{"id":90931,"date":"2019-08-10T11:22:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T18:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=90931"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:03:40","slug":"serial-977","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=90931","title":{"rendered":"Serial 977"},"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 977<\/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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\nSTATE 310473
\nORIGIN SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 DODE-00 FBIE-00 JUSE-00 SSO-00 H-02 USSS-00 PA-02 ICA-20 L-03 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 INRE-00 \/060 R
\nDRAFTED BY SCS:JRINI:JM
\nAPPROVED BY SCS:AGISE
\nARA:JBUSHNELL
\n——————073422 090516Z \/17<\/p>\n

O 090137Z DEC 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nUNCLAS STATE 310473
\nE.O.112065: N\/A
\nTAGS: CDES, GY (PEOPLE TEMPLE)
\nSUBJECT: GUYANESE DEATH CERTIFICATES
\nREF: STATE 306441<\/p>\n

U.S.A.F. mortuary authorities have provided following additions to list of identified deceased as of 1100 hrs. EST. December 8.<\/p>\n

Bouquet, Brian Unk
\nBreidenbach, Wesley Carl 9\/15\/59, California
\nBrown, Joyce Marie 2\/8\/60, Indiana
\nCordell, Julie Rene 7\/28\/61, Indiana
\nDavis, Cynthia Unk
\nDennis, Eddie 7\/4\/28,Louisiana
\nDickson, Bessie Lee 2\/4\/14, Texas
\nDouglas, Joyce Labor 4\/3\/58, Georgia
\nEdwards, Zipporah 5\/27\/05, Alabama<\/p>\n

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\nPAGE 02 STATE 310473<\/p>\n

Farris, Lore B. Unk
\nFonzelle, Toi 1\/17\/55, California
\nGieg, Renee 6\/9\/55, California
\nGroot, Pauline Unk
\nHarris, Josephine 12\/24\/07, Miss.
\nHenderson, Mattie Beatrice 8\/22\/1898, Oklahoma
\nHines, Rosa Mae 9\/25\/08, Texas
\nJames, Lauana, (Lawanna) 2\/26\/04, Texas
\nJerram, Susan Jane 4\/25\/45, Indiana
\nKice, Thomas David 1\/14\/66, California
\nKlingman, Martha Ellen 5\/9\/46, California
\nLivingston, Jerry Dwight 11\/11\/42, California
\nMayshack, Mary 7\/20\/05, Louisiana
\nMcclain, Allie 6\/25\/1891, Arkansas
\nMoore, Betty Karen 4\/26\/50, California
\nMuller, Ester 3\/30\/02, Indiana
\nSmith, Bertha 9\/2\/02, Louisiana
\nTaylor, Lucille B. 2\/3\/98,Tennessee
\nTscheher, Alfred Walter 6\/19\/21, South Dakota
\nTucker, Alleane 4\/1\/29, Tennessee<\/p>\n

Newsom [David D. Newsom, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]<\/p>\n

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