{"id":96821,"date":"2020-03-23T15:13:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96821"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:01:57","slug":"dec-5-78-%e2%80%a2-2340-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-307153","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96821","title":{"rendered":"Dec 5, 78 \u2022 2340 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 307153"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The text for this document was released in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE307153_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260417220113\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE307153_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 307153<br \/>\nORIGIN SCS-06<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 TRSE-00 HEW-06 H-02 CA-01 \/031 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY CA:SCS:FSHALL:DGV<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY CA:SCS:LMDAY<br \/>\nCA:SCS:CDEPLACIDO<br \/>\nTREA:DOD:CDO:RBURRILL<br \/>\nDESIRED DISTRIBUTION<br \/>\nHEW:SSA\/DIO:TGIRDNER<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;023597 060222Z \/64 <\/p>\n<p>P 052340Z DEC 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 307153 <\/p>\n<p>E.O. 12065: N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CFED, GY (PEOPLE TEMPLE)<br \/>\nSUBJECT: FEDERAL BENEFITS CHECKS <\/p>\n<p>1. OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN MCCLORY HAS INQUIRED ABOUT TREASURY CHECKS WHICH TURNED UP AT JONESTOWN. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THESE CHECKS AMOUNT TO UNSPECIFIED BUT LARGE AMOUNT. <\/p>\n<p>2. EMBASSY IS REQUESTED TO REPORT BY CABLE EXACT NUMBER AND TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF TREASURY CHECKS IT OR GUYANESE AUTHORITIES ARE HOLDING. SEND MACHINE COPIES OF CHECKS TO FEDERAL BENEFITS UNIT, OFFICE OF SPECIAL CONSULAR SERVICES, ROOM 4800 NEW STATE WHEN ABLE. <\/p>\n<p>3. TREASURY DESIRES THAT AS APPLICABLE, ALL TREASURY <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 307153 <\/p>\n<p>CHECKS BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE 7 FAM 251.7 AT EARLIEST PRACTICABLE MOMENT. <\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 STATE 307153 ORIGIN SCS-06 INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 TRSE-00 HEW-06 H-02 CA-01 \/031 R DRAFTED BY CA:SCS:FSHALL:DGV APPROVED BY CA:SCS:LMDAY CA:SCS:CDEPLACIDO TREA:DOD:CDO:RBURRILL DESIRED DISTRIBUTION HEW:SSA\/DIO:TGIRDNER &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;023597 060222Z \/64 P 052340Z DEC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96735,"menu_order":38,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96821","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96821","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=96821"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136571,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96821\/revisions\/136571"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}