[Editor’s note: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 made several deletions in this cable.]
UNCLASSIFIED
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FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC FLASH 8158
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 3878
E.O. 11652: NA
TAGS: CASC (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: ERRONEOUS DEATH REPORT
Embassy has found an error in the list of 174 names of the dead at Jonestown. Conoff [Consular officer] has just found a [name withheld] at the Lamaha Gardens Headquarters. Our [name withheld] was born [birthdate deleted].
Burke
UNCLASSIFIED
Originally posted on March 2nd, 2020.