMIC INITIATIVES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND OUR CONTINUED BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE HAVE LESSENED SUSPICION OF U.S. INTENTIONS IN GUYANA. <\/p>\n

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CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/p>\n

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