{"id":102921,"date":"2020-10-18T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T22:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=102921"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:03:36","slug":"jan-2-1979-1449-georgetown-state","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=102921","title":{"rendered":"Jan 2, 1979 \u2022 1449 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 0005"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 1530<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. The State Department release withheld all names associated with Peoples Temple from this cable. They are denoted below in red type.<\/em><\/p>\n

[The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nPAGE 01
\nGEORGE 00005 021642Z
\nACTION SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 USSS-00 HEW-06 INSE-00 CTME-00 H-02 FBIE-00 L-03 CCO-00 PASO-00 \/034 W
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R 021449Z JAN 79
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 8623
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0005
\nDEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS: USSS HEW, WASHDC FBI, WASHDC U.S. IMMIGRATION, NEW YORK U.S. CUSTOMS, NEW YORK
\nE.O. 12065: NA
\nTAGS: CASC, GY, (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
\nSUBJ: PEOPLE’S TEMPLE MEMBERS’ DEPARTURE FROM GUYANA<\/p>\n

1. THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE’S TEMPLE MEMBERS DEPARTED GUYANA ON DECEMBER 29, 1978 VIA PANAM FLIGHT 228:<\/p>\n

TIMOTHY CARTER<\/span>
\nMICHAEL CARTER<\/span>
\nHERBERT NEWELL<\/span>
\nAURORA RODRGUEZ<\/span>
\nHENRY CANNON<\/span>
\nDIANE SCHEID<\/span>
\nMARYANNE CASANOVA<\/span>
\nEUGENE SMITH<\/span><\/p>\n

DWYER<\/span> [Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Georgetown]<\/p>\n

NOTE BY OC\/T: PASSED TO U.S. IMMIGRATION AND U.S. CUSTOMS, NEW YORK.<\/p>\n

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