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Jonestown — Part 3
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from his district in California in view of the interest
of people there in the Peoples Temple and their concern
for friends and/or telatives./y//
Their plane left the Georgetown Airport and
arrived at Port Kaituma in the late evening of Friday,
November 17, 1978. They then proceeded via truck or a
land rover into Jonestown, which is about six miles away,
which six miles consisted of deep, red mud. u/
- A sergeant RUDDER, a local Guyanese constable,
and his deputy met them at Port Kaituma. RUDDER said that
he had instructions that only SHARON AMOS could proceed
to Jonestown, however, AMOS was back at Georgetown and not
a member of the party. EEE sx.:0 AMOS as being
a current member and leader o to 60 people living in
a house in Georgetown where supplies were received by the
peoples Temple and subsequently forwarded to the Peoples
Temple in Jonestown. Attorneys LANE and GARRY could not
understand RUDDER's orders and some members of the Peoples
Temple, about five or six, arrived on a red tractor. They
entered into negotiations and subsequently, agreed that LANE
ane GARRY eenta as an tin Ffiret @#n Tanssetaum sA wannti ata
Le aed Maar Nat balk lle Sel. ye ht ht FEO wi MWS EWE ana cy i Lo
for the Congressman. They walked to a nearby telephone or
transmitter and after an apparent conversation, came back
and said that the entire party could travel to Jonestown.
LANE, GARRY and Congressman RYAN were among the occupants of
the first ck to travel into Jonestown, along with the other
people temple people. The truck then
returned for the p e four people representing the
Concerned Relatives group. / Yj}
Congressman RYAN had been there approximately
20 to 30 minutes when group arrived there. They
went to a central location, which place was an open air
meeting place with a corrugated tin roof, a stage and seats.
They were weicomed and served iced tea The people were
very hospitable, although cmareeararecrmh he had heard
that this had been staged for eir bene They were
told that the people there wanted to entertain them and they
had dinner and entertainment, which consisted of singers
and a rock band. the NBC personnel filned
is. The entertainment ended about 11:00 p.m. that night.
the room was charged with emotion. TY
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