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[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

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R 292021Z DEC 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY CARACAS
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 5183
\nINFO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
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E.O. 12065: N\/A
\nTAGS: PBOR PEPR GY VE
\nSUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER CONSALVI TO REQUEST INFORMATION FROM USG ON PEOPLE’S TEMPLE
\nREF: GEORGETOWN 4236 <\/p>\n

1. QUOTING FROM AN INTERVIEW IN MAGAZINE “RESUMEN,” CARACAS ENGLISH-LANGUAGE “DAILY JOURNAL”OF DECEMBER 29 REPORTED THAT FONMIN CONSALVI WILL ASK THE USG FOR INFORMATION ON THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE AND ITS FINANCING. CONSALVI EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT SETTLEMENT AND THE SUICIDES TOOK PLACE IN THE HEART OF TERRITORY CLAIMED BY VENEZUELA IN ITS DISPUTE WITH GUYANA. HE NOTED THAT, EXCEPT FOR CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH TERMINATED THE SETTLEMENT, JONESTOWN SETTLERS “QUITE POSSIBLY MIGHT HAVE CREATED GRAVE PROBLEMS FOR VENEZUELA HAD THEY NOT DECIDED TO PASS ON TO THE OTHER WORLD.” <\/p>\n

2. CONSALVI ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER PUBLISHED REPORTS THAT JIM JONES AND THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE HAD 7 MILLION DOLLARS ON DEPOSIT IN THE BANCO UNION OF CARACAS, SAYING SUCH LARGE DEPOSITS SHOULD BE SUSPECT AND INVESTIGATED WHEN THEY APPEAR IN LATIN AMERICAN <\/p>\n

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COUNTRIES. <\/p>\n

3. FINALLY, HE NOTED HIS DISCOMFORT WITH SECTS, “PRESUMABLY RELIGIOUS, BUT THAT WERE NOT AT ALL RELIGIOUS IN REALITY.” WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN OTHER PARTS OF LATIN AMERIA. HE EXPRESSED “CONCERN” THAT THESE GROUPS, MOSTLY ORIGINATING IN CALIFORNIA, MIGHT CONSTITUTE A THREAT TO THE “POLITICAL AND MENTAL STABILITY OF LATIN AMERICA.” HE ADDED THEY SHOULD BE STRICTLY CONTROLLED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SEEK TO FORM COLONIES IN REMOTE AREAS. <\/p>\n

LUERS [William Luers, American Ambassador to Venezuela]<\/p>\n

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