[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 32 of the FBI’s RYMUR release.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978GEORGE03793_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PA-01 TRSE-00 MCT-02 CA-01 INR-10 INRE-00 SY-05 SYE-00 USSS-00 H-01 AID-05 SS-15 SSO-00 NSCE-00 OC-06 CCO-00 NSAE-00 ICAE-00 JUSE-00 SVC-00 /064 W
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O 200535Z NOV 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 8080
C O N F I D E N T I A L GEORGETOWN 3793
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: CASC CDES GY (PEOPLES’ TEMPLE),(CODEL RYAN)
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON PARTY THAT FLEW TO PORT KAITUMA WITH CODEL
REF: GEORGETOWN 3775
As of 0200 Hours Local, Monday, November 20:
Cong Ryan deceased remains in Georgetown
Jackie Speier wounded evacuated on C-141
Mark Lane unhurt in police custody, Georgetown
Charles Gray [Garry] unhurt in police custody Gerogetown
Richard Dwyer wounded at home in Georgetown
Don Harris deceased remains in Georgetown
Bob Flick unhurt departed Guyana in NBC Jet
Ron Javers wounded, evacuated in C-141
Tim Reiterman wounded evacuated on C-141
Charles Krause unhurt in Guyana
Gregory Robinson deceased remains in Georgetwon
Steve Sung wounded evacuated on C-141
Bob Brown deceased remains in Georgetown
James Cobb unhurt evacuated on C-130 to Puerto Rico
Beverly Oliver wounded evacuated on C-141
Anthony Katsaris wounded evacuated on C-141
Carolyn Boyd wounded evacuated on C-141
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GOG MOI [Government of Guyana Ministry of Information] official [Neville Anniborne] no information
BURKE [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]
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