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a —_— a * ( ————— a —_—_—_—_— FO-302 (REV, 3-86-77} FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 12/21/78 Date of transerlotion 7o- b. ceorarcmeresrsiny upon his return from Guyana to John F,. i: Kennedy Airport on , was questioned concerning his knowledge ' of the events which occurred in Jonestown, Guyana on or about anaes O) Fo the following information: u) were planning an eScape from or Various reasons their plans never ae Jonestown through the bush. materialized. However, on 11/18/78, at about 1:00 pm, = ent to see Congressman LEO RYAN, who was visiting Jonestown, and im that he SP wanted to leave Jonestown. RYAN told hi that he would get them out on the next flight. They then got on ; @ truck with other members of the Peoples Temple who wanted to defect, including LARRY LAYTON, and drove to the front gate. No one believed i ’ H * i = we % that LARRY LAYTON was defecting because he had been such a fanatical _ follower of JONES. At the gate another close follower of JONES, JOE WILSON, got on the truck and the truck then was driven to Port Kaituma _Airstrip. JOE WILSON and LARRY LAYTON cot off the truck and started roa talking together. After about fifteen or twenty minutes a small plane . @rrived at the airstrip and shortly thereafter a Guyana cruiser arrived. | LAYTON boarded the small plane, along with some others. He ; along with others, boarded the larger plane. At this point e uc we that took them to the airstrip left. Shortly thereafter the Peoples “" Temple tractor and trailer pulled up next to the larger plane and five men started shooting at the larger plane, using shotguns, rifles and a magnum, The individuals doing the shooting were JOE WILSON, RONNIE JAMES, TOM KICE, Sr., BOB KICE, Sr., ERNEST JONES and ANTHONY SIMON. The driver of the truck was either WESLEY BRIEDENBACH or ALBERT TOUCHETTE. A passenger in this larger plane, PATTY PARKS, was killed. aged to cet the door of the larger plane shut, After the door was shut, e uck went around the other Side o e plane and these individuals began shooting at everyone on the ground outside the plane. After they shot ip everyone outside the plane, the truck lett. Qu) GD.» <<<. the shooting from the plane window but was un- ible to See who actually shot anyone in particular. He did not see who hot Congressman mene yaad yt 4 12/21/78 John F. Kennedy utionon lm A port cue BOQ 89-495 aml 12/21/78 US Secret Service Dateaictetea 7g | ‘MMment Contains neliher recommendations nor conclusions of ihe FBI. 1f is the property of the FOr and i fjoaned to your agency; “ Ccontents are not to be Gistribuled outsice your agency. ‘c ‘ pi 4