{"id":95586,"date":"2020-03-02T11:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95586"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:57:02","slug":"nov-22-78-0333-state-georgetown-295260","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=95586","title":{"rendered":"Nov 22, 78 \u2022 0333 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 295260"},"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 64<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. The original State Department release withheld several names in this cable. They are indicated by red type below.<\/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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O 220333Z NOV 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
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\nE.O. 11652;N\/A
\nTAGS: CASC, CDES (PEOPLE’S TEMPLE)
\nSUBJECT: DEPT. ASSUMPTION OF DEATH AND W\/W NOTIFICATION RESPONSIBILITIES<\/p>\n

1. DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY SUZANNE JONES, ADOPTED ELDEST CHILD OF JIM JONES, LEADER OF THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE, THAT HER BROTHER, STEPHAN JONES<\/span>, HAS RELEASED TO GUAYANA AUTHORITIES THE NAMES OF APPROXIMATELY FORTY MEMBERS OF THE TEMPLE WHO HAVE SURVIVED AND WERE WITH HIM AT THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE HEADQUARTERS HOUSE IN GEORGETOWN. PLEASE ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A LIST OF SUCH MEMBERS AND REPORT THEIR WHEREABOUTS AND NAMES TO THE DEPARTMENT .<\/p>\n

CHRISTOPHER [Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher]<\/p>\n

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