Ptolemy Reid was Guyana’s Deputy Prime Minister for the duration of Peoples Temple’s life in Guyana. He was an important ally of Peoples Temple, and had more contacts with the Georgetown staff than any other Cabinet minister. The following table includes the Temple’s notes of phone calls and meetings with Reid, and Temple memos which discuss the Minister. Insofar as possible, they have been arranged in chronological order. The text of the memos appears here.
| PDF page number | No of pages | Citations | Description |
| D-1-356 | 1 | D-1-L-1 | Undated profile |
| D-1-403-407 | 5 | D-1-L-20-1 – 22-1 | News articles on Reid |
| D-1-357-359 | 3 | D-1-L-2-1 – 2-3 | Undated notes for letter |
| D-1-385 | 1 | D-1-L-8 | Postcard 9 Dec 75 |
| D-1-400-402 | 3 | D-1-L-19-1 – 19-3 | Get well card from Reid Jan 76 |
| D-1-354 | 1 | D-1-K-47 | Letter of 14 Jan 76 |
| D-1-360 | 1 | D-1-L-3 | Letters of 15 Nov 76, 26 Jan 77 |
| D-1-361 | 1 | D-1-L-4 | Letter of 17 March 77 |
| D-1-362-363 | 2 | D-1-L-5-1 – 5-2 | Undated notes |
| D-1-273-274 | 2 | D-1-K-14-1 – 14-2 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-366-367 | 2 | D-1-L-5-1 – 5-2 | Undated notes |
| D-1-245-247 | 3 | D-1-K-1-1 – 1-3 | Letter 5 April 77 |
| D-1-248-249 | 2 | D-1-K-2-1 – 2-2 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-250-253 | 4 | D-1-K-3-1 – 3-4 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-254-256 | 3 | D-1-K-3-5 – 3-7 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-334-336 | 3 | D-1-K-31 – 33 | Undated notes |
| D-1-339 | 1 | D-1-K-36 | Undated illegible |
| D-1-353 | 1 | D-1-K-46 | Letter of 18 March 77 |
| D-1-382-384 | 3 | D-1-L-7-1 – 7-3 | Report of meeting 19 March 77 |
| D-1-340 | 1 | D-1-K-37 | Letter of 20 March 77 |
| D-1-501-504 | 4 | D-1-M-25-1 – 25-4 | Letter of 5 April 77 |
| D-1-259 | 1 | D-1-K-5 | Letter of 19 April 77 |
| D-1-330-333 | 4 | D-1-K-27 – 30 | Letter of 19 April 77 |
| D-1-341 | 1 | D-1-K-38 | Notes for 28 April 77 |
| D-1-342-344 | 3 | D-1-K-39 – 41 | Letter of 28 April 77 |
| D-1-345 | 1 | D-1-K-42 | Undated note |
| D-1-348 | 1 | D-1-K-44 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-349-352 | 4 | D-1-K-45-1 – 45-4 | Letter of late April 77 |
| D-1-265 | 1 | D-1-K-10 | Letter of 10 May 77 |
| D-1-263-264 | 2 | D-1-K-9-1 – 9-3 | Letter of 17 May 77 |
| D-1-260 | 1 | D-1-K-6 | Letter of 18 May 77 |
| D-1-289-290 | 2 | D-1-K-22-1 – 22-2 | Letter of 23 May 77 |
| D-1-262 | 1 | D-1-K-8 | Letter of 26 May 77 |
| D-1-261 | 1 | D-1-K-7 | Letter of 2 June 77 |
| D-1-283-287 | 5 | D-1-K-20-1 – 20-4 | Letter of 7 June 77 |
| D-1-387 | 1 | D-1-L-10 | Letter 19 June 77 |
| D-1-291-296 | 6 | D-1-K-23-1 – 23-5 | Letter of 21 June 77 |
| D-1-297-303 | 7 | D-1-K-23-6 – 23-12 | Undated notes |
| D-1-278 | 1 | D-1-K-17-1 | Letter of 23 June 77 |
| D-1-306-327 | 22 | D-1-K-24-3 – 24-24 | Letter and enclosure of 27 June 77 |
| D-1-276-277 | 2 | D-1-K-16-1 – 16-2 | Letter of 1 July 77 |
| D-1-275 | 1 | D-1-K-15 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-389 | 1 | D-1-L-12 | Letter 8 July 77 |
| D-1-272 | 1 | D-1-K-13 | Letter of 18 July 77 |
| D-1-279, 288, 280-282 | 5 | D-1-K-18-1, K-21, K-19-1 – 19-3 | Letter of 8 July 77 |
| D-1-392-396, 497-500 | 9 | D-1-L-17-1 – 17-5, M-24-1 – 24-4 | Letter of 20 August 77 |
| D-1-487-488 | 2 | D-1-M-18-1 – 18-2 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-489-491 | 3 | D-1-M-19 – 21 | Undated notes |
| D-1-492-495 | 4 | D-1-M-22-1 – 22-4 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-496 | 1 | D-1-M-23 | Undated note |
| D-1-484-486 | 3 | D-1-M-16-1 – 17 | Letter of 18 Sept 77 |
| D-1-478-483 | 6 | D-1-M-15-1 – 15-6 | Letter of 19 Sept 77 |
| D-1-470-477 | 8 | D-1-M-14-1 – 14-8 | Letter of 29 Sept 77 |
| D-1-443-453 | 11 | D-1-M-8-9 – 9 | Notes, likely Oct 77 |
| D-1-468-469 | 2 | D-1-M-13-1 – 13-2 | Letter of 9 Oct 77 |
| D-1-466-467 | 2 | D-1-M-12-1 – 12-2 | Letter of 11 Oct 77 |
| D-1-457-460 | 4 | D-1-M-11-1 – 11-4 | Letter of 15 Oct 77 |
| D-1-461-465 | 5 | D-1-M-11-5 – 11-9 | Letter of 19 Oct 77 |
| D-1-454-456 | 3 | D-1-M-10-1 – 10-3 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-435-441 | 7 | D-1-M-8-1 – 8-7 | letter of 26 Oct 77 |
| D-1-409-412 | 4 | D-1-M-1-1 – 1-4 | Letter of 15 Nov 77 |
| D-1-271 | 1 | D-1-K-12 | Letter of 28 Nov 77 |
| D-1-421-426 | 6 | D-1-M-3-1 – 3-6 | Letter of 29 Nov 77 |
| D-1-D-1-427 | 1 | D-1-M-4 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-428-430 | 3 | D-1-M-5-1 – 5-3 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-431-432 | 2 | D-1-M-6-1 – 6-2 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-433-432 | 2 | D-1-M-7-1 – 7-2 | Undated Letter |
| D-1-413-420 | 8 | D-1-M-2-1 – M-2-8 | Letter of 9 dec 77 |
| D-1-397-399 | 3 | D-1-L-18-1 – 18-3 | Letter 19 April 78 |
| D-1-266-270 | 5 | D-1-K-11-1 – 11-4 | Letter of 7 May 78 |
Originally posted on April 1st, 2025.