{"id":95623,"date":"2020-03-02T13:47:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95623"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:52:33","slug":"nov-22-78-%e2%80%a2-1827-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-295932","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95623","title":{"rendered":"Nov 22, 78 \u2022 1827 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 295932"},"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=95623\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=79836\">Serial 68<\/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\/1978STATE295932_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260410215107\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE295932_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 295932<br \/>\nORIGIN ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 INRE-00 ICAE-00<br \/>\nCIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-05 H-02 INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00<br \/>\nPA-02 SP-02 SS-15 SY-05 SYE-00 FBIE-00 MCT-02<br \/>\nSCS-06 CA-01 JUSE-00 TRSE-00 \/069 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY ARA:GBROWN:JE<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL<br \/>\nS\/S-O:SVALERGA<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;018617 221942Z \/53<\/p>\n<p>O 221827Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nINFO AMEMBASSY CARACAS IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY BOGOTA IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nAMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 295932<\/p>\n<p>E.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY<br \/>\nSUBJECT: FBI INVESTIGATION OF RYAN DEATH<\/p>\n<p>THE FBI MADE THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 21: BEGIN QUOTE: FBI DIRECTOR WILLIAM H. WEBSTER CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF CONGRESSMAN LEO J. RYAN OF CALIFORNIA AND THE EVENTS SURROUNDING HIS DEATH AT JONESTOWN, GUYANA.<\/p>\n<p>DIRECTOR WEBSTER ADDED THE MURDER OF CONGRESSMAN RYAN IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ASSASSINATIONS STATUTE INCLUDING CONSPIRACY PROVISIONS OF THE ACT; SINCE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 295932<\/p>\n<p>DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN RYAN CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR THIS FEDERAL OFFENSE IF THEY ARE FOUND IN OR RETURNED TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.<\/p>\n<p>SURVIVORS OF THE SHOOTING INCIDENT AT JONESTOWN ARE BEING INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE FBI UPON THEIR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES. OTHER PERSONS WHO MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS INCIDENT ARE BEING INTERVIEWED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. FBI REPRESENTATION IN GUYANA IS BEING COORDINATED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA. <\/p>\n<p>Christopher [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<\/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 68 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 STATE 295932 ORIGIN ARA-15 INFO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":95378,"menu_order":119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95623","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=95623"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136061,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95623\/revisions\/136061"}],"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=95623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}