{"id":96825,"date":"2020-03-23T15:16:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96825"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:00:24","slug":"dec-5-78-%e2%80%a2-2340-%e2%80%a2-state-port-of-spain-%e2%80%a2-307151","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96825","title":{"rendered":"Dec 5, 78 \u2022 2340 \u2022 State-Port of Spain \u2022 307151"},"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\/1978STATE307151_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260417215913\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE307151_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01<br \/>\nSTATE 307151<br \/>\nORIGIN SCS-06<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 L-03 JUSE-00 \/025 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY CA;SCS;RDRY:JCC<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY CA;SCS;LMDAY<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;025301 060508Z \/15 <\/p>\n<p>P 052340Z DEC 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN PRIORITY<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 307151 <\/p>\n<p>E.O.112065 N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: CGEN<br \/>\nSUBJECT: JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: OBTAINING BANK RECORDS <\/p>\n<p>1. DEPT JUSTICE HAS ASKED DEPT FOR ASSISTANCE IN ASCERTAINING PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING BANK RECORDS FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. <\/p>\n<p>2. ARE BANK RECORDS PUBLIC RECORDS IN TRINDAD AND TOBAGO? <\/p>\n<p>3. CAN BANK RECORDS BE OBTAINED IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN BY A COURT ORDER, E.G. BY DIPLOMATIC NOTE? <\/p>\n<p>4. IF BANK RECORDS CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED BY LETTERS ROGATORY, WHAT ARE THE EXACT REQUIREMENTS OF GOTT [Government of Trinidad and Tobago] FOR EXECUTION OF LETTERS ROGATORY? E.G. TO WHOM SHOULD LETTERS ROGATORY BE ADDRESSED, IS AUTHENTICATION OF JUDGE&#8217;S SIGNATURE BY GOTT EMBASSY OFFICIALS HERE REQUIRED (THERE IS NO SUCH REQUIREMENT IN US LAW)? HOW MUCH TIME IS GENERALLY REQUIRED FOR THE EXECUTION OF LETTERS ROGATORY IN GOTT? <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 307151 <\/p>\n<p>5. IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO EMBASSY TO REVIEW US PROCEDURES WITH REGARD TO ASSISTANCE WE PROVIDE TO FOREIGN TRIBUNALS. OUR PROCEDURES ARE CONTAINED IN SECRETARY&#8217;S CIRCULAR DIPLOMATIC NOTE OF 2\/3\/76 SENT TO ALL POSTS AS ATTACHMENT TO DEPARTMENT&#8217;S A-1357 OF 3\/9\/76. IT IS ALSO FOUND AT PAGE 306 OF DEPT&#8217;S DIGEST OF UNITED STATES PRATICE [PRACTICE] IN INT&#8217;L LAW (1976). <\/p>\n<p>6. PLEASE PLACE CRIMINAL DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTN: JOHN HARRIS, AS INFO ADDRESSEE ON RESPONSE. EMBASSY&#8217;S EXPEDITIOUS RESPONSE REQUESTED. <\/p>\n<p>VANCE [Secretary of State Cyrus Vance]<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nNNN<\/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 307151 ORIGIN SCS-06 INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 L-03 JUSE-00 \/025 R DRAFTED BY CA;SCS;RDRY:JCC APPROVED BY CA;SCS;LMDAY &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;025301 060508Z \/15 P 052340Z DEC 78 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY PORT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96735,"menu_order":37,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96825","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96825","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=96825"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136569,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96825\/revisions\/136569"}],"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=96825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}