Summaries of Letter to Dad on Tim Stoen,
December 1977

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TOS WRITE UPS

Don Fields – Suggests we use cloak and dagger CIA tactics, have Stoen found dead from natural causes, said if this was done a few times those mouthing off would stop.

Cleve Swinney – thinks Stoen is trying to keep a foot in the door, we shouldn’t give him anything. Says he doesn’t want to go back but if it was to help make peace “any way at any time”.

Barbara Walker – feels Stoen is being backed by conspiracy in this, it doesn’t have guts to do it on his own. Doesn’t think he has anything on us that hasn’t already been used. Thinks they are trying to get you back in the states, thinks we just ignore Stoen and call his bluff.

Lena Benton – Thinks TOS should be shot or “put through hell”. Says she is ready to give her life, just let them face the gun and give them no money. Says they are like bird dogs, and if we give to Stoen he will never stop.

Jack Barron – Suggest many of us write TOS, address him as “Brother James [Judas]” and ask him if he wants his “30 pieces of silver”. Says there might be loss of face to his CIA supporters when trying to answer these queries.

Cardell Neal – Says since we are portrayed as Mafia, act like Mafia. Send bomb to one of companies involved in conspiracy, and from this Stoen will know this is a threat. Thinks he will back off if he sees this, and then says kill him.

Theresa [Teresa] King – (very good, shows detail, some sincere thinking) Theresa’s is a very long write up, but basically what she is offering to do is set up herself as an escapee from PT by going to American Embassy in G’town. She goes back to states, get a job at Kepplers bookstore, contact Gary [Garry] Lambrev through his parents. She gets into lover/sexual relationship with him, asked out jealous role of his male lovers, and starts leaving sick poems in key places. Then offers to give info on PT, and for Gary to arrange meeting w/Grace, TOS, and all. Then she would blow herself and them up in this meeting. Also says she could be ripping off books from Kepplers and depositing them at a false company front for our library. Says she feels guilty about her alliance with Gary, Liz [Forman], and Joyce Shaw – that she probably deserves to be here less than some of our brave brothers and sisters back in the states, and this is her way to pay back her debt to you for giving her a taste of liberation.

? Ray Jones – Opposed to paying TOS anything. Says we should move our prime targets for frame up into hiding. Says he will meet Stoen anywhere and kill him for what he’s done. Wonders if we can use Mafia contact we had. Again says he is willing to kill for the cause.

Barbara Cordell – says Chris was done in because Mertles Stoens afraid what Chris would do to them. Says we should have some of our people, different ones daily, walk up and look the enemy “straight in the eye.” She doesn’t think they are sleeping to [too] well right now.

Ron Sines – Would be glad to be involved in any plan to stop conspirator, says we should plan a burglary or mugging around their assassination to take some of the heat off of us, and serve as a warning to other conspirators.

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Ameal Staten – “Tim Stoen told you a lie to go back to the states. He was afraid to do what he is doing now because he knew my brother would have killed him. So I [2 unintelligible words] got him out of the way because he would blackmail the family.

Lisa Layton – Suggests we put a large add in a gay paper where TOS is living welcoming him to gay community. Thinks that would louse up his rep and scare him. Otherwise ignore him.

Ruby Carroll – Suggests getting some outsiders to do different things, such as breaking into Tim’s house, beating TOS and Grace up, fixing the brakes on their car, having their car catch on fire a little to scare them. Suggested Russell Jones get Chris’s old addict friends to pay TOS a visit, or Joann Carroll to do same and beat the shit out of him. Offers to go back and thanks you for 3 mos of peace, but what promise anything won’t happen to the traitors. Offers to “cook” for Tim if he comes over to visit.

Gloria Carter – Thinks Stoen  is taking orders from higher up in conspiracy. Thinks they’re trying to weaken us through this, won’t stop with small sum of money and we should not give him anything. Says she’s willing to do whatever necessary to stop them, and if they stop Mother and comrades in states we should move as a group to fight for them. Maybe put them on notice through PF [Peoples Forum] we will not be intimidated.

Peter Wotherspoon – Thinks Stoen asking for modest amount shows: he’s financially poor, gambling he’ll get smaller amount, wants to leave SF cause he can’t get a job, baiting us for verbal or written response to use against us. Says we shouldn’t yield to any of his demands, and that he would be willing to return to US to kill by whatever means, and then himself.

Bonnie Simon – Says we should give him anything but a bullett. Says she is happy she made it here, and knows her children will have a future, and with that in mind would gladly go back to states and kill traitors and then herself. Would be glad to give her life for you, for socialism, and for our brothers and sisters in the states.

DeeDee Macon – Says out of this family of ex-cons should be 1 or 2 that can be trusted to go back to kill Stoen. Suggests we cut him in half lengthwise and send 1/2 to Grace and 1/2 to Mertles. Would be willing to go over, even if it meant death.

Margarita Romano – Thinks we should expose Tim in last issue of Peoples Forum. Says our people back there would have to be in position free from harassment or kidnapping.

Mary Wotherspoon –Thinks Stoen thinks Our right arm has been knocked off in Chris, and wants to see if you will bend. Thinks we should make him paranoid and make him think he is going crazy. Also suggests that we smear him, to ruin his reputation. Give him no money. Also suggest making Stoen look like he is really with us, to make the other traitors mistrust him.

Diane Lundquist – Says traitors should all be killed, would be willing to get in meeting with them and kill as many as she could. Maybe carry an explosive device on her body.

Jim Pugh – says to count on him in solo or consort in the elimination of Stoen. His preference is a hand-gun or rifle, or blow up whole conspiracy if we could find a meeting place.

Mary Tschetter – doesn’t think Stoen is interested in money. Thinks he might be suicidal and force us into killing him so he would be out of his mess, don’t give him any money, and that he’s lived too long.

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Phyllis Chaikin – says Stoen’s Achilles’ heel is his drunk narcissism and drive to be around people of power. She says she remembers in RV he was willing to risk his image with you and blabbed to a reporter because he flattered him. Said when he met Gene’s [Chaikin] brother he couldn’t be himself but through his medals around. Says she hates the mf, and would participate in whatever way useful. Thinks the natural way for him to go would be at some fancy function and Finkles friends passing him a poisoned canope [canape].

Nat Swaney – Says to knock Tim Stoen off, and that they think they have us over a barrell because Chris was killed. Said he will do it.

Dianne McKnight – thinks Stoen sold out before he left Jonestown, that he wanted Grace back but it didn’t work, and now has no money to go anywhere. Wants to get out of the area because of Teddy Bears death. Thinks we should ignore him, his own conscience will fuck him up. Thinks the law will try to hold us responsible.

Tom Kice – Thinks someone should go back as if they left the church, and would give information to use against church, get them in a meeting, and kill them all. Says he is willing to do this, and would like to be killed himself rather than arrested and taking a chance of saying the wrong thing and causing more trouble.

Nedra Yates – write him a dear John letter and on the return envelope coat it with poison. Suggests to get TOS and Grace and all into one place and make herself a human bomb. Also suggests just let him come over in January, take into the jungle, and make him disappear.

Millie Cunningham – says keep the money and send him a bomb. Says you have done so much for people and all they do is act up.

Billy Oliver – feels there should be no money given because it is part of the conspiracy and they are devoted to destroying us no matter what. Thinks you should be confronted face-to-face because he values money more than his life, then he can be reached because he’s weak. Is willing to do anything for cause. Says he could go back under false image of his parents wanting him back. Also offers to have someone use prepaid ticket his parents sent to go back. Feels there should be a lot of planning to not keep our people from coming over. Worried it might be easily traced to Peoples Temple. Also thought of Hanafi Muslim in Washington DC and what he did.

Laura Johnston – Since she has fucked up with following thru with responsibilities, but would love to be able to do one thing right – drive a car off a cliff with Tim and any of the other traitors she could take. Or carry an explosive into a group of them, without implicating the group. Is more than willing to do it. Says she has fear, preferences, and many faults but death offers things she wants so she doesn’t see herself falling short of any instruction in that area.

Bea Orsot – says he will remain strong in their favor as long as he’s there. Suggests we kidnap him, make him talk, and find out what we need to know. Says to de-program him, and “supper” him later. Keep confidential, general people can never know. Thinks he may be trying to get the law here to divide us from Burnham. Suggests station people in nearby countries to watch for personalities connected w/ conspiracy. Also suggest kidnapping Mazor, and getting same treatment as Stoen.

Luna Buckley – says we shouldn’t give Tim Stoen a penny. Thinks we should let him know if he does anything to keep our people from getting here he will be a dead man. She is willing to do whatever to Tim or any of them.

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Mark Sly – “First have John Doe change his name to Joe blow. Then send him to another country to become a citizen, and get a passport. Then he comes back to Jonestown and has an accident and dies as John Doe. Then Joe Blow goes to the US and takes care of Tim Stoen or anyone else.

Patsy Johnson – Is willing to kill anyone, anyplace, even if it means her life or going to prison, she doesn’t give a damn. Thinks Stoen may be asking for this amount of money knowing it is needed to get our people over here. She says fuck life, it’s hard as hell to live. Thinks Stoen could be pressured into his sexual acting out through phone calls, not saying anything, just harassing. When he was “driven crazy” from these calls he might go to a bar, where anything could be done. He could be given a mickey, or slipped a hallucinogenic. We can get him to flip out with acid, or angel dust. Mentions fixing it up so he’s in a car wreck, or possibly run him off the road. Possibly be watched and attacked and stabbed from behind. Suggest shooting him full of heroin and making it look like an OD. It also mentions a bomb underneath his car. Offers to do any of these things.

Rosa Keaton – Suggest people meditate at 6 AM and 6 PM on the thought “Father, vengeance is yours, you will repay.” Says we should do this to people who killed Chris.

Annie McGowan – Says don’t give him a damn thing, and to meditate so your power can strike him down.

Linda Arterberry – Says we should make up some Christmas candy to sell, and have poison in the candy, and pretend we are selling it door to door and give some to Stoen. Also placing bomb in his door when he is not at home and then when he came home would be blown up.