Contacts with Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister

Forbes Burnham was Guyana’s Prime Minister for the duration of Peoples Temple’s life in Guyana. He was an ally of Peoples Temple, but the Temple was never completely secure in its relationship with him. The following table includes the Temple’s notes of phone calls and meetings with Burnham, and Temple memos which discuss the Minister. Insofar as possible, they have been arranged in chronological order. The text of the memos appears here.

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No of pages Citations Description
D-1-40 1 D-1-A-1-40

Letter of support to Burnham

D-1-370- 381

12 D-1-L-6-3 – 6-14 Letters of support for Peoples Temple
D-1-442 1 D-1-M-8-8

letter of 26 Oct 77