{"id":95076,"date":"2020-02-12T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95076"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:21:40","slug":"march-9-78-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-061228","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95076","title":{"rendered":"March 9, 78 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 061228"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

[The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld the name of a relative of a Temple member from this cable. It is denoted below in red type.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSTATE 061228
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P 092301Z MAR 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
\nUNCLAS STATE 061228
\nE.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC (CHAVIS, LORETTA)
\nSUBJECT: W\/W:LORETTA CHAVIS 4-I-55 CALIF<\/p>\n

1. MOTHER<\/span> WISHES ASSISTANCE IN CONTACTING DAUGHTER<\/span> LORETTA CHAVIS. MS CHAVIS IS A MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE. ADDRESS: P.O.BOX 893,GEORGETOWN. MS. CHAVIS IS A PARTY IN LAW SUIT ARISING OUT OF AUTO ACCIDENT. HER LAWYER REQUIRES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM HER.<\/p>\n

2. IF ABLE TO CONTACT MS CHAVIS PLS REQUEST THAT SHE GET IN TOUCH WITH HER MOTHER<\/span> AND LAWYER.<\/p>\n

3. IF UNABLE, PLEASE REPORT RESULTS OF EFFORTS BY OFFICIAL DIRECT RELAY CABLE TO MOTHER, LULA MAE SMITH 1047 EXPOSITION, LOS ANGELES, CALIF 90037 TELEPHONE 2I3-737-0346<\/span>.<\/p>\n

4. ASSISTANCE APPRECIATED<\/p>\n

5. PRIVACY ACT AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED IN CASES WHERE<\/p>\n

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INFORMATION IS TO BE RELAYED TO INQUIRER BY DEPT. OR POST AUTHORIZATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A SEPARATE ITEM IN ANY REPORT TO THE DEPT.<\/p>\n

VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n

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