FBI Airtel
Date 3/4/81
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (89-4286)
FROM: SAC, BROOKLYN-QUEENS MRA (89-495) (P) (BQ-6)
SUBJECT: RYMUR
(00: SF)
ReBQairtel to Bureau with LHM, 2/21/79.
Enclosed for the Bureau are five copies of LHM classified “Secret”, captioned “People’s Temple Christian Disciples of God”.
The LHM contains information provided by [name deleted] referred to as the “Confidential Source” in the LHM as furnished to the BQMRA.
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US Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Queens, New York
People’s Temple Christian Disciples of God
During the period December 27, 1978 through February 23, 1981, a confidential source, in a position to furnish reliable information concerning the People’s Temple Christian Disciples of God (PT) and the Government of Guyana was interviewed by Special Agents (SAs) of the Brooklyn-Queens Metropolitan Resident Agency (BQMRA) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). (Unclassified)
The PT is technically known as a religious encampment in Jamestown [Jonestown], Guyana, South America.
In November, 1978, PT leader, the Reverend Jim Jones and 914 people were killed after the assassination of Leo J. Ryan, a United States (US) Congressman, and others in Guyana by members of the PT.
The source, a [2 lines deleted] left Guyana in [half line deleted].
[5-line paragraph heavily redacted]
Source advised that this contact was made by a clandestine intelligence organization based in the US.
[3-line paragraph heavily redacted]
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People’s Temple Christian Disciples of God
[All three paragraphs heavily redacted]