{"id":95601,"date":"2020-03-02T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95601"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:13:02","slug":"nov-22-78-1200-caracas-state-11013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95601","title":{"rendered":"Nov 22, 78 \u2022 1200 \u2022 Caracas-State \u2022 11013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95601\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=79799\">Serial 53<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n<p>[The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978CARACA11013_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260410211159\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978CARACA11013_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nPAGE 01 CARACA 11013 221332Z<br \/>\nACTION ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SY-05 SYE-00 USSS-00 MCT-02 FBIE-00 SCS-06 CA-01 JUSE-00 TRSE-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 INRE-00 ICAE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-05 H-01 INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-05 PA-01 SP-02 SS-15 \/072 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;011488 221337Z \/53 <\/p>\n<p>O 221200Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY CARACAS<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4723<br \/>\nINFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nC O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 11013<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: GDS<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP, GY<br \/>\nSUBJECT: GUYANA SITUATION<br \/>\nREF: STATE 294162 <\/p>\n<p>1. POLCOUNS BRIEFED FON MINISTRY DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY, AMBASSADOR PONCE, (ASSISTANT SECRETARY LEVEL) ABOUT THE SITUATION IN JONESVILLE [Jonestown] AND ABOUT THE ACTIONS WHICH USG HAS TAKEN AND INTENDS TO TAKE. <\/p>\n<p>2. POLCOUNS GAVE MAP TO AMBASSADOR PONCE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF JONESVILLE, POINTING OUT THAT THIS WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE VENEZUELAN BORDER AND THAT MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS FLOW FROM THIS AREA INTO VENEZUELA, ULTIMATELY INTO THE ORINOCO DELTA. POLCOUNS STATED THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THE AMCIT [American citizens] POPULATION OF JONESVILLE HAD FLED INTO THE JUNGLE AND WERE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. HE SAID THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT ENTER VENEZUELAN TERRITORY, MOST PROBABLY <\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nCONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nPAGE 02 CARACA 11013 221332Z <\/p>\n<p>BY BOAT. HE ASKED AMBASSADOR PONCE TO ALERT THE APPROPRIATE VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES TO THIS POSSIBILITY AND ASK THAT THEY INFORM THE EMBASSY IF ANY SUCH AMERICANS APPEAR. <\/p>\n<p>3. PONCE SAID HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE BRIEFING AND SAID THAT HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY INFORM THE MINISTRIES OF INTERIOR AND DEFE NSE SO THAT THEY COULD ALERT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ALONG THE GUYANESE BORDER. <\/p>\n<p>4. WE DID NOT RPT NOT ASK VENEZUELANS TO DETAIN OR ARREST ANY AMERICANS WHO WANDER ACROSS THE BORDER FROM GUYANA. <\/p>\n<p>5. ACTION REQUESTED; PLEASE FURNISH FURTHER GUIDANCE CONCERNING WHAT THE EMBASSY SHOULD REQUEST THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TO DO IF ANY AMERICANS FROM JONESVILLE TURN UP IN VENEZUELAN TERRITORY. <\/p>\n<p>LUERS [William Luers, American Ambassador to Venezuela]<\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nNN <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 53 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. 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