{"id":103317,"date":"2020-10-22T17:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T00:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103317"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:12:16","slug":"march-1-1979-1917-london-state-4278","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103317","title":{"rendered":"March 1, 1979 \u2022 1917 \u2022 London-State \u2022 4278"},"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\/1979LONDON04278_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260424221119\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979LONDON04278_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nLONDON 04278 032139Z<br \/>\nACTION L-03<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 JUSE-00 OCS-06 CA-01 ARA-15 \/038 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;130857 040137Z \/64 <\/p>\n<p>R 011917Z MAR 79<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY LONDON<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 5155<br \/>\nUNCLAS LONDON 04278 <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 12065: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, UK, GY, (PEOPLES TEMPLE)<br \/>\nSUBJ: PROTECTION OF U.S. INTERESTS: PEOPLES TEMPLE ASSETS IN UK<br \/>\nREF: STATE 16991, LONDON 4060 <\/p>\n<p>1. EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED FURTHER REPLY TO NOTE TO FCO REGARDING PEOPLES TEMPLE ASSETS IN UK. SUBSTANTIVE CONTEXT OF NOTE QUOTED BELOW: <\/p>\n<p>2. QUOTE: I PROMISED TO LET YOUR EXCELLENCY KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE FURTHER ENQUIRIES WHICH MY DEPARTMENT WERE MAKING INTO THE REQUEST. I CAN NOW CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NO WAY UNDER ENGLISH LAW IN WHICH HER MAJESTY&#8217;S GOVERNMENT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE PEOPLES&#8217; TEMPLE ASSETS BECAUSE HER MAJESTY&#8217;S GOVERNMENT HAVE NO CLAIM AGAINST THE PEOPLES&#8217; TEMPLE. <\/p>\n<p>I ALSO SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO OBTAIN A GARNISHEE ORDER AGAINST ANY ASSETS OF THE PEOPLES&#8217; TEMPLE IN BRITAIN. IT SHOULD BE ADDED THAT, AS YOUR OWN SOLICITORS WILL NO DOUBT CONFIRM, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A GARNISHEE ORDER AGAINST ANY ASSETS IN ENGLAND ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF PROCEEDINGS SEEKING SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF BROUGHT IN THIS COUNTRY AGAINST THE PEOPLES&#8217; TEMPLE. AN <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 LONDON 04278 032139Z <\/p>\n<p>INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION (OR (&#8220;MAREVA&#8221; INJUNCTION) FREEZING THE ASSETS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE OF THOSE PROCEEDINGS. UNQUOTE. <\/p>\n<p>BREWSTER [Kingman Brewster, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain]<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<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.] UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 LONDON 04278 032139Z ACTION L-03 INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 JUSE-00 OCS-06 CA-01 ARA-15 \/038 W &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;130857 040137Z \/64 R 011917Z MAR 79 FM AMEMBASSY LONDON TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5155 UNCLAS LONDON [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103317","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=103317"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137327,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103317\/revisions\/137327"}],"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=103317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}