{"id":95155,"date":"2020-02-12T13:50:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T21:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95155"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:50:49","slug":"sept-26-78-georgetown-state-3130","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95155","title":{"rendered":"Sept 26, 78 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 3130"},"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\/1978GEORGE03130_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260406225001\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978GEORGE03130_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01 GEORGE 03130 261109Z<br \/>\nACTION SS-25<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 \/026 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;058399 261154Z \/46 <\/p>\n<p>P 261034Z SEP 78<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7702<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE GEORGETOWN 3130<br \/>\nEXDIS<br \/>\nFOR ARA\/CAR ASHLEY HEWITT<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CPAS, CASC, GY, OREP (RYAN, LEO)<br \/>\nSUBJECT: CONGRESSMAN RYAN&#8217;S PLANNED VISIT TO THE PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE IN GUYANA<br \/>\nREF: A. STATE 241892, B. STATE 161993, C. GEORGETOWN 1815 <\/p>\n<p>1. DETAILED SEPTEL (GEORGETOWN 3125) IN RESPONSE TO REF A, WHICH CAN BE GIVEN AS WIDE DISSEMINATION AS YOU CHOOSE, HAS ALREADY BEEN DISPATCHED. <\/p>\n<p>2. I NOTE IN THE FINAL SENTENCE IN PARA 2 REF. A CONGRESSMAN RYAN&#8217;S IMPRESSION THAT THE EMBASSY&#8217;S HANDLING OF THE MATTER (I.E., THE PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE) HAD BEEN SATISFACTORY UP TO THIS TIME BUT THAT &#8220;STRONGER MEASURES ARE NOW REQUIRED.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>3. IN THIS CONNECTION, I BELIEVE IT IMPORTANT THAT YOU REVIEW CAREFULLY REF. C AND THE DEPARTMENT&#8217;S RESPONSE, REF. B. <\/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 03130 261109Z ACTION SS-25 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 \/026 W &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;058399 261154Z \/46 P 261034Z SEP 78 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7702 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":94895,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95155","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=95155"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135802,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95155\/revisions\/135802"}],"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=95155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}