NYT Guyana Official Reports 300 Dead At Religious Sect's Jungle Temple,

November 20, 1978, New York Times, Guyana Official Reports 300 Dead At Religious Sect's Jungle Temple, Troops Find Bodies--Mass Suicide Is Indicated After Attack on Americans in Which 5 Were Slain,

"Jones is a super snake oil salesman. He's fooled a lot of people and apparently it wasn't difficult to fool the embassy and Guyana Government officials."

Or us too.