Within hours of the reports of the assassination of Congressman Leo Ryan at the Port Kaituma airstrip and the rumors of mass deaths in Jonestown, the State Department set up a Working Group to monitor developments as the tragedy unfolded. The group issued 28 Situation Reports and two supplemental documents in two weeks – its numbering system skipped #21 – before shutting down on December 4. They appear below.
- 1 – 6:00 a.m. November 19
- 2 – 6:15 a.m. November 19
- 3 – 1300 hours November 19
- 4 – 1900 hours November 19
- 5 – 0500 hours November 20
- 6 – 0700 hours November 20
- 7 – 1130 hours November 20
- 8 – 1830 hours November 20
- 9 – 1230 a.m. November 20
- 10 – 0715 a.m. November 21
- 11 – 0600 p.m. November 21
- Evening Reading – November 21
- Memorandum: Subject: Working Group SITREPs – November 22
- 12 – 1230 a.m. November 22
- 13 – 0630 a.m. November 22
- 14 – 1800 hours November 22
- 15 – 2400 hours November 22
- 16 – 0800 hours November 23
- 17 – 2400 November 23
- 18 – 0730 hours November 24
- 19 – 1800 hours November 24
- 20 – 0800 hours November 25
- 22 – 2400 hours November 26
- 23 – 2400 hours November 27
- 24 – 2300 hours November 28
- 25 – 2200 hours November 29
- 26 – 2100 hours November 30
- 27 – 2100 hours December 1
- 28 – 1300 hours December 2
- 29 – 1200 hours December 4
The managers of this website are indebted to independent researcher Brian Csuk for the concept and structure for this page, as well as several of the documents on it.
Originally posted on March 29th, 2021.
Last modified on March 30th, 2021.