{"id":95814,"date":"2020-03-03T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T18:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95814"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:36:46","slug":"nov-24-78-%e2%80%a2-2156-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-297818","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95814","title":{"rendered":"Nov 24, 78 \u2022 2156 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 297818"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: 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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\nSTATE 297818
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\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 \/004 R 66011
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O 242156Z NOV 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nUNCLAS E F T O STATE 297818
\nFOR SA ROBERT OGLESBY <\/p>\n

E.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: ASEC
\nSUBJECT: PEOPLE’S TEMPLE <\/p>\n

FOLLOWING REPEAT FBI O 241705Z NOV 78 SENT ACTION STATE NOV 24. QUOTE UNCLAS E F T O UNKNOWN SUBJECTS: CONGRESSMAN LEO J. RYAN – VICTIM CONGRESSIONAL ASSASSINATION STATUTE; FOREIGN POLICE COOPERATION. <\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE ON NOVEMBER 22, 1978, CONTAINS ARTICLE REGARDING ONE SHERWIN HARRIS, WHO APPEARED AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN GEORGETOWN ON NOVEMBER 21, 1978 WITH A LIST OF PEOPLE OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE (PT) IN THE U.S. WHO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. <\/p>\n

INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED THAT NUMEROUS TAPE RECORDINGS OF STRATEGY MEETINGS, “CONFRONTATION” MEETINGS AND RADIO BROADCASTS IN HIS HOUSE IN JONESTOWN. <\/p>\n

LEGAT, OGLESBY IS REQUESTED TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ABOVE LIST AND TAPES THROUGH THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT. <\/p>\n

“ARMED AND DANGEROUS. SUICIDAL TENDENCIES”. UNQUOTE <\/p>\n

CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/p>\n

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