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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 . : ce RAN/pah:vdj . , - L/¢ GHD: «::<2 that JONES stated, on many occasions, that e ends justify the means to any activity. Even though he he made a concerted effort aan oma me EF Mas ha anitaatinana tees ana Sut 61 UNnuren Srganizacions was at staying off of commi | 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. ; + L 4 —— ; 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) ve a1,
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