{"id":84817,"date":"2018-12-02T11:38:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84817"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:54:21","slug":"serial-239","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84817","title":{"rendered":"Serial 239"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<b>Editor\u2019s note<\/b>: This document was released both as a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95785\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84817\">Serial 239<\/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\/1978STATE297520_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260412231236\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE297520_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<\/p>\n<p>[Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on pdf]<\/p>\n<p>0 241720Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nCONFIDENTIAL STATE 297520<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: GDS<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY<br \/>\nSUBJECT: SEARCH AND RESCUE<\/p>\n<p>Department suggests Embassy propose that Guyanese officials deal directly with indigenous Indians in Jonestown area and offer appropriate rewards for information leading to the recovery of deceased members of Peoples Temple colony or for the safe return of lost members of the group. It is also suggested GOG [Government of Guyana] actually pay rewards and then request reimbursement from USG [U.S. Government] for these unique search-and-rescue operations. Specific funding instructions will followd [follow] later.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<\/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 239 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.] CONFIDENTIAL [Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":84739,"menu_order":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84817","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84817","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=84817"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137416,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84817\/revisions\/137416"}],"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=84817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}