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Jonestown — Part 1

123 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Cults & Extremism · Topic: Jonestown · 117 pages OCR'd
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SF 89-250 RAN/pah:vdj At approximately 6:00 p.m., a yellow pickup truck came back and took everyone into the compound with the / exception of a free lance reporter named GCRDON Linpsay. /U PF it is approximate 1 an one-half meee from the at rport to the entrance to Jonestown and an additional three miles to the actual compound, estown compound appeared to be putting on a show for the people who were visiting. The whole act appeared to be a facade to show that all the individuals in the compound were extremely happy, free, well-fed, and all had adequate housing. £2 that night none of the visitors were allowed to = = SE ound: however, Congressman RYAN and his aide SPIEIR did, in fact, stay at the compound. other individuals stayed the night at Mike & Son"s Disco in Port Kaituma /H] 2 7 the following day he saw his family, . and they appeared to be all malnourished and were residing ina : ; small hut which is approximately fifteen feet by fifteen feet. There were five people living in this hut, and JONES had promised to build his mother a large house; however, evidently failed to do so. , most of the eople were residing in the small cottages or huts, —- got the feeling as they were walking around the compound, that he and the other individuals should not be there yi] GE a= one point he observed an unknown y staring at a wall in some type of stupor ¢4f/ it ~~ i ae it appeared that all the people ee at the Jonestown compound were putting on a show for NBC and ee refuted the statements of dissenters. es 3 he tol em that if his family were happy he wou ea em id there. / Up , he got ready to leave in a dump Gay, November 17, 1978, at approximately 2:00 p.m. ruck was to take the visitors back to Port Kaituma,s / truck on Satur | The t
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