{"id":96276,"date":"2020-03-16T10:33:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T17:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96276"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:48:27","slug":"nov-26-78-0355-state-georgetown-299133","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96276","title":{"rendered":"Nov 26, 78 \u2022 0355 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 299133"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96276\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=86836\">Serial 399<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n<p>[The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE299133_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260414164731\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE299133_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 299133<br \/>\nORIGIN L-03<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 SCS-06 CA-01 SSO-00 H-01 SS-15 JUSE-00 FBIE-00 \/038 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY L\/ARA:MKOZAK:MJB<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY ARA-RBRUCE<br \/>\nS\/S-O:RCASTRODALE<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;086580 260432Z \/12 <\/p>\n<p>O 260355Z NOV 78 ZFF4<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN NIACT IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nC O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 299133<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: GDS<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY, AFSP<br \/>\nSUBJECT: ENGAGEMENT OF LOCAL LEGAL COUNSEL TO ASSIST USG TO DISCHARGE RESPONSIBILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH JONESTOWN DISASTER AND ESTATES OF DECEASED AMERICANS<br \/>\nREF: GEORGETOWN 3938 AND PREVIOUS <\/p>\n<p>1. BEFORE PROCEEDING TO RETAIN LLOYD LUCKHOO, WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER FURTHER THE IMPLICATIONS OF HIS FIRM&#8217;S INVOLVEMENT IN THE STOEN CASE AND POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE LAYTON DEFENSE. <\/p>\n<p>2. MEANWHILE, WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ADVISING US WHETHER LUCKHOO REPRESENTS THE ONLY FEASIBLE OPTION. IS HE THE ONLY PERSON WHO, IN YOUR JUDGMENT, IS PROPERLY QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE USG? <\/p>\n<p>3. APPRECIATE YOUR JUDGMENT SOONEST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE EARLY DECISION ON THIS MATTER. <\/p>\n<p>CHRISTOPHER  [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nCONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 299133 <\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL<br \/>\nNNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 399 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 299133 ORIGIN L-03 INFO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96250,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96276","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96276","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=96276"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136333,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96276\/revisions\/136333"}],"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=96276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}