{"id":103495,"date":"2020-10-23T16:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T23:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103495"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:18:17","slug":"may-13-1979-%e2%80%a2-1451-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-122160","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103495","title":{"rendered":"May 13, 1979 \u2022 1451 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 122160"},"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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\nPAGE 01
\nSTATE 122160
\nORIGIN ARA-03
\nINFO OCT-01 ADS-00 \/004 R 66011
\nDRAFTED BY ARA\/CAR:RMCCOY
\nAPPROVED BY ARA\/CAR:RMCCOY
\n——————023009 131530Z \/12 <\/p>\n

R 131451Z MAY 79
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nINFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN 5192
\nUNCLAS E F T O STATE 122160 <\/p>\n

EO 12065: NA
\nTAGS: CGEN
\nSUBJ: FBI REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE <\/p>\n

FOLLOWING REPEAT FBI 081802Z MAY 79 ACTION SECSTATE: QUOTE UNCLAS E F T O PEOPLE’S TEMPLE. <\/p>\n

BY TELETYPE DATED MAY 8, 1979, TO THE BUREAU SAN FRANCISCO ADVISED THAT INVESTIGATION AT GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, DETERMINED THAT ORIGINAL “LAST HOUR” TAPE CURRENTLY IN POSSESSION OF U. S. AMBASSADOR, AMERICAN EMBASSY, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA. THROUGH TELEPHONIC CONVERSATIONS, FBI LAB, RADIO ENGINEERING SECTION, IT IS BELIEVED THAT FBI LAB COULD AMPLIFY AND CLARIFY AND CLEAN “LAST HOUR” TAPE IF THEY WERE IN POSSESSION OF ORIGINAL. USA, SAN FRANCISCO ADVISED “LAST HOUR” TAPE IS PRIMARY EVIDENCE IN ANTICIPATED PROSECUTION, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION AND POSSESSION OF ORIGINAL BY FBI IS PROPER. THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE IS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN ORIGINAL FROM AMBASSADOR, U. S. EMBASSY, GEORGETOWN, INSURE PROPER CHAIN OF EVIDENCE, AND FORWARD TO FBIHQ, ATTENTION D. E. SHAFFER, PERSONAL CRIMES UNIT. <\/p>\n

“ARMED AND DANGEROUS. SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.” <\/p>\n

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UNQUOTE <\/p>\n

VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n

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