{"id":101269,"date":"2020-08-03T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T00:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=101269"},"modified":"2022-07-17T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T23:28:48","slug":"serial-1835","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=101269","title":{"rendered":"Serial 1835"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>[<b>Editor\u2019s note<\/b>: This document was released both as a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=103191\"> State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=101269\">Serial 1835<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release.<\/p>\n<p>[The name of nine-year-old Temple member Stephanie Jones was deleted from this serial. It was included in the State Department release, and has been indicated by red type.]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED FBB 580<\/p>\n<p>UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 04496 012251Z<\/p>\n<p>[Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on pdf]<\/p>\n<p>R 011255Z FEB 79<br \/>\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN<br \/>\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8884<br \/>\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0496<br \/>\nE.O. 12065: NA<br \/>\nTAGS: CARR (BEIKMAN, CHARLES), (JONES, STEPHAN), (PEOPLE\u2019S TEMPLE)<br \/>\nSUBJ: W\/W ARRESTS: STEPHAN JONES AND CHARLES BEIKMAN<br \/>\nREF: GEORGETOWN 0497<\/p>\n<p>1. During preliminary inquiry on January 30 into deaths of Linda Sharon Harris (a.k.a. Sharon Amos) et al, Magistrate Persaud ruled that under relevant case law and Guyanese statutory law nine-year-old [<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Stephanie Jones<\/span>] was not competent to give sworn testimony, either under oath or affirmation. Persaud said she could not be instructed in God prior to taking an oath because she does not believe in God. Persaud concluded that [<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Stephanie<\/span>] could give evidence in court, but that her testimony would have to be unsworn.<\/p>\n<p>2. Two persons gave testimony at the January 30 session. A police corporal testified that he searched Jim Jones&#8217; Jonestown residence on December 5, 1978 and found a note signed by Beikman pledging loyalty to the People&#8217;s Temple leader. Detective Assistnt Supt. Lam was recalled by the prosecution to give additional testimony. Lam was cross-examined by Senior Counsel Rex McKay.<\/p>\n<p>UNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nUNCLASSIFIED<br \/>\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 00496, 012251Z<\/p>\n<p>3. Inquiry is scheduled to resume February 1, on which date Magistrate Persaud is expected to give his ruling on the admissibility of Beikman\u2019s statement to the police. [Prosecuting Counsel Carlton] Weithers said in court that he expects to conclude the state\u2019s case on February 1.<\/p>\n<p>Burke [John Burke, American ambassador to Guyana]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 1835 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The name of nine-year-old Temple member Stephanie Jones was deleted from this serial. It was included in the State Department release, and has been indicated by red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":87599,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101269","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101269"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116771,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101269\/revisions\/116771"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}