{"id":95789,"date":"2020-03-03T10:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T18:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95789"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:17:08","slug":"nov-24-78-%e2%80%a2-1851-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-297586","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95789","title":{"rendered":"Nov 24, 78 \u2022 1851 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 297586"},"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\/1978STATE297586_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260412231623\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE297586_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 297586<br \/>\nORIGIN ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 H-01 SS-15 SP-02 L-03 INR-10 SY-05 MCT-02 CA-01 SCS-06 INRE-00 SSO-00 \/061 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY ARA\/CAR:R MCCOY\/BTK<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY ARA\/CAR:A C HEWITT<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;058062 241924Z \/40 <\/p>\n<p>O 241851Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 297586 <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: OREP<br \/>\nSUBJECT: DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY<br \/>\nREF: STATE 296009 <\/p>\n<p>1. DEPARTMENT WILL NEED COPIES OF ALL CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE IN EMBASSY FILES. THIS INCLUDES ALL WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS INQUIRIES RECEIVED TELEGRAPHICALLY OR BY LETTER, THE REPLIES AND ANY OTHER MEMORANDA IN THE FILES PERTAINING TO THE PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE. <\/p>\n<p>2. UNFORTUNATELY, DEPARTMENT (FADRC) DOES NOT KEEP COPIES OF DIRECT RELAY TELEGRAMS FOR ITS FILES. MCCOY INDICATED THAT EMBASSY HAS EXTENSIVE FILE THAT WOULD GREATLY ASSIST DEPARTMENT IN RESPONDING AS COMPLETELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST REPORTED REFTEL. <\/p>\n<p>3. POSSIBLY, EMBASSY CAN MAKE PACKAGE AND HAVE RETURNING DEPOFF HAND CARRY TO MCCOY IN ARA\/CAR. <\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 297586 <\/p>\n<p>CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/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 STATE 297586 ORIGIN ARA-15 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 H-01 SS-15 SP-02 L-03 INR-10 SY-05 MCT-02 CA-01 SCS-06 INRE-00 SSO-00 \/061 R DRAFTED BY ARA\/CAR:R MCCOY\/BTK APPROVED BY ARA\/CAR:A C HEWITT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":95378,"menu_order":198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95789","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95789","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=95789"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136212,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95789\/revisions\/136212"}],"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=95789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}