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Assoc.Dir. Dep.AD Adm Dep.AD In UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Asst.Dit.: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Adm.Serv Memorandum Crim.inv. Ident. Intell. Loboratory : Mr. Moore -DATE: 11/22/78 Legal Coun TO Plan. & Insp 1 - Mr. Adams Rec.Mgnt Tech.Servs. 1 - Mr. Mintz Troining FROM :J. O. Ingr. Public Affs.Of 1 - Mr. Moore Telephone Rm 1 - Mr. Ingram Director's Sec'y SUBJECT: RYMUR On 11/22/78 at approximately 11:00 a.m., SA , Civil Rights Unit, Criminal Investigative Divisidn, FBiHQ, was contacted by Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, who advised he did not know what the extent of our investigation was concerning the Peoples Temple but that he had located a document in his files that may be of interest to the FBI. immediately obtained this document, which is a letter dated April 14, 1978, bearing the letterhead Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, Jim Jones, Pastor, addressed to All Members.of the United States Senate and Members of the House of Representatives, the copy obtained by being addressed to Griffin Bell, Attorney General, postmarked 4/26/78 at San Francisco, California. The letter encloses a voluminous petition and expresses concern "over what appears to be continuing and unwarranted harassment on the part of Governmental agencies. " stated there was no record of any acknowledgement of this document. He requested that the original document be returned to him. It consists of approximately 104 pages of signatures of approximately 3,330 people supporting the position of the Peoples Temple. The original document will be Xeroxed for review and thereafter returned to the Department of Justice as requested.3 - y/386 REC- 102 API.OD Ie.'Coun. nsp De AA:ige CVS Dep.A (7) Dep.AD PAs.Of 1.L ..Buy U,S.,Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan F B1/DOJ