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GEORGE 00272 191233Z
ACTION OCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 SSO-00 /022 W
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P 191104Z JAN 79
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8754
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0272
E.O. 12065: NA
TAGS: CDES, GY, (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: GUYANESE DEATH CERTIFICATES
1. BECAUSE OF ERRORS OR MISLEADING VARIATIONS OF NAMES THE FOLLOWING DEATH CERTIFICATES SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE EMBASSY FOR CORRECTION BY THE GUYANESE AUTHORITIES:
JANICE HELOISE HALL
DOROTHY LESHERN HARRIS
EYVONNE PARRIS HAYDEN
LEO JOSEPH HELLE
MATTLE BEATRICE HENDERSON
MARTH ANN HICKS
PATRICIA ANN HOLLY
PETER JR. A/K JOHN HARRIS HOLMES
DORIS HELLEN HOWARD
MAYA I. JAMES
AVA JILLION INGHRAM
OTTIE MESS GUY
RENNEE GIEG
HERMAN W. GHEE
CONSTANCE JANET FROHM
ROBERT EDDIE LEE FRANKLYN
BEULA FOSTER
TOI FONZELIE
EILEEN RENEE JACKSON
MAE CORRINE JACKSON
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AIBERTA BEATRICE JACKSON
CHACHE WARREN JONES
SAMUEL L. JOHNSON
GERALD DWANE JOHNSON
CLARA LA NUE SNEED
JOHNSON MAURI JANARO
ANITA CHRISTINE KELLY
VIOLA B. KELLER
2. IN VIEW HIGH PERCENTAGE ERRORS SUGGEST DEPARTMENT WITHHOLD FURTHER PREPARATION FS-192’S UNTIL BALANCE FILES CAN BE CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZED. PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED LATEST COB MONDAY, JANUARY 22, AND DEPARTMENT INFORMED TELEGRAPHICALLY.
BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]
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