“New documents, tapes appear on Peoples Temple ham radio site” by Joey Dieckman

This past year saw several additions to the Peoples Temple “ham” website.

I have added several PDFs of FBI documents that relate the use of amateur radio by Peoples Temple in Guyana. Many documents are communications concerning ham radio operators that had some kind of contact with the Temple radio operators in Jonestown.

Transcripts and audio of both Q1289 and Q1290 are now available via the website. These tapes are newly released from the State Department and were originally made on November 18, 1978 from the home of Douglass Ellice, US Consul in Georgetown. The tapes contain conversations between Ellice and John Burke, as well as other government officials. They also contain conversations with Sharon Amos, as well as background noise including ham radio traffic between Georgetown and Jonestown. More about these tapes appears here.

(Joey Dieckman is a regular contributor to the jonestown report. His other articles are Q 875 Discussion Forum Expands to Full Consideration of Jonestown Questions, Ham Radio Site Battles For Government Tapes, Documents, and Am I a Jonestown Apologist?. He may be reached at joeyjosef@yahoo.com .)