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Jonestown — Part 2
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SJ 89-123
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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
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