{"id":84783,"date":"2018-12-02T11:07:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84783"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:11:22","slug":"serial-224","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=84783","title":{"rendered":"Serial 224"},"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 224<\/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

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0 230330Z NOV 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8165
\nUNCLAS EFTO GEORGETOWN 3883
\nFOR FBI HQ
\nE.O. 11652: NA
\nTAGS:
\nSUBJECT: RYMUR
\nREF: Butel Number 093<\/p>\n

1. Theoretically being held by Guyanan authorities as material witnesses or potential arrestees in that they are not being allow[ed] to depart Guyana are 84 American citizens. See Georgetown messages 3821, 3846, 3847 and 3853 for identities.<\/p>\n

2. Return of deceased to US is anticipated November 23, 1978.<\/p>\n

3. Repatriation of survivors to US has not yet been determined pending police decision.<\/p>\n

4. Status of investigation in Guyana unknown at this time other than Larry Layton, age about 25, charged with murder in this matter November 22, 1978.<\/p>\n

5. Today, there are 78 known survivors which are the same persons being held by Guyanan authorities.<\/p>\n

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6) There are 300 to 500 members of People\u2019s Temple not accounted for based on an estimated 1200 members believed to have resided at Jonestown.<\/p>\n

7. Georgetown by separate message this date, furnishing names and birth dates of 960 People\u2019s Temple members which may be used for investment purposes by FBI.<\/p>\n

Burke [John Burke, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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