{"id":96514,"date":"2020-03-17T15:03:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T22:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96514"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:17:50","slug":"dec-1-78-%e2%80%a2-2212-%e2%80%a2-state-dod-%e2%80%a2-304712","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96514","title":{"rendered":"Dec 1, 78 \u2022 2212 \u2022 State-DOD \u2022 304712"},"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=96514\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=88731\">Serial 700<\/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\/1978STATE304712_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260417021710\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE304712_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>O 012212Z DEC 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2220<br \/>\nJCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1802<br \/>\nINFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nCINCMAC IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUSCINCSOUTH QUARRY HTS CZ IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nHEW IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nFBI IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nUSSS IMMEDIATE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 304712<br \/>\nE.O. 11652: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY<br \/>\nSUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION OF JONESTOWN SURVIVORS<br \/>\nREF: STATE 296179 (DTG 230055Z NOV)<\/p>\n<p>1. REFTEL ALERTED JCS [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF] OF THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR THE USE OF <\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 304712<\/p>\n<p>MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT JONESTOWN SURVIVORS FROM GEORGETOWN, GUYANA TO CHARLESTON AFB, SOUTH CAROLINA.<\/p>\n<p>2. THIS IS TO ADVISE THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY AIRLIFT OF UNINJURED JONESTOWN SURVIVORS NO LONGER EXISTS. WHEN SUBJECT SURVIVORS ARE RELEASED BY GOG [GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA], APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THOSE DESIRING TO RETURN TO CONUS [continental U.S.]. INFORMATION REGARDING THESE COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO INTERESTED AGENCIES, AS AVAILABLE.<\/p>\n<p>3. THREE JONESTOWN SURVIVORS REMAIN HOSPITALIZED IN GEORGETOWN. WHEN THESE PERSONS ARE RELEASED BY GOG, ALL EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO PROVIDE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION TO DESTINATIONS DESIRED BY INDIVIDUALS. HOWEVER, NEED MAY ARISE FOR MILITARY MEDEVAC OF ONE OR ALL THREE OF THESE SURVIVORS. REQUEST FOR MILITARY MEDEVAC, IF REQUIRED, WILL BE MADE VIA SEPARATE MESSAGE. RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE IS ANTICIPATED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.<\/p>\n<p>4. YOUR SUPPORT\/PREPARATIONS REGARDING MILITARY MOVEMENT<br \/>\nOF JONESTOWN SURVIVORS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. <\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State]<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED OFFICIAL USE<\/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 700 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.] O 012212Z DEC 78 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96250,"menu_order":121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96514","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=96514"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136508,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96514\/revisions\/136508"}],"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=96514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}