{"id":95611,"date":"2020-03-02T13:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95611"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:26:00","slug":"nov-22-78-1500-state-georgetown-295786","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95611","title":{"rendered":"SITREP 13 <br>Nov 22, 78 \u2022 1500 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 295786"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s notes:\u00a0<\/strong> This document appears as <a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=86991\">Serial 472<\/a> in the FBI RYMUR release and as <a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95611\">State Department cable 295786<\/a> in the State Department release.<\/p>\n<p>[The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE295786_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260410212455\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE295786_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 295786 TOSEC 130009<br \/>\nORIGIN ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SCS-06 CA-01 SS-15 SSO-00 CCO-00 \/038 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY ARA\/GWG:RBRUCE<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL<br \/>\nS\/S-O:SVELARGA CA\/SCS:RDAVIS<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;035412 231122Z \/20 <\/p>\n<p>O 221500Z NOV 78 ZFF4<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUSDEL SECRETARY IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY PANAMA IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY CARACAS IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY KUWAIT IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nCINCSOUTHCOM QUARRY HTS CANAL ZONE IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nCINCMAC SCOTT AFB IL IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUSRECCOM\/RCJ2 MACDILL AFS FL IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUSCINCARRED FT MCPHERSON GA IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nCDR 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS FT BRAGG NC IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUSICINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE ATTN J<br \/>\nC O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 295786 TOSEC 130009<br \/>\nLONDON FOR MICHAEL FINLEY, TOKYO FOR SENATOR HAYAKAWA <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 11652: GDS<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP, (RYAN, LEO), GY<br \/>\nSUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT NO. 13 <\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nCONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 295786 TOSEC 130009 <\/p>\n<p>REF: STATE 295682 AND PREVIOUS <\/p>\n<p>1. THE MAJORITY (28 MEN) OF THE GRAVES REGISTRATION\/BODY RECOVERY UNIT ARRIVED IN GEORGETOWN DURING THE NIGHT AND 19 ARE NOW IN JONESTOWN. THE MOVEMENT OF MEN AND MATERIAL TO JONESTOWN AND MATTHEWS RIDGE IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY THE THREE U.S. AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL IN COUNTRY (ONE UH-1H, ONE OH-58 AND ONE U-21) AND GUYANESE DEFENSE FORCE AIRCRAFT. REFLECTING YET ANOTHER DELAY, THE THREE HH-53 HEAVY HELICOPTERS ARE NOW DUE TO ARRIVE IN GEORGETOWN AT 1300 EST. RESTED CREWS WILL BE IN PLACE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAN BE PUT IN IMMEDIATE SERVICE. <\/p>\n<p>2. FOUR ADDITIONAL HUEY HELICOPTERS ARE ON THE WAY; THE FIRST TWO ARE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN GEORGETOWN AT 0920 EST. THE SECOND TWO WILL BE AIRLIFTED TO GUYANA LATER TODAY. <\/p>\n<p>3. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 206 U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN COUNTRY AND THERE WILL BE 300-350 BY THE END OF THE DAY. <\/p>\n<p>4. THE FIRST NINETY-SIX CASES FOR BODY TRANSFER (BOXES SUITABLE FOR STACKING DURING SHIPMENT) WILL BE SENT FROM RICHMOND AT 0900 THIS MORNING AND WILL BE IN GUYANA IN TIME FOR THE FIRST BODIES TO BE PREPARED AND READY FOR SHIPMENT BY 1630 EST. THE BODIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO DOVER AFB DELAWARE. <\/p>\n<p>5. OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR BODIES THUS FAR IDENTIFIED BY GUYANESE AUTHORITIES, WE HAVE NO NEXT OF KIN INFORMATION ON SEVENTY-THREE. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO ASCERTAIN NEXT OF KIN THROUGH PASSPORT RECORDS AND INQUIRIES. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING NEXT OF KIN <\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nCONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nPAGE 03 STATE 295786 TOSEC 130009 <\/p>\n<p>IN THE OTHER CASES. <\/p>\n<p>6. EMBASSY GEORGETOWN WAS UNOFFICIALLY INFORMED LAST EVENING THAT LARRY LAYTON WILL BE ARRAIGNED BY GUYANESE AUTHORITIES TODAY AND CHARGED WITH MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND RELATED CHARGES. THREE OTHER PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE MEMBERS, TIMOTHY AND MICHAEL CARTER AND MICHAEL PROKES, HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE &#8220;LOCK UP&#8221; IN GEORGETOWN AND MAY ALSO BE CHARGED. ALL KNOWN SURVIVORS FROM JONESTOWN ARE NOW IN GEORGETOWN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN PORT KAITUMA AWAITING TRANSPORTATION. <\/p>\n<p>CHRISTOPHER <\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nNNN <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s notes:\u00a0 This document appears as Serial 472 in the FBI RYMUR release and as State Department cable 295786 in the State Department release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. 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