{"id":96831,"date":"2020-03-23T15:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96831"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:07:22","slug":"dec-6-78-%e2%80%a2-0222-%e2%80%a2-state-georgetown-%e2%80%a2-307703","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96831","title":{"rendered":"Dec 6, 78 \u2022 0554 \u2022 State-Georgetown \u2022 307703"},"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 907<\/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

UNCLASSIFIED
\nPAGE 01
\nSTATE 307703
\nORIGIN SCS-06
\nINFO OCT-01 ARA-15 ISO-00 CA-01 FBIE-00 DODE-00 JUSE-00
\nSSO-00 H-02 USSS-00 PA-02 ICA-20 L-03 CIAE-00
\nINR-10 NSAE-00 INRE-00 \/060 R
\nDRAFTED BY SCS:STUCKER:JM
\nAPPROVED BY SCS:AGISE
\nARA:JBUSHNELL
\n——————025996 060635Z \/14<\/p>\n

O 060554Z DEC 78
\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC
\nTO AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN IMMEDIATE
\nUNCLAS STATE 307703
\nE.O. 12065: 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 1900 HRS EST DECEMBER 5:<\/p>\n

ARMSTRONG, OREEN L. UNK
\nBACKMAN, VIOLA ELAINE 3\/23\/50, SOUTH CAROLINA
\nBARRETT, CATHY ANN 3\/50\/53, INDIANA
\nBECK, DANNY UNK
\nBORDENOVE, SELIKA GLORDINE 7\/10\/18, MISS
\nBOWMAN, PATRICIA ANN 9\/1\/57, LA
\nBROWN, RULETTA UNK
\nCANADA, MARY FRANCIS 1\/20\/01, LA
\nCHAIKEN, GAIL STEPHANIE UNK<\/p>\n

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\nPAGE 02 STATE 307703<\/p>\n

CHAMBLISS, JOSIE EVELYN UNK
\nCOBB, SANDRA YVETTE 11\/16\/56, IND
\nCRENSHAW, LUCY 1\/1\/25, MISS
\nDASHIELL, HAZEL FRANCIS 12\/16\/1899, R.I.
\nDICKERSON, ROSEANNA 3\/26\/17, LA
\nDUPONT, ELLEN UNK
\nDYSON, FLORINE 12\/6\/1890, VA
\nEICHLER, ERIN JAHNA 3\/13\/60, CAL
\nFIELDS, LORI 12\/6\/65, CAL
\nFORD, FANNIE 1\/17\/34, MISS
\nFOSTER, BEULAH 9\/14\/03, MISS
\nGARCIA, CLEVELAND DESMOND UNK
\nGUY, BRIAN 9\/8\/66; ILLINOIS
\nGUY, KEITH 9\/12\/67, ILLINOIS
\nGUY, KIMBERLY 7\/29\/71
\nINGHRAM, ALICE LORINE 9\/19\/38, TEXAS
\nJAMES, TONI DENISE7\/21\/59, CAL
\nJOHNSON, MEARY UNK
\nJOHNSON, VERNA 10\/30\/58
\nJONES, EARNEST 9\/7\/22, MISS
\nKEATON, ROSA LOVENDA MAE 2\/20\/07, ARKANSAS
\nKING, LEOLA 4\/2\/13, LA
\nKING, WANDA BONITA 7\/14\/39, INDIANA
\nLOWE, LOVE LIFE GEORGIA BELLE 12\/2\/88, MO
\nLYLES, MINNIE MAGALINE 2\/28\/28 TEXAS
\nMACON, DOROTHY 7\/17\/45, TEXAS
\nMCGOWAN, ANNIEUNK
\nNICHOLS, IDA MAY 7\/13\/00. ARKANSAS
\nPAYNEY, LUCILLE 9\/4\/1899, ILLINOIS
\nPERKINS, RICHDELL EVLYN 12\/21\/42, CAL
\nROBINSON, SHIRLEY ANN12\/21\/42, CAL
\nROZYNKO, ANNIE JOYCE 6\/2\/24, NEW JERSEY<\/p>\n

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\nPAGE 03 STATE 307703<\/p>\n

SLADER, LINDA C. 3\/9\/57, TENN
\nSMITH, SHIRLEY FAYE 2\/3\/48, TEXAS
\nSNEED, ELOISE 5\/18\/07, TEXAS
\nSTEWART, TERRY F.3\/21\/69, CAL
\nTAYLOR, VIRGINIA VERA 7\/29\/1894, OHIO
\nTHOMAS, GRABIEL OR (GABRIEL) 3\/13\/19, ARKANSAS
\nVICTOR, LILLIE MAE 2\/2\/58, CAL
\nWHITMIRE, LISA 3\/30\/66, CAL
\nWOTHERSPOON, MARY 10\/26\/49, CAL<\/p>\n

NAME OF EARL KNIGHT TRANSMITTED IN REFTEL SHOULD BE CORRECTED TO READ EARL MCKNIGHT REPEAT MCKNIGHT. <\/p>\n

VANCE [CYRUS VANCE, SECRETARY OF STATE]<\/p>\n

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