[Editor’s note: The names of the two Temple members aboard the “Cudjoe” who survived the deaths in Jonestown are known to be Herbert Newell and Clifford Gieg. They are designated in red type below.]
O 242055Z Nov 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8191
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3923
E.O. 11652
TAGS: CASC (PEOPLES TEMPLE)
SUBJECT: NAMES AND NOK INFORMATION OF TWO PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED JONESTOWN SURVIVORS
1. [name deleted] and [name deleted] [Herbert Newell and Clifford Gieg] have been surfaced as survivors of the Jonestown tragedy. Apparently they left Jonestown on the morning of Saturday, 18 Nov, as the only two persons on board the “Cudjoe,” a fishing trawler owned by PT. Further details of their departure are being forwarded in a separate cable.
2. Privacy Act statements have been obtained for both, [Newell and Gieg]. In each case, authorization has been obtained only for release of information to those individuals whom [Newell and Gieg] want the department to contact:
[Names and addresses of contacts deleted]
3. The addition of [Newell and Gieg] brings the total number of PT members present in Guyana on 18 Nov and known to be alive and still in Guyana to 80 rpt 80.
Burke
Unclassified