Serial 2275

August 17, 1979

Mr. James G. Hergen
Office of Foreign Litigation
Civil Division

Nick F. Stames
Assistant Director
Identification Division

PEOPLES TEMPLE MASS SUICIDE-MURDER
JONESTOWN, GUYANA
NOVEMBER 18, 1978

Reference is made to a recent telephonic request of Inspector [name deleted] for information concerning the identification of bodies involved in the mass suicide-murder at Jonestown, Guyana, November 18, 1978.

Enclosed is a copy of the FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated January 23, 1979, which reports the identifications of bodies recovered in this matter.

[Report not attached]