{"id":94929,"date":"2020-02-11T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T22:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=94929"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:59:50","slug":"nov-2-78-georgetown-state-3597","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=94929","title":{"rendered":"Nov 2, 78 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 3597"},"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\/1978GEORGE03597_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260406225908\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978GEORGE03597_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01 GEORGE 03597 021756Z<br \/>\nACTION ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SS-15 ONY-00 SSO-00 \/031 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;108927 021759Z \/46 R <\/p>\n<p>O 021745Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7966<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE GEORGETOWN 3597<br \/>\nFOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY VAKY<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: NA<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN LEO) GY<br \/>\nSUBJ: CODEL RYAN&#8217;S INTENTION TO INVESTIGATE PEOPLES TEMPLE IN GUYANA. <\/p>\n<p>I KNOW THAT ARA\/CAR HAS KEPT YOU INFORMED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CODEL RYAN&#8217;S VISIT TO GEORGETOWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVETIGATING THE PEOPLES TEMPLE. IN MY CABLE ON THE SUBJECT WHEN THE POSSIBILITY WAS FIRST RAISED (GEORGETOWN&#8217;S 3125), I ASKED THAT A DEPARTMENT LAWYER FROM THE STAFF OF LEGAL ADVISER BE DETAILED TO ACCOMPANY THE CODEL. I BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENCE OF AN ATTORNEY FROM THE DEPARTMENT FULLY CONVERSANT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL AND I ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS REQUEST WITH THE LEGAL ADVISER, SO THAT ONE OF HIS STAFF CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE. <\/p>\n<p>BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]<\/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 GEORGE 03597 021756Z ACTION ARA-15 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SS-15 ONY-00 SSO-00 \/031 W &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;108927 021759Z \/46 R O 021745Z NOV 78 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7966 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":94895,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94929","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94929","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=94929"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135810,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94929\/revisions\/135810"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}