{"id":95757,"date":"2020-03-03T09:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95757"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:47:17","slug":"nov-24-78-0300-georgetown-state-3900","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95757","title":{"rendered":"Nov 24, 78 \u2022 0300 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 3900"},"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=95757\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84838\">Serial 249<\/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\/1978GEORGE03900_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260412224625\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978GEORGE03900_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01 GEORGE 03900 240322Z<br \/>\nACTION ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SCS-06 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PA-01 TRSE-00 MCT-02 CA-01 INR-10 INRE-00 SY-05 SYE-00 USSS-00 H-01 AID-05 SS-15 L-03 SSO-00 NSCE-00 CCO-00 OC-06 JUSE-00 NSAE-00 ICAE-00 CG-00 DOTE-00 SVC-00 PPT-01 INSE-00 \/072 W<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;045894 240326Z \/23 <\/p>\n<p>O 240300Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8178<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE GEORGETOWN 3900<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC (PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE)<br \/>\nSUBJECT: SEARCH AND RESCUE <\/p>\n<p>THERE FOLLOWS AN OUTLINE OF SEARCH AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE GOG [Government of Guyana] AND US MILITARY UNITS. <\/p>\n<p>1. SINCE TUESDAY NOV 21 WHEN IT BECAME CERTAIN THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE APPROXIMATELY 475 PT WHO COULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR (ALIVE OR DEAD) AND THE REPORTED P MEMBERSHIP OF 800-1200, THE GUYANESE DEFENSE FORCE (GDF) HAS BEEN CONDUCTING GROUND SEARCHES ALONG JUNGLE TRAILS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF JONESTOWN. <\/p>\n<p>2. STARTING WEDNESDAY NOV 22 THE GDF BEGAN USING AMERINDIAN GUIDES AND TRACKERS TO SUPPORT ITS GROUND TROOPS. <\/p>\n<p>3. RECONNAISANCE [RECONNAISSANCE] SWEEPS BY USAF HELICOPTERS WHOSE PRIMARY MISSIGN WAS TO SUPPORT REMOVAL OF THE DEAD WERE AUTHORIZED FROM THE OUTSET OF US MILITARY AIR OPERATIONS. <\/p>\n<p>4. ON THURSDAY MORNING NOV 23 A USAF OH-53 WITH A JOINT <\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 03900 240322Z <\/p>\n<p>US\/GDF CREW WAS COMMITTED TO FULL TIME SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. <\/p>\n<p>5. IT IS EXPECTED THAT ADDITIONAL HELICOPTERS SUPPORT UTILIZING BULL HORNS WILL AUGMENT THE DH-53 ON FRIDAY NOV 24 AS THE DOBY [body] REMOVAL PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION. WE INTEND TO CONTINUE AN EXPANDED SEARCH OPERATION, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS, MEDICAL AND OTHER SUPPORT, UNTIL ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS TO LOCATE STRAGGLERS HAVE BEEN MADE. <\/p>\n<p>6. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH THE GOG OFFERING OF REWARDS TO THE AMERINDIANS FOR FINDING AMERICAN CITIZENS IN THE JUNGLE. <\/p>\n<p>7. WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMPARE PASSPORT AND IMMIGRATION RECORDS AGAINST LISTS OF KNOWN DEAD AND KNOWN SURVIVORS TO ESTABLISH A VALID LIST OF UNACCOUNTED FOR PERSONS. <\/p>\n<p>BURKE [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nNNN<\/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 249 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. 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