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b7& £7 C L7¢ EA 89-173 GTC/DLS: cal RYAN and this group. as -:- time to leave hind a arrived as the airplane in which they were to depart we arriving at a certain time. The press got into the Firs truck which was leaving. He said that some of the modie. were going to film Congressman RYAN as they were leavine. congressman RYAN was remaining hehind to stay with and give protection to members of the Peoples Temple who had expressed an interest in leaving with RYAN, but who covid not get onto the first truck due to it being croided. Atterneys LAND and GARRY were remaining at Jonestown and not traveling to the eirport.(Q aay had intcrviewed the Reverend JIM JONES an > had alweys permitted people to leave who wanted to, but that if people did try to licave, he would say: “Father has failea@ his pecple". We tried to talk women out of leaving when they expressed am interest to leave. One of the women involved in this was EDITH PARKS of the PARKS family. at this time, everyone wis embracing one another and everything was on friendly tems ‘(4 The truck on which eIGEESeeTuceewanaemiect and other individuals were riding proceeded abcu yerds before it became stuck in the mud. He then heard a loud cheer, Saw a commotion and people running. About five te ten minutes later, Attorney LANE came up the path to the truck hustling Congressman RYAN with him. Congressman RYAN's shirt was pulled up to his waist and there was bleod on the left side of the shirt, however, wy later learned it was not the blood of Congressman RYAN. congressman RYAN got into the truck and said someone had thrust a knife at him. ‘Yhe truck then traveled to the airport, but the plane on which they were to depzrt nad not yet arrived. Congressman RYAN and the others sat down in a little shed and Congqreseman RYAN told them what happened to him back at Jonestown. He said a young whites malc hed lunged at him with a knife, thai he had fallen back and that MARK LAKE, who had been his opponent in this matter, had saved his lifc, as he had wrestled the knife wielder to the ground. The knife wielder was cut during this attack and it weS apperently his blood that wes on Congressman RYAN's shirt. } SD»: the truck in wide. RV. (