{"id":96266,"date":"2020-03-16T10:19:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T17:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96266"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:06:54","slug":"nov-26-78-%e2%80%a2-0203-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-299118","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96266","title":{"rendered":"Nov 26, 78 \u2022 0203 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 299118"},"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 397<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/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

CONFIDENTIAL
\nPAGE 01 STATE 299118
\nORIGIN ARA-15
\nINFO OCT-01 SCS-06 CA-01 ISO-00 FBIE-00 JUSE-00 L-03 H-01 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 SS-15 NSCE-00 SSO-00 INRE-00 \/052 R
\nDRAFTED BY ARA:JBUSHNELL:MJB
\nAPPROVED BY ARA:JBUSHNELL
\nMILREP:COMDR. SMORRISON
\nSCS:RDAVIS
\nS\/S-O:RCASTRODALE
\n——————085320 260223Z \/73 <\/p>\n

O 260203Z NOV 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO JCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1723
\nINFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nUSCINCRED MACDILL AFB FLA
\nUSCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS CZ
\nCINCMAC SCOTT AFB ILL
\nCSA WASHINGTON DC
\nCSAF WASHDC
\nC O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 299118 <\/p>\n

E.O. 11652: GDS
\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
\nSUBJECT: US MILITARY SUPPORT TO GUYANA INCIDENT
\nREF: JCS 252334Z NOV 78 (NOTAL) <\/p>\n

1. STATE DEPARTMENT CONCURS WITH INITIATION REDEPLOYMENT FROM GUYANA. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS AND POTENTIAL REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND IN PLANNING FIRST STAGES REDEPLOYMENT. <\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL
\nCONFIDENTIAL
\nPAGE 02 STATE 299118 <\/p>\n

2. WE BELIEVE IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT FINAL SEARCH JONESTOWN SETTLEMENT AND SURROUNDING CLEARED AREAS BE MADE BY AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOMPANIED BY EMBASSY PERSONNEL TO ASSURE THAT ALL BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. THIS SEARCH SHOULD BE MADE IN DAYLIGHT. <\/p>\n

3. EMBASSY HAS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INVENTORY OF PROPERTY IN JONESTOWN AND ASSISTANCE IN SECURING MOVABLE ASSETS. DOD TRANSPORT AND OTHER ASSISTANCE WILL BE REQUIRED. <\/p>\n

4. GOG HAS REQUESTED TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE IN ITS ROLE OF SUPPLYING PHYSICAL SECURITY TO JONESTOWN AND I4 CONTINUING INVESTIGATION DURING NEXT FEW WEEKS. THIS REQUEST NOW BEING ADDRESSED BY VARIOUS USG [U.S. Government] AGENCIES AND WE ANTICIPATE DECISION WITHIN 40 HOURS. U.S. INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL MAY ALSO REQUIRE AIR TRANSPORT. <\/p>\n

5. REQUIREMENT MAY EXIST FOR EVACUATION SURVIVORS, INCLUDING THOSE NOW HOSPITALIZED. <\/p>\n

6. THERE MAY BE OTHER REQUIREMENTS WHICH EMBASSY MAY IDENTIFY. <\/p>\n

7. NEVERTHELESS, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SOME DOD ASSETS NOW IN GUYANA ARE NO LONGER NEEDED AND SUCH ASSETS MAY BE REDEPLOYED PENDING COMPLETE ANALYSIS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. IN PARTICULAR REDEPLOYMENT GRAVES REGISTRATION UNIT, SOME PERSONNEL AND SOME HELICOPTERS SHOULD PROCEED IN COORDINATION WITH AMB.[John] BURKE. <\/p>\n

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

CONFIDENTIAL
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[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 397 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 STATE 299118 ORIGIN ARA-15 INFO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96250,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96266"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136324,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96266\/revisions\/136324"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}