FBI Section 113 – which is labelled in the Guyana Index as “Terri Buford” – comprises 266 pages. (It should be noted that there is a second folder labelled as “Terri Buford,” Folder R-1 of FBI Section 97.)
The listing below is complete for this section of the FBI’s FOIA release. The complete PDF for this section as released by the FBI is here.
As differentiated from many sections on this site, these documents have been broken down into several sections of reports and letters. As much as is possible, the reports have been arranged in chronological order.
It should also be noted that, while Ms. Buford referred to herself as “Teresa” in some of her formal writings, such as letters to government officials, she was known in the Temple usually as “Terri,” but sometimes as “Teri.” The variations in the spellings were hers, and are reflected in the documents below.
The citation for these documents should open with the FBI’s official designation of these records, which is “RYMUR 89-4286.” Each individual page in these records has a unique number. The first page of the subsection on the Jean Brown reports, for example, is marked “B-7-A49”. The complete citation for that page, then, would be “RYMUR 89-4286-B-7-A49”.
These reports were transcribed and annotated by Cole Waterman. The editors are grateful for his invaluable assistance and considerable eye to detail.
PDF page numbers |
Number of pages | Citations of pages | Description | Text | |
109-112,142-148, 160-165, 208-211 | 21 | E1-4, L1-7, O1-6, AA18-21 | The Reports of Terri Buford, 1977 | ||
Teri Buford’s “Compromising” Documents |
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196-197, 199, 201-202, 204-206, 227, 230-231, 235-236, 240-241, 245-250, 262-264, 113 |
25 | AA4-5, AA-7, AA10-11, AA13-16, AA40, AA43-44, AA48-49, AA53-54, AA58-65, AA74-76, F1 | Confessions and Threats of Teri Buford | Text | |
170, 198, 239, 244 | 4 | R1, AA6, AA52, AA57 | Letters of resignation from Peoples Temple | ||
166-169, 171 |
5 | P1-Q3, R2 | Buford signatures on blank documents | [None] | |
Teri Buford Miscellaneous |
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114-116 |
3 | F2-4 | Buford Answers to personality survey, 1975 | Text | |
184-191, 193-195, 221 | 12 | X1-Y3, AA1-3, AA34 | Buford Guyana emigration papers | ||
222-225 |
4 | AA35-38 | Buford Liability releases | Text | |
255 | 1 | AA69 | Buford Form of Affirmation of Membership in Peoples Temple | ||
265-266 |
2 | AA77 | Buford PNC membership card | [None] | |
200 | 1 | AA8 | Buford Letter to parents |
[None] |
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261 | 1 | AA73 | Buford Letter to prisoner | [None] | |
215, 218-220 | 4 | AA25-26, 28-33 | Scribbled notes |
[None] |
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Other Documents |
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103, 34-37, 253-254, 57 | 8 | D28, AA35-38, A67 – 68, A58 | California Administrative Reports, Fall 1978 | ||
5-8, 22, 33, 256-259 |
10 | A4-8, A22, A34, AA70a-71b | Letters from Members, Fall 1978 | Text | |
23-25 | 3 | A23-35 | Fundraising letters, November 1978 | ||
52 |
1 | A53 | Course Outline | [None] | |
58-74 | 17 | B1-17 | Phone records |
[None] |
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104-108 |
5 | D29-33 | Temple press conference, October 1978 | Text | |
126-127 | 2 | I1-2 | Temple probe into Joe Mazor, 1977 | ||
207 |
1 | AA17 | Tax deposit | [None] | |
212 | 1 | AA22 | Letter to Terri Buford |
[None] |
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237 |
1 | AA50 | Deborah Blakey release of liability, 1975 |