{"id":103577,"date":"2020-10-25T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T17:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103577"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:16:56","slug":"july-18-1979-%e2%80%a2-1754-%e2%80%a2-georgetown-state-%e2%80%a2-3187","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103577","title":{"rendered":"July 18, 1979 \u2022 1754 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 3187"},"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\/1979GEORGE03187_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260425221515\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979GEORGE03187_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nGEORGE 03187 210903Z<br \/>\nACTION ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ADS-00 \/016 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;111988 211130Z \/13 <\/p>\n<p>R 181754Z JUL 79<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 113<br \/>\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3187<br \/>\nFOR ARA\/EX\/FM<br \/>\nFOL TEL FM HQ USAF RPTD<br \/>\nFOR YOUR ACTION:<br \/>\nQUOTE R 181330Z JUL 79 FM HQ USAF WASHDC \/\/ACFS\/\/<br \/>\nTO RUESON\/AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN GUYANA<br \/>\nINFO RUEAHQA\/HQ USAF WASHDC \/\/ACFS\/\/<br \/>\nUNCLAS<br \/>\nFOR THE ATTENTION OF MR BOB MASON <\/p>\n<p>SUBJ: DOD PURCHASES OF AVGAS FROM TEXACO DURING JONESTOWN OPERATIONS <\/p>\n<p>1. WE WERE FORMALLY NOTIFIED BY MR RALPH CARTER, TEXACO WEST INDIES LTD, IN LATE JUNE THAT THE AIR FORCE AND THE ARMY HAD NOT YET PAID FOR AVIATION FUEL PURCHASES TOTALING $99,621 INCURRED DURING JONESTOWN AIRLIFT SUPPORT. WE ADVISED MR CARTER THAT AE DID NOT HACE DILLS [HE DID NOT HAVE BILLS] AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR THESE PURCHASES AND REQUESTED DUPLICATES IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE PAYMENT. UNFORTUNATELY THE DUPLICATES ARE OF SUCH POOR QUALITY THAT THEY ARE PRACTICALLY ILLEGIBLE. <\/p>\n<p>2. IN THE SAME CORRESPONDENCE MR CARTER INFORMED US THAT THE ORIGINAL BILLS WERE FORWARDED PER STATE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTIONS TO THE U.S. EMBASSY FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR BOB MASON. MR CARTER <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 03187 210903Z <\/p>\n<p>ALSO STATED THAT HE BELIEVED MR MASON MAILED THE BILLS TO AN OFFICE IN THE PENTAGON. WE CHECKED WITH LOGICAL RECIPIENTS OF THESE BILLS AND ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THEM. <\/p>\n<p>3. REQUEST YOU PROVIDE LEGIBLE DUPLICATES IF AT ALL POSSIBLE BY MAIL TO HQ USAF\/ACFS, ATTN: ANTHONY QUEERN, WASHINGTON DC 20330. IF UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUEST, PLEASE RESPOND BY MESSAGE TO THIS EFFECT AND PROVIDE THE ADDRESS AND OFFICE SYMBOL IN THE PENTAGON TO WHICH THE ORIGINAL BILLS WERE MAILED. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR EARLIEST CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER IN ORDER THAT WE MAY SATISFY ANY OUTSTANDING DEBTS OF THIS NATURE. UNQUOTE <\/p>\n<p>DWYER [Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Dwyer]<\/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 GEORGE 03187 210903Z ACTION ARA-15 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 \/016 W &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;111988 211130Z \/13 R 181754Z JUL 79 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 113 UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3187 FOR ARA\/EX\/FM FOL TEL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103577","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=103577"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137625,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103577\/revisions\/137625"}],"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=103577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}