{"id":95850,"date":"2020-03-03T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95850"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:26:55","slug":"nov-25-78-%e2%80%a2-1723-%e2%80%a2-port-of-spain-state-%e2%80%a2-3395","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95850","title":{"rendered":"Nov 25, 78 \u2022 1723 \u2022 Port of Spain-State \u2022 3395"},"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 323<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. The State Department release withheld several names from this cable. They are denoted below 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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O 251723Z NOV 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 3284 A
\nMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
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\nE. O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO),TD
\nSUBJECT: MEMBERS OF PEOPLES’ TEMPLE IN PORT OF SPAIN.
\nREFERENCE: STATE 298102 AND PREVIOUS<\/p>\n

1. [Richard] JANARO<\/span> AND OTHERS IN HIS PARTY HAVE PROVIDED EMBASSY WITH PRIVACY ACT AUTHORIZATION AND HAVE NO OBJECTION TO RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES. JANARO<\/span> AND OTHER MEMBERS OF GROUP PRESENTLY IN PORT OF SPAIN ARE NOT CONCERNED REGARDING THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY AND HAVE REQUESTED THAT NO SPECIAL SECURITY MEASURES BE TAKEN. JANARO<\/span> HAS INDICATED THAT HIS WIFE, CLAIRE<\/span>, IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN PORT OF SPAIN FROM GEORGETOWN SOMETIME LATER TODAY.<\/p>\n

2. TO ASSIST IN POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF HIS CHILDREN, MAURI AND DAREN, JANARO<\/span> HAS SUGGESTED THAT THEIR DENTAL RECORDS BE OBTAINED FROM DR. PATRICK HENRY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. [Charles] TOUCHETTE<\/span> AND [Helen] SWINNEY<\/span> HAVE AGAIN REITERATED THAT THEY HAVE NO FUNDS FOR BURIAL OF MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES WHO<\/p>\n

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HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, THAT THE REMAINS BE CREMATED.<\/p>\n

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

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