{"id":97135,"date":"2020-03-25T14:43:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T21:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97135"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:00:15","slug":"dec-22-78-1727-georgetown-state-4431","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97135","title":{"rendered":"Dec 22, 78 \u2022 1727 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 4431"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: 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 GEORGE 04431 221830Z
\nACTION ARA-15
\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 PM-05 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 \/031 W
\n——————114116 221839Z \/41 <\/p>\n

P R 221727Z DEC 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8549
\nINFO SECDEF WASHDC
\nJCS WASHDC
\nCSA WASHDC
\nCNO WASHDC
\nCSAF WASHDC
\nUSCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS CZ
\nUSCINCRED MACDILL AFB FL
\nCINCMAC SCOTT AFB IL
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 4431 <\/p>\n

E.O. 12065: NA
\nTAGS: OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
\nSUBJ: MATERIAL PROVIDED TO GUYANA IN CONNECTION WITH JONESTOWN TRAGEDY
\nREF: A. STATE 318537 B. STATE 293748 C. GEORGETOWN 3784 D. GEORGETOWN 3785 <\/p>\n

1. FOLLOWING IS LIST OF MATERIAL WHICH USG PROVIDED GUYANESE GOVERNMENT (GOG) IN CONNECTION WITH JONESTOWN TRAGEDY. IT INCLUDES ALL ITEMS LISTED REF A EXCEPT MICROSCOPE SLIDES AND GLASS JARS AND BOTTLES WHICH PRESUMABLY EXPENDABLE AND “3 FM RADIO BASE SETS.” NOTE THAT EMBASSY LIST HAS 2 SSB RADIOS AND 16 EACH OF MOTOROLA HANDY TALKIE RADIOS AND “BAY SYSTEM RADIOS.” WE CANNOT IDENTIFY FURTHER REF A’S FM RADIO BASE SETS ALTHOUGH REF D REQUESTED “3 BAY STATION” RADIOS. FOR SOME ITEMS, EMBASSY’S QUANTITY COUNT DIFFERENT THAT REF A. <\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
\nUNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 04431 221830Z <\/p>\n

2. ALL OF THE MATERIAL ON THE LIST IS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE GUYANESE GOVERNMENT WITH RETURN NOT EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF SOME OF THE ITEMS AND\/OR IT IS STILL IN USE. <\/p>\n

1. 1 GENERATOR (1.5 KW)
\n2. 200 MESS KITS
\n3. 200 KNIVES
\n4. 200 SPOONS
\n5. 200 FORKS
\n2. 200 PONCHOS
\n7. 200 CANTEENS
\n8. 200 CANTEEN CUPS
\n9. 200 CANTEEN COVERS
\n10. 200 FLASHLIGHTS
\n11. 6 POLAROID CAMERAS
\n12. 200 PISTOL BELTS
\n13. 20 FINGERPRINT KITS
\n14. 1 POST MORTEM IDENTIFICATION KIT
\n15. 10 HATS
\n16. 200 BLANKETS
\n17. 96 SLEEPING BAGS
\n18. 5 40 HF MOTORS
\n19. 96 SLEEPING BAG CASES
\n20. 2 GENERATORS (1.5 KW)
\n21. 2 GENERATORS (3 KW)
\n22. 1 CARTON OUTBOARD MOTOR OIL
\n23. 2 SINGLE SIDE BAND RADIOS
\n24. 16 HANDY TALKIE RADIOS (MOTOROLA)
\n25. 16 BAY SYSTEM RADIOS
\n26. 5 GALLONS GENERATOR OIL
\n27. 3153 C-RATIONS
\n28. 1 – 1\/4 TON JEEP
\n29. 9 MANUAL TYPEWRITERS – ROYAL <\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
\nUNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 03 GEORGE 04431 221830Z <\/p>\n

BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]<\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
\nNNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[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 GEORGE 04431 221830Z ACTION ARA-15 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 PM-05 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 \/031 W ——————114116 221839Z \/41 P R 221727Z DEC 78 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8549 INFO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96735,"menu_order":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97135","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=97135"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136802,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97135\/revisions\/136802"}],"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=97135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}