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Jonestown — Part 3
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GARRY stated they traveled six miles to the entrance of the
compound and four miles further to the main area of the compound.
When they got there they talked to JIM JONES over an intercom
and convinced him to let all the other members of the party come
to the compound. JONES made one exception and did not allow the
reporter from the "Enquirer" to come.
GARRY advised that Congressman RYAN ‘and his assistant, JACKIE
SPEIER, interviewed forty people before dinner. After dinner,
with 1,000 people or more present in the pavillion, they were
entertained by a talent show put on by the PeoplesTemple members 4 ;
JIM JONES was present and was, according to GARRY, “rambling
on and on." GARRY believes, TIM REITERMAN took notes of JONES'
conversation at this time /iy
MARCIE JONES introduced Congressman RYAN, who then stated
_ he was very glad to be there, had seen things he didn't expect
& to see, At this pronouncement, GARRY stated all the Peoples
ps se Temple members started wildly applauding /7y
te.
JONES ended:the evening by speaking with the media (4) ’
=. There was room in the complex to house just a part of the
group for the night. The following visitors remained at the
compound Friday night: RYAN, SPEIER, DWYER, LANE, GARRY, and
mee: the representative from the Ministry of Information. All of the
party stayed in the guest house except for LANE and GARRY, who
had a room next to the radio shack. The rest of the party
_ departed to find rooms outside the compound. /#)
“On Saturday morning between 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM the media
returned to the compound on the Peoples Temple trucks {WH
The media spent the morning taking pictures, etc f/
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* At 1:30 PN, Congressman RYAN told JIM JONES that there was a
family of six that wanted toleave. JONES "freaked" out at this,
according to GARRY, and called the family traitors, liars, etc.
GARRY stated he told JONES not to express these emotions, that
after all it was just six people that wanted to leave. JONES
stated to GARRY that he had told everyone the night before that
if anyone wanted to leave they could. At that time no one wanted
to leave. JONES now felt that these six people were out to
embarrass him. GARRY stated he tried to convince JONES to let
these people leave. GARRY advised the six then increased to
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