[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