FBI Section 111 • BB-3 • Debbi Blakey

Section BB-3 — which is labelled in the Guyana Index as “Debbi Blakey” –– consists of 185 pages.

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.

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. Page 20 of this document, for example, is marked “BB-3-d-1”. The complete citation for that page, then, would be “RYMUR 89-4286-BB-3-d-1”.

The defection of Deborah Layton Blakey from Jonestown in May 1978 was a key moment in the history of the community, and the publicity generated by the release a short time later of her affidavit on deteriorating conditions in the community raised the levels of Temple paranoia. Because of that, the chart below for this section is different from most transcribed sections of the FBI files, in that, insofar as possible, the entries have been arranged in chronological order.

This page was transcribed with the assistance of Aliah Mohmand. The editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.

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27, 30, 108, 127-128, 131, 133-146, 152-161, 164-167, 169-171, 174-178, 184-185 44 BB-3-e-4, e-6, dd, kk-1 – kk-2, mm, oo-1 – ww-2, bbb – kkk-2, mmm-1 – nnn, ppp – rrr, ttt-1 – uuu, yyy – zzz Loyalty statements, Confessions of Debbie Layton

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65-66, 75-84, 90-91, 147-149, 162-163

19 BB-3-n-1 – n-2, r-1 – t-3, v-1 – v-2, xx-1- yy-1, lll-1 – lll-2 Letters to Jim Jones/PC from Deborah Blakey PDF Text
28-29, 92, 101, 132, 182-183 7 BB-3-e-4 (2) – e-5, w, z-6, nn, xxx-1 – xxx-2 Letters of Debbie Layton PDF

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31-32, 85-89

7 BB-3-e-7 – e-8, u-1 – u-5 Memos of Debbie Layton PDF Text
103, 117-124 9 BB-3-bb, hh-1 – hh-8 Pre-defection memos on Debbie Layton

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37-60

24 B-3-i-1 – k-2 Debbie Layton Radio traffic PDF Text
109-116, 173 9 B-3-ee-1 – gg-2, sss-2 Temple forms signed by Debbie Layton

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150, 172

2 BB-3-zz, sss-1 Letters of resignation PDF Text
151, 168 2 BB-3-aaa, ooo Letters of gift

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13-14

2 BB-3-b-1 – b-2 Layton PNC membership card PDF None
104-107, 179-180 6 BB-3-cc-1 – cc-4, vvv-1 – vvv-2 Letters of Dr. Laurence Layton

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20-26, 102, 129-130

10 BB-3-d-1 – e-3, aa-1 – aa-2, ll-1 – ll-2 Writings of Lisa Layton PDF Text
93-100 8 B-3-x-1 – z-5 Debbie Layton’s defection

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61-64

4 B-3-l – m-2 Passport and currency declarations of Deborah Blakey PDF None
2-12 11 BB-3-a-2 – a-11 Affidavit of Deborah Layton Blakey PDF

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15-19, 181

6 BB-3-c-1 – c-5, www Refutation of Layton affidavit PDF Text
34-36, 67-74, 125-126 13 BB-3-g-1 – h, BB-3-o-1 – q-5, ii – jj Post defection letters. memos on Debbie Layton

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33

1 BB-3-f Ebony Latrice Duncan birth certificate PDF

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