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Jonestown — Part 2

124 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Cults & Extremism · Topic: Jonestown · 122 pages OCR'd
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| SJ 89-123 SJ 89-250 6. He advised that the Congressman and members of the party arrived at the camp on Friday, November 17, 1978. The general feeling at the camp during RYAN's visit was that of excitement because of RYAN‘s notoriety, but the atmosphere was very tense because if one person approached the Congressman or his party and told them how they truly felt against JONES, everything would be "messed up". when JONES talked with RYAN he told RY anyone cou eave at any time. reiterated that in fact they could not because JONES had seized everyone's passport. no Girect knowledge of any plan by JONES or his followers to cause any trouble if anyone wanted to leave. oted at this point that mary people of the temple were very suspiciois, specially when JONES appeared to be letting those people who wanted to leave go, (M's suspicions was the fact that on the group's way to the air strip on the day that they were all leaving, the truck appeared to be deliberately stalled and then it appeared to be deliberately stuck in the mud. Following that, Congressman RYAN was attacked by someone back at the camp. His suspicions were also aroused by the fact that STANLLY GIEG, the driver of the truck that was transportin;y everyone from the camp to the. air strip, was driving very Slowly and when the truck arrived at the front entrance of the camp the security guards made everyone in the back of the truck shift around so as to count everyone and note who was on the truck. One of the security guards used the story that he was looking for his sons. ep *:: : always happened when visitors came to the camp. e visitors would always have to wait until JONES wanted them to come to the camp and they would be also delayed after they came and wanted te leave the camp. it was very easy to delay visitors because there was only one way in and one way out (U) emer reraira on the truck and planning to leave with RYAN, knew that the group was definitely being stalled. Also, when the group left for the air strip the day of the shooting an assembly was called by JONES at the temple. This assembly, as in the past, was called so a decision could be mad2 as to what could be done about the traitors and RYAN's group. ey *‘ always happened this way. If someone was to leave, there was always an assembly called and a decision would y) 155
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