{"id":84777,"date":"2018-12-02T11:03:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T19:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84777"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:14:56","slug":"serial-221","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84777","title":{"rendered":"Serial 221"},"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 221<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/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

CONFIDENTIAL
\nPAGE 01
\nGEORGE 03888 230647Z
\nACTION SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-11 ISO-00 CCO-00 FBIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PA-01 TRSE-00 MCT-02 CA-01 INR-10 INRE-00 SY-05 SYE-00 USSS-00 H-01 AID-05 SS-15 L-03 SSO-00 NSCE-00 OC-06 JUSE-00 NSAE-00 ICAE-00 CG-00 DOTE-00 \/067 W
\n——————032789 230653Z \/23<\/p>\n

Z 230605Z NOV 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC FLASH 8169
\nC O N F I D E N T I A L GEORGETOWN 3888
\nE.O. 11652: GDS
\nTAGS: CASC
\nSubject: Return Of Remains; Peoples Temple Victims<\/p>\n

Following sent action USCINCSO\/Quarry Heiths CZ, info Amembassy Georgetown 23 November from CDR\/JTF South\/Georgetown Guyana AHF2
\nRepeated for your action:<\/p>\n

Quote:<\/p>\n

DE RULPBFA 2551 3270128
\nZny Ccccc
\nP 230120z Nov 78
\nFm Cdr\/Jtf South\/Georgetown Guyana AHF2
\nTo Rulpalj\/Uscincso\/Quarry Heights CZ
\nInfo Rueson\/Amembassy Georgetown GY
\nBT
\nCONFIDENTIAL<\/p>\n

Subject: Shipment Of Remains<\/p>\n

A. UR MSG 221810Z NOV 78
\n(C) following human remains are expected to depart this location at 230430z Nov 78 of Mac Mission Num 30-01.<\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL
\nCONFIDENTIAL
\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 03888 230647Z<\/p>\n

A. Unidentified -39 containers
\nB. Identified -container num 7-a. Local police have identified remains as Jimmy Jones (nee Stone adopted son of Rev James Jones. They have also identified two female bodies. Names and container numbers to follow. Unquote<\/p>\n

Burke [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]<\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note: This document was released both as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 221 of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 GEORGE 03888 230647Z ACTION SCS-06 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":84739,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84777","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=84777"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137261,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84777\/revisions\/137261"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}