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FD-518 (12-2-77) Copy te: 2 - USA, San i se t & Francisco (ATTN: AUSA DONDERO) rvi e -_ Baa we ee oe vice, San Francisco Report oft DONALD R. HALE Offies: San Francisco Bete: 1/12/79 , Field Office File @ 89-250 Bureau File #: 89-4286 Nerrotive of Offense: . The purpose of this report is to furnish an eyewitness account of the assault and assassination of Congressman Leo J. Ryan at Jonestown, Guyana and Port Kaituma, Guyana, South America. (VU) This investigation on iliiiahiehhihldliey b7& upon receipt of information from District Attorney's Office, San cisce, California, o reported murder of Congressman Ryan in Guyana, South America. (uy United States Congressman Leo J. Ryan, aleng with Jackie Speier, Legislative Counsel to Ryan; James Schollaert, Committee Staff to Ryan; Bob Flick, NBC News; Don Harris, NBC Correspondent; Bob Brown, NBC Cameraman; Steve Sung, NBC Soundman; Tim Reiterman, Journalist, San Francisco Examiner; Greg Robinson, Photographer, San Francisco Examiner; Ron Javers, Journalist, San Francisco Chronicle; Gordon Lindsey, Freelance writer; Charles Krause, Journalist, Washington Post; and the following concerned relatives: Timothy and Grace Stoen; Steve Katsaris; Clara Bouquet; Howard and Beverly Oliver; Jim Cobb; Wayne Pietella: Bonnie Thielman; Anthony Katsaris; Sherwin Harris; Nadine Houston; Micky Touchette; and Carolyn Boyd, arrived at Georgetown, Guyana on 11/14-15/78. Purpose of Ryan's visit Was a Congressional inguiry into the activities of the People's Temple (PT) and the Reverend Jim Jones at Jonestown, Guyana. While in Georgetown, Guyana, Ryan met with U.S. Embassy officials; Guyanese Government officials; Mark Lane, and Charles Garry, Temple Attorneys. Ryan subsequently traveled to Jonestown, on 11/17/78, aboard a chartered aircraft which landed at Port Kaituma. He was accompanied by Lane, Garry, Speier, Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Georgetowns 4 a B-1l Thin document contoine neither recommendations nox conclusions of the FBI. It ie the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and ite contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Felpos