{"id":97069,"date":"2020-03-25T11:31:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97069"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:05:48","slug":"dec-19-78-0116-state-georgetown-318537","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97069","title":{"rendered":"Dec 19, 78 \u2022 0116 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 318537"},"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\/1978STATE318537_d.html\">Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260420220450\/https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/1978STATE318537_d.html\">Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 01 STATE 318537<br \/>\nORIGIN ARA-15<br \/>\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 PM-05 \/021 R<br \/>\nDRAFTED BY ARA\/RPP:RWZIMMERMANN:BT<br \/>\nAPPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL<br \/>\nOSD\/ISA:F.NELSON (DRAFT)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;048088 190651Z \/11 <\/p>\n<p>P R 190116Z DEC 78<br \/>\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC<br \/>\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN PRIORITY<br \/>\nINFO SECDEF WASHDC 2441<br \/>\nJCS WASHDC 2074<br \/>\nCSA WASHDC<br \/>\nCNO WASHDC<br \/>\nCSAF WASHDC<br \/>\nUSCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS CZ<br \/>\nUSCINCRED MACDILL AFB FL<br \/>\nCINCMAC SCOTT AFB IL<br \/>\nUNCLAS STATE 318537 <\/p>\n<p>E.O.112065N\/A<br \/>\nTAGS: GY, OREP (RYAN, LEO)<br \/>\nSUBJECT: MATERIAL PROVIDED EMBASSY IN CONNECTION WITH JONESTOWN DISASTER. <\/p>\n<p>1. DOD HAS PROVIDED FOLLOWING LIST OF ITEMS PROVIDED TO EMBASSY GEORGETOWN FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE JONESTOWN DISASTER. <\/p>\n<p>16 PORTABLE MOTOROLA RADIOS<br \/>\n3 FM RADIO BASE SETS<br \/>\n2 SSB RADIOS<br \/>\n96 SLEEPING BAGS <\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 STATE 318537 <\/p>\n<p>3153 &#8220;C&#8221; RATIONS<br \/>\n1 POWER GENERATER<br \/>\n1 1\/4 TON JEEP M151<br \/>\n5 POLAROID CAMERAS<br \/>\n5 FINGER PRINT KITS<br \/>\n200 FLASHLIGHT W\/BATTERIES<br \/>\n200 PONCHOS<br \/>\n200 CANTEENS, CUPS, WEB BELTS<br \/>\n200 MESS KITS<br \/>\n-10 DZ GLASS MICROSCOPE SLIDES<br \/>\n4 DZ GLASS JARS, 16 OZ., W\/COVERS<br \/>\n4 DZ BOTTLES, WIDE MOUTH, 1 OZ. <\/p>\n<p>2. EMBASSY REQUESTED TO INDICATE STATUS THESE ITEMS IN FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: ITEMS RETURNED TO USG AND REMOVED FROM GUYANA; IN USG POSSESSION IN GUYANA AT THIS TIME; ITEMS TURNED OVER TO GOG WITH RETURN NOT EXPECTED EITHER BECAUSE OF NATURE ITEMS OR BECAUSE OF ON-GOING GOG REQUIREMENT; ITEMS WHICH EXPECTED BE RETURNED IN FUTURE. <\/p>\n<p>3. IF SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PROPERTY NO&#8217;IN HAND USG OR EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED IN FUTURE, DOD PREPARED MAKE AVAILABLE SERVICES PROPERTY DISPOSAL EXPERT TO ASSESS SITUATION. <\/p>\n<p>4. IF ITEMS FROM DOD IN ADDITION TO ABOVE RECEIVED AND NOT RETURNED, PLEASE PROVIDE LIST. <\/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 318537 ORIGIN ARA-15 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 PM-05 \/021 R DRAFTED BY ARA\/RPP:RWZIMMERMANN:BT APPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL OSD\/ISA:F.NELSON (DRAFT) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;048088 190651Z \/11 P R 190116Z DEC 78 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96735,"menu_order":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97069","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97069","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=97069"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136749,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97069\/revisions\/136749"}],"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=97069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}