{"id":95447,"date":"2020-03-01T15:13:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T23:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95447"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:47:34","slug":"nov-19-78-2218-state-georgetown-293781","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95447","title":{"rendered":"Nov 19, 78 \u2022 2218 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 293781"},"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\/1978STATE293781_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260407214601\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE293781_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 293781<br \/>\nORIGIN SCS-06<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 MED-05 SSO-00 CA-01 CCO-00 SVC-00 \/028 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY CA\/SCS:SJTUCKER:BB<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY CA\/SCS:JGRIFFITHS<br \/>\nS\/S-O:TREYNDERS<br \/>\nDESIRED DISTRIBUTION<br \/>\nMED &#8211; DR. KORCAK<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;093739 192230Z \/62 <\/p>\n<p>O 192218Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 293781 <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: GY<br \/>\nSUBJECT: AMCITS (PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE) <\/p>\n<p>IF RUMOR RE MASS SUICIDE CORRECT, POISON MOST LIKELY USED IS DECON. THIS INFO RECEIVED FROM PERSONS PREVIOUSLY AFFILIATED WITH PEOPLES TEMPLE GROUP. ACCORDING TO NATIONAL POISON CONTROL CENTER, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECON NOT MANUFACTURED IN LIQUID FORM. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO TYPES 1) ANTI-COAGULANT WHICH IS USUALLY NOT LETHAL IN SINGLE DOSE, 2) ARSENICAL WHICH IS HIGHLY TOXIC AND CAN BE LETHAL IN SINGLE DOSE IF VICTIM DOES NOT RECEIVE IMMEDIATE TREATMENT. SYMPTOMS OF ARSENICAL ARE VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. <\/p>\n<p>MRS. LANE, WIFE OF MARK LANE RECEIVED ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL STATING THAT PT GROUP ALSO HAS LARGE AMOUNT POTASSIUM CYANIDE AND SLEEPING PILLS. <\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 293781 <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<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.] UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 STATE 293781 ORIGIN SCS-06 INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 MED-05 SSO-00 CA-01 CCO-00 SVC-00 \/028 R DRAFTED BY CA\/SCS:SJTUCKER:BB APPROVED BY CA\/SCS:JGRIFFITHS S\/S-O:TREYNDERS DESIRED DISTRIBUTION MED &#8211; DR. KORCAK &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;093739 192230Z \/62 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":95378,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95447","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95447","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=95447"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135882,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95447\/revisions\/135882"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}