{"id":84797,"date":"2018-12-02T11:16:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T19:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84797"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:55:46","slug":"serial-230","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84797","title":{"rendered":"Serial 230"},"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=95727\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84797\">Serial 230<\/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\/1978PORTO03373_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260411231232\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978PORTO03373_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nFBB440<\/p>\n<p>PAGE 01 PORT O 03373 231723Z<br \/>\nACTION ARA-15<\/p>\n<p>[Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on pdf]<\/p>\n<p>0 231715Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 3276<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN NIACT IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE PORT OF SPAIN 03373<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), TD<br \/>\nSUBJECT: Members of Peoples\u2019 Temple in Port of Spain<br \/>\nREFERENCE: A) State 295989; (B) Port of Spain 3371; (C)  Port of Spain 3372<\/p>\n<p>1. We are continuing to seek GOTT [Government of Trinidad\/Tobago] approval for FBI visit (Refs A and B). In the event of a negative decision, we wonder whether FBI\/Department would be prepared to finance trip by any or all four (one is a non-US citizen) of the Peoples\u2019 Temple members currently in Port of Spain. We are not certain anyone agree to such a proposal \u2013 we have not suggested it \u2013 but the three Americans are still expressing willingness to cooperate. As reported Ref C, however, one or more of the Americans may decide to accompany the British member to Barbados aboard the Albatross III on Saturday. Please advise.<\/p>\n<p>2. For Barbados: Ambassador Fox is at airport and is not seen this message. Please pass upon his arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Fox [Richard J. Fox, Jr., American Ambassador to Trinidad]<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 02 PORT O 03373 231723Z<\/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 230 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE FBB440 PAGE 01 PORT O [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":84739,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84797","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84797"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137711,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84797\/revisions\/137711"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}