[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 1194 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/1978STATE315549_d.html. This URL may be available through the Wayback Machine.]
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STATE 315549
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 H-02 FBIE-00 DODE-00 JUSE-00 L-03 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 /038 R
DRAFTED BY CA:SCS:JRINI:SAS
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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 315549
E.O.112065: N/A
TAGS: CDES, GY (PEOPLES TEMPLE)
SUBJECT: GUYANESE DEATH CERTIFICATES
REF: STATE 306441
USAF Mortuary authorities have provided following additions
To list of identified deceased.
| Baldwin, Mary B. | 4/8/26 | |
| Bell, Elsie Ingraham | 6/11/18 | Arkansas |
| Bowman, Anthony | 2/7/64 | California |
| Bowman, Delores | 9/23/49 | Louisiana |
| Bush, Billy | 11/4/64 | Oakland, California |
| Carr, Karen | 7/18/63 | California |
| Chiaken, David | 1/21/63 | California |
| Cordell, Jimmy | 10/28/64 | Indiana |
| Darness, Searcy | 4/21/62 | California |
| Forks, Viola | 1/13/34 | Texas |
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| Baldwin, Mary B. | 4/8/26 | |
| Hicks, Marthea Ann | 5/22/35 | Michigan |
| Ijames, Maya | 9/8/69 | California |
| Jackson, Kathryn Denise | 9/24/52 | California |
| Janero, Daren | 5/1/64 | California |
| Janero, Daren | 5/1/64 | California |
| Kelley, Viola B. | 12/13/06 | Louisiana |
| Klingman, Clarence (Cole) | 8/11/63 | California |
| Logan, Henry Lee | ||
| McCann, Eileen | 1/28/60 | California |
| McMurry, Deidre | 1/22/61 | Germany |
| McMurry, Teddy (Theodore) | 6/7/58 | Washington |
| Mitchell, Beverly | 11/14/62 | California |
| Pointdexter, Amanda | 10/9/81 | Virginia |
| Pursley, Cynthia | 4/4/56 | California |
| Rozynko, Christian | 5/20/54 | Washington |
| Russell, Deandrea Moton | Approximately 36 Years Old | |
| Simon, Bonnie Jean | 3/23/49 | Ohio |
| Simon, Marcia Ann | 10/11/55 | California |
| Simon, Kevin Earl | 1/12/48 | New Jersey |
| Simon, Vernon | 4/23/14 | Texas |
| Sneed, Norvella | 6/18/07 | Texas |
| Stahl, Bonnie | 10/20/70 | California |
| Stewart, Aurora | 9/17/67 | California |
| Tupper, Larry | 12/5/64 | California |
| Tupper, Mary | 12/16/60 | California |
| Wilwhite, Cheryl | 8/10/55 | California |
Christopher [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]
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