EE-2-k-21 • Luckhoo Letter on Jones’ Travel

Luckhoo Letter on Jones’ Travel to Jonestown, September 1978

EE-2-k-21

[Letterhead of Lionel Luckhoo]
[Illegible date]

Mr. Tim Carter,
c/o Peoples Temple
PO Box 893,
Georgetown.

Dear Mr. Carter,

In reply to your letter of 16th September 1978, I have to state:

1. Mr. [Charles] Garry and myself asked the Registrar whether any arrest warrant would be served on Reverend Jones if he were to come to Georgetown for medical treatment. The Registrar stated that there was absolutely no question of serving any arrest warrant on Reverend Jones since the habeas corpus proceedings were before the Court and that nothing further would be done at this stage, and that Reverend Jones could come down to receive medical treatment.
2. I do wish to repeat what I stated to you and Mr. [Joe] Mazor, Mr. Garry and the Registrar – I am not representing Jim Jones. We were briefed by a member of the Peoples Temple to challenge the habeas corpus proceedings and the orders obtained ex parte were also challenged. These proceedings after prolonged hearings have yet to be determined for reasons explained to you. [Marginal note: “his client is officially Joyce Touchette (who is the defendant in the proceedings)”]
3. I personally see no reason why Reverend Jones (whom I have never met) should not come to Georgetown for his medical treatment.

Yours truly,
/s/ Lionel Luckhoo
Lionel Luckhoo