{"id":95607,"date":"2020-03-02T11:51:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95607"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:20:41","slug":"nov-22-78-1445-georgetown-state-3866","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95607","title":{"rendered":"Nov 22, 78 \u2022 1445 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 3866"},"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\/1978GEORGE03866_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260410211826\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978GEORGE03866_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nGEORGE 03866 221640Z<br \/>\nACTION SCS-06<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 CA-01 PPT-01 H-01 L-03 SY-05 \/029 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;015637 222136Z \/64 <\/p>\n<p>P 221445Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8138<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE GEORGETOWN 3866 <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO) GY<br \/>\nSUBJECT: REQUEST FOR AMERICAN PASSPORTS SEIZED AT JONESTOWN <\/p>\n<p>1. AS DEPARTMENT IS AWARE GUYANA POLICE HAVE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY A FOOTLOCKER CONTAINING PASSPORTS ISSUED TO RESIDENTS AT JONESTOWN. THEY ARE BEING REVIEWED IN GUYANESE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. <\/p>\n<p>2. AT 0800 A.M. NOVEMBER 22 AMBASSADOR CALLED MINISTER GREEN, CHAIRMAN OF GOG CABINET TASK FORCE DEALING WITH THE JONESTOWN INCIDENT, AND ASKED THAT GOG TURN THESE PASSPORTS OVER TO THE EMBASSY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ASSIST IN PROBLEM OF IDENTIFYING REMAINS AND RATIONALIZING THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT JONESTOWN. GREEN PROMISED TO GIVE THE NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE POLICE ON THIS POINT. <\/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 03866 221640Z ACTION SCS-06 INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 CA-01 PPT-01 H-01 L-03 SY-05 \/029 W &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;015637 222136Z \/64 P 221445Z NOV 78 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":95378,"menu_order":111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95607","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=95607"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136050,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95607\/revisions\/136050"}],"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=95607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}