November 27, 1978, The Frederick Post - AP, page A2, Military task force moves out of Guyana, by Peter Arnett,

November 27, 1978, The Frederick Post - AP, page A2, Military task force moves out of Guyana, by Peter Arnett, 

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Richard Dwyer, second-in-command at the U.S. Embassy, was released from the hospital late Saturday. He was recovering from a gunshot wound suffered in the ambush of Ryan's party by members of Jones' American sect, the Peoples Temple.

An embassy spokesman said Guyanese officials turned over the passports of more than 850 Americans at the settlement, along with a three-inch-thick stack of Social Security checks, some of which has been endorsed.

He said the embassy informed the Guyanese government that the embassy would take charge of the property in Jonestown, which had a closed-circuit television station, a radio transmitter and a sawmill, a soap factory and other equipment as well as the personal belongings of the residents.

A Guyanese spokesman said the Jonestown area is under police guard with a full-time police post inside the otherwise deserted settlement.