[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 691 of the FBI’s RYMUR release.
[One of the subjects of this serial whose name is deleted is Linda Lou Oolman, a woman unconnected to Peoples Temple, but whose mother inquired about her whereabouts. The name is released in the subject line, if nowhere else. The deleted information from the memorandum – designated by brackets – has been indicated by red type.]
UNCLASSIFIED
[Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on pdf]
0 292210Z NOV 78
FM AMCONSUL WINNIPEG
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2450
UNCLAS WINNIPEG 557
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CASC, CA (OOLMAN, LINDA LOU)
SUBJ: POSSIBLE JONESTOWN GUYANA VICTIM
[Name deleted] inquired at this office about her daughter, [2 lines deleted related to Linda Lou Oolman], DPOB [information deleted], September 19, 1952, and [line deleted] DPOB Feb. 8, 1972, [information deleted] believes [Linda Oolman] had US passport. [Name deleted] believes her daughter and grandchild were in Guyana in the Jonestown camp. [Name deleted] knows her daughter was a member of the People’s Temple from letters and photographs. Post would appreciate receiving any information which Department or Georgetown may be able to provide on this case.
Carpenter