{"id":103595,"date":"2020-10-25T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T21:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103595"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:30:39","slug":"aug-3-1979-%e2%80%a2-1458-%e2%80%a2-bern-state-%e2%80%a2-4379","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103595","title":{"rendered":"Aug 3, 1979 \u2022 1458 \u2022 Bern-State \u2022 4379"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103595\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=104702\">Serial 2277<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n<p>[The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979BERN04379_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260425222934\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979BERN04379_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nBERN 04379 031516Z<br \/>\nACTION EURE-12<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-11 IO-14 ADS-00 JUSE-00 SSO-00 L-03 TRSE-00 NSCE-00 SS-15 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 PA-01 SP-02 INRE-00 OCS-06 CA-01 H-01 \/077 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;085430 031649Z \/65 <\/p>\n<p>O 031458Z AUG 79<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY BERN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9006<br \/>\nINFO AMEMBASSY BONN<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nUSMISSION GENEVA<br \/>\nAMCONSUL MUNICH<br \/>\nUSICA WASHDC<br \/>\nAMCONSUL ZURICH POUCH<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE BERN 4379<br \/>\nDEPT ALSO PASS JUSTICE DEPT<br \/>\nEO 12065: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: EFIN, CASC, SZ<br \/>\nSUBJECT: PEOPLES TEMPLE FUNDS IN SWITZERLAND<br \/>\nREF: (A) STATE 8551; (B) 78 BERN 6288; (C) 78 BERN 6265 <\/p>\n<p>1. (LOU) SWISS JUSTICE AND POLICE DEPT AUG 2 SENT AIR MAIL LETTER TO WASHINGTON IN RESPONSE TO REF (A) JUSTICE DEPT REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE. <\/p>\n<p>2. (U) JPD AUG 2 ISSUED FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE RE SUBJECT CASE: FEB 19, 1979 US JUSTICE DEPT SENT JPD FORMAL REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER JAT BASED ON PRESUMPTION OF OFFENSES COMMITTED INVOLVING FUNDS OF THE PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE. RESULT OF INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED <\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 02 BERN 04379 031516Z <\/p>\n<p>THAT AT TIME OF COLLECTIVE SUICIDE LAST NOVEMBER BY PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE FOLLOWERS THERE NO LONGER EXISTED IN SWITZERLAND ANY BANK ACCOUNT IN NAME OF MEMBERS OF THIS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, JPD INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT IN 1976 ABOUT SF 3 MILLION WERE ON DEPOSIT IN THREE SEPARATE ACCOUNTS IN A ZURICH BANK. ALL THESE FUNDS WERE TRANSFERRED TO US AND PANAMA IN 1978. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL DOCUMENTS FOUND IN SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WERE TRANSFERRED TO US PENAL AUTHORITIES. <\/p>\n<p>3. (LOU) AS DEPT AWARE, THIS FORMAL REPLY (PARA 1 ABOVE) DOES NOT CONSTITUTE FIRST RESPONSE OR ENTIRE COOPERATION WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM SWISS ON THIS CASE (REF B AND C). <\/p>\n<p>CROWLEY <\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nNNN <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 2277 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. 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