{"id":94737,"date":"2020-02-05T10:34:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=94737"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:54:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T23:54:03","slug":"state-cable-771220-state-gt-griffith-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=94737","title":{"rendered":"Dec 20, 77 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 303147"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld all names associated with the relatives of a Peoples Temple member from this cable. They are denoted below in red type.<\/p>\n<p>[The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1977STATE303147_c.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250627235247\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1977STATE303147_c.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 303147<br \/>\nORIGIN SCS-06<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 \/007 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY CA\/SCS\/EAPOWERS\/CEH<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY CA\/SCS\/SADOBRENCHUK<br \/>\nSCS\/RLRIVERA<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;109986 202359Z \/66<\/p>\n<p>P 202245Z DEC 77<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 303147<br \/>\nE.O. 11652:N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS:CASC, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(GRIFFITH FAMILY)<\/span><br \/>\nSUBJECT: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">W\/W GRIFFITH FAMILY REF: DEPOM DEC 19<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MRS. CARNELLA GRIFFITH<\/span> TELEPHONED DEPARTMENT REQUESTING ATTORNEYS LIST AND ASSISTANCE IN HAVING HER PARENTS AND SIBLINGS RETURNED TO U.S. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(GRIFFITH&#8217;S<\/span> OWN DAUGHTER, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DANA,<\/span> SUBJECT OF SEPTEL). DEPT. EXPLAINED THAT ADULTS PRE- SUMED TO BE ACTING OF OWN VOLITION AND THAT NEITHER DEPT. NOR EMBASSY COULD FORCE THEM TO LEAVE GUYANA. FAMILY MEMBERS: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PARENTS: MARY AND EMMETT GRIFFITH, CHILDREN: AMANDA, AGE 17, MARILYN, AGE 15, AND EMMETT, JR., AGE 19. MARILYN WENT TO JONESTOWN TWO YEARS AGO BUT REST OF FAMILY TRAVELLED IN JUNE, 1977.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. DEPOFF EXPLAINED THAT CONOFF PLANNING VISIT JONESTOWN IN JANUARY, 1978 AND PROMISED TO FORWARD LETTER FOR FAMILY TO CONSUL FOR HAND DELIVER DURING VISIT. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MRS. GRIFFITH<\/span> FORWARDING SUCH LETTER ALONG WITH CUSTODY ORDER<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 303147<\/p>\n<p>FOR DANA MENTIONED SEPTEL.<\/p>\n<p>2. POST REQUESTED MAKE APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES ABOUT <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">GRIFFITH<\/span> FAMILY AND REPORT VIA DIRECT RELAY CABLE TO <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MRS. CARNELLA GRIFFITH, 5121 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94601, 415-751-8858.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. REF OM TRANSMITS LLTR FROM <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CONG. PHILLIP BURTON<\/span> RE W\/W <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">EMMETT GRIFFITH<\/span> FAMILY ON BEHALF<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> REV WESBY GRIFFITH, 463 ANDOVER DRIVE, PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA 94044.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nNNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld all names associated with the relatives of a Peoples Temple member from this cable. They are denoted below in red type. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 STATE 303147 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":94605,"menu_order":47,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94737","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=94737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130923,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94737\/revisions\/130923"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}