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JIM MC ELVANE black male dead P head of / I I CI
security for entire PT, sold property that was turned over
to PT in San Francisco.
BILLY OLIVER - black/male, dead, head of security,
brother of BRUCE OLIVER, also head of security dead!.
STEVE JONES white/male, alive in Georgetown, PC,
can not be trusted, could conceivably carry on father's work,
natural son of Reverend JONES.
LEE INGRAM black/male, PC, alive in Georgetown, wife
is SANDY BRADSHAW. Can not be trusted, held as witness to SHARON
AMOS murder.
CHRIS ONEAL white/male, alive, wanted to get out of "4
Jonestown.
CALVIN DOUGLAS - black/male, security W!, violent,
alive in Georgetown.
CLEVELAND NENELL - black/male, alive in Los Angeles,
W!, Basketball Team.
BONNIE SIMON - white/female, dead, Internal Security.
PAULINE GROOT - white/female, dead, chemist.
TOM GRUBBS - white/male, dead, archery instructor I.|._-._92__-. _J_ 'r____L.-..-_LBGUIIUL Cl-L UUl1E5LUW1lnMARIE RANKIN - black/female, security, PS supervisor, I
a I d 1 IIi not agree with overall PT program, deac. ,
'1ERRI suroan - white/female, PC, very close to JONES, 1
however, loyalty to JONES questionable.
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JEAN BROWN - white/female, PC, Inner Circle, returned
to San Francisco.
RENNIP RICE * black/female, dead, PC.
LORA JOHNSTON - white/female, alive in San Francisco,
dangerous, PSU supervisor.
VERA YOUNG - black/female, PC, Inner
Jonestown, security in San Francisco, carried
JUNE CRYM - white/female, PC in San F
to Jonestown for two weeks.
' NIKE PROKES white/male, PC, public
in Georgetown, photographer, dangerous, wrote
pro-Jonestown.
TIM CARTER white/male, alive, PC, Inner Circle, might
possibly defect, loyalty questionable.Circle, never to
weapon.
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SANDRA BRADSHAW - white/female, PC, Inner Circle,
dangerous W!.
JUDY FLOWERS black/female, alive, PC in San Francisco.
JIM and HARRIETRANDOLPH HARRIET dead!, JIM white/
male, alive, welfare worker in San Francisco.
LEONA COLLIER black/female, PC, Inner Circle. handled
money for PT, leading secretary in San Francisco. '
' DALE PARKS - white/male, alive, Resperatory therapisthated JONES. . '
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BURRELL WILSON black/male, alive, Basketball Team,
security, not violent.
CLAIRE JANARO - white/female, PC, never to Jonestown.
RICHARD JANARO - white/male, PC, dead, purchasing
agent for PT.
DON and BONNIE BECK - PC, Inner Circle, both in
San Francisco DON teacher at PT in Uriah!, lost son at
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MARIE KATSARIS - white/female, dead, PC, Inner Circle,
handled money for PT, was Reverend JONES mistress.
TISH LEROY white/female, dead, PC Inner Circle,I
agricultural secretary and income tax worker.
CHUCK BEIKMAN - white/male, security guard, illiterate,
alive in Jonestown, held for murder of SHARON AMOS.
JOYCE TOUCHETTE - white/female, dead, PC, Inner Circle.
CHARLIE TOUCHETTE - white/male, alive, PC, worked on
IrAlbatross".
MICHELLE TOUCHETTE - white/female, dead on PC in I
San Francisco.
MIKE TOUCHETTE white/male, alive, truck driver W!
ALBERT TOUCHETTE - white/male, dead, coordinator ?!
STANLEY CLAYTON - black/male, alive in Georgetown, mus
stay in Guyana to marry a native girl.
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ODBLL RHODES black/male, alive in Georgetown,
witness!, nighttime ECU supervisor, will return to Detroit,
wants out of PT.
VERA INGRAM - left PT eight years ago ?!
JIM COBB - black/male, alive, left PT several years
ago. JONES wanted him killed. JONES bragged to ODELL RHODES
on day of murder that they killed COBB at the airport.
LARRY LAYTON - alive, worked in sawmill and x-ray
room, was security in San Francisco.
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Temple PT!, Jones own, Guyana, was interviewed at
John F. Kennedy Internation Air ort JFKIA!, Hangar
17, Queens, New York was advised of the
official identities o e in erviewing agents and the nature
nited States Secret Service Agent
rs also present during the interview.
ollowing information regarding the
and the Jonestown facilityW he first heard about RevJONES in about Februar of 1968 while
JONES at the time was preac ing about humanitarian work
and how they were helping vast amounts of people in
California. He stated that he and his family had justbroken away from Pchurch and the humanitarianwork appealed to ot he and his wifm They
then started to attend some of the meeti e Rev.
JONES held and they joined the PT. He advised that he
was coin anciall the time rating
He was also 2 side. t,
He advised that there was no initiation rites
involved in joing the PT, but soon after joining the PT,
they were asked, by JONES, to take into their home other
members of the PT, which they complied with. The PT also
asked for 15 percent of their wages, which soon graduated
_ to 25 percent. After approximately two or three months in
the PT, he became disenchanted with them and discussed
leaving the PT with his wife. During his brief involvementp with the PT, his wife,CbeCame very involved with
their work and admired dUNLb. When he told his wife about
-c. his plans on leaving the PT, his wife became enraged
and asked for a divorce. Rev. JONES immediately becameinvolved and took the side of his wife and JONES becamTu/prov
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unavailable for him to consult. Because of Rev.
JONES position he JONES! was able to come into contact
with many influential people, which could cause himE _ ,. _. .,. _ _ .,to lose the divorce proceedings and eventual
possession of the kids. Faced with the realization
of living without his kids, he decided to rejoin the
PT. M
In the later part of 1968, Rev. JONES started
to build a church in Redwood Valley, which was to be
the eventual site of the PT. The building of the church
was finally 3. One of his duties with
cau he would then have a legitimate
excuse to miss the daily meetings of the PT. Because
of his involvement with the PT, he had a falling out
with his father, with the split up of their business
being the final outcome. l0
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was put in charge of
explained that he did no rust
to watch over him. This made
disgusted with JONES, because ntimes would e
have to spend the whole night c mg was for the Masonite Com any. '
Some time in 1971, he went to work for the
Masonite Company, but had to have the approval of the
PT before making such a change. He stated that
JONES most probably got him the job with Masonite, just
as he had gotten the other 50 or so members of the PT
jobs there. He stated he does not know who owned the
company, but whoever did, must have been connected
with the PT. JONES was always preaching about the new
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even more
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for Guyana. He stated that the announcement was made
at one of the meetings and JONES asked for a volunteer
to supervise the move. CHARLES TOUCHETTE volunteered
for the job and was immediately approved by JONES
and the other PT members. JONES approached him
and asked whether he would like to go to Guyana
part of the initial settlers. The idea of startas
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a new town appealed to him and since his wife,was now involved it seemed a logica
ice He got the impression from JONES that his
mi y would most likely be down to Guyana within_ Year of so He then uIUvEm California to Miami, where he too! a shrimp boat
m Miami to Guyana he stated the name of the boat
the Cudjo" and a total of 16 people went. Included
the group was CPARLES and JOYCE TOUChETTE and their
ldren MICbAEL, ALBZRT, and MICHELLE JERR1 LIVINGSTON,
CK BEIKIAN, ARCHIE IJAMES and his wife, TIM SWEENY,
JACK BARON He stated that he GOES not recall the
t of the people that made the trip Upon arriving
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ounselor for the PT and PAULA ADAMS, who was the
ancial manager
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in Guyana CHARLES TOUCHETTE was busy with procuring
supplies and equipment, which took
e ofJOYCE TOUCHETTE took charge of the assigning
f jobs along with overseein all of the PT b
He stated he was ut in cnar '
There@ was never to criticize
the settlement when writing back to the States and all letters
being sent back to the States were to be read and mailed
by JOYCE TOUCHETTE. He stated he wrote daily to his children,
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but none of the letters were ever sent and in over
the two or so years he was in Guyana before his children
arrived, he only received about six or so letters from
them. He stated that his kids wrote daily, but he never
received their letters. Upon arriving in Guyana,
JOYCE TOUCHETTE took a 1 of their passports for socalled safekeeping./ii
The amount of the settlement increased daily
and by late 1974, there was about 50 or so members
who moved into the Jonestown settlement. TIM SWEENY,
who was the brother of JOYCE TOUCHETTE and CHARLES
TOUCHETTE made sure that everyone did their work. They
accomplished this by instilling fear in everyone's
mind and if that did not work, by the use of force. In
late 1976, Rev. JONES arrived at Jonestown and by January,
1977, there were approximately 500 eople in the development.
im n ' cal e a sai e was going
to give him another wife. He stated that JONES performedthe ceremony and became his wife and he had
nothing to say about 1 . e stat this was done to
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the rules became more rigid and the meetings became
more frequent.[ 1
When questioned about whether having made any
oral or written statements while in the PT, he stated
that JONES oftentimes would request that at the end of
meetings that everyone draft up a written confession admitting
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guilt in some sort of criminal offense. He stated
that JONES would request that the members fabricate
some sort of story concerning a murder or rape or
something to that degree and sign their name to it.
He stated that these statements were collected at
the end of each meeting by JONES and most probably
held for use if and when someone decided to leave
the PT. Most of this was done during their stay in
California.
when questioned about political ties that
JONES might have had, he stated that JONES demanded
that PT members send postcards and make telephone
calls to various politicians in order to influence
them in legislation favorable to the PT. As regards
to DI MALLEY, he stated that DI MALLEY came to Jonestown
once and was greeted by Rev. JONES in a very friendly
manner. He stated that he believed that DI MALLEYand JONES were friendly for a long period of time.//
When asked to comment about other specific
areas, his replies to them are broken down according
to captioned topicszf 1/
Securityhil,
JONES was very afraid that people were trying
to kill him and consequently surrounded himself with
the most trustworthy members of the PT. His sons,
STEVE and JIMMY, along with LEE INGRAM, MIKE TOUCHETTE,
and JOHN BROWN JONES comprised his personal bodyguards.
Due to JONES belief about possible assassination, these
men from time to time had to wear weapons.
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Besides the bodyguards, there was also the security
force, whose duty it was to make sure no assassins
came into the PT and to administer punishment to
violators of the rules. There were approximately 50
or so people on the force. The basketball team was
the top security force led by their coach, LEE INGRAM.
Other members of the team were STEVE JONES, MIKE
TOUCHETTE, CALVIN DOUGLAS, JOHNNY COBB, PRESTON
WADE, JIM JONES, JR., First Name Unknown FNU! SMITH,
HAROLD CORDELL's nephew, FNU! CORDELL!, TIM JONES,
TIM TUPPER JONES, and CLEVELAND NEWELL. The security
force stayed in Hut C-14, which also served as the weapon
storage hut. The term "Angels" was unfamiliar to
him. _
flanningi Commissiov-Q1}
There was a planning commission for each area
of the Jonestown settlement, which took care of planning
strategy concerning all operations. They were comprised
of the most trustworthy of the members of the churchand operated in total secrecy. /
Inside the comn*ssion were the leaders of
the planning commission called the Triumpherate, comprised
of five people; CHARLES TOUCHETTE, JOHNNY JONES, HARRIET
RANDOLPE, LEE INGRAM, and TERRY BUFORD.f14}
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He stated that he heard that the PT had 100
or so weapons consisting of shotguns, rifles, and automatics
JONES referred to the weapon as the bible and would
oftentimes tell the members to bring their bibles to
the meeting. JIM JONES, JR. and TIM JONES were responsiblefor the handling of all weapons. f1%/
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Oftentimes members were brought out into
the fields to practice target shooting, with
STEVE JONES doing the instructing. There was never
any kind of maneuve
to his knowledge in
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Guyana. ZO
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any bomb at but he Q douball. He s a ed that it was a story dreamed up by JONES
he JONES! was. z
Ryan's Visit ,1!to give the members the impression of how powerful
JONES was afraid of RYAN and what RYAN might
do to the PT. He had heard some talk about Jonestown
that RYAN would never make Jonestown and that SHARON
AMOS was going to Georgetown to make sure that RYAN
never made it. He stated that SHARON AMOS was a
trusted follower of JONES and would do just about
anything that JONES requested. AMOS went to Georgetown
with the instructions to accompany RYAN on his flight
from Georgetown
shoot the pilot
cause the plane
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to crash, killing both herself and RYAN.
when the Georgetown authorities refused
to allow AMOS to board the plane with RYAN. On Friday
afternoon, the afternoon before RYAN s arrival, a white
night" was called. A "white night" or "alpha" as it was
sometimes called, meant crisis, and everyone was required
to come running to the pavilion. MARCY JONES, Rev.
JONES wife instructed everyone to go home and clean up
because RYAN was coming. That night, a big show was put onRYAN at the pavilion with all members present. Z{!
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Prior to RYAN's visit, he stated that-
were Eanning an escape for two months.
here were approximately 21 people
in the group who were planning on escaping through the
bush. It was decided that on the morning of
RYAN's departure, they would all meet b he saw milland make their esca e. H stated th
-was able to ea t eme us 0 Veniuela. On the iiiiiii oftheir planned escape,
came forward ans asked to accompany them. He stated
that due to the confusion surrounding RYAN's visit,
they hoped they could make their escape without
being noticed. He stated that he did not believe
that JONES was going to allow anyone to leave withRYAN, so they made their own plans. H!
Come Saturday mo 'n the all et byiiw mill except £ Mr.
tated he wanted to return"to"tne settement53k for his son. They agreed that ifh
did not return in 20 minutes that the should Ileave without him. Time passed d not
return, they all agreed that e not make itthrough the bush withoutso they all returned
to the pavilion to accept the punishment for trying to
escape. By the time they returned to the pavilion, a
disturbance had just ended. It seemed that DON SLY
tried to kill RYAN by slitting his throat. By this
time, RYAN had made his announcement that anyone wishing
to accompany him would be free to go. Rev. JONES stated
that anyone wishing to go could leave and he JONES!
thanked them in . He stated
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ght around and Ryan asked
o to get on the truck.
Just as they were about to leave the pavilion, LARRY
LAYTON came forward and as ked to go also. Everyone
advised RAYN to watch LAYTON because he was known
as one of JONES undercover guys and would do just about
anything JONES said. EDDY
"Big Ed", was the driver of the truck. While en route
e newsmen asked to stop the
ctures. He stated that they
eep going as time was important
what JONES was planning. LAYTON
he small plane, while everyoneto.the airfield, one of th
truck, so he could take pi
all urged the newsmen to k
because they did not know
was instructed to get on t
else was busy getting on t
that RYAN and a few of his
in Guyana because of the l
He stated he was about to
he saw the tractor coming
truck was TOM KICE and his
TOUCHETTE, RONNIE JONES, E
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stated he recalls TOM KICE
off the truck and he was c
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the truck had weapons or n
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he saw KICE kill PATTY PAR
At the time the shooting s
door of the plane as was P
been TOM KICE who shot RYA
started, he stated that he
bu uld hear severalanaged toe insi e, which in
lives because no one could
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team were planning on staying
imited space on the planes.
be seated on the plane, when
up to the airstrip. On the
brother, JOE WILSON, ALBERT
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driving the tractor. He
being one of the first
arrying a weapon. He stated
rest of the guys coming offot. From where he was?
obstructed by one of t e p ane
TOM KICE firing his gun because
KS, who was getting on the plane
tarted, RYAN was by the back
ATTY PARKS, so it could have
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tractor left. He stated when all was quiet, they opened
the door and left the plane. They found one of RYAN's
aides a female! all shot up underneath the plane and .
carried her to the bush, where they all hid till
nightfall. when nightfall came, they carried the survivors
to the Guyanese tent at the end of the runway wherethey spent the night. ]£,
SovietRe1ationshig A few mon hs ago, JONES
one of the night meetings that he
of moving Jonestown to Russia and
to have visitors from Russia. He
this because JONES tried to learntold everyone at
JONES! was thinking
that they were going
stated he recalled
to speak Russian
a few days prior to the Russians arrival. He stated
that two men came and spoke with accents, possibly
from Russia and JONES introduced the two men as his
visitors from Russia. The two men stayed a few days
and departed, but not before addressing everyone andpraising JONES and Jonestownru!
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JONES often stated that
trying to destroy the PT and that
be taken care of. On several occasions, JONES mentionedthere were people
these people must
TIM STONE and how TIM STONE was hiring mercenaries
back in the States in order to kidnap his STONE's! son.
JONES stated that he had fathered STONEs son and that the
son was a member of the PT. JONES went so far as to
say that both STONE and his wife must be killed before
STONE can send down the mercenaries. Besides STONE
there was no other mention of anyone targeted to be
killed, but anyone that tried to destroy the PT would
be taken care of. JONES went so far as to say that anyone
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who was critical of the PT would be dealt with, implying
that there were people back in the States who wouldkill someone if need be. _
As far as any of the surviving members
carrying out any assassinations, he commented that it
could be possible, but that it would be done by workingunderground and not as the PT.
He stated that he heard that there was a
guy back in the States who would take care of any of JONES
enemies, possibly a hit man. He heard that the hit man
had come down to Guyana and that the hit man could
have possibly been JIM MAC ELVANE. As far as any hitlist was concerned, there was none to his knowledge./!;/
Suicides, Or. SCHACH,T,,_I{AULA ADAMS
JONES seemed to constantly talk about suicide
at their meetings over the last couple of months. JONES
even went as far as having mock suicides with certain
people even pretending to actually die at the rehearsals.
AT these rehearsals, everyone would have to take thepoison, which was prepared by Dr. SCHACT and his tearrqj
Dr. SCI-IACHT could be described as an inept
doctor and a personal friend of JONES. As far as he
knew, SCHACHT never was a licensed doctor, but had
completed the necessary schooling. SCHACHT spentmost of his time training assistants in Jonestownl-3}
PAULA ADAMS was described as the public relations
expert for the PT. He stated that she was young and
beautiul and stayed in Georgetown. Her duty was to
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To the best of his knowledge, the radio
was used principally to communicate with the rest of
the PT members in San Francisco. There were no
special codes used, with MIKE and TIM CARTER being
in charge of the radio. No other businesses were
conducted by the PT to the best of his knowledge,
but he does not rule out the fact that there couldbe some run withoutts knowledge. u7
There was never any
living in Jonestown to escape
States. However he had heardmention of fugitives
the law in the United
that JIM MAC ELVANE might
have been in some kind of trouble relating to drugs.
Further, that might have been
eventually came to Jonestown.the reasondhy MAC ELVANE
There was never any mention
of drugs or the taking of drugs in Jonestown, but after
the incident he heard that JONES had been takingdrugs for some time.
Mr. LANE and Mr. GEARY were both close friends
of JONES besides being the PT's attorneys. He stated
that he thought that LANE arrived with the RYAN party,
but could not be certain. He also heard that when the
suicides started, that JONES instructed one of his
security men, PANCHO, to take LANE and GEARY to the
bush and kill them both. Instead PANCHO took them
to the bush and let them go. Both LANE and GEARY wereat the pavilion when he left for the plane with RYAN. /go
Q providedsome of the mem ers, along
in the PT. Also provided was
or dead D!, white W!, black
and present whereabouts. Thea brief description of
with their job while
whether they were alive A!
B!, male M!, female F!,
names are as follows:
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JIMMY JONES, JR.
EDDY CRENSHAW
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JOHNNY JONES
MARK CORDELL ~Si
M, W, A,
blond ha5 feet 10 inches,
ir, believed to be
living with JONES daughter
San ?rancisco, leader in
of secur
M, W, A,
l7 yearsity force.
6 feet 3 inches,
old, now with siste
in San Franciso, security
force.
M, B, D»
pounds,
driver.
M, B, A,
18 years
in Georg
Cudjo .
M, B, A,
17 years
security
unknown.
M, W, D,
160 pounfeet, 200-210
6 feet, 170 pounds,
old, in townhouse
etown, worked on
5 feet 10 inches,
old, leader in
force, whereabouts
S feet ll inches,
ds, 25 years old,
on the Triumpherate plannin
commissi
M, W, A,
165 poun
in the s
worked ion!.
5 feet 10 inches,
ds, might be now
tate of Washington,
n kitchen.
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JIM MAC ELVANE
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STEVE JONES
, TIM TUPPER JONES
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CALVIN DOUGLAS
CLEVELAND NEWELL
BONNIE srmon
g PAUL MC cannBILLY OLIVER -W
M, B, D, 6 feet 6 inches,
225 pounds, Rev. JONES
boyfriend. H
M, B, D, 6 feet, 180 pounds
18 years old.
M, W, A, 6 feet 4 inches,
160 pounds, in jail at
Georgetown, leader in
security force.
Ml WI Al
22 years
security6 feet, 175 pounds,
old, in San Francisc
force dangerous!.
M, B, A, 6 feet, 185 pounds,92
in Georgetown, coach of
basketball team, on Triumpher
planning commission!
dangerous!.
19 years old, made bricks.
M, B, A, 20 years old, 5
feet ll inches, basketball
team dangerous!.
M, B, A ?!, 6 feet, 155 pour
20 years old, basketball
team !.
F, W, D, 5 feet 3 inches,
brown hair, security.
M, W, A, 5 feet ll inches,
24 years old, 145 pounds,
might be on 'Albatros" boat!
purchaser.
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TOM GRUBBS
MARIE RANKIN
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JEAN BROWN
RENNIE KICE
LORA JOHNSTON
VERA YOUNG
JUNE CRYM
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25 years, electrical engineer
W, D, 5 M35 years, 180 pounds, school
principal
F, B, D, 5
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F, W, A, 5
brown hair, fair complexion,J
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feet 10 inches,
feet 6 inches, 140
years old,
feet 5 inches,
26-27 years old, 120 pounds,
in San Francisco, on planning
commission, one of most
trusted of Rev. JONES, madill . . .all of magor decisions for
JONES, has potential to be U
the most dangerous of all
members of the PT.
Not seen her in years!, 32 y
old, 5 feet 4 inches, 135 pou
F, B, D, 5
pounds, 33
in medical
F, W, A, 5
pounds, 30
in Europe,feet 5 inches, 140
years old, worked
supply room.
feet 3 inches, 130
years old, might b
worked in Public
Service Unit, dangerous and
vicious.
Unknown.
F, W, A, 5 feet 2 inches,
brown hair, 115 pounds, 30
years old, secretary to
GEARY, in San Francisco ?!.
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TIM CARTER
SANDRA INGRAM
BRADSHAW!
JUDY FLOWERS
JIM RANDOLPH
HARRIET RANDOLPH -
LEONA COLLIER
DALE PARKS
BURRELL WILQON
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150 pounds, brown hair,
31 years old, in Park Hotel,
Georgetown, radio operator
dangerous!.
M, W, A, 5 feet 10 inches,
175 pounds, 30 years old,
light brown hair, balding,
in Park Hotel, Georgetown,
radio operator {very dangerous
F, W, A, 5 feet 2 inches, 120
30 years old, in States, wifeof JIMMY INGRAM. |
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Purchaser for Jonestown, has
not seen in years.
F, W, D ?!, 5 feet l inch,
30 years old, black hair,
110 pounds, an attorney,
on Triumpherate planning
commission!.
F, B, A, 5 feet 2 inches,
40 years old, heavy, in San
Francisco ?!, administrator
in PT very dangerous!.
28-30 years old, worked in
medical department.
Unknown.
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RICHARD JANARO
DON and BONNIE
MARIE KATSARIS
PAULA ADAMS
TISH LEROY
CHUCK BEIKMANBECK
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45 years old, very
came to Guyana afte
incident where she
one hotel in George
and has not been se
M,
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for
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pounds, whereab
own, one of pur
Jonestown, very
Not seen in years.
F D, 5 feet 5 inc es,
financial people in
JonestownW, , h
late 20's, one of JONEStat,
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left
town
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inches,
outs
chaser's
business
W, F, A, 5 feet 2 inches,
28 years old, 115 p
blond hair, attract
presently in George
public relations.
D, 48 years old, se
M, N, A, 5 feet lU
190 pounds, thinnin
hair, in jail in
Georgetown accused
murder of SHARON AMOS,
town cobbler could not have
given a signed confession
because cannot read or write!ounds,
ive,
town,
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5 feet 3
planning44 years old,
inches, 130 pounds
commission.
M, W, A, 5 feet ? inches,
180 pounds, 48 years old,
purchase agent, planning
commission, presently
on "Albatros" in Barbados.
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JIM COBB -M
M, W, A, 5 feet 9 inches,
160 pounds, in Park Hotel,
Georgetown, radio operator,
dangerous!.
Unknown. H & by
Defected from church in 1972,
presently working with
concerned relatives in San
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Date of Birth
Place of Birth
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Eyes
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Family
Social Security
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Selective Service
Number
Arrest
Destination Point
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was met at
Pan Americ angar national Airport
JFKIA!. She was advised of the identities Q the interviewing
" and92 spew-1 Agents <-$118!" *, United States Secret ervice, and o the nature o e inquiry.
At this time, she advised that a member of their group, one
'- had made arrangements for an Attorney, JOSEPH
BLATCHFORD, to be on hand at JFKIA and that she would be
willing to be inte viewed only after being advised to doso by the attorney{QEQ!
entered the area where
was locate1'ano' advised her that he had met wiwttorney
BLATCHFORD and that BLATCHFORD advised that he and the others
be fully cooperative in answering all questions asked by. _ . . . A
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olaw enforcement off cials At this point, Supervisory S
Federal Bureau of Investigation F
that if she still desired to talk wit
uld take her to where the attorney was
declined and advised that she was now
w - -rviewed and would be fully cooperative:thereafter provided the following inforn2ation:C7L!a v se
the atto w
located.
She first became aware of the Reverend JIM JONES
while living in Redwood Valle alifornia, in February
of 1968. Her husband had attende some of JONES
services and was impre with his Church
joined Reverend
theLater in
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Church, retained ownership of this untideeded to the Church. l went to Guyana to hel in the early deve merit at
onestown. Also in went to Guyanawith Reverend JONES
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the United States of America USA!, she was shown on several
occasions photo slides of Jonestown and was told by other
members of the Peoples Temple PT! that it was like heaven
on earth. Living conditions were described as being excellentand every family was said to have their own cottage. was still reluctant to go to Jonestown. At the ime
an! mos! ow !!em !esir!! !o o E0 5 !.~ . ¥h g ones own ey were
unable to go without her agreeing to accompany them. Shefinally agreed to go to Jonestown in July of l9T7. ?l}
Upon arrival in Jonestown, she discovered that
she had been misled as to the living conditions in Jonestown.
Families did not live together, but were separated, as she
lived in a cottage with 1U other adults
Although she was married ceived
permission from Reverend JONES to l e
B regu!ar HOP ng
s of work and then usually a meeting
in the evening. Food consisted of rice and gravy, sometimes
soup and almost never any type of meatfZ{|
Iof e even or more
After arriving at Jonestown, she was convinced
that the only way out of there was death. Reverend JONES
often told them that the roads to Jonestown were all one
way leading in. The only time she spent away from Jonestown
was ' t l ' k approxima c y six wee s a roximate six months a o.he was assigned to be a
During this en ire six week period, s e was
not a owe to talk to anyone in the visiting party. Also
during the entire time she was in Georgetown nobody in herfamily was allowed out of Jonestowntl
It was standard procedure in Joenstown that when
a husband left Jonestown, his wife would not be allowed
out. In rare cases, when a husband and wife were allowedout together, their children would be held at Jonestownll
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She advised that regarding any written oaths made
by members of the PT that she must have signed hundreds
and hundreds of blank pieces of paper while at the PT in
San Francisco, and in Jonestown. Members, including herself,
were also required to sign confessions admitting that they
molested their own children, to having committed murders
and other crimes. This was done as a test of loyalty tothe Reverend JONES. l{!
Reverend JONES had body guards that were armed.
They included TIM JONES, JIMMY JONES, CALVIN DOUGLAS, JOEWILSON, and JOHNNY coaaf-u!
There was a security force at Jonestown and it
was used for internal policing. Reverend JONES first claimed
tha the security force was for defensive reasons, to defend
the camp from the Guyana Government forces. He later claimed
that the security force was to guard the camp against aninvasion from Venezuela. ] !
In reality, the security force was used to prevent
escapes from Jonestown and to enforce Reverend JONES rigid
standard of discipline. All during the night security guards
patrolled the perimeter of the camp. These guards carried
weapons. They carried shotguns and they carried rifles
with scopes. These weapons were in clear view and no attempt
was made to conceal them from the view of camp residents.
Many were equipped with straps and carried on the backs
of the guards. In addition to patrolling the perimeter
of the camp, the security forces also made bed checks during
the night. The security forces had informers among the
ranks of the PT and it was not uncommon for one's own familymember or spouse to turn one in to security. ! }
The following peo le were considered to be membersof the security force
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STEVEN JONES - Described as overall head of
Jonestown after Reverend JONES.
TIM JONES - white male - Head of security
JIMMY JONES, JR.
CALVIN DOUGLAS - Head of security
BOB KICE
JOHNNY COBB - Head of security
CLEVELAND NEWELL
CHRIS CORDELL
TOM KICE
GREG WATKINS
DANNY MOTIN
BILLY OLIVER
BRUCE OLIVER
LEE INGRAM
PAUL MC CANN - security informer
LORA JOHNSTON - security informer directly
to Reverend JONES
MIKE PROKES
MIKE TOUCHETTE
MARIE RANKINS DUCKETT!
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Although she never heard the term "Angels" used,
she speculated that this might refer to the Church hierarchymade up of the following women ll!
TERRI BUFORD
SANDY BRADSHAW
JEAN BROWN uCAROL LAYTON 92 I
ANNIE MOORE
MARIE KATSIRES 92
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The above women were in on all decisions made
by Reverend JONES at Jonestown and they were the most powerfulpeople in the Church next to Reverend JONES. jg
_ The Planning Commission consisted of possibly
100 members who hel ed decide PT policy regarding purchasesand future plans. member of the Planning
Commission while in San FFEHcf§co.' There was no Planning
Commission at onestown. Reverend JONES did all the planning
personally. I
She did not know of any information concerningbribery of influence peddling by members of the P'r. l¢/
Concerning Lieutenant Governor DI MALLEY of Californ
she advised that he visited Jonestown and was very impressed
with the PT and made favorable remarks about the PT and
Reverend JONES DI ALLEY as du ~ W a be who wastaken in by Reveren NES.t'
She could provide no information regarding membersof the PT who are fugitives from justice in the USA. i{/
During the latter part of September of 1978, a
Soviet official visited Jonestown. She believes this official
name was TIM OPH ho EA P netic!-spelling!.
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She has no specific knowledge as to how weapons
were shipped to Jonestown. They were specifically told
that the guns were there legally to protect the camp from
invaders. These guns were used by security and she would -estimate that there were between 50-100 guns at Jonestown./q/
Although she never witnessed any firearms training
either in San Francisco or in Jonestown, while at Jonestown,
she often heard shots. STEVEN JONES was known to be an
excellent marksman and considered the weapons expert atJonestown. He personally had charge of cleaning the weapons?/z6/
the term "Contingency Plan" used when
Reverend JONES was talking about the MYRTLES or the STONES
or other defectors from the PT. Reverend JONES openly advocated
the killing of anyone who he considered to harm his Church.
would even talk against the PTBy this, she understood he meanpziffectors or anyone who
Although she never knew if any specific official
targeted for murder, Reverend JONES often went into a tirade
when talking about former President RICHARD NIXON. ReverendJONES also fria ntly went into a tirade against Senator
JOHN STENNIS
pa
while a mem er of the PT
or cirumstances. while
in two suicide drills.result of the threa}1i7a
coming to get him._ I
During this dr
was put out and everyone
even acted as if they we
JONES. During the drill
around and there was ole
to drink the KoolAid.
when she participated in
not recall what specific_..- -_e_._._. ..___e _r___-_srticipated in three suicide rehearsals
, specifically recalling the year
residing at Jonestown, she participated
The first on in Jonestown was a
t the parents of JOHN STONE were
ill, a big container of Kool-Aid
was told to drink.
re dying at the direSome
ction
, armed security guards w
arly no choice as to
There was one other
a suicide drill, bu
allv tricgered this7'*J "792-T-J" "'_*
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time
t she
drillpeople
of Reverend
ere all
k or not
at Jonestown
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She is not aware f any relocation plans in theevent of a mass suicide. wi! _
J» Regarding the radio, she was aware that they used
some type of code and that HARRIET was called SARAH in this
code. She is also aware that SHARON AMOS was operating
the radio at Georgetown during the time the mass suicidewas ensuing in Jonestown u/
People who operated the radio were trusted membersof the PT, as well as knowledgeable of the Church's businessf/Q]
Reverend JONES often referred to former President
NIXON in very derogatoryterms and referred to him as "TRICKY
DICKEY." He also frequently stated that he would get his
someday. Although she has no knolwedge of a hit list, she
believes that any PT defector would be likely candidatesfor assassination, as well as former President NIXON./W
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PAULA ADAMS was used by Reverend JONES to seduce
officials in the Guyana government. The identity of these
officials is not known to her. ADAMS also lived with some
Guyana official in Georgetown. It was widely belived at
Jonestown that in addition to PAULA ADAMS, CAROLYN LAYTON,
and SANDY BRADSHAW were also used in this manner. Reverend
JONES was also reported to be sexually involved with PAULA
and sway./2 ]
The only reference she has ever heard to a nuclear
device was made by Reverend JONES in San Francisco in 1976.
During one of his tirades, he alleged that he had the bomb. .
He gestured with his hands to indicate the mushroom cloud
and then made an A with his hands to indicate an A-bomb,
although he did not verbally say A-bomb./I1!
' There were numerous "White Nights" during the
one and one half years she spent at Jonestown. An alarm
would sound and they would all respond to the pavillion
where Reverend JONES would ramble for hours about various
topics.
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Hut C-1H was the hut in which Reverend JONES resided.There were also movements of weapons in and out of Hut C-ll|./'7!/
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She was aware that drugs were administered topeople who were discipline problems at Jonestown./1
The following is an account of the events leading
up to Congressman RYA 's visit to Jonestown, through and
including his murder: Q]
During the last few weeks previous to Congressman
- visit to Jonestown, there was a general consensus
g many members of the PT that the end was near for all
of them. Approximately one and one half weeks prior to
the visit, HAROLD CORDELL was made aware of the fact that
a large quantity of deadly poison had arrived in JonestownThis poison was discovered by the man who ran the piggeryxly
During the last few weeks at Jonestown, Reverend
JONES talked often about moving Jonestown to Russia or Cuba.
Reverend JONES showed a preference for moving to Russia.
The Russian language was being taught and the Russian Ambassadorvisited Jonestown _
A few days prior to RYAN's visit, Reverend JONESannounced that he was going to make a last stand ill Jonestown.,i@/
when RYAN arrived in Georgetown, Reverend JONES
called everybody to the Pavillion and announced that RYAN
had arrived in Georgetown and intended to visit Jonestown.
Reverend JONES raged that he did not want RYAN or anyone
else to visit Jonestown. He stated that he would stop RYAN
d h t t th d t k t an is par y a e gates an a e heir cameras from em.He also stated that he might make "stew" out of RYAN. h
explained that Reverend JONES claimed to have made stew
out of the remains of an individual who attempted to invade
Jonestown at an earlier date and fed it to the residents
of Jonestown.! Reverend JONES also commented that maybe
the_Contressnan's plane would fall out of the sky before
reaching Jonestown. After being dismissed from the Pavillion,
another announcement was made advising the people that RYAN
was going to make his visit and that all were to report
to the Pavillion again at 8:00 PM. The people were warned
not to talk to any of RYAN's people if they valued their
children's lives. They were warned that security would
be around and that they were to be cleaned up and dressed
up properly. when the Congressman arrived, an announcement
was made that there was to be entertainment for "everyone"
at the Pavillion. The everyone meant that everybody was
being ordered to the Pavillion to meet the Congressman.
After the entertainment was over, everybody went back totheir respective hut. -M} _.7,
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R On Saturday morning, JOHNNY JONES made an announcement
escape for some time
because he was one of
He had made a contact
to provide.i the AM on Saturdail
a ee" lanring to
was veramiliarvwith tlhenjungle
rst PT people to go to Jonestown.
ome Guyana Governme officialswith s '
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not yet tol er c ne esca e becauseD
she was afraid that her children might turn her in to
security. At the saw mill on Saturday morning, she
started to l t h ld ld ex ain o er o est chi ,daccused her mother of .-l"'VlIl°' .,-o trio!-:her and {Ran revealed that she andad been °h planning an escape, but were a rai to te l herbecause they thought that she may turn them in to security./av
' For a variety of reasons, this plan to escape
by train went awry and in the interim, the first defectors
had already contacted Congressman RYAN. They had avoided
l_;. using RYAN because they felt Reverend JONES would not allow
anyone to leave with him. Ihey then found out that Reverend
JONES agreed to allow people to leave
their
MESS Sg them
It was at
BC an EVER
Prior to leaving Jonestown, all the defectors
lined
JONES
these
Afterup and Reverend JONES said goodbye to them. Reverend
asked h she w P: y ' as leaving him after all
years. e replied that she had to go with her family.
he said goodbye, both MARCIA and HARRIET passed throughthe defectors and said goodbyefwj
. Congressman RYAN requested that each defector
state on his tape recorder that they desired to leave Jonestown
and were leaving
got on the truck
felt that LAYTONof their own free will. All the defectors
and then LARRY LAYTON got on. The defectorshad a bomb and was going to blow them up/7,?
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They told JIM COBB a defector who came with Congressman
RYAN! that LAYTON was not a defector, in that he was one
of Reverend JONES most trusted people. They wanted himthrown off the truck.
There was great anxiety on the
the general feeling of the defectgrs waswould not let them leave alive. [ /truck, in that
that Reverend JONES
As they were waiting on the truck to leave Jonestown
they were told by one of Congressman RYAN's aids that RYAN
was attacked. but that he was not harmed and the blood on
his shirt was that of the attacker. JOE WILSON then got
into the truck and they drove off. when they arrived there,
there were no planes and only four Guyana soldiers at the
air field. / |¢|
The smaller plane came in first, followed by the
larger plane. It appeared that everybody could not leave
in these two planes. Congressman RYAN's secretary was making
arrangements to load all the defectors on the two planes,
There was talk that Congressman RYAN intended to return
to Jonestown t etermine if there were more people whowanted out.
Because of the presence of LAYTON in the ranks
of the defectors, Congressman RYAN was persuaded by other defe
to search people before they got on the plane. The smaller
plane was being loaded first and LARRY LAYTON demanded that
he be allowed on the first plane, stating he had been promised
that he coul be on the first plane. After LAYTON was patteddownobserved him shaking hands with JOE WILSON.
She observed WILSON pass somethin to LAYTON which LAYTONconcealed under his sweatshirt. bcould not
physically see a gun, she t oug ' ' time at WILSON
had passed LAYTON a gun
boarded the larger .
noticed the trailer pull to a
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to their plane. The next thing she recalls is that TOM
KICE, JOE WILSON, ALBERT TOUCHETTE were shooting at them
into the plane. She observed STANLEY GIEG driving the trailer.
She also observed BOB KICE, RONNIE JAMES and EARNEST Last
Name Unknown LNU! doing the shooting. She was told by
other defectors that ANTHONY SIMONES also participated inthe attack .iv? C! .- gh she was not harmed in this attack, _ re wounded. They were in the rear o
the aircra w en the attack started and managed to ullthe door shut, keeping the attackers outside. i
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plane out. After the shooting stopped, another defector
stated that the attackers were driving off. The door to
the airc aft was put down and the survivors ran into thejungle. !} '
After being sure the attackers were out of thearea she came out of the jungle to aid the wounded. E. ided one Miss SPEAR phonetic!, Congres ns se etary. ll _
The four Guyana guards did not come to their aidduring the shooting and were not around at this time./2
The wounded were taken to a tent and the remaining
survivors, who were not hiding in the jungle, spent thenight in a rum house.?Z !
All during the night, there was a lot of conc rnthat the attackers would return to finish them off./v
' The Guyana army arrived at their location approximately
6:00 AM on Sunday morning. he first plane to get themout arrived at 10:00 AM./l
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of the following individuals. It is noted that persons
classified by her as "dangerous" are felt by her to be extremelyloyal, even fanatical followers of the Reverend JONES. jy
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JIMMY JONES, JR.
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CHRIS O'NEAL
CALVIN DOUGLAS
CLEVELAND NEHELL
BONNIE SIMON
PAUL MC CANN
PAULINE GROOT
MARIE RANKIN- - n'
Black male, 6'3", HO's,
black hair, receding
hairline, security, coach
of basketball team, now
at Lamath House, Georgetown,
dangerous.
Returned to USA, December 21
1978
Black male, 6', well
built, 20 years old,
head of security, now
in Georgetown, dangerous
Black male, 6'1", 22-
a bull, security, dangerous,
whereabouts unknown2H years old, built like k
Dead _
White male, 30 years,
6'1", worked at the saw
mill, security informer,
dangerous, whereabouts
unknown
Dead
White male, dead
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RENNIE KICE
LORA JOHNSTON
VERA YOUNG
JUNE CRYM
MIKE PROKES
TIM CARTER
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White female, 30, 5'5",
130 pounds, head of PT
in San Francisco, dangerous
Dead
White female, 5'5", 30's,
informer to Reverend
JONES, "Total Bitch"
in San Francisco _
Black female, 5'5", thin, l
29-30 years, works forLEONA COLLIER in San
Francisco Church
I HWhite female, 5 3 , brown
hair, medium build, secretary
and lawyer, did legal
work for PT, close to
SANDY BRADSHAW and JEAN
BROWN, in San Francisco
White male, 5'8", 30,
brown hair, medium build,
head man at Georgetown,
settlement of PT security,
now in Georgetown, dangerous.
White male, public relations
man, in on decision making,
got out of Jonestown
with the money, now at
Park Hotel, Georgetown,
dangerous
32 years, wife of LEE
INGRAM, 5'", thin, blondehair, residing in San I
iAka Bradshaw, white female,
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JIM RANDOLPH
HARRIET RANDOLPH
LEONA COLLIER
DALE PARKS
BURRELL WILSON
CLAIRE JANARO
RICHARD JANARO
BONNIE BECKH f
Black female, 5'6", works
in PT, San Francisco,
could be dangerousI
White male, 5'H", 3N-
35 years, skinny build, i
very high in Church in
San Francisco
Dead
Black female, in charge
of black people in PT,
high up in Church in
San Francisco1
Returned US, December 21,
1978
Black male, 20 years, 1!
basketball player, 6',
described as a gentle
person, whereabouts no
known
White female, heavy,
35~H0, brown hair, lost '
two children in Jonestown
suicide
White male, middle H0s,6'1", medium build, gray I
hair, purchasing agent
on ship, in USA, whereabouts
unknown
White female, 5'u", very
fat, described as brilliant
woman, possibly dangerous
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MARIE KATSARIS
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CHUCK BEIKMAN
JOYCE TOUCHETTE
CHARLIE TOUCHETTE
MICHELLE TOUCHETTE
MIKE TOUCHETTE
STANLEY CLAYTONH I K
White male, blonde hair, I
5'10", 30-35 years old, 7
heavy build, higher up
in Church J
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as not dangerous H
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White male, 5'7", 50 A
years, gray hair, worked
on supply ship, whereabouts
unknown, dangerous
Dead 1
White male, 5'8", drive
the cat at Jonestown,
also security now in
Georgetown, close to
STEVEN JONES
Black male, 5'8", medium
build, 30 years, cook
at Jonestown, escaped
from Jonestown after
"mass suicide", described '
as mean, now at Park
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5'8", school teacher,
escaped from Jonestown
"masss suicide", now '
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White male, 32-35 years,
5'8 , medium build, brown
hair, moustache, at Park
Hotel, Georgetown, extremely
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Race
Sex
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
HeightWeight
Build
' Hair
Eyes
Scars
Residence
Occupation
Marital Status
Social Security
Account Number
Destination Point
Family Members
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Date of trnn;ulp¢ion
upon his return from Guyana to John F.
Kennedy Airport on , was questioned concerning his knowledge
of the events which occurred in Jonestown, Guyana on or about ll/l8/78
the following information
an escape from
ug reasons their lans neverO .ma rialized. However, on ll/18/78, at about 1:00 pmb
ent to see Con ressman LEO RYAN, who was vi ' ' siting Jonestown, andim that 11* wanted to leave Jonestown RYAN told hi
hat t he would get t em out on the next flight. They then got on
"a truck with other members of the Peoples Temple who wanted to defect,
including LARRY LAYTON, and drove to the front gate. No one believed
that LARRY LAYTON was defecting because he had been such a fanatical
follower of JONES. At the gate another close follower of JONES, JOE
WILSON, got on the truck and the truck then was driven to Port Kaituma
Airstrip. JOE WILSON and LARRY LAYTON got off the truck and started
talking together. After about fifteen or twenty minutes a small plane
arrived at the airstrip and shortl tr f y =erea ter a Guyana cruiser arrived.
LAYTON boarded the small plane, along with some others H. ealong with others, boarded the larger plane. At this point e uc
that took them to the airstrip left Shortl ther ft . y ea er the Peoples
Temple tractor and trailer pulled up next to the larger plane and five
men started shooting at the larger plane, using shotguns, rifles and a
magnum. The individuals doing the shooting were JOE WILSON, RONNIE
JAMES, TOM RICE, Sr., BOB RICE, Sr., ERNEST JONES and ANTHONY SIMON.
The driver 'of the truck was either WESLEY BRIEDENBACH or ALBERT
A passen er in tn" 1 g is arger plane, PATTY PARKS, was killed.
aet the door of the larger plane shut After the door was shut, e uck
ar : i e o e plane and these individuals began
oting at everyone on the round t 'dwen
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him to Jonestown Onll/1/'17, he tried to run away from Jonestown with one
were caught and were chained and shakeled together for three weeks zmade to work at hard labor for 18 hours a day as a punishment.f]£!
On three or four occasions in the United States and three
four times in Jonestown he was made to sign blank pieces of paper.
or twice in Jonestown a whole group was made to sign a paper, saying
they had stolen money. JIM JONES told them if they eve attacked tlTemple these confessions would be used against themflg
' JONES had body guards number unknown! who sometimes carri
hand guns. He did not know everyone on JONES Security Force. howex
he did know they sometimes used the slogan "Defense of the Revolutic
He never heard of the term "Angels". People in charge of various
projects on the farm were on the Planning Commission. They met at 1
A.0.L. Office. He did not know about an inner core on the Planning
Commission. He had no information concerning bribery or influence
peddling by members of the Peoples Temple. He had no information cz
cerning JONES contact or influence over officials of the State of
California, including Lieutenant Governor DIMALLEY. He had no info:
mation regarding members of the Peoples Temple who are fugitives fr:
justice in the United States or have committed crimes that they are5 _/K charged with. [ 14!In Jonestown he worked 10 1/2 hours a day asp
He worked seven days a week with l/2 day o on Sundays.
e s consisted mainly of rice and gravy. Each evening there
would be a meeting between 7:45 pm and ll pm. There would be a clas
in Russian language records!, news was given and JONES would usual]
speak. The security at Jonestown consisted of guards in the tower zone or two guards at JONES house. Sometimes these guards were arme @!
Three or four months ago two Soviet officials from the Ru:
Embassy in Georgetown visited Jonestown. He did not know the purpo:of the V15itu
In Jonestown weapons were stored in a warehouse made out c
troolie leaves. He did not know how many weapons, Qrossbows, long-
bows and combination bows were stored in a crate next to the metalwarehouse9292u 23 Jortl reef er o lane and ran i 'we withThey did n come out o t e us un 1 e nex morning w en t ey
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l 31M 3ONES indicated on severe
and that any Peoples Temple member that
taken care of by the team. The team wou
was not aware of any officials who haveoccasions that he had a tez
attacked the church would bu
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Once about 2 or 3 months ago JIM JONES had a suicide rehe:
.He had no knowledge of any'relocati 1 ' ' nip ans that J0hES had in the evta mass suicide. Q, .
He did not know if the assassinations of Congressman RYAN
h. .15 party was prepared for in advance. He felt that the following s
viving members of the Peoples Tem le Ch h * p urc would carry out anassassination plan if it existed:ai
STEVE JONES
White
Male
6 feet 4 inches tall
180 pounds
19 years old Q
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5 feet 10 inches tall
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EUGENE snrm I 11]Black Male '
5 feet 6 inches tall
200 pounds
25 years old
CARL BARNETT
Black
Male
5 feet 10 inches tail
early 20's
BONNIE BECKwhite
Female
early 30's
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White
Female
Long Brown Hair
Located at Peoples Temple in San Francisco
He had no knowledge of the radio used by the Peoples Temp
Church. He had no knowledge of a "hit list" or of individuals to b
assassinated. ]Q
PAULA ADAMS handled Public Relations in Georgetown andspent most of her time in Georgetown.l]4j
He had no knowledge concerning a primitive nuclear devicebomb at Jonestown. t];!
White Night was the name used for an alert in the event tlPeoples Temple in Jonestown was attackediflt!
Hut C-14 contained all t pes of weapons and some members:the security force lived there. u§
' Dr. LAWRENCE SCHACHT was a doctor who went to school in
Mexico but did not have a license to practice medicine. SCHACHT he
a whole medical staff and they were all members of the Peoples TempI1'§
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TIM JONES
White
Male
6 feet 2 inches tall
170 pounds
Blond hair
Blue Eyes
Fair Skin
20-21 years oldSecurity and Basketball team, present whereabouts unknown%g
JIMMY JONES , JR
Black -Male 6 feet 2 inches tall
165 pounds
Brown eyes
Black hair
18 years old
Security and Basketball team, present whereabouts unknown
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Black
Male
Early 20'sII
Took care of storage tents and cooked, present whereabout
Georgetown
JOHNNY COBB
Black
Male
6 feet 1 inch tall
Brown eyes
Curly hair
165 pounds
19 years old
Basketball team and security, present whereabouts unknowr
JOHNNY BROWN JONES
Black
Male
5 feet 11 inches tall
Late 2Ds
Minister
May be deceased
MARK
White
Male
Bushy hair
18 years old
Basketball team and security, whereabouts unknown
JIM MAC ELVANE
Deceased
BILLY OLIVER
Deceased
STEVE JONES
American Indian
6 feet 4 inches tall
180 pounds
Brown hair
Brown eyes
Long hair, mustache
19 years old
Security and basketball team
Currently in jail in Guyana
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Black
Male
Early 40's
S feet ll inches tall
Bald spot on top of head
Basketball Coach, Planning Commission
Present whereabouts unknown
CHRIS 0'NEAL -
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CALVIN DOUGLAS
Black
Male
Early 20's
5 feet 10 inches '
Brown eyes
Afro
175 pounds:1 5 L
Pull time security and basketball
Currently in Georgetown
CLEVELAND NEWELL
Black
Hale
6 feet tall
150 pounds
22 years old
Full time security
Present whereabouts unknown
BONNIE SIMON
Deceased
PAUL MC CANN
Deceased
PAULINE GROOT
Deceased
TOM GRUBBS
Deceased
c_~ MARIE RANKIN also known as
Duchett
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White
Female
Brown hair
20's
120 pounds
Former assistant to JIM ONES, claimed to be defector fro:
Peoples Temple but does not believe this,
w E in United States currently staging
JEAN BROWN
White
Female
3s
5 feet 5 inches tall
Former school teacher
Position in Jonestown
RENNIE RICE
Deceased
LORA JOHNSTON
White
Female
Short brown hair
Late 20's
In charge of work crew in Jonestown, currently at Peoplesno
in United States
unknown, present whereabouts unknow:
Temple in San Francisco
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White
Male
20's
Short brown hairYOUNG
not know
CRYM
not know
PROKES
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5 feet 9 inches
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Does not know
-may F1.-owses J
Deceased ,
JIM and HARRIET RANDOLPH
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Female l
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DALE PARKS
Returned to United States 12/21/78
BURRELL WILSON
Black
Male
5 feet 10 inches tall
Medium build
19-20 years old
was kitchen worker and member of basketball team, not in
~Jonestown recently, currently in San Francisco
CLAIRE JANARO
White
Female
Brown hair
Early 40's
Not in Jonestown recently currentlv somewhere in United s _' - ' -"""_
DON BELK
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Black
30's
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White
Male
Late 40's
1B0 pounds
5 feet ll inches
whereabouts Unknewn
BONNIE BECK
White
Female
3s
Welfare worker in Ukiah, California
MARIE KATSARIS
Deceased
. TISH LEROY
3 Deceased
CHUCK BEIKMAN
3 White
r Hale
40's_-VI3&2; 5 feet 8 inches tall
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190 pounds
ex-marine
JOYCE TOUCHETTE
Deceased
CHARLIE TOUCHETTE
White
' Male
Late 4Q's
5 feet 8 inches tall
200 pounds
Captain of JONES cargo ship, currently in Georgetown
MICHELLE TOUCHETTE
Deceased
MIKE TOUCHETTB
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Early 20's
140 pounds
Brown hair
Handled first aid for basketball team,
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Male
20's
Cook
Considered defector from Peoples Temple
Currently in Georgetown
MARY LEE BOGUE
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ODELL RHODES
Black
Male
Late 20's
Teacher
Considered a defector from the Peoples Temple
Currently in Georgetown
TIM CARTER
Currently in Georgetown at the Park Hotel
VERA INGRAM
Does not know
JIM COBB
Black
Male
180 pounds
29-30 years old
Dentist
Defector
Came to Jonestown with Congressman RYAN
. .JIM JONES used drugs wb ich came in crates 61 wooden foot
lockers. Kind of drug unknown}. He did not know of any PeoplesTemple members who used drugs- J
The only dru s produced by the Peoples Temple were herbaldrugs, amount unknown.4
Commercial drugs were handled by the doctors{R,
He had no information concerning boats belonging to the
Peoples Temple being used to transport drugs and knew nothing aboutdrugs being sent outside Guyana by the Peoples Templefwr
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Race
Sex
Date and Place
Birth
Height
Weight
Build
Hair _
Eyes
Scars or Marks
Residence
Occupation
Employment
Education
Marital Status
Family Members
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Selective Service
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Arrests
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n D c 1, 1978, at approximately 8:00 PM,
was interviewed at John F. Kennedy
n erna iona Airport JFKIA!, c cernin the assassinationof Congressman LEO J. RYAN b Special
Agent SA! of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI!.Also res nt ijring the interview was Secret Service Agenti!
' <1 f th t was appraise o e na ureof the interview and the identities of the Agents.92[ !
tated that she was willingto be interviewed without the presence of an Attorney{gJ
she first be
sta ed People's Temp e
met Reverend J
night school.
the People's Temp e_ when she was
approxima ely 25 - 30 blank p Other papers,
which she signed, had compromising statements printed on them,
such as that she would be willin to help conspire to blow upgovernment monuments. iexplained forms of torture
that were executed by Reverend JONES to discipline his followers.
One of the most used forms of torture was "spankings" with a
board. Individua "s anked" with a board approximately75 to 100 times. as disciplined in this
manner two times, once for being drunk and once for refusing
to do something. The older people of the compound were known
as seniors. The seniors disciplined other seniors by hitting
those to be disciplined with their canes. Other forms of torture
were boxing and putting those to be disciplined in a box with a
tape playing which constantly repeated the same message. Illbe a changed person when I get out". Ll|
ponly the staff would havei anning ommission or bribery. Q
to her knowledge, two officials from t e ussian
itoiaussiag W W _ _ _ W _ _, _ pssy came to the compound and said they would all be moving
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pistols an r1 es in t e compound. were
shipped in crates from JONES
loved to bury things. were
probably buried or
? Iirearms was taught by the security
heads. In San rancisco and Los Angeles, the female members
of the Peo les Temple carried guns but not in Jonestown.ns wnzson, TOM KICE, swavsu soars and carvna--JeL - were some of the firearms instructors.f}
As for any public official st t fa e ede al or inter-
national being targeted for murder, JONES
did make comments but said nothing spec; ic.
Finvolved in two suicide rehersals, butdoes ' not now 0 any relocation plans in the event of a masssuicide .
tn m e orneys GERRY and LANE
talked JONES into letting Congressman RYAN come to Jonestown.
GERRY and LANE were aware of the potential dan f " get 0 RYAh 5
life. While GERRY and LANE were in Jonestown, they wereguarded by PONCHO. g,
the radio operators used many
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living conditions were very
crowded in Jonestown and that no one except security couldget close to West House or JONES.[| ,
the cyanide arrived on the Wednesday
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vo1~ms said if
Jonestown, they snouio K111 defectors.
very hard to unravel this whole thing.
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LAURA JOHNSON
TIM JONES
JIMMY JONES, Jr
EDDY CRENSHAWthing
ollowing information on the
Definite potential for violence.
She went back to the PT in San
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an adopted son of JONES
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about 20 years old, lanky, top
security head over day and night
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JOHNNY JONES
MARK CORDELL
JIM MAC ELVANE
BILLY OLIVER
STEVE JONES
LEE INGRAM
CHRIS O'NEAL
CALVIN DOUGLASn 1
Black male, five feet nine inches,
about 21 years old
Black male, about 17 years old,
head of day security, always fair,
liked to play with the girls
white male, about 19 or 20 years i
old, curly blonde hairDeceased
Deceased
Deceased
White male, six feet four inches,
about 19 years old, involved
in strategy and security
Black male, five feet six inches
or five feet seven inches, about
38 years old, basketball coach
White male, about 20 years old,
five feet seven inches, slim,
epileptic
Black male, 1B years old, husky,
dangerous
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TERRY BUFORD
JEAN BROWN
LAURA JOHNSON
VERA YOUNG
JUNE CRYM
MIKE PROKES
TIM CARTER6 ,
27 years old, six feet four inches
slender, nonviolent
Black, evil, someone to worry
about
Five feet seven inches, female,
very close to JONES
White female, 150 pounds, five LA]
feet three and a half inches,
about 34 years old, sandy hair
About 28 - 30 years old, five
feet four inches, 115 pounds,
cruel person, heavily into
drugs
Black female, about 30 years old,
five feet four inches, 115 pounds,
very self-righteous
Five feet one inch, 125 pounds,
brown hair, dangerous
Very dangerous, five feet five
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balding, about 30 years old,
should be watched
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JUDY FLOWERS
JIM RANDOLPH
LEONA COLLIER
DALE PARKS
BURRELL WILSON
CLAIRE JANAROii
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Very dangerous, five feet one inch,w125 pounds, white female, blonde
hair, about 30 years old, terrorist
type
Dangerous, related to LEONA COLLIER
early 30's, five feet six inches,
175 pounds
40 years old, five feet three inches110 pounds, "cowboy" type, worked Iin social services, inventory
of guns, potentially dangerous
Black female, five feet two inches,
head preacher in San Francisco
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Five feet six inches, 155 pounds, I
white male, about 25 years old
Black male, five feet six inches,
20 years old, 160 pounds, on the
basketball team
White female, brown hair, five
feet four inches, about_200 pounds,
about 42 years old, non-violent,
very upset regarding the death
of her children
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BONNIE BECK
DON BECK
PAULA ADAMS
LARRY LEIGHTON
CHUCK BEIKMAN
CHARLIE TOUCHETTE
MIKE TOUCHETTEH I
White male, five feet nine inches,
170 pounds, gray hair, 55 years old
White female, five feet four inches
170 pounds, 35-56 years old,
very dangerous
White male, five feet nine inehes, I
about 200 pounds, about 33-34 years
old, could be dangerousFive feet three inches, 120 kfjd
pounds, blonde hair, about 27-28
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about 32 years old, very dangerous,
killed RYAN
Charged with the murders of the
AMOS children, white male, 200
pounds, 46 years old, blonde hair
White male, five feet eight inches,
l?5 pounds, 57 years old
Five feet eight inches, 140 pounds,
white male, about 24 years old,
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Black male, about 28 years old,
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MIKE CARTERUDELL RHODES
VERA INGRAM aka
BUDDOLF, Left the Temple four years ago
JIM COBB
White male, five feet seven inches,
140 pounds, about 21 years old,
olose with those in "La Mar Gardens
phonetic! ph!, radio operator,
public relations, dangerous
the type of drugs used inJone town was sedative drugs usually thorazine ph! . F' #she was not aware of any drugs being pro uce
in onestown. the People's Temple owned
two boats, the "Albatross" and the "Marce1ine . The "Marceline"
was a fishing boat and was gone all of the time. hlW. P. SAUNDERS was involved with th manufacturing- _and se ing of, bear, mouse and Marcie do1ls. ]f
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California, telephone S64-3131 was interviewed at his law
offices concerning the Peoples Temple and his recent tri P
to the Peoples Temple Mission compound in Guyana, SouthAmerica . '
Prior to any questioning, the interviewing Agents
identifie d themselves to GARRY by display of their credent't during the interview was Secret Service Agentb
onally during the interview GARRY's assis ant,
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Prior to the start of the interview GARRY advised interviewing
Agents that he was most amenable to having the FBI interview him.
He would attempt to be as frank dan candid as pcssibleidgj
GARRY advised that HARR LANE wrote him a letter which
inst 'igated this trip to Guyana. GARRY advised he would make
available a copy of this letter to interviewing Agents, whichhe did at the end of the interview.,u}
GARRY advised that
Temple in June}'197?,
the attorney for this
during this time, thehe became the attorney for the Peoples
succeeding TIMOTHY STOEN, who had been
organization for many years. It was
summer of 197? that the Pe 1 . , op es Temple
was receiving bad publicity from the news media and various
defectors fr he Peo 1 T Eb p es emple were filing litigation againstthe Temple . i
GARRY advised he made his first trip to Guyana in September
or October of 1977. At that time he spent four days at the
compound and returned to San Francisco with a tremendously highopigiog oflthe Jonestown complex. GARRY stated he fell in lovewi e '" '_ p ace, he stated upon his return that "I have seen
paradise, where there is no sexism racism a i ' '
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GARRY advised JIM JONES during this trip: "Jim,you have
let the world see this place." GARRY advised interviewing
that his goal ever since has been to open up the c - ompoundpublic.
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GARRY stated his second trip to Jonestown was in September_
or October of 1978 when he needed to obtain affidavits regarding
pending law suits against the Peoples Temple. At this time he
worked with a Temple member named GENE CHAIKIN, a former attorney
for the Temple, who was at the time of this visit the head of the
Agriculture Center for the compound. GARRY advised CHAIKIN hadStated he had no further desire to practice lawfiv
GARRY added that all these aifidavits had to be notarized
by the U.S. Embassy in Guyana in order to be valid in the UnitedStates.[w I
A writer named DON FREED was also at the compound during
GARRY's visit in October, 1978. GARRY advised FREED is an old
friend who wrote the book on Bobby Seale, entitled "Agony in~ " FREED currently resides in Los Angeles Calif 'I advised his home telephone number is
GARRY stated that FREED was in Jonestown to write an autobiography
on JIM JONES, however, JONES evidently was not willing to pay
FREED so FREED cut his visit short and returned to the UnitedStates prior to GARRYs return]/7%!
GARRY stated that he was returning from this trip and was at
the airport in Georgestown when he met MARK LANE. GARRY further
advised that he had no knowledge of LANE's trip to the mission.
GARRY said that LANE had been introduced to the Temple through
DON FREED. GARRY stated he is the chief counsel to the Peoples
Temple and LANE had been hired without GARRY's knowledge. GARRY
supposed that LANE would attempt to show government conspiracy
against the Peoples Temple and JIM JONES. In this way LANE
would attempt to divert attention from the Peoples Temples otherproblems which were currently getting news coveragefky
GARRY stated he resented LANE being-hired and was quite angry
with LANE. MARCIE JONES, wife of JIM JONES, told GARRY that
LANE was not being paid for his services; however, GARRY advised
that MARK LANE had told him he was receiving payment from the
Peoples Temple, tha he couldn't travel all around withoutreceiving paymentst?1 l
GARRY stated that when he became chief counsel in June, 1977,
he advised the members of the Peoples Temple that they were not
to hold news conferences unless he was present. On three occasions
they held such conferences and GARRY stated he ended up withlawsuits on each occasion.f iii
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. While LANE was in Guyana in September or October, 1978, he
held a press conference in Georgetown and JONES was very pleased
by what LANE stated to the press at this time. LANE then came
to San Francisco and held a press conference at the Temple here.
GARRY advised he did not like this at all because he, GARRY,
is the chief counsel for the Peoples Temple and he had no prior
knowledge of the statements LANE was to make to the press. At
this conference LANE stated that there was a conspiracy by the
government to destroy the Peoples Temple and JIM JONES; that
JIM JONES would be returning to the United States; and that within
90 days he -as going to file a law suit against the United Statesgovernment O
GARRY stated he once again contacted the local members of the
Peoples Temple he recalls talking to JEAN BROWN! and again
advised them to stop holding press conferences. GARRY stated he
had no knowledge of JIM JONES returning to the United States atthis time or anything else LANE said during this press conferenceiqi
On November 8 or 9, 1978, GARRY read in the San Francisco "1
Chronicle that Congressman LEO RYAN demanded to go to Jonestown
and that MARK LANE had advised RYAN that RYAN could not go to
Jonestown as'planned because it was not convenient for the Peoples
Temple in Guyana to receive such a visitor at this time. GARRY
advised this was the first knowledge he had that RYAN was going
to Guyana
GARRY advised he was very upset with this article, and when
he talked with JEAN BROWN San Francisco Temple member! she
advised him that LANE was an attorney for the Peoples Temple.
He told BROWN that this was a slap in the face for the Guyanese
government who has given all types of courtesies to the Peoples
Temple. GARRY told the Peoples Temple members that this should
be straightened out by Monday, November 13, 1978, or he was goingto withdraw as their counsel] I / _
GARRY advised there was then a radio transmission, evidently
with MARCIE JONES, stating that JIM JONES was very ill, semi-
comatose, running a high fever, and was packed in ice. GARRY
was advised this was not a good time to withdraw as counsel.
GARRY responded that there was no way he was not going to withdraw
if this situation did not get straightened out. GARRY stated he
felt he was being used by the Peoples Temple members who were not
being candid with him and that LANE was using the Peoples Templeto further his own aims. z6,
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On November 10, 1973, canny advised that F
who works in RYAN's office, came to see him an brough
written between LEO RYAN and MARK LANE. GARRY advised
that RYAN was by-passing the Peoples Temple lawyer in this
matter. GARRY made copies f these communications availableto the interviewing Agents?
At noon on Wednesday, Nove GARRY stated he
was advised by his assistant, that JONES wantedhim to come immediately to Guy tated RYAN was
already down in South America. GARRY flew to South Americaaboard Pan Am Airlines at 9:00 PM that night
GARRY stated he ran into
angry at him and said, "why
tried to placate GARRY, butMARK LANE and GARRY stated he got
am I here if you are"; LANE then
GARRY stated he was so angry hewould not speak to LANE and though they were on the same plane
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On Friday, November 17, at 10:00 AR they arrived at Georgetown
and members of the Peoples Temple picked them up at the airport
and took them to the Georgetown headquarters of the Peoples
Temple. GARRY stated he and MARK LANE had another fight whenthey reached the headquartersfui
GARRY stated that Congressman RYAN was "making a circus
about this thing"; he had media there and GARRY wanted to tall;
to RYAN alone. RYAN stated he would not talk to GARRY without
the press being present because he was a Congressman. The media
was very decent, according to GARRY, and made one of the aide'srooms in the hotel available for GARRY to speak to_RYAN in privacy/1
GARRY was very angry with RYAN and stated he had no right to
do this investigation, that he had preconceived ideas and would
not give a fair assessment of the compound. RYAN said he didhave a pre-judgement about the compound but had an open mind./1%!
RYAN then stated to GARRY, Ywhether you like it or not we
are going to leave at 2:00 PM on a chartered plane wit media,relatives, etc., and you may come, we have two seatsyy
GARRY advised that he had not yet talked to JIM JONES.
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He and LANE then returned to the Peoples Temple headquarters
and talked to JIM JONES on the radio. MARK LANE and GARRY nad
agreed on one thing, according to GARRY -- that JIM JONES has
got to let the Congressman, media, and some relatives into the
compound. MARK LANE spoke on the radio first and JONES went
into a long speech about the enemies of the church. LANE got
nowhere with JONES, according to GARRY. So GARRY stated he
talked to JONES on the radio and gave JONES two alternatives...
one, to tell the Congressman, etc., to go to hell. GARRY advised
JONES that if he did that there would be no way GARRY would be
able to handle California. The second alternative was to leteverybody in. f h
GARRY advised he did ot believe JIM JONES was rational duringthis radio transmission
JONES finally advised the group could come on down to the
compound. They drew lots, four of the relatives were included
in the group, as well as the news media, including RON JAVERS PH!of the San Francisco Ch;-oniclefzll '
GARRY advised they arrived at a very small airport at Port
Kaituma, which,is»located six miles from the Peoples Temple
compound u!
A truck with several Peoples Temple members wasthere to meet
the arriving group. These members included a woman called "Sarah"
who GARRY identified later in the interview as HARRIET TROPP, a
Hastings Law School graduate in 1977 and who now is one of the '
suicide victims! and a man possibly named JOHNNY JONES. GARRY
was unable to identify any o her members and stated he has a veryhard time remembering narnesjff! '
These members announced that only two of the party could go
to Jonestown -- MARK LANE and CHARLES GARRY. LAND and GARRY got
on the truck and a quarter of a mile down the road they met a
Temple tractor. The members on the tractor advised that RYAN,
his aide, U.S. State Department representative DWYER, and the
Guyanese representative from the Minister of Information were nowrequested to come also to Jonestovm compoundfv
LANE and GARRY returned to the airport. RYAN announced that
all the media must also come. GARRY stated he told RYAN to just
come and do his job; then GARRY told everybody he would try toget them all into the compound. u/
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and convinced him to let all the other members of the party come
to the compound. JONES made one excepti n and did not allow the .
reporter from the "Enquirer" to comezf
GARRY advised that Congressman RYAN nd his assistant, JACKIE
SPEIER, interviewed forty people before dinner.. After dinner,
with 1,000 people or more present in the pavillion, they wereentertained by a talent show put on by the Peopl$Temple members/%'
JIM JONES was present and was, according to GARRY, "rambling
on and on." GARRY believes TIM REITERMAN took notes of JONESconversation at this time./W
MARCIE JONES introduced Congressman RYAN, who then stated
he was very glad to be there, had seen things he didn't expect
to see. At this pronouncement, GARRY stated all the PeoplesTemple members started wildly applaudingfdaéf' Ii...JONES ended=¢he evening by speaking with the media ZZ} '
There was room in the complex to house Just a part of the
group for the night. The following visitors remained at the
compound Friday night: RYAN, SPEIER, DWYER, LANE, GARRY, and
the representative from the Ministry of Information. All of the
party stayed in the guest house except for LANE and GARRY, who
had a room next to the radio shack. The rest of the party
departed to find rooms outside the compound./r]
On Saturday morning between 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM the media
returned to the compound on the Peoples Temple trucks I4/
The media spent the morning taking pictures, etchy
At 1:30 PM, Congressman RYAN told JIM JONES that there was a
family of six that wanted toleave. JONES "freaked" out at this,
according to GARRY, and called the family traitors, liars, etc.
GARRY stated he told JONES not to express these emotions, that
after all it was just six people that wanted to leave. JONES
stated to GARRY that he had told everyone the night before that
if anyone wanted to leave they could. At that time no one wanted
to leave. JONES now felt that these six people were out to
embarrass him. GARRY stated he tried to convince JONES to letthese people leave. GARRY advised the six then increased to I
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LAYTDN being among the fourteen; however, he advised he couldnot remember any other names or faces of the fourteen./1
At this point GARRY decided to leave with these people if
there was room, stating it was raining and the whole affair was
very sad. Q1]
GARRY saild he was getting ready to get on the truck when
JACKIE SP1-JIER came to him and said he had to return to the
pavillion because a man named SIMMONS P11! wanted to leave and
take his three children with him. GARRY stated SIMMONS could
not do this because he did not have custody of the children.
MARK LANE was also supposed to leave, but they both then returnedto the pavilliomfu, _
GARRY'told SI?-iI92i0NS that he could leave, but he could not take
the children with him. SIMFIONS stated he would not leave without
the children and that he would stay and be harrassed. GARRY
asked SIL-I..i0NS what he meant by this and then went and spoke toJONES, who told GARRY that SIIIMONS would not be harrassed./V
LEO RYAN» was rounding up the last of the group to leave.
LARRY LAYTON then came up and talked to RYAN, stating that healso wanted'to be expatriated or to defect./'l{/
It was agreed that RYAN would spend another night at the
compound since there was no longer room on the plane for himto leave. Another chartered plan would come Sunday for RYANfZ /
GARRY advised that at this point in time he and MARK LANE
were again taking steps to leave and were shaking hands with
RYAN. RYAN stated he was very impressed by what he had seen
and that he would not make a Congressional recommendation to
investigate the complex. RYAN further stated that he was
convinced that the charges against the Temple were not founded
but that peer pressure and isolation made it diff cult to leaveThis last point would be mentioned in his report
GARRY told JIM JONES that he could live with this this isa good report.{'ul '
WHILE they were talking to RYAN MARK and GARRY! a man Cameup and put a strangle hold on RYAN and stated "Congressman RYAN,
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DON SLY. MARK LANE and GARRY attempted to get SLY off RYAN.
TIM CARTER and other Temple members came up and wrestled the
knife from SLY. SLY out his.hand. RYAN was verv upset andhad SLY's blood all over his shirt and pants.,l|!
A fresh shirt and pair of pants were brought from the
stockroom for RYAN. GARRY did not know if RYAN put on these
clothes. DWYER was also present during this incident, andsuggested that RYAN leave now rather than wait for Sunday
GARRY and LANE then were forced to remain at the compound
because there was now no more room on the airplane. DWYER
stated he would take RYAN to Port Kaituma airport and then come
back Saturday night and another plane would take GARRY and LANEout Sunday '
GARRY advised that he talked to JONES after this incident
and told JONES that he thought this attack on RYAN was the work
of an agent provacateur. JONES reply was that it was not such
an act, rather that the people were so angry. GARRY asked JONES
Ill what they were angry about and got no answer I
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with friendship to MARK LANE, suggesting that they take a walk.
The walked past the cottages and evaluated the weekend. Both
believed it looked good and GARRY stated he felt he could "live
with it. l' |
LANE then said to GARRY,_"I want you to keep this to yourself
This afternoon when JERRY PARKS asked to leave with his family
he asked me to go with him to get his gear. He was afraid.
He said this place is not what it appears to be. We work 12-18
hours a day. We got no meat unless there are visitors. There
are 150-300peop1e who would like to leave here."/y/
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At 4:30 PM or 5:00 PM JACK BEAN who has been with JONES
for 25 years! and JIM MC ELVANE PH! a real estate man from
Los Angeles, who had only been at the compound two days; and had
a sister, KAY, at the compound! came up to MARK LANE and GARRY
and asked them what they thought about the complex. GARRY told
them that he felt there should be more freedom to air opinionsand that this would make it a stronger place to live./V
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People were coming in droves to the pavillion. MARK LANE
and GARRY were asked to meet with JONES. Present at this
meeting were: SARAH HARRIET TROPP!, JIM BEAM, JIM MC ELVANE,
TIM CARTER who did not stay!, This meeting was held at 5:00
PM which time GARRY stressed to interviewing Agents. GARRY
stated that he later learned that RYAN was shot at 4:20 PM,
therefore, the people present at this 5:00 PM meeting wereimportant. GARRY stated later in the interview thai it wass es minute trip to the airportin Port Kaituma./1%
JONES said to GARRY, "Charles I am worried. When LARRY
LAYTON left, he hugged me and said this shit's got to stop.
JOE WILSON and JERRY PARKS have also left. They have takenevery gun in this place, there is not a gun lefty !
MARIE KATSARIS came in and talked to JONES for about 30
seconds. JONES came back and said that LANE and GARRY had
to leave and go'p the East Guest house because "feelings areso high your lives are in danger. People are angry."/£7
GARRY advised he still did not understand why the members
were angry. They did not appear angry and were smiling andgiving greetings.to LANE and GARRY as they passed by them.,1@/
LANE took his luggage and GARRY took his briefcase and
they proceeded to the East Guest house, which GARRY described
as being quite a distnnee from the pavillion./1%!
JIM MC ELVANE followed them until LANE and GARRY turned
into the guest house...GARRY told MC ELVANE to let him know
what transpired at the meeting and MC ELVANE then continued
straight ahead on the path. Once inside the cottage LANEstated to GARRY that he did not like this situaiton./Q7
Next to the guest house, GARRY advised, there is a small
oottage about 20-30 feet away where he observed some blank men
standing in front of the cottage. They took 8-9 guns out of
the cottage and boxes of ammunition. Then DON SLY came and sat
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identified as "Johnson"and "Pauncho." They had guns in their
hands at the ready position and were happy and smiling. They _
stated to LANE, "To die for the people is revolutionary suicide.
We are dying to expose fascism and racism." LANE responded by
asking if there wasn't an alternative, and if there was not,
he and GARRY would stay behind and write of their cause. They
smiled and agreed with LANE. LANE or GARRY then asked these
black men how to get out of the compound. They first stated
"take a plane," and, after it was pointed out there was no plane,they advised LANE and GARRY to go back through the bushrw
The Temple members then left, GARRY and LANE, headed for thebush. GARRY stated he was still hanging on to his briefcase./ZU/
As LANE and GARRY headed into the jungle bush, GARRY stated
he could hear occasional statements being made such as "TIM
STOEN is not the only enemy"; "No other alternative than to die";"Let's not be devisive.'I
After going about 100 yards into the bush, GARRY heard JIM
JONES state, "Mother, Mother, Mother, Mother" and then GARRY
heard three shots. GARRY advised that although hehad now readarticles in which MARK LANE staifs he heard 80-90 shots, he,GARRY, only heard three shots. /
They slept about two hundred yards into the Jungle. It was
cold and raining. GARRY stated they laid in the jungle forabout fourteen hours
LANE and GARRY then got up and walked through the jungle until
they reached the road that leads from the compound. GARRY stated
they did not cut through the compound, but went straight through
the bush to the road. GARRY recollected it was about 4:30 PH
Sunday afternoon when they reached the road. They Started walking
toward Port Kaituma. A truck came by and ave them a ride to theArmy post police department at the Port./QE] '
At the Army post they saw MIKE PROKES, TIM CARTER, plus one
other white male, who had worked in the radio room at thecompound, being held by the se1diers.,»b /
GARRY stated he remembered that TIM CARTER had been at the
final meeting with JONES, but had left the meeting early. GARRY
could not recall whether HIKE PROKES and the other white malehad been present at that meeting.f]4/
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GARRY stated that while he and LANE were in the jungle,
LANE told him many things about the Peoples Temple which he,
LANE, stated he had learned from TERRI BUFORD, who, according
to LANE, had been elected to take JIM JONES place should
something happen to JONES. LANE told GARRY he had learned
about the drugs, beatings, and people being drugged at thecompound. GARRY wf rot sure whether LANE mentioned knowledge
of weanons or not. I' I I!
GARRY stated that BUFORD had left the Temple several weeksearlier and went at that time to stay with LANE./y
LANE also advised him at this time that he was receivingpayment from the Peoples Temple
GARRY advised that he was being paid on a monthly basis
by the Temple in the amount of $5,000 although he _had requested$20,000!. GARRY was originally given a retainer ,
GARRY stated he had no knowledge of the Peoples Temple
financial affairs; did not know what bank their check wasdrawn upon.!k_ _ .
GARRY stated at no time had he been offered land in payment.A/
Interviewing Agents asked GARRY the following questions, andGARRY answered negative to each question:
Do you have any specific knowledge of acquisition, licensingor shipment of any weapons by Peoples Temple members?!
' Do you have any specific knowledge of firearms training
received by Peoples Temple members, including specific dates,places and by whom? -
Do you have any direct knowledge of threats to harm any public
officials or current or former Peoples Temple members as a result
of persons attempting to expose the Peoples Temple; infiltrate
the Peoples Temple or inducing a member to leave the Peoples Temple?
1'47Do you have any knowledge of cacheing of weapons or monies?
60Do you have any knowledge of discussions or copies of a /
"contingency plan" reportedly espoused by Reverend JONES as a
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Do'you have any knowledge of "hit men" or "angels?"/[I
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After GARRY responded "no" to the above questions, he
discussed a private investigator from San Francisco named JOE
RAZOR. GARRY stated RAZOR came to Guyana while GARRY was there
in September, 1978. GARRY described MAZOR as working with the
defectors from the Peoples Temple. RAZOR took voice prints of
Temple members in Guyana and after he analyzed these prints he
told GARRY he'wassatisfied the people were not being held thereagainst their will. Ii
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at the Temple in San Francisco and he has no knowledge of anyguns being in the temple.
the Temple to use for black mailGARRY stated he has never hearicbiai any records being kept by
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the location ofhe heard no shots the night he spent in the
next morning he heard several voices and shots,which was difficult to tell./!f/
- GARRY_stated he had absolutely no advance information thatanything like the occurrences were going to happen
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, November 13, 1978. Congressman RYAN was representing the
House International Relations Committee to check on conditions
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flight from New York to Guyana were eight other media people
in addition to himself, as well as Congressman RYAN and his
Administrative Assistant K. JACQUELINE SPBIERS. In addition,
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negotiating for an invitation to Jonestoun, but that he
was given a list of conditions which would have to be met
in order to visit there. These conditions included that
Attorney Ii!-.IU LAIIE be present, that me:'.*.bars of the Black
Caucus be present and that the Reverend JIM JONES would
choose the members of the press to go there. Congressman
RYAN, however, did not agree to these conditions. Subsequently,
Congressman RYAN reached an agree:-zcnt with Attorneys I-LARK
LANE and CHARLES GARRY, who is the attorney for the PeoplesTemple, permitting them to travel to Jonestc-wn.
there was a logistics problem involved due to the planes;._1-.d the landing strip available.
A group of people calling themselves ConcernedRelatives, tota1i¬g 13, were interested in accompanying
Congressman RYAN 0 Jonestown. This group of people consisted
of individuals who had been in the Peoples Temple, were templedropouts or were people with relatives in Jonestown./z/
the press media paid. a part
of the cos p ane rip, he Concerned Relatives
paid a portion and Congressman P.>;'I.I92'- also paid a portion of
the expenses for the plan»:-. to fly to Jonestown. The plane
was an 18 seater and present on the flight were Attorneys
LANE and GARRY, four members of the Concerned Relatives
group only as the entire was too large to take and
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from his district in California in view of the interest
of people there in the Peoples Temple and their concernfor friends and/or relatives. u,
Their plane left the Georgetown airport and
arrived at Port Kaituma in the late evening of Friday,
November 17, 1978. They then proceeded via truck or a
land rover into Jonestown, which is about six miles away,which six miles consisted of deep, red mud. /"I
A sergeant RUDDER, a local Guyanese constable,
and his deputy met them at Port Kaituma. RUDDER said that
he had instructions that only SHARON AMOS could proceed
to Joneetown, however, hi-103 we back at Georgetown and not. member of the party. SHARON mos .5 being
s current member and lea er o to ,60 people living in
; house in Georgetown where supplies were received by the
peoples Temple and subsequently forwarded to the Peoples -
Temple in Jonestown. Attorneys LANE and GARRY could not
understand RUDDER's orders and some members of the Peoples
Temple, about five or six, arrived on a red tractor. They
entered into negotiations and subsequently, agreed that LANE
and GARRY could go on in first to Jcnestown and negotiate
for the Congressman. They walked to a nearby telephone or
transmitter and after an apparent conversation, came back
nd aid th t th ti t 1d t 1 to J t a s a e en re par y cou rave ones own.
LANE, GARRY and Congressman RYAN were among the occupants of
the first ck to travel into Jonestown, along with the otherpeople temple people. The truck then
returne or e p e four people representing the
Concerned Relatives group. /
Congressman RYAN had been there approximately20 to 30 minutes whenmgroup arrived there. They
went to a central loca o , w ich place was an open air
tin 1 i mee g p ace w th a corrugated tin roof, a stage and seats.
They were welcomed and served iced tea The eople werevery hospitable, although e had heard
that this had been staged or e r ene . They were
told that the people there wanted to entertain them and they
had dinner and entertainment. which consisted of sinners
andarckbad thN lf of n . lei ac personne 9 ilmed
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he again later heard that the people had been Istfuctid
to do this. when the time came to leave, there were no
accomodations there, but a cottage was obtained for
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things were doubly tense. Congressman RYAN was interviewing
people in Jonestown privately, some of whose names had been
given to him by members of the Concerned Relatives group.
The previous evening, DON HARRIS of NBC had received a note
from a young man with three names on it, which note askedfor help in getting these people out of ionestown.f@w
Congressman RYAN as he wanted
to see parts o Jonestown or imself. After a conference
with attorneys LANE and GARRY, an agreement was reached that
the media could roam around the grounds. He was subsequently
refused entry into the Jane Pittman House on the basis they
wanted to protect the privacy of the people inside who were
elderly. He said he believed the actual reason was because W
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RYAN and this group. wthe time to leave had
arrived as the airplane in w ic they were to depart was
arriving at a certain time. The press got into the first
truck which was leaving. He said that some of the media
were going to film Congressman RYAN as they were leaving.
congressman RYAN was remaining behind to stay with and
give protection to members of the Peoples Temple who had
expréé an interest in leaving with srsn, but who could
not get onto the first truck due to it being crowded.
Attorneys LANE and GARRY were remaining at Jonestown andnot traveling to the airport. ]v
: had interviewed the Reverend
IM JONES anJ . - had always permitted people to
leave who wanted to, but that if people did try to leave,
he would say-"Father has failed his people . He tried to
talk women out of leaving when they expressed an interest to
leave. One of the women involved in this was EDITH Phnxs
of the PARIS fa 'l". at th ' ' 1 e 92 "u. J H 15 time, e92er§on wasembracing one another an everyt ing was on friendly terms./17
The truck on which
and other individuals were ri ing proceete a=ou yards
before it became stuck in the mud. He then heard a loud
cheer, saw a commotion and people running. About five to
ten minutes later, Attorney LANE oame up the path to the
truck hustling Congressman RYAN with him. Congressman
RYAN's shirt was pulled up to his waist and there was blood
on the left side of the shirt, however, it 'as later learnedit was not the blood of Congressman RYAN.[1&575/
congressman RYAN got into the truck and said
someone had thrust a knife at him. The truck than traveled
to the airport, but the plane on which they were to depart
had not yet arrived. Congressman RYAN and the others sat
down in a little shed and Congressman RYAN told them wh;t
happened to him back at Jonestown. He said a young white
male had lunged at him with a knife, that he had fallen
back and that MARK LAKE, who had been his opponent in tbia
matter, had saved his life, as he had wrestled the knife
wielder to the ground. The knife wielder was cut during
this attack and it was appar 1tly his blood that was onCongressman RYhNs shirt./1&7
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he was riding pulled away from Jonestown to drive to
the airport, a Negro male got. onto the truck and clung
to the side of it staring at him. A female temple member
inside the tr o -1 iii this individual as being JOE
WILSON. I-IILSON's wife and child had
left Jone wn ear er l.a date trying to make their way
to Port Kaituma. WILSON rode all the way out to theairstrip on this truck x-sith them.
there were possibly 32 people
millino are-on in 1e area by the airport waiting for the
Planes to take them away from there. He said the truck
on v.-hich he and other members of the press and others
had traveled to the airport must have returned and brought
back a second group of people. BUB BROWN of NBC wasfilming the activities there. -they were
receiving many hostile looks an a .e n1embers of the
press gathered together. The two airplanes had landed
during this period of time. One plane was a small, singleengine plane with a capacity of about four to five peop1e. !
tho larger airplane, anOtter. He ater earne a ARRY LAYTON, who was onethe last people to get on the first truck including
and the media as it pulled away, had gotten onto the Small
single engine plane. He explained that when LAYTON got onto
their truck that the Temple People who were riding on the
truck and leaving Jonestown, crowded together and away
from LAYTON and said not to let him on, that he was a
traitor and would hurt them. As a result, while on thetruck, started interviewing LARRY LA.-TTON, whowas ver . F the temple people were
adamant that LAITON s ou.. no be emitted to go with themand that they were afraid of him./E!
At the airport, Congressman RYAN, DICK DWYER,
Deputy Chief oi Missions of the U. S. Embassy at Guyana and
others were frisking people to make certain they did not hex".
firearms 1;>¬fC~1'u boarding the airplanes. LARRY LAYTON,
whom he described as pale and "hyper" said he had to get on
the first plane, referring to tl'::.= small plane. RYAI-I 92z..=-
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drive over to the area where they were congregated. This
was during the period of time that they were still milling
around and frisking people. u7
subsequently, approximately three to five males
came walking over swiftly from the direction truck
end tractor and JOE WILSON wee one o£'
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protection as did DOB BROWN. He was trying to take cover
behind the eirplene tire end he heard additional shots. he
' the shootinc o i ' - iiv minutes or less.
looted bchino himHe saw !!N HARRIS of NBC trying to get behind the tire of.
the plane, as was Congressman REAR. He heard later another
individual was also trying to get behind the plane tire
He saw an individual come around the side
He saw BOB BROWN lying on the ground and
believed he was hit, but not dead as his body was moving
some. He also sew DQH HARRIS on the ground with his body
moving and believed him to still be alive. An unknown
individual then came up and placed his rifle by the head
of DON HARRIS and fired, administering what he celled the
"coup do grace". Either this same individual or another
individual did the sane thing to BOB BROWN, both of whenwere on the ground.
was then possibly 10 to 15 yards axit-.y
he» - -- ' ng to make up his mind as to whether
to play dead or run for it, then decided to run. He got up
and ran across the airplane field into a tropical rain -
he could. He had a camera bag, which he dropped on the runwe;
and he dropped his Nikkon camera in the swampy area as hewent into it. l|for protection.
of the airplane.
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was disabled as the tires had been shot out. The
managed to take off and he was told that
t a female temple dropout member. He was not certain as to
when the small plane took off, but understood it surmoned
help.
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= the bodies of HARRIS, BROWN, GREG ROBINSON, San Francisco
Examiner photographer, and the body of a women beside theilane. He said he iould not see who shot Congressman RYANOtter plans
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that LARRY LAETON got into the small airplane while Congressman
RYAN was standing beside it, at which time the truck and
tractor containing the men who did the shooting were proceeding
toward them. Lk1TON had, or was handed, a revolver and
, started shooting. He said he might have been handed the
V revolver through the window, but he also had a satchel withi
~ -" l him uh h h agit, V, . ic a not been checked, to his knowledge, for voanoz"
v due to their inexperience in such thinos. The revolver vex
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official that BUYER should take oustody of this revolver
and he did. LAYTON was detained by other Guyanese
civilian males. He was also told by he believed DALE PARKS
that PARKS, after LAYTON started shooting at the people
in the small plane, had wrestled LAYTON for the revolver
and they fell out of the plane, that PARKS pointed the
revolver at LAXTON and
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any type of conspiracy to assessinete Congressman RYAN or
any other government official. he noted
knowledge of the Peoples Temple and its 'ct:v1t1es
to receiving thlS SSignm=nt
while in Jenestown, he heard
was preaching that the media
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responsible for the shooting es iornished to him
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as the individuals who gave him the information that
RICE was involved in the shooting did not furnish his race
to him; He uhcratoo that MICE was seen shooting a hennhi,I 0
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individual he had previouely discusee' with SA and
wiioh is a negro male, age 21 to 23 with short corn rows
and people said he did participate in the shooting, further
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DALE PARKS said LAYTON shot one ofP aug,ters on the plane.Iu
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the above l if u"- = tale as being involved in the shooting from
the DALE and EDITH PARKS family, JIM ROGUE and family,
except for one daughter, who chose to remain in Guyana and
from HAROLD CORDELL, who has been a mentor of the Peoples
Temple for 25 years and was former head of the temple security
in California. CORDELL went to Guyana about eight to twelve
months previous when the JONES group did, however, he fell into
disfavor with JONES and had decided to leave and was ai;'Ler-".§,">ting
the shooting actually cornmcnced about4 l5 m ~' h , 1°78 and that tie slcoting: p. . On u a3, N0vem_er Iv . '* 1 :-
sounded like pops or small arms fire primarily to him. he
did not know where JACKIE SPEIBRS was during the shooting.
He recalled that when their plane evacuating the wovnded
departed Guyana that some of the more seriouoly wounded got
off the plane at San Juan. Included among those people was
ANTHDHY KATSARIS, Concerned Relative member who was shot up,
55 was his tether, STEVE xnrsnnls. BFVLRLX orivnn, a Kcgro
female, age about 47, and a member of the Concerned Relatives
group had her ankle taped. Her husband, HOHnRD, age 5?,
who was in the Concerned Group there, had remained behind
at Georgetown while the others went to Jonestown and they
were evacuated as he apparently had a stroke and accordingto medical personnel, needed help immediate]to leave and was at the airport at the time of the shc:-oting.,I
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relatives of members of the Peo les Temple. Prior to
aa Q the Guy .n tr1P¢ a- among a group of
eonl - 1 p p e who atten e a presentat pn concerning the Peoples
Temple put on by the Peoples Temple in California. The
two attorneys who represented the Peoples Temple were alsoi present at the time of the presentation1qElo
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to New York on -on ay, .ovem er l3, 1978, and then from
. New York to Georgetown, Guyana on November 14, 1978. The
' two attorneys for the Peoples Temple met with Congressman
RYAN and the rest of the contingent from the United States
n92"'d1 ' 1'11"o weones a3 evening or urseey in Georgetown and, on
Friday evening, November l7, 1978, they ot the "okay" fromAttorney LANE to proceed to Jonestown.Ft!-ley all then flew from Georgetown o Jones own were
ey were delayed at the airstrip for one to two hours
before receiving permission to proceed to the Jonestown
proper. The whole contingent was transported to Jonestown
via truck and the trip took between 45 minutes to an hour,
. placing them in Jonestown at approximately 7:00 p.m. The
temple people put an a big ceremony and "God Bless America" was sung. Many of the people appeared to be happy, however,J that evening, a slip of paper was passed to NBC Correspondent
i DON HARRIS by someone who wanted to leave the settlement
and return to the United States. None of the visitors were
permitted to stay overnight there, so they all left and
returned the following day? Saturday, at approximately 10:00 a.m.
On Saturday at Jonestown, an older woman grabbed DON HARRIS
and indicated she and her family wanted to leave the
compound and return to the United States. HARRIS brought
this woman to Congressman RYAN and she and her relativesstated on voice recorded tape that they wished to leave./la,
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congressman RYAN then interviewed the Reverend
JQRES on tape about alleged tortures, diseiplinary measures,
etc., used against members of the Peoples Temple at
Jonestown. Reverend JONES denied all allegations and
additionally stated that the only guns in the compound
were used strictly by the hunters to obtain food for themembers of the church. w
When the whole contingent was getting ready to
depart the compound for the airstrip, approximately 15
other church members suddenly wanted to "defect". The
visiting contingent and the "defectors" were driven to
the airstrip where there were two airplanes waiting.
Shortly after the arrival at the airstrip,l a tractor pulling a flatbed truck with can» er e
top. Three men got off the tractor and flatbed, walked
toward the reporters and asked which airplane the Peoples
Temple members were leaving on. No one responded to this
question and a short time later, these individuals pulled
weapons from the flatbed and opened fire on the people
standing on the airstrip. as heremembers it, the people from the temp!e wlo were on or
near the tractor when the unprovoked shooting began were
one black man named "STANLEY" driver of the tractor!,
one white male who was approximately 45 years old and
appeared to be the leader of this group, and three other
Negro males. One woman "defector" was killed as she was
about to board one of the airplanes. The engine and tires
of one of these airplanes were shot out and, although
there were embass' eo'le in the area, the people doing
to the con_ 3 P 9_
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feigning death, when he w
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to Sew York, New York. Also on this ilight was Congressman
LEO RYAN and two aides. These aides were JACKY SPIERS,
who handled logistic matters for the Congressman. Another
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Also on the same flight and a member of the news
media contingent for this story was TIM REITTER£AN.
Mr. REITTERMAN is a writer for the San Francisco Examiner.
Mr. RITTERMAN had written stories concerning the Peoples
Temple previous to this story. GREG ROBINSON was taken as aphotographer for TIM r=:1'rrs1=.:.a.~.n92A| -
Other news media members nere RON JAVERS, who is a
for the $an Trancisco Chronicle. F0? JAVERS was
chosen to represent the San Francisco Chronicle because the
Chronicle had written several detremental stories concerning
the Peoples Temple and the Chronicle believed it would bewriter
best to send a different writer.u"
Also on this flight were approximately t@entyt o
family nenbers of people who were at the Peoples Temple
Community settle ent, Jonestown, Guyana. These family aenhers
were representatives of the group called "Concerned Relativesof Peoples Temple" CRPT!. u
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York, New York on Pan American ig at three p.m. bound for
Georgetown, Guyana. The flight proceeded to Trinidad where it
refueled. While in Trinidad a foreign correspondent assigned
to Latin America for the Washington Post joined the media.
Also on this flight were the above-mentioned individuals who
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Of the me a and Concerned Relatives oi Peep emple was
not as easy. when RON JAVERS attempted to pass through
customs, the authorities seized his passport and wallet.
They refused to admit him to Guyana. He was detained as the
Guyanese authorities found $230 in Guyanese currency in his
suitcase. This currency has a value oi about $100 U.S.
It was explained that there is a law that no one may remove
more than $15 Guyanese currency from the country and no.one
may bring in Guyanese currency. The authorities held
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news media and oncerre ' aren s at e Pegasus Hotel,Georgetown , Guyana.
The following three or four ca;,'s were necessitated
to obtain the proper permits fro local authorities to makethe trip to Jonestown, Guyananlui
_ During these meetings, discussions, 3.__l1d so Iorth.
CHARLES GARRY and MARK LMIE interceded on behal f ePeoples Temple. Both these men are knc-un as
Attorneys from the United States who represent the PeoplesTemple. M described these two Attorneys as "radical
attorney . ese Attorneys have defer. ed radical defendantsin the past, including JAM}-IS EARL PJ-3Y. m
After these meetings were held, it was decided
that iour members oi the Concerned lielztit-es of Peoples
Temple would be permitted to have access to the PeoplesTemple. These people were JIM COBB. described
JIM C033 as a young negro male who is r. c.-an a student.
Mr. COBB was a former m';T?:b¬I' of the Peoples Temple. STEVEN
}IA}fSARlS was also rad-nitted. An UIl1'l?..'T.Gtl black lady was the
third member of the cornrnittee to be admitted. The fourth
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the media, the Congressman RYAN and aide JACKY SPIERS. A
member of the United States Embassy at Georgetown, Guyana,
also was included in this group. The man's name was
RICHARD DWYER. The last member of this group was a local
representative of the Guyanan Government who accompaniedthe media and family members. ]o
The decision as to who would be permitted to the
settlement was made by the authorities at the Peoples Temple
CHARLES GARRY relayed a message that GORDON LINDSEY would
not be welcome and it was agreed that LINDS n
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At approximately three p.m. on November 17, 1975,
the group boarded a Guyanese airline and flew from George-
town, Gdyana to Jonestown, Guyana. The plane arrived in
Jonestown at approximately four-thirty p.m. The plane was
set by two Port Kituma police. The group was provided trans
portatio in a truck ouned and operated by the PeoplesTemp le .
' advised they were transported by this
truck approximate y ten to fifteen miles through narrow
roads in jungle terrain. The road had clearings of no more
than twenty yards on either side of the highway and traveled
through ver rough roads with much bush on either side ofthe roads.i"
Upon arriving at the Peoples Temple, they were
taken to a large "pavilion" style building.
building with roof and open on four sides. spoke
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sessions. Several people were interviewed and family membersCongressman RYAN and his aide stayed at the
during the night. Also
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leave", "Get out of here". DON HARRIS explained to
Reverend JONES that they had obtained information and
¬x=trviews during their time at the Peoples Temple. He
ajvised Reverend JONES that he could assure him that the
io;orting of these interviews would be fair. JONES
replied "I hope I live to see you be fair"."
During the stay at the compound,
no weapons were observed and it was advised that tdere were
only hunting weapons. As preparations were made for return
to Jonestown, there were approximately ten to twelve defectors
who accompanied the news media and Congressman. Jest prior
to departure after the majority of the people had boarded
the truck, Congressman RYAN returned to the Pavilion. The
Pavilion was an roximately five hundred yards from the truck.* a scuffle ensued at the Pavilion which
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area but could not sec what was happening. Hohents later
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departed. There were approximately thirty people ~n thetruck of which ten to twelve were defectors.'b
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American male described as five feet six inches tail, one
hundred thirtyfive pounds, late twentites, slight build,
dirty blonde, curly hair, deep~set piercing blue egos,
wearing a white shirt, white pants and rain parka. Laterthis man was identified as I...-XRFIY L.-lYTON.|u92
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RYAN explained that when he returned to the Pavilion and
was talking to Reverend JIM JOKES, an unidentified white
knerican male grabbed him from behind. This man put a
knife point to his throat. Congressman RYAN explained that
he was able to grab the man's arm and slide slightly away.
Someone at the gathering then grabbed the assailant and
forced him to the ground. Congressman RYAN advised when he
turned he saw the man laying on the ground stabbed with theknife that had been placed against his throat."
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announced that he was to be one of the five people. He
stated that Congressman RYAN had'promised that he would be
included in this group. Congressman RYAN'S aide questioned
the Congressman concerning this and advised that this, in
fact, was his wish. The plane was loaded with four people,
TONY KARSARIS, VLRN GOSLEY, a lady who was a member of the
Concerned Relatives and LARRY LAYTON. The_single-engine planebegan to taxi to the end of the airstrip./ I0 c ould
JIM coax; then noted 1:<>?1na: =1 tractor
pulling a metal-sided trailer and t e truck in which they tad
been brought came on the scene across the runway. Then, just I
as quickly, this tractortrai1or ap eared wit ' one hundredyards of the twin-engine Otter. recog-
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anticipation that sanething appeared. There was degree of
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behind him. He turned around and ' saw that the left front
tire of the twin-engine Otter had been shot out. At that
mtnent the little singleqengine plane was at a ninety-degree
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feet. He remembered the Guyanese aircraft that had been
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before. The aircraft had a damaced nose wheel and had been
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pilwt reiterated that the nens had been Sent out and that
helicopters would be coming soon. The three ilots thenbearded the single-engine airplane and leIt.]s7'
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signing on November 21, 1978, at eleven a.m. He acknowledged
the information in this signed stateme t to be true andcorrect before interviewing Agents.- "F
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the compound. At approximately 11:00 p.m., on
November 17, 1978, I left the compound in the
company of the media and family members. Mark
Lane, Charles Garry, Congressman Ryan and his aide
remained at the compound that evening.
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media and family as well as approximately 10 to
12 "defectors" were placed on a flatbed truck
for departure. Also Congressman Ryan and his
aide prepared to leave.
Just prior to leaving Congressman Rgan
returned to the pavillion which was approximately
500 yards from the truck where I was sitting.
I could hear a scuffle but did not witness any
of the happenings. Congressman Ryan came from
the compound with blood on his shirt in a shaken
condition. He climbed into the truck and at this
same time a white male described as appro>imately
5'6" tall, weighing 135 pounds, in his late twenties
with slight build and dirty blond curly hair,
got into the truck. He was wearing a white shirt
and white pants which were partially coveied by
a rain poncho. Later this man was identified to
me as Larry Layton. He stood in the back of the
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Reverend Jones in an effort to get the release
of approximately eight other people residing in
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behind and put the point of a knife to his throat.
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turned around, the assailant was lying on the floor
and had been stabbed by the same knife. Congressman
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and witnesses to this assault were Attorneys
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Layton had remained off to the side leaning against
a building. When the choosing of passengers was
made he demanded to be a member of the passengers
for the single engine plane. He advised the
Congressmans aide that he had been promised by
Congressman Ryan a seat on this plane. The aide
checked with Congressman Ryan and confirmed this.
Four other passengers and Larry Layton were put
on the plane and the plane taxied to a takeoff
position.
Jim Cobb called to my attention a tractor
pulling a metal trailer and the truck in which we
had been brought to the airport. I saw the same
driver who drove us from the compound driving
this truck and a blondhaired male standing on
the trailer. There were other men standing on the
trailer whom I cannot identify. These vehicles
stopped approximately 50 yards from my location,
i.e., the Otter aircraft. A police vehicle drove
to my location and a police officer with a shotgun
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landing gear. It appeared he had been wounded
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the activ
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This cult, which was
a ifornia, specifically in the Redwood Valley area,
approximately sometime in 1965. It later moved to San
Francisco, California and still maintains their main temple
in San Francisco. Approximately two years ago, Reverend
JONES founded a settlement in Guyana, South America, which
he named Joncstown, and a number of his followers have
been residing there for quite some time. During the last
year and a half, there have been numerous allegations
concerning mistreatment of some of the followers within theJcnestown settlement. Iq
Sometime in early November of this year, he learned
of a pending trip to the Jonestown settlement by Congressman
LEO RYAN of California he made the a.pro riate arrancemen
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of Congressman RYAN and his congressional aide JACKIE SPHIERF
approximately nine news
and television networks
the concerned relativesand an unknown number representing
group. The concerned relatives group
consisted of members of the immediate families of some of the
followers of Reverend JONES who were living at Jonestown
and who were believed to be mistreated and, in some cases,held there against their will. l"
The group left San Francisco on the night of
November 13, 1978 and traveled to New York City via Evita;ts
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November 14, l9?8 in Georgetown, Guyana, making one stopen route at Port of Spain, Trini6au.1. ]l,
In Georgetown, the group stayed at the Pegasus
Hotel for the next three nights; that night no well as
Wednesday and Thursday nights. During this time,
RYAN had several meetincs with attorneys£¢JuZl¥mE ar
CHARLES GARY, who were representing Reuerenn JOKES and
the Peoples Temple. Those attorneys had nrrivcé in Guyana
on separate airlines and J
concerning his visit to the Joncrtcvn settlement.
morning, November 17, 1979, these attorney? finally gave
the okay for Congressman RYAN an his aio, the news poo
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JONES at the Jonestovn settlement, Qhis group, alone with
LANE nn GARY, flew into Port Kaituma on a charts: fligh
of the Guyanese airlines, J _
2:00 p.m. and arrived at Port Kaitnma roughly between 3:and 3=so p.m. on the 17tn. |
told by the unncm;-'.»rf, pilot of the
plane tha e e =- emple had called the Georgetown
tower to advise them that they should land at Matthews
Ridge rather than Port Kaituma due to the foot that the
runway at Port Kaituma was supposedly too wet to lani on
The pilot, however, after flying over the Port Kaituna
airstrip, felt that it was
at Port Kaituna instead of
After landing, GARY and LANE would not allow a
except Congressrnn RYAN to go into Jonentcwn and everyow
else had to remain at the airport. Liter Congressman RY
was gone for ppruximattly two or three hours, an irdivi
from the settlement by the name of JIM MC LLv3RB cane on
to the airport and avised that everyone else could new
come into the sottlerent. At the settlen LT, the group
given a tour of the mission and they had dinner there.
Members of the settlement also put on a disco dancing sh
on the stage for them. They were ullovtd to speak to
some members of the group and WCYQ also allowed to i;1J
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to stay overnicht in the settlement. who rest of tho qio
was transportc back to Port Kaituma whorv they more to
spend the night at hike and Sons Disco. Thy were supp
to be pickc up and returned to the setiloaont rxounu
the next morning, howuvtr, thry were not pichci up an
back to Joncstown until approwinatly 19139 R-F- DullhQ -the second dry at the settlumnnt, thcy were allovto to
even mot; of tle scttlemrnt, including 90mm PIA? s that t-.,' ' allhad not tron the provimus day. At first it scnnu llh
tho pooplc in tho szttlrmant wart quiic h"p;y thrto, hcmv ct,
Concrcsuman Rlh at mcmbrr of the nova m;dia than hrgt ul .
xeceivitg notes fxom to cf tho Peoples Tvpls
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16 defectors from the settleaont, more to ruturn to the
airport for the flight back to Goorgctcwn and than on t
the Uniteé States. There were a nunbor oi othe
there was no room for them on the truck that wn
an hence, they would have to remain. Han; of
fear for their lives while Congressman RYAN and5 to on
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RYAN agrec to stay with than and go on the
out to the airport. As the first grow; vaq
to leave, there was a big commotion over at
pavilion inside the cottlcmant and DUN HALWIB oSCC ond trn
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Jonestown the chain blocking the entrance was up and
JOB WILSON, a Negro male, approximately 5'9" tall with
plaited hair, and a Mr. EDWARDS, not further described, cane
to the back of the truck and demanded to see all the people
in the truck who were leaving, ostensibly to search for
WILSON's wife and child whom he suspected were trying to
defect. Neither WILSORs child or wife were found on the
truck and the truck was then allowed to continue on to the
airport. Alto included on the truck was an escort man
from the settlement by the name of BIRDHBLL Phonetic!,who is a white male, approazirnatoly 22 years old..] ,
En route to the airport, they did observe a tractorwith a flatbed trailer on it and some woo-:1 on the F;I¬1i1i!l".f ,
Also while they were en route, JIM COBB, who was
an exmember of the Peoples Temple, as well as sore of the
other unidentified defectors, advised hin that they feared
LARRY LAYTON, who was also on the truck and presented himself
as being a deector. They told him that LLYTON was just too
close to Reverend JONES and they did not believe that he
was truly defeating. They believed he was armed and probably
was sent by JONES to cause some kind of problem. The group
was very apprehensive about LAYTON and the possibility oftrouble either along the way or at the airs-L".rip.Iu£
While at the airport, because of the peo le's fear
of LAYTON and perhaps some of the other defectors not being
true defectors, they decided to frisk all of the people
getting on the two planes. LARRY LAYTOH was observed by
him going to the back side of the smaller airplane to
avoid being frisked and then slipping hack in limo after
some of the other people were frisked. LAYTON also insisted
that he be allowed to go on the smaller plane and he aeconvl.-Hzd
this by somehow convincing Congressman RYAN to allow him tv
go on the smaller a ~ which was going to be the firstplane to lea.92re.#conl<}. only assu1:.o tlzat 1-.KY';.'c>;3
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closeness to JONES, he would be in a better position to gixw
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hell s gonna break loose here . Hethis time he turned
and said ' think all
then moved over towards
the small plane and helped frisk people to help expedite
getting the plane loaded to get out
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to the woods. While doing this, he observed a number of
other people doing the same thing.
He ran approximately
100 yards into the woods and then stayed there until the
shooting stopped and he saw other people leaving the woods
and going back out to the airstrip.
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a weapon and attempt to shoot soneo
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tent was being used
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some more shooting.
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Georgetnzn
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people who ran into the jun when the gle
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that he wished to be interviewed regarding the incidentssurrounding the momP:athe camera of San Francisqg. -Examiner pho_tog_ra * ,_ . He advised as followsr I
on saturday, Noverr er 18 1978, after the attackon Congressman 0 . RYAN,c ran into the jungle adjoiningthe airstrip. ha unded during the attack
y and hid in the Jung e or approximately five minutes. After
3 the tractor on which the gunmen were riding had departed the
; airstrip, he came out of the jungle. He first observed the body
of Congressman LEO J. RYAN and was informed that RYAN was dead.
' He then observed the body of DON HARRIS and was informed that* mans was dead. He inquired about cars ROBINSON, saw G%§'sbody on the ground and verified that RCIBINSON was dead. ?
then noticed that the camera strap on ROBINSON's camera had een
1 cut, but he was uncertain if the straph had been cut by bullets
or by a knife. However, both of ROBINSON's cameras were still' with him on the ground.g
Pthe assisted others in carrying the
injured 0 of the field into tall grass adjoining the airstrip.
He noticed that Guyanese men, women and children were gathered
at the end of the airstrip. All of a sudden the Guyanese
people began to run off the airstrip heard someoneshout that the attackers were returns. |i
P hen ran intoi the jungle and remained there for ir'y to forty-five minutes.
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* an engine and saw an airplane taking off. Afraid that they
were being left behind, they made their way quickly to the airstrip
They observed that several members of their party were on the
airstrip, along with many Guyanese citizens. The Guyanese were
walking around the site of the attack and looking at bodies.. It is unknown whether any items were taken from the bodiexw
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unknown which and how many cameras were inside the case. lt
is noted that the case can hold the three cameras that RO5ln5ox
had with him on the Guyana trip. At time of attack ROBINSON was
wearing his two Cannon cameras, the Nikon had been put into the
case earlierPersonal
and survivors were
The Guyanese citizens then offered their
assistance to the survivors and found shelter for the SUIVJVDIS
b Poat Iiituma :s-rried RO3T1:SOI~3'$ in a disco in nearly __:_ n___i;. -___ _, a ,_
camera case to the disco and placed the case direct u ' '
bench. Some time later in the evening,ft the disco and returned to the airstrip to
attend to the injured members of their party. These injured
members had been placed inside a tent on the airstrip, normall
used h Guvanese soldiers. Before leaving the disco,asked we watch ROBINSO1!'s ha , as it was located AA .bench s e was sitting on. when returned from att=n-ding
the wounded approximately one hour ater, he noted that
had changed seats and that the bag had been left unattended. He
also noted that Guyanese citizens had remained in the disco,
acting as security guards. |
the bench a ag h him
He did not sleep that evening and thefor the remainder of the evening.i7his return
from underUpon
ROBINSON's bag
to the rear of the disco.
bag was under his control
On Sunday morning, November 19, 1978, three '
or four Guyanese soldiers were sent to the disco to inform
survivors that aircraft would be arrivine at the airstrip to
transport them out of the area. The survivors were then trannycrtr
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take photographs of the airstrip and the airplane that had been
disabled during the attack on Congressman RYAN and others. At that
point, he opened ROBINSON's bag to secure a camera and observed that
the two Cannon cameras on top were both muddy and one of them was wet.
However, the Nikon camera was not muddy and he used it to photograph !he disabled -alane. He noted that pro:-nained inside theaircraft. *took photograp.s. Fe uncertainwhether or not e O05 ROBINSON's bag with im w ile he was photographingthe disabled aircraft.
He advised that nOBINSON'S bag remained within his
sight on the flight to Georgetown, Guyana and in the subsequentsearch of luggage and belongings at the airport.{a,
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his office. |When
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he returned to the plane, he tried unsuccessfully
to open one of ROBINSONs cameras. He was assisted by an air force
man who was assigned to the flight as a photographer. This air forceindividual emptied the Nikon camera for hinu92u'
or-e of ROBINSOIPS cannon
cameras had no film in it whatsoever. Film from the Nikon and
one of the Cannon cameras was removed from the cameras and placed
in a compartment in ROBISH's bag, along with other rolls of film.
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L. that the Air orce an inven oriee 0.INSON s ag. e inventory
1 sheet was signed by Staff Sergeant SCOBLE and witnessed by Master
1 Sergeant WILLIAM GARDNER, III, or WILLIAM GORDON, III signature
illegihle!= The inventory sheet makes reference to "five rolls of
film" and does not specify whether the film was exposed or not. In
addition, he inventory sheet lists ROBINSON's passport as being int
the bag and the assport number is F230759H or I!. At this point, ROBINSONs bag contained the additional fiverolls of tllm reflected on the inventory sheet.
the inventory sheet in order to gain custody of ROBINSON's e onoincs
At that oint ROBINSON's belon in s were brou ht into P 9 9room and remained in his sight until
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rolls of film taken by ROBINSON are missin . He advised thatROBINSON used Ilford film, up-5, ASA400. :»;a~.nine<1.
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I I-ROBINSON s relatives had reported that ROBINSON s money
was missin when the received his personal affects and
felt it possible that any film inhis pockets mlg t a so have disappeared. u
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have contained shots of the Joncstox-en, Guyana camp residence.
He believed that ROBINSON's photographs taken prior to the
assault on RYAN at the airstrip had been all recovered and
developed; however, he is not certain what shots were on themissing film.
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1 o Investigation FBI!, telephonically contacted?
- Legal Department, Washington Post Newspap ,
concerning the interview of CHARLES KRAUSE, who had been
a witness to the killing of RYAN at Jonestown, Guyana.-stated KRAUSE was in Georgetown,Guyana, and that he did not know when KRAUS
would return to the United States. -was advised -
that the FBI wished to interview KRAUSE about his knowledge
of the facts that he KRAUSE! could relate concerning the
death of RYAN. intimated that KRAUSE, because of
his status as a "reporter" would not be obliged to discuss
this matter with the FBI. At this point, it was explainedto Pay SA_th8.t KRAUSE was a witness to a
mur er of a U.S. Congressman and that this crime falls
under the Congressional Assassination Statute, in which case
the FBI has the primary responsibility and right to interview
any and all witnesses to the crime.92
ll!It is noted that several Lzther prior
attempts to contact KRAUSE telephonically byi,/-i_had resulted .I-n no response from KRAUSE. Q concluded
the conversation by saying he would inform SE of the
FBI's desire to interview him.
two weeks after the Jonestown
in paperback form, concerning the massacre which was alreadyon the newstand at the time SA _had his conversationwith -IIt is noted that KRAUSE, ,
massacre, had written a book
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On 11/18/78, Congressman Leo J. Ryan was
murdered at Jonestown, Guyana, South America,
by Lawrence John Layton and others. Layton was
charged by Guyanese authorities with the
attempted murder of three individuals he shot.He was found not gui1ty.Su]
In 1981 Layton was in icted and tried in they
Northern pistrict of California for violation J
of Title 18, U. S. Code, Section 351 D!,
Conspiracy to Murder; Section 351 A!,
2 Aiding and Abetting the Murder of a
Congressman; Section 1117 - Conspiracy to 1
Murder an Internationally Protected Person; and
Section 1116 A!, 2 - Aiding and Abetting this
Attempted Murder of an Internationally
Protected Person. This trial resulted in amistrial.kyJ
On 9/18/86, retrial of Layton commenced in
the Northern District of California. Witnesses
will be called from Guyana. It is anticipated
that the trial will last for approximately two
months. The United States Attorney for
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On 12/1/86, in U.S. District Court, Northern District; of California, LAWRENCE JOHN LAYTON, WM, DF SSAN_, was found guilty o vio ation of T ,
-cc, cecticn 35l d! Conspiracy to murder a congressman!, section
I 351Ia! - 2 Aiding and abetting the murder of a congressman!,
Section 1117 Conspiracy to murder an internationally protected
I person! and Section 1116 a! - 2 Aiding and abetting the attempted
murder of an internationally protected person!. On 1/23/87,
subject sentenced Count I 15 years; Count II - Life: Count III I 15 years; and Count IV e 15 years concurrent '14'
On 2/22/88 the government's final brief was filed in; the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, Californiisgai
On 2/29/88 United States Attorney, JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO
advised that all possible violations in captioned matter have
= been addressed and either declined or prosecuted and with the
I filing of the above final brief his office considers this matter
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