{"id":79795,"date":"2018-05-16T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T23:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=79795"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:25:22","slug":"serial-51","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=79795","title":{"rendered":"Serial 51"},"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 51<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. Several lines that were cut off in the RYMUR release are designated below in red type.<\/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

UNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 01
\nSTATE 294822
\nORIGIN CA-01
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 SSO-00 SCS-06 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PA-02 TRSE-00 MCT-02 INR-10 INRE-00 SY-05 SYE-00 USSS-00 H-02 AID-05 SS-15 NSCE-00 CCO-00 OC-06 JUSE-00 NSAE-00 ICAE-00 L-03 A-02 MED-05 OPR-02 PER-05 PPTE-00 \/087 R
\nDRAFTED BY CA\/OCS\/EKIRINCICH\/GHP
\nAPPROVED BY ARA\/JBUSNELL
\nS\/S-O THOMAS G. MARTIN
\n——————127779 212058Z \/75
\nO 212016Z NOV 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nUNCLAS STATE 294822<\/p>\n

E.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC CDES (PEOPLES TEMPLE)
\nSUBJECT: DEPT ASSUMPTION OF DEATH AND W\/W NOTIFICATION RESPONSIBILITIES
\nREF: GEORGETOWN 3820<\/p>\n

Department concurs with info Reftel re: notifying NOK [Next of Kin] of both deceased and surviving Peoples Temple members. Also concurs that future callers from U.S. should be told to contact Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

Christopher [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/span><\/p>\n

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