[Editor’s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 977 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/1978STATE310473_d.html.]
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STATE 310473
ORIGIN SCS-06
INFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 DODE-00 FBIE-00 JUSE-00
SSO-00 H-02 USSS-00 PA-02 ICA-20 L-03 CIAE-00
INR-10 NSAE-00 INRE-00 /060 R
DRAFTED BY SCS:JRINI:JM
APPROVED BY SCS:AGISE
ARA:JBUSHNELL
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O 090137Z DEC 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS STATE 310473
E.O.112065: N/A
TAGS: CDES, GY (PEOPLE TEMPLE)
SUBJECT: GUYANESE DEATH CERTIFICATES
REF: STATE 306441
U.S.A.F. MORTUARY AUTHORITIES HAVE PROVIDED FOLLOWING ADDITIONS TO LIST OF IDENTIFIED DECEASED AS OF 1100 HRS.
EST. DECEMBER 8.
BOUQUET, BRIAN UNK
BREIDENBACH, WESLEY CARL 9/15/59, CALIFORNIA
BROWN, JOYCE MARIE 2/8/60, INDIANA
CORDELL, JULIE RENE 7/28/61, INDIANA
DAVIS, CYNTHIA UNK
DENNIS, EDDIE 7/4/28,LOUISIANA
DICKSON, BESSIE LEE 2/4/14, TEXAS
DOUGLAS, JOYCE LABOR 4/3/58, GEORGIA
EDWARDS, ZIPPORAH 5/27/05, ALABAMA
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FARRIS, LORE B. UNK
FONZELLE, TOI 1/17/55, CALIFORNIA
GIEG, RENEE 6/9/55, CALIFORNIA
GROOT, PAULINE UNK
HARRIS, JOSEPHINE 12/24/07, MISS.
HENDERSON, MATTIE BEATRICE 8/22/1898, OKLAHOMA
HINES, ROSA MAE 9/25/08, TEXAS
JAMES, LAUANA, (LAWANNA) 2/26/04, TEXAS
JERRAM, SUSAN JANE 4/25/45, INDIANA
KICE, THOMAS DAVID 1/14/66, CALIFORNIA
KLINGMAN, MARTHA ELLEN 5/9/46, CALIFORNIA
LIVINGSTON, JERRY DWIGHT 11/11/42, CALIFORNIA
MAYSHACK, MARY 7/20/05, LOUISIANA
MCCLAIN, ALLIE 6/25/1891, ARKANSAS
MOORE, BETTY KAREN 4/26/50, CALIFORNIA
MULLER, ESTER 3/30/02, INDIANA
SMITH, BERTHA 9/2/02, LOUISIANA
TAYLOR, LUCILLE B. 2/3/98,TENNESSEE
TSCHEHER, ALFRED WALTER 6/19/21, SOUTH DAKOTA
TUCKER, ALLEANE 4/1/29, TENNESSEE
NEWSOM [David D. Newsom, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]
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