{"id":96876,"date":"2020-03-23T16:19:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T23:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96876"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:52:42","slug":"dec-7-78-%e2%80%a2-2210-%e2%80%a2-usss-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-1135","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96876","title":{"rendered":"Dec 7, 78 \u2022 2210 \u2022 USSS-Georgetown \u2022 1135"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld all names associated with Peoples Temple from this cable, as well as the file number. They are denoted in red type.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>0 072210Z DEC 78<br \/>\nFM US SECRET SERVICE HQS WASHDC (ID-FII)<br \/>\nTO RUESON\/AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nINFO RUEHC\/DEPARTMENT OF STATE<br \/>\nRUEHFB\/DIRECTOR FBI<br \/>\nBT<br \/>\nUNCLAS CITE USSS 1135<br \/>\nFILE: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CO-2-78978<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION THREAT AGAINST PRESIDENT\/VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES<\/p>\n<p>REFERENCE IS MADE TO USSS NO. 1125 DATED 12\/4\/78.<\/p>\n<p>NUMEROUS PRESENT AND FORMER PEOPLES TEMPLE MEMBERS CURRENTLY IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. IT IS THE STRONG OPINION OF THE SECRET SERVICE THAT SEVERAL KEY MEMBERS CURRENTLY IN GUYANA MUST BE INTERVIEWED TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE DEGREE OF DANGER THAT THIS GROUP MAY PRESENT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE PERSONS PROTECTED BY THIS SERVICE.<\/p>\n<p>IT IS THEREFORE REQUESTED THAT EMBASSY MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA AND REQUEST THE SECRET SERVICE BE ALLOWED TO INTERVIEW:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">LARRY LAYTON<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CHARLES BEIKMAN<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TIM CARTER<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MICHAEL CARTER<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MICHAEL PROKES<\/span><\/p>\n<p>AND ANY OTHER PEOPLES TEMPLE SURVIVORS WHO MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR PROTECTEES. IT IS PROPOSED THAT THESE INTERVIEWS TAKE PLACE ON OR ABOUT 12\/13\/78 GEORGETOWN.<\/p>\n<p>AS I INDICATED IN REFERENCED TWX, IN MAKING THIS REQUEST TO THE GUYANESE OFFICIALS, IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE SECRET SERVICE DOES NOT IN ANY WAY INTENDED TO INTERFERE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION OR JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. THE SERVICE HAS NO OBJECTION TO GUYANESE OFFICIALS OR ANYONE ELSE THAT THEY DESIRE BEING PRESENT DURING THESE INTERVIEWS.<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS REQUEST NO LATER THAT [THAN] 12\/11\/78.<\/p>\n<p>EOT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 withheld all names associated with Peoples Temple from this cable, as well as the file number. They are denoted in red type.] 0 072210Z DEC 78 FM US SECRET SERVICE HQS WASHDC (ID-FII) TO RUESON\/AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN INFO RUEHC\/DEPARTMENT OF STATE RUEHFB\/DIRECTOR FBI BT UNCLAS CITE USSS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96735,"menu_order":63,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96876","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96876","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=96876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136616,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96876\/revisions\/136616"}],"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=96876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}