{"id":103657,"date":"2020-10-26T09:54:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103657"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:43:17","slug":"dec-17-1979-%e2%80%a2-1834-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-324921","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103657","title":{"rendered":"Dec 17 1979 \u2022 1834 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 324921"},"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\/1979STATE324921_e.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260425234217\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1979STATE324921_e.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 324921<br \/>\nORIGIN RP-10<br \/>\nINFO OCT-00 ARA-11 ADS-00 SR-04 AID-05 EA-10 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 SP-02 INRE-00 \/052 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY RP:LAMARINELLI:ND<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY RP:JABAKER<br \/>\nARA:RMCCOY<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;038160 171843Z \/43 <\/p>\n<p>O 171834Z DEC 79<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 324921 <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 12065: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: SREF<br \/>\nSUBJECT: REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT &#8212; VISIT OF WORLD REFLIEF PROJECT DESIGN TEAM<br \/>\nREF: STATE 320179 <\/p>\n<p>1. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT A PROJECT DESIGN TEAM HEADED BY ANDY BISHOP OF WORLD RELIEF WILL ARRIVE GEORGETOWN LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY VIA PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. PURPOSE OF THEIR VISIT IS TO SURVEY SITES FOR THE RESETTLEMENT OF 1,500 INDOCHINESE REFUGEES AND INITIATE PLANNING FOR THAT PROJECT. <\/p>\n<p>2. BISHOP PLANS TO MEET WITH PM BURNHAM TO TIE DOWN DETAILS OF PROJECT AND POSSIBLY DISCUSS FOLLOW-ON PROJECT OF LARGE SCALE. BISHOP HIMSELF ONLY SCHEDULED TO STAY IN GUYANA FOR A FEW DAYS, MOST OF WHICH TIME HE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN SITE SURVEYS WITH THE TEAM. HE WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HIS MEETING <\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 324921 <\/p>\n<p>WITH BURNHAM AND WOULD APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO SOON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL TUESDAY IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. HE INDICATED HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE AMBASSADOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER HIS ARRIVAL. <\/p>\n<p>3. BISHOP IS PLANNING TO STAY AT THE PEGASUS HOTEL. <\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<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.] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 STATE 324921 ORIGIN RP-10 INFO OCT-00 ARA-11 ADS-00 SR-04 AID-05 EA-10 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 SP-02 INRE-00 \/052 R DRAFTED BY RP:LAMARINELLI:ND APPROVED BY RP:JABAKER ARA:RMCCOY &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;038160 171843Z \/43 O [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":102918,"menu_order":347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103657","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103657","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=103657"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137697,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103657\/revisions\/137697"}],"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=103657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}