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thie | a ot | oo \ BO 89-495 frontier (Guyana) and in about February, 1974, JONES announced that the first settlers would be leaving for Guyana. He stated that the announcement was made at one of the meetings and JONES asked for a volunteer to supervise the move. CHARLES TOUCHETTE volunteered for the job and was immediately approved by JONES and the other PT members. JONES approached him and asked whether he would like to go to Guyana as part of the initial settlers. The idea of starting a new town appealed to him and since his wife, was now involved it seemed a logica choice. He got the impression from JONES that his family would most likely be down to Guyana within @ year or so. He then drove from California to Miami, where 75 —_ a shrimp boat from Miami to Guyana. He stated the name of the boat was the "Cudjo" and a total of 16 people went. Included in the group was CHARLES and JOYCE TOUCHETTE and their children MICKAEL, ALBERT, and MICHELLE, JERRY LIVINGSTON, CHUCK BEIKMAN, ARCHIE IJAMES and his wife, TIM SWEENY, and JACK BARON. He stated that he does not recall the rest of the people that made the trip. Upon arriving In Mnvarns thay mare mAraastoeA Ry OENME OUAYVE TH ear ow a counselor for the PT and PAULA ADAMS, who was the financial manager. (Ul JOYCE TOUCEETTE took charge of the assigning of jobs, along with overseeing all of the PT members in Guyana. CHARLES TOUCHETTE was busy with procuring supplies and equipment, which took up mo Is ti He stated he was put in charge of There ruies in Guyana, one of which was never to criticize the settlement when writing back to the States and all letters being sent back to the States were to be read and mailed by JOYCE TOUCHETTE. He stated he wrote daily to his children, (Y