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Jonestown — Part 1
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L/¢ GHD: «::<2 that JONES stated, on many occasions, that
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ends justify the means to any activity. Even though he
he made a concerted effort
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| in the general politics of the Church. 7 it was
H at this time that he noted that specific members of the staff
surrounding JONES seemed to be privileged, and that it was
not required for them to go to meetings on occasion. This
seemed unfair inasmuch as everyone else was required
to be at all meetings in order to be in good standing.
also noted that when many families weré suffering from severe
poverty in that they could not afford to send lunches to school
with their children, JONES' children would always apvear with
lunches comprised of excellent food and more than anybody else.
a: this time he began to become disenchanted with
the Church. ;
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PP -: though inequalities existed,
“ee no one ever dissente Cause JONES had stated from the pulpit
Loe on numerous occasions, as late as 1969, that anyone who left
oS * the Temple would be killed or if you disclosed information
an ar regarding the People's Temple you would be killed. It is noted
that the the word killed was specifically used. /f/
: Any activities that were conducted by any members of
the People's Temple were conducted with total emphasis on the
fact that anything that was done by the members was done for
the betterment of the Church. In this regard
people were instructed not to go to college unless they intended
to stay with the grouo afterwards, because to go to college and
break away from the Church was to rob the people of the money
that they expended for your college. /y/
a it was his desire to go to
school and so he proceecea to San Francisco to attend the
school at University of California at San Francisco.
a he "ran himself ragged" trying to serve the People's
emple as a janitor at night and go to college in the dayyp
Fe Circa 1968, JONES made the members
of the Church write things on paper of an incriminating nature
to the member aimself. These statements could range trom te)
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