{"id":95149,"date":"2020-02-12T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T21:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95149"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:55:48","slug":"sept-12-78-%e2%80%a2-georgetown-state-%e2%80%a2-2924","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95149","title":{"rendered":"Sept 12, 78 \u2022 Georgetown-State \u2022 2924"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The State Department FOIA release of 1981 made several deletions in this cable. They are denoted 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
\nGEORGE 02924 121900Z
\nACTION SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CCO-00 PASO-00 \/022 W
\n——————093051 140239Z \/75<\/p>\n

R 121840Z SEP 78
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 7599
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 2924
\nE.O. 11652: N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, GY (EDWARDS,JAMES & IRENE)
\nSUBJECT: FALSE REPORT OF DEATH: JAMES & IRENE EDWARDS
\nREF: STATE 229400<\/a><\/p>\n

TO CALVIN JOHNSON<\/span>
\n401 RALSTON STREET<\/span>
\nSAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94132<\/span><\/p>\n

1. THE GEORGETOWN CITY OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE ORGANIZATION HAS INFORMED ME THAT YOUR UNCLE<\/span>, JAMES EDWARDS AND YOUR AUNT<\/span>, IRENE, ARE NOT REPEAT NOT DECEASED.<\/p>\n

2. WHILE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND THE AGRICULTURAL PROJECT AT JONESTOWN PROHIBITS ME FROM CONFIRMING THIS AT THIS TIME, I WILL SEEK OUT MR. AND MRS. EDWARDS ON MY NEXT VISIT TO JONESTOWN AND GIVE YOU A PROMPT REPORT.<\/p>\n

AMERICAN EMBASSY
\nGEORGETOWN, GUYANA<\/p>\n

BURKE [U.S. Ambassador John Burke]<\/p>\n

NOTE BY OCT: PASSED ABOVE ADDRESSEE.<\/p>\n

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\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 02924 121900Z<\/p>\n

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