BB-31-b-244
[Letterhead of James M. Weitzman, Stambler & Shrinsky, Law Offices]
October 26, 1978
Marshall R. Bentzman, Esq.
1256 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94102
Re: Peoples Temple/WB6MID
Dear Marshall:
The file which the [Federal Communications] Commission has on Peoples Temple and related activities is immense. We have examined not only the materials which the Commission has agreed to release to us but other files as well, including those containing thousands upon thousands of letters in support of the Peoples Temple.
Of primary interest to you will be the three-inch thick internal FCC correspondence file. This file contains copies of FCC intercepts, monitoring assignments conducted by members of the Field Operations Bureau, personal inspections of the Peoples Temple as well as complaints filed by members of the public against the Peoples Temple. The file is too voluminous to describe here. We have made arrangements to copy all of those documents which we feel may be of interest to you and your client.
These should follow in approximately one week.
Parenthetically, in our examination of the files, we did not see any letter from Barry Goldwater although we are getting deeper since we know it exists. We will be back to you shortly.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jim
James M. Weitzman