{"id":96493,"date":"2020-03-17T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96493"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:05:25","slug":"dec-1-78-%e2%80%a2-1830-%e2%80%a2-georgetown-state-%e2%80%a2-4057","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96493","title":{"rendered":"Dec 1, 78 \u2022 1830 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 4057"},"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 830<\/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

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\nGEORGE 04057 040300Z
\nACTION ARA-15
\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 PA-02 ICA-20 SP-02 SCS-06 CA-01 PPT-01 SY-05 FBIE-00 SS-15 L-03 H-02 NSC-05 SSO-00 \/088 W
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R 011830Z DEC 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 8301
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 4057
\nE.O. 12065 N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
\nSUBJECT: GOG DENIES THAT ANY MEMBER OF PEOPLES’ TEMPLE GRANTED GUYANESE CITIZENSHIP
\nREF: GEORGETOWN 4016 <\/p>\n

1. GOVERNMENT-OWNED “GUYANA CHRONICLE” OF DECEMBER 1 REPORTED THAT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS HAD “EXPLAINED” ON NOVEMBER 30 THAT “NO MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE WERE GRANTED GUYANES CITIZENSHIP EARLIER THIS YEAR” AS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED BY THE PRESS. <\/p>\n

2. THE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE HAD APPLIED FOR GUYANESE CITIZENSHIP, BUT “THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE UNDERE CONSIDERATION,” ACCORDING TO THE CHRONICLE. <\/p>\n

BURKE [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana] <\/p>\n

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