{"id":95824,"date":"2020-03-03T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95824"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:48:39","slug":"nov-25-78-%e2%80%a2-0125-%e2%80%a2-georgetown-state-%e2%80%a2-3926","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95824","title":{"rendered":"Nov 25, 78 \u2022 0125 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 3926"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 made several deletions in this cable. They are denoted below in red type.<\/em><\/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

UNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 01
\nGEORGE 03926 250239Z
\nACTION SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 H-02 SSO-00 \/025 W
\n——————064332 250247Z \/73<\/p>\n

O 250125Z NOV 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8196
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3926<\/p>\n

E.O.. 11652\/ N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC (PEOPLES TEMPLE)
\nSUBJECT: PRIVACY ACT WAIVERS AND NOK INFORMATION FOR 3 PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED PT SURVIVORS
\nREF: GEORGETOWN 3898<\/p>\n

EMBASSY HAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT RAPHAEL JOHN COBB (SHOWN IN REFTEL AS PREVIOUS AS JOHNNY COBB JONES), TIMOTHY GLENN JONES (IN REFTEL AS TIM JONES) AND EUGENE SMITH<\/span>, PEOPLE’S TEMPLE MEMBERS, ARE ALIVE AND IN GUYANA. COBB AND JONES HAVE AUTHORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION ON WHEREABOUTS AND WELL-BEING TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, MEEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND NEWS MEDIA; SMITH<\/span> HAS RESTRICTED SUCH RELEASE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT CONTACT RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AS FOLLOWS:<\/p>\n

PT – COBB, RAPHAEL JOHN (AKA JOHNNY COBB JONES) NOK – JIM COBB (BROTHER) SAN FRANCISCO CA (NO PHONE GIVEN), THERESA ANN COBB (SISTER) SAN FRANCISCO , CA (NO PHONE GIVEN)<\/span><\/p>\n

PT- JONES, TIMOTHY GLENN (AKA TIM JONES) CONTACT: MARK LANE (ATTORNEY) NO ADDRESS GIVEN.<\/span><\/p>\n

PT- SMITH, EUGENE, NO NOTIFICATION REQUESTED.<\/span><\/p>\n

BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]<\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
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