{"id":95679,"date":"2020-03-02T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T23:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95679"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:40:38","slug":"nov-23-78-0055-state-defense-296179","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95679","title":{"rendered":"Nov 23, 78 \u2022 0055 \u2022 State-Defense \u2022 296179"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/b>: This document was released both as a State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 84<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n

[The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL
\nPAGE 01
\nSTATE 296179
\nORIGIN ARA-15
\nINFO OCT-01 SCS-06 ISO-00 SSO-00 CA-01 FBIE-00 CIAE-00
\nPA-01 TRSE-00 INR-10 INRE-00 SY-05 SYE-00 USSS-00
\nH-01 AID-05 SS-15 NSCE-00 CCO-00 OC-06 JUSE-00
\nNSAE-00 ICAE-00 AS-02 CG-00 L-03 DOTE-00 \/071 R
\nDRAFTED BY ARA:BRAMSEY:JE
\nAPPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL
\nCA\/SCS:AGISE
\nS\/S-O:TGMARTIN
\nCA\/SCS\/RAMCKENZIE
\n——————029165 230249Z \/75<\/p>\n

O 230055Z NOV 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2070
\nJCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1678
\nINFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nFBI WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0040
\nCINCMAC IMMEDIATE
\nUSCINCSOUTH QUARRY HTS CZ IMMEDIATE
\nHEW WASHDC IMMEDIATE
\nC O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 296179<\/p>\n

E.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
\nSUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION OF JONESTOWN SURVIVORS
\nREF: (A) STATE 295410, (DTG 220524Z NOV)<\/p>\n

1. REF A ALERTED JCS [JOINTS CHIEFS OF STAFF] OF THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR THE USE OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT JONESTOWN SURVIVORS FROM GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, TO THE UNITED STATES.<\/p>\n

2. AT THE PRESENT TIME 68 SURVIVORS ARE IN GEORGETOWN AND MAY DESIRE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. REQUEST<\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL
\nCONFIDENTIAL
\nPAGE 02 STATE 296179<\/p>\n

DOD PROVIDE AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR THESE SURVIVORS FROM GEORGETOWN TO CHARLESTON AFB, SOUTH CAROLINA.<\/p>\n

3. DUE TO PERSONAL SECURITY CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY SOME SURVIVORS AS IDENTIFIED BY EMB GEORGETOWN, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO SEGREGATE THESE SURVIVORS INTO TWO CATEGORIES FOR TRAVEL PURPOSES. CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:<\/p>\n

(A) “LAMAR”, APPROXIMATELY 44 PERSONS<\/p>\n

(B) “EVE\/LEARY”, APPROXIMATELY 24 PERSONS GROUP B HAS EXPRESSED PERSONAL SECURITY CONCERNS.<\/p>\n

4. EMBASSY GEORGETOWN WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING INTO APPROPRIATE GROUPS THE SURVIVORS FOR EMBARKATION ON US MILITARY AIRCRAFT, AND WILL ADVISE WHEN ALL SURVIVORS ARE READY FOR MOVEMENT FROM GEORGETOWN. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT PAX WILL NOT BE READY FOR MOVEMENT EARLIER THAN 25 NOV.<\/p>\n

5. DOD WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF SURVIVORS ONLY. SURVIVORS WILL BE MET AT DESTINATION BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM HEW AND FBI, WHO WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING AND ONWARD MOVEMENT OF SURVIVORS.<\/p>\n

6. AUTHORIZATION IS GRANTED FOR US MILITARY TO CONDUCT SEARCH OF SURVIVORS AND THEIR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS FOR WEAPONS\/CONTRABAND PRIOR TO EMBARKATION ON US MILITARY AIRCRAFT.<\/p>\n

7. IN VIEW OF SEARCH OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS WILL BE FOUND AND <\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL
\nCONFIDENTIAL
\nPAGE 03 STATE 296179<\/p>\n

REQUIRE CHANGES IN NUMBERS ABOVE. POTENTIALLY, FURTHER FLIGHTS MAY BE REQUIRED. <\/p>\n

VANCE [Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State]<\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 84 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.] CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 STATE 296179 ORIGIN ARA-15 INFO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":95378,"menu_order":146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95679","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=95679"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136109,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95679\/revisions\/136109"}],"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=95679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}