{"id":95113,"date":"2020-02-12T13:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T21:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95113"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:07:57","slug":"may-21-78-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-128347","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95113","title":{"rendered":"May 21, 78 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 128347"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 made several deletions in this cable. They are denoted below 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
\nSTATE 128347
\nORIGIN SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 \/007 R
\nDRAFTED BY CA\/SCS\/JGUNN\/GHP
\nAPPROVED BY CA\/SCS\/SADOBRENCHUK
\nCA\/SCS\/LRIVERA
\n——————070512 210545Z \/11<\/p>\n

P 210312Z MAY 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY
\nUNCLAS STATE 128347
\nE.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC: FIELDS, DONALD<\/span>, FIELDS, SHIRLEY, FIELDS, LORI
\nSUBJECT: W\/W DONALD FIELDS<\/span> AND FAMILY<\/p>\n

1. DEPARTMENT CONTACTED BY MRS. MAE FIELDS<\/span> CONCERNING WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS OF HER SON MR. DONALD FIELDS<\/span> AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY AND TWO CHILDREN LORI AND MARK.<\/span> FIELDS FAMILY ARE MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE. MRS. MAE FIELDS<\/span> HAS BECOME QUITE CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF THE FAMILY DUE TO RECENT MEDIA REPORTS CONCERNING THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE.<\/p>\n

2. DEPARTMENT WOULD APPRECIATE POSTS EFFORTS IN CONTACTING THE FIELDS FAMILY UPON NEXT SCHEDULED VISIT TO PEOPLE’S TEMPLE AND INFORMING THEM OF MRS. MAE FIELDS<\/span> CONCERN. PLEASE INFORM RESULTS OF EFFORTS VIA DIRECT RELAY CABLE TO MRS. MAE FIELDS, 2077 NORTH VERMONT AVE., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90027. TELEPHONE 213-664-3852<\/span>.<\/p>\n

3. PRIVACY ACT AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED IN CASES WHERE INFORMATION IS TO BE RELAYED TO INQUIRER BY DEPARTMENT<\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
\nUNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 02 STATE 128347<\/p>\n

OR POST. AUTHORIZATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A SWPARATE ITEM IN ANY REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT.<\/p>\n

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

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