{"id":96916,"date":"2020-03-24T14:57:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T21:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96916"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:29:27","slug":"dec-9-78-%e2%80%a2-0006-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-310389","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96916","title":{"rendered":"Dec 9, 78 \u2022 0006 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 310389"},"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 968<\/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

UNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 01
\nSTATE 310389
\nORIGIN L-03
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 JUSE-00 PA-02 CA-01 SCS-06
\nH-02 FBIE-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 \/030 R
\nDRAFTED BY L\/ARA:M.KOZAK:JV
\nAPPROVED BY L\/ARA:M.KOZAK
\nL – L. MARKS (SUBS)
\nARA\/PPC – K. MARSHALL (PHONE)
\nARA – J. BUSHNELL (PHONE)
\n——————071748 090206Z \/21<\/p>\n

O 090006Z DEC 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nUNCLAS STATE 310389
\nE.O. 12065 12065: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, CGEN, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
\nSUBJECT: TAPES<\/p>\n

1. IN RESPONDING TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY RECEIVE ON THIS SUBJECT, YOU MAY ANSWER THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT HAS A TAPE THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A TAPE OF THE LAST HOURS IN JONESTOWN. SINCE THE TAPE MAY BE PERTINENT TO AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND\/OR OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO COMMENT FURTHER. WE ARE REFERRING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND YOU SHOULD DO LIKEWISE. <\/p>\n

NEWSOM [David D. Newsom, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]<\/p>\n

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