U.S. Government Records on Peoples Temple
 
 

Chart prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III of the Jonestown Institute for his article, “Attempting to Document the Peoples Temple Story: The Existence and Disappearance of Government Records.”

Records Produced By         Government Agencies

Records Produced By Peoples Temple

   

Pre-18 November 1978

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Central Intelligence Agency

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Customs Service

Health, Education & Welfare (Social Security Administration)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

Federal Communications Commission

 

Health, Education & Welfare (Social Security Administration)

 

Internal Revenue Service

 

State Department

 

Post-18 November 1978

 

U.S. Air Force

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Treasury Department (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)

Central Intelligence Agency             

 

Health, Education & Welfare (Social Security Administration)

 

Department of Justice

 

U.S. Secret Service

 

State Department

 

Treasury Department (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)