[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 208 of the FBI’s RYMUR release. The State Department release withheld numerous names from this cable. They are denoted below in red type.
[The text for this document was released in 2014 by the now-defunct Wikileaks website at https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978STATE296523_d.html]
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STATE 296523
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PA-02
TRSE-00 MCT-02 CA-01 INR-10 INRE-00 SY-05 SYE-00
USSS-00 H-02 AID-05 SS-15 L-03 SSO-00 NSCE-00
CCO-00 OC-06 JUSE-00 NSAE-00 ICAE-00 SVC-00 CG-00
DOTE-00 /073 R
DRAFTED BY CA/SCS:EBLIGHT:ACM
APPROVED BY ARA: RBRUCE
S/S-O:TGMARTIN
CA/SCS:MCELLA
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O 230826Z NOV 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 296523
E.O. 11652:N/A
TAGS: CASC
SUBJECT: PEOPLE’S TEMPLE MEMBERS REPORTED AS SURVIVORS
REQUEST YOU VERIFY THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REPORTED SURVIVORS:
1. COBB, JOAN R. POSSIBLY JOHN RAPHAEL COBB
2. CORDELL, MARK 6/29/29
3. GOLDSHELF [GODSCHALK], RAYMOND
4. LAFFERWHITE, LAVARY [SATTERWHITE, ALVARAY]
5. JONES, JAMES. W., SR. 5/11/31
6. KIRKEDOLL, GEORGE [KIRKENDALL, CHUCK]
7. MITCHELLE, DAUN [MITCHELL, DAWN]
8. SPENCE, GUY NORMAN [GUYANESE PILOT]
9. TACHETTER, ROBIN, POSSIBLY ROBIN TSCHETTER TACHETTER [ROBIN TSCHETTER]
10. YATES, VEDRA [NEDRA]
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11. CARTER, MICHAEL J. POSSIBLY MICHAEL CARTET 9/30/58
12. CARTER, TIMOTHY
13. DAVIS, GROVER
14. O’NEAL, CHRIS, POSSIBLY CHRISTOPHER K. O’NEAL 12/25/00
15. PARKS, BRENDA, POSSIBLY BRENDA KAREN PARKS 8/12/60
16. PARKS, DALE POSSIBLY DALE EDWIN PARKS 3/8/51
17. PARKS, TRACY 9/16/66
18. PROKES, MICHAEL POSSIBLY MICHAEL JOSEPH PROKES 5/31/47
,9. THRASH, HYACINTH 3/25/02
20. BAGLEY, MONICA
THE FOLLOWING IS LIST OF SUSPECTED SURVIVORS AS REPORTED BY NBC. REQUEST YOU VERIFY:
21. VOGUE, ENID 59 [BOGUE, EDITH, 39]
22. VOGUE, JIM 46, POSSIBLY JIM BOGUES [BOGUE], 10/19/32
23. VOGUE, TONNY 17, POSSIBLY TOMAS [THOMAS] BOGUE 9/2/61
24. VOGUE, JULIA 31 [BOGUE, JUANITA, 21]
25. VOGUE, TINA 23 POSSIBLY TEENA MAE BOGUES [BOGUE] 12/15/55
26. CORDELL, HAROLD JAN. 10/25/36, CALIF.
27. CLARK, JOHN [RICHARD] 42 NY
28. CLAYTON, STANLEY 25 CA
29. EVANS, SONYA 7/11/67
30. EVANS, SHARLA 10/15/71
31. EVANS, SHIRELLA 6
32. EVANS, JULIUS POSSIBLY JULIUS LEE EVANS 30/ 7/12/47
33. EVANS, SANDRA POSSIBLY SANDRA DRUCILLA EVANS, ALL CA.
34. EVANS, FRANKLIN, JOHNNY [FRANKLIN, JOHNNY] 33 CA
35. HARRIS, SHERWIN 7 [ERROR; SHERWIN HARRIS WAS FATHER OF LIANE HARRIS, MEMBER OF CONCERNED RELATIVES]
36. LOVIEROYENTO, DIANNE [LOUIE, DIANE, ALSO KNOWN AS DIANE ROZYNKO] 26 NY
37. PARKS, EDITH AMELA 11/15/14 GERALD 45, CA
38. PAUL, ROBERT 33 LA
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39. PRUSH, HYACINTH 76 CA POSSIBLY HYACINTH THRASH
40. RHODES, ODEL [ODELL] CA
41. WILSON, LESLEY 30
42. WILSON, JAKARA 3 CA.
VANCE [Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State]
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