[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 817 of the FBI’s RYMUR release.
[The State Department FOIA release of 1981 made several deletions in this cable. The information was disclosed by the FBI in its RYMUR serials and is denoted below in red type.]
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[Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on pdf]
0 021515Z DEC 78
FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC FLASH 8315
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 4075
PLEASE PASS FBI
PLEASE PASS HEW
PLEASE PASS JFK, IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS
PLEASE PASS USSS
E.O. 11652: NA
TAGS: CASC, GY (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
SUBJ: TWENTY-ONE MORE SURVIVORS FREED TO TRAVEL
REF: CELLA/ELLICE TELECON 12/2/78
THE EMBASSY HAS JUST BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING 26 AMERICAN CITIZENS, ALL AT THE LAMAHA GARDENS RESIDENCE, ARE NOW FREE TO LEAVE GUYANA:
BEIKMAN, THOMAS CHARLES (4/27/57; INDIANA) (G2200789, 9/8/76 SFO)
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GARDFREY, DAWN FRANCINE (5/22/63; INDIANA) (H1341274, 5/18/77 NO)
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JOHNSON, RUBY NEAL (4/23/22; TENNESSEE) (G2075581, 8/10/76 SFO)
JONES, JAMES WARREN, R. [JR.] (10/1/60; INDIANA) (Z2906926, 10/19/78 GEO)
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KIRKENDOLE [KIRKENDALE], CHUCK ROBERT (10/16/48; TEXAS) (G2404629, 9/29/76 SFO)
MCCANN, PAUL MICHAEL (9/26/51; CALIFORNIA) (G230769, 2/9/76 LA)
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STROUD, ROBERT HOMER (12/13/57; CALIFORNIA) (G1853987, 7/16/76 SFO)
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YATES, JOHNNIE MAE (9/28/24; TEXAS) (G2207707, 9/22/76 SFO)
JONSTON [JOHNSTON], LAURA (10/22/47; UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN)
GUBBS [GRUBBS], BEATRICE AKA ORSOT (9/30/26; UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN)
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NBC HAS RESERVED SEATS ON TOMORROW’S PAN AM FLIGHT 228 DUE TO DEPART GEORGETOWN AT 1300 L (LOCAL TIME) AND TO ARRIVE AT JFK 1845 L.
IF ANY FRIENDS OR RELATIVES ARE ABLE TO PAY FARE (US DOLLARS 305), SUGGESTED THEY DO SO THROUGH SCS TRUST RATHER THAN THROUGH TRAVEL AGENTS AND PAN-AMERICAN.
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BURKE [John Burke, American ambassador to Guyana]
NOTE BY OC/T: PASSED INS, JFK NEW YORK NY.
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