{"id":94668,"date":"2020-02-04T14:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T22:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=94668"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:19:39","slug":"state-cable-770919-gt-state","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=94668","title":{"rendered":"Sept 19, 77 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 2265"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld several names in this cable. They are denoted in red type.<\/p>\n

[The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 01 GEORGE 02265 191411Z
\nACTION SCSE-00
\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 \/001 W
\n——————023585 191430Z \/43<\/p>\n

P 191335Z SEP 77
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5325
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 2265
\nE.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, GY (JOHNSON, BERDA)
\nSUBJECT: W\/W BERDA JOHNSON
\nREF: (A) STATE 219323<\/a> (B) GEORGETOWN 2087<\/a><\/p>\n

1. POST HAS CONFIRMED THROUGH GUYANESE IMMIGRATION SERVICE THAT BERDA JOHNSON IS PRESENTLY IN GUYANA RESIDING AT THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY AT JONESTOWN, NORTH WEST DISTRICT. REPRESENATIVES OF PEOPLE’S TEMPLE INFORMED CONSUL THAT MRS. JOHNSON IS WELL AND HAPPY. MESSAGE WAS PASSED TO MRS. JOHNSON OF DAUGHTER’S<\/span> CONCERN. REPRESENTATIVES STATED THAT MRS. JOHNSON WOULD WRITE HER DAUGHTER DESCRIBING HER LIFE AND ACTIVITIES.<\/p>\n

2. IN VIEW OF CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING PEOPLE’S TEMPLE IN THE U.S. EMBASSY WOULD APPRECIATE DEPARTMENT PASSING ON ABOVE MESSAGE TO MRS. BAXTER<\/span>. IF SHE IS STILL CONCERNED ABOUT MOTHER’S<\/span> WELL BEING THEN CONSUL WILL PLAN A VISIT WITHIN NEXT TEN-FOURTEEN DAYS FOR PRIVATE PERSONAL CONTACT. DEPARTMENT SHOULD DRAW ON REFTEL B TO DESCRIBE CONDITIONS OF AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY.<\/p>\n

BLACKEN [John Blacken, Embassy\u2019s Deputy Chief of Mission]<\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
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