{"id":96460,"date":"2020-03-17T14:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96460"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T18:05:02","slug":"nov-30-78-%e2%80%a2-2017-%e2%80%a2-georgetown-state-%e2%80%a2-4034","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96460","title":{"rendered":"Nov 30, 78 \u2022 2017 \u2022 Georgetown-Caracas \u2022 4034"},"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=96460\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=88645\">Serial 657<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release.<\/p>\n<p>[The State Department FOIA release of 1981 made several deletions in this cable. Most of the information \u2013 other than Joyce Park&#8217;s name \u2013 was disclosed in the RYMUR version of this cable and is denoted below in red type.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>0 302017Z NOV 78<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY CARACAS IMMEDIATE 2098<br \/>\nINFO SECSTATE WASHDC 8281<br \/>\nFBI WASH DC<br \/>\nBT<br \/>\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 4034<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, GY (PEOPLE&#8217;S TEMPLE)<br \/>\nSUBJECT: MEDICAL TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF PEOPLES TEMPLE IN CARACAS<\/p>\n<p>1. SURVIVORS OF JONESTOWN DISASTER STATE THAT PEOPLE\u2019S TEMPLE OCCASIONALLY SENT ILL MEMBERS TO CARACAS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LEARN THE NAME OF THE MEDICAL INSTITUTION THEY WERE SENT TO. HOWEVER, SURVIVORS STATE THAT THE FACILITY WAS SAID TO BE THE BEST CANCER CENTER IN VENEZUELA, AND SOME THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO A UNIVERSITY. ONE SURVIVOR ALSO STATED THAT THE MEDICAL CENTER HANDLED THE CASES OF MANY POOR PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p>2. SURVIVORS IDENTIFIED <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">JOYCE PARKS OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA<\/span> (NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE) AS A PERSON WHO WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARACAS. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SHE REPORTEDLY FLED FROM CARACAS TO CALIFORNIA AFTER SHE LEARNED OF THE DEATHS OF PEOPLE\u2019S TEMPLE MEMBERS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. POST REQUESTS ANY INFORMATION ACTION OR INFO ADDRESSES HAVE ON MEDICAL RECORDS OF PEOPLE\u2019S TEMPLE MEMBERS TREATED IN CARACAS.<\/p>\n<p>BURKE [John Burke, American ambassador to Guyana]<\/p>\n<p>BT<\/p>\n<p>#4034<\/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 657 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The State Department FOIA release of 1981 made several deletions in this cable. Most of the information \u2013 other than Joyce Park&#8217;s name \u2013 was disclosed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96250,"menu_order":96,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96460","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=96460"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116036,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96460\/revisions\/116036"}],"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=96460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}