[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 977 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/1978STATE310473_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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STATE 310473
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 DODE-00 FBIE-00 JUSE-00 SSO-00 H-02 USSS-00 PA-02 ICA-20 L-03 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 INRE-00 /060 R
DRAFTED BY SCS:JRINI:JM
APPROVED BY SCS:AGISE
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O 090137Z DEC 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 310473
E.O.112065: N/A
TAGS: CDES, GY (PEOPLE TEMPLE)
SUBJECT: GUYANESE DEATH CERTIFICATES
REF: STATE 306441
U.S.A.F. mortuary authorities have provided following additions to list of identified deceased as of 1100 hrs. EST. December 8.
Bouquet, Brian Unk
Breidenbach, Wesley Carl 9/15/59, California
Brown, Joyce Marie 2/8/60, Indiana
Cordell, Julie Rene 7/28/61, Indiana
Davis, Cynthia Unk
Dennis, Eddie 7/4/28,Louisiana
Dickson, Bessie Lee 2/4/14, Texas
Douglas, Joyce Labor 4/3/58, Georgia
Edwards, Zipporah 5/27/05, Alabama
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Farris, Lore B. Unk
Fonzelle, Toi 1/17/55, California
Gieg, Renee 6/9/55, California
Groot, Pauline Unk
Harris, Josephine 12/24/07, Miss.
Henderson, Mattie Beatrice 8/22/1898, Oklahoma
Hines, Rosa Mae 9/25/08, Texas
James, Lauana, (Lawanna) 2/26/04, Texas
Jerram, Susan Jane 4/25/45, Indiana
Kice, Thomas David 1/14/66, California
Klingman, Martha Ellen 5/9/46, California
Livingston, Jerry Dwight 11/11/42, California
Mayshack, Mary 7/20/05, Louisiana
Mcclain, Allie 6/25/1891, Arkansas
Moore, Betty Karen 4/26/50, California
Muller, Ester 3/30/02, Indiana
Smith, Bertha 9/2/02, Louisiana
Taylor, Lucille B. 2/3/98,Tennessee
Tscheher, Alfred Walter 6/19/21, South Dakota
Tucker, Alleane 4/1/29, Tennessee
Newsom [David D. Newsom, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]
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