{"id":95832,"date":"2020-03-03T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95832"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:10:46","slug":"nov-25-78-%e2%80%a2-0327-%e2%80%a2-state-port-of-spain-%e2%80%a2-298102","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95832","title":{"rendered":"Nov 25, 78 \u2022 0327 \u2022 State-Port of Spain \u2022 298102"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld several names from this cable. They have been denoted below by 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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\nSTATE 298102
\nORIGIN SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 CA-01 SSO-00 H-01 \/020 R DEPARTMENT
\nDRAFTED BY CA\/CDIPLACIDO\/WDK
\nAPPROVED BY ARA\/BBRUCE CA\/SCS\/AGISE
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O 250327Z NOV 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN IMMEDIATE
\nINFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
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E.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, OREP, GY-(JANARO, RICHARD<\/span>)
\nSUBJECT: PRESENCE IN PORT OF SPAIN OF MEMBERS OF PEOPLE TEMPLE MOVEMENT
\nREF: (A) STATE 297282 (B) PORT-OF-SPAIN 3372 (C) PORT-OF-SPAIN 3381<\/p>\n

1. DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED INQUIRY FROM DR. JUDITH JANARO FABIAN (182 GRANVILLE WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94127) AND MAE JANARO, RICHARD JANARO’S SISTER AND MOTHER, RESPECTIVELY,<\/span> CONCERNING SUBJECT’S PERSONAL SAFETY AND WELFARE.<\/p>\n

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2. DR. FABIAN<\/span> CONCERNED THAT JANARO<\/span> MAY BE IN DANGER OF PERSONAL HARM, ESPECIALLY BY HIS ASSOCIATES, AND THEREFORE REQUESTS HE BE ISOLATED, IF POSSIBLE.<\/p>\n

3. IN VIEW OF PRIVACY ACT IMPLICATIONS DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY W\/W INFORMATION TO DR. FABIAN<\/span>.<\/p>\n

4. ACTION: DEPARTMENT REQUESTS EMBASSY OBTAIN PRIVACY ACT AUTHORIZATION FROM JANARO<\/span> TO ENABLE DEPARTMENT TO ADVISE DR. FABIAN AND MAE JANARO<\/span> OF SUBJECT’S STATUS.<\/p>\n

5. EMBASSY MAY ALSO WISH TO OBTAIN PRIVACY ACT AUTHORIZATION FROM OTHER’S IN JANARO<\/span> PARTY IN ANTICIPATION OF OTHER NOK INQUIRIES.<\/p>\n

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

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