{"id":95803,"date":"2020-03-03T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95803"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:28:31","slug":"nov-24-78-%e2%80%a2-2044-%e2%80%a2-port-of-spain-state-%e2%80%a2-3381","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95803","title":{"rendered":"Nov 24, 78 \u2022 2044 \u2022 Port of Spain-State \u2022 3381"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 290<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n

[The State Department release withheld all names associated with Peoples Temple from this cable. They are denoted in red type.<\/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

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\nPORT O 03381 242046Z
\nACTION SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 CA-01 H-01 FBIE-00 SY-05
\nEUR-12 SSO-00 \/037 W
\n——————059462 242053Z \/73
\nO 242044Z NOV 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3280
\nAMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<\/p>\n

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\nE. O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, TD
\nSUBJECT: MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLES’ TEMPLE AT PORT OF SPAIN.<\/p>\n

REFERENCE: (A) STATE 297282; (B) PORT OF SPAIN 3372<\/p>\n

AS INDICATED REF B, HELEN SWINNEY<\/span> HAS INDICATED TO EMBASSY THAT HER HUSBAND WAS PRESUMED TO BE AT JONESTOWN AT THE TIME OF THE MASS SUICIDE. TO REPEAT, THE THREE U. S. CITIZENS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLES’ TEMPLE PRESENTLY IN PORT OF SPAIN ARE HELEN SWINNEY, RICHARD M. JANARO, AND CHARLES E. TOUCHETTE. A FOURTH MEMBER, PHILIP BLAKEY, IS A BRITISH CITIZEN.<\/span><\/p>\n

O’Mahony [Joseph O’Mahony, Deputy Chief of Mission]<\/p>\n

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