[Editor\u2019s notes<\/strong>: This document appears as Serials 50<\/a> and 466<\/a> in the FBI RYMUR release and as a State Department cable<\/a> as part of its 1981 FOIA 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 O 210203Z NOV 78 E.O. 11652: N\/A STATE 294495<\/p>\n 1. REPORTS BY GUYANESE POLICE TO U.S. EMBASSY GEORGETOWN STATE 363 BODIES OF PEOPLES TEMPLE ADHERENTS HAVE BEEN COUNTED SO FAR AT JONESTOWN, INCLUDING BODY OF REV. JAMES JONES. EMBASSY BELIEVES SOME JONESTOWN RESIDENTS FLED INTO BUSH. THERE MAY ALSO BE ADDITIONAL DEAD NOT YET FOUND.<\/p>\n 2. DOD COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS GONE TO JONESTOWN BUT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM NOT YET FUNCTIONING. ADVICE FROM PATHOLOGISTS IN U.S. MAKES IT QUESTIONABLE THAT AFTER 50 HOURS BODIES AT JONESTOWN CAN BE EVACUATED AND LOCAL BURIAL MAY BE REQUIRED.<\/p>\n 3. U.S. MILITARY NOW PLANS FLY IN THREE LARGE HELICOPTERS (HH-53), TO BE REFUELED IN AIR, PLUS FOUR SMALLER HELICOPTERS ABOARD 2 C-141S. USAF HAS NOT YET DETERMINED SUITABILITY OF MATTHEW’S RIDGE FOR C-130 USE. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ABOUT 200 AMERICAN MILITARY IN GUYANA TO ASSIST IN OPERATION.<\/p>\n 4. FBI HAS ORDERED SIX AGENTS TO STAND BY TO ASSIST IN INVESTIGATIONS IF REQUESTED BY GOG [GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA].<\/p>\n 5. BODIES OF CONGRESSMAN RYAN AND THREE NEWSMEN WILL BE FLOWN OUT TO U.S. LATE NOVEMBER 20.<\/p>\n 6. PEOPLES TEMPLE LAWYER MARK LANE AND COLLEAGUE CHARLES GARRY ARE IN GEORGETOWN AND GAVE PRESS CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 20.<\/p>\n 7. U.S. MILITARY DOES NOT POSSESS OTTER OR SIMILAR AIRCRAFT AS REQUESTED BY GOG BUT OTHER SOLUTION BEING EXAMINED. <\/p>\n VANCE [Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State]<\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL STATE 294495<\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [Editor\u2019s notes: This document appears as Serials 50 and 466 in the FBI RYMUR release and as a State Department cable as part of its 1981 FOIA release. [The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks. It is also available through the Internet Archive.] CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 STATE 294495 ORIGIN ARA-15 INFO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":95378,"menu_order":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95513","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=95513"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135963,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95513\/revisions\/135963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nSTATE 294495
\nORIGIN ARA-15
\nINFO OCT-01 EUR-12 EA-10 NEA-11 ISO-00 SIG-03 H-01
\nDODE-00 FBIE-00 PA-01 ICAE-00 SCS-06 CIAE-00
\nTRSE-00 MCT-02 CA-01 INR-10 INRE-00 SY-05 SYE-00
\nUSSS-00 AID-05 SS-15 SSO-00 NSCE-00 CCO-00 OC-06
\nJUSE-00 NSAE-00 L-03 SVC-00 \/107 R
\nDRAFTED BY ARA:RWZIMMERMANN
\nAPPROVED BY ARA:JABUSHNELL
\nS\/S-O:T.THYDEN
\n——————106684 210258Z \/14<\/p>\n
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY PANAMA IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY CARACAS IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY KUWAIT IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY ABU DHABI IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY TEHRAN IMMEDIATE
\nAMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE
\nC O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 294495
\nLONDON FOR MICHAEL FINLEY, TOKYO FOR SENATOR HAYAKAWA<\/p>\n
\nTAGS: CASC, OREP (RYAN, LEO), GY
\nSUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT NO. VIII
\nREF: STATE 293800 AND PREVIOUS
\nCONFIDENTIAL
\nCONFIDENTIAL
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\nCONFIDENTIAL
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