{"id":103589,"date":"2020-10-25T14:26:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T21:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103589"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:25:19","slug":"july-24-1979-%e2%80%a2-1504-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-191978","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103589","title":{"rendered":"July 24, 1979 \u2022 1504 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 191978"},"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\/1979STATE191978_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260425222432\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979STATE191978_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 191978<br \/>\nORIGIN PPT-01<br \/>\nINFO OCT-00 CA-01 ADS-00 OCS-06 \/008 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY CA\/PPT\/C:WBWHARTON:ST<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY CA\/PPT\/C:WBWHARTON<br \/>\nCA\/PPT &#8211; RELAMB<br \/>\nCA\/OCS &#8211; AAGISE (IN DRAFT)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;009750 241535Z \/44 <\/p>\n<p>P 241504Z JUL 79<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 191978<br \/>\nPASSPORTS <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 12065: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: AINF, CPAS<br \/>\nSUBJECT: PRIVACY ACT, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT GUIDELINES<br \/>\nREF: GEORGETOWN 2485 <\/p>\n<p>1. DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES EMBASSY&#8217;S HELPFUL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS CONTAINED REFTEL. THEY WILL BE KEPT IN MIND AS THE GUIDELINES ARE DEVELOPED. FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL. <\/p>\n<p>A: WHILE THE PAPER IN QUESTION ADDRESSED FOIA AND PRIVACY ACT ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE\/JONESTOWN, GUIDELINES ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN BROADER CONTEXT OF CONSULAR-RELATED INFORMATION AND REPORTING IN GENERAL. <\/p>\n<p>B: IN VIEW OF LIMITED SCOPE OF THE GUIDELINES, IT ISNOT BELIEVED THAT FIRST AMENDMENT CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH REALLY <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 191978 <\/p>\n<p>GO TO THE ABILITY OF AN AGENCY TO ACT OR MAKE DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR MATTER OR INDIVIDUAL, WOULD BE A MATTER FOR DISCUSSION IN THE ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES. HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE KEPT IN MIND AS THE GUIDELINES ARE DEVELOPED. <\/p>\n<p>C: WE NOTE THAT THE POST DID INCLUDE DATA CONCERNING JONES&#8217; HEALTH IN ITS REPORTING. WE REGRET THAT THIS WAS NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTED IN THE PAPER. <\/p>\n<p>CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/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 STATE 191978 ORIGIN PPT-01 INFO OCT-00 CA-01 ADS-00 OCS-06 \/008 R DRAFTED BY CA\/PPT\/C:WBWHARTON:ST APPROVED BY CA\/PPT\/C:WBWHARTON CA\/PPT &#8211; RELAMB CA\/OCS &#8211; AAGISE (IN DRAFT) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;009750 241535Z \/44 P 241504Z JUL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103589","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103589","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=103589"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137635,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103589\/revisions\/137635"}],"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=103589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}