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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PDF page number |
No of pages | Citations | Description | Text | |
| 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 | Text | |
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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 | 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 | ||
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31-32, 85-89 |
7 | BB-3-e-7 – e-8, u-1 – u-5 | Memos of Debbie Layton | Text | |
| 103, 117-124 | 9 | BB-3-bb, hh-1 – hh-8 | Pre-defection memos on Debbie Layton | Text | |
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37-60 |
24 | B-3-i-1 – k-2 | Debbie Layton Radio traffic | Text | |
| 109-116, 173 | 9 | B-3-ee-1 – gg-2, sss-2 | Temple forms signed by Debbie Layton | Text | |
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150, 172 |
2 | BB-3-zz, sss-1 | Letters of resignation | Text | |
| 151, 168 | 2 | BB-3-aaa, ooo | Letters of gift | Text | |
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13-14 |
2 | BB-3-b-1 – b-2 | Layton PNC membership card | None | |
| 104-107, 179-180 | 6 | BB-3-cc-1 – cc-4, vvv-1 – vvv-2 | Letters of Dr. Laurence Layton | Text | |
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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 | Text | |
| 93-100 | 8 | B-3-x-1 – z-5 | Debbie Layton’s defection | Text | |
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61-64 |
4 | B-3-l – m-2 | Passport and currency declarations of Deborah Blakey | None | |
| 2-12 | 11 | BB-3-a-2 – a-11 | Affidavit of Deborah Layton Blakey | ||
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15-19, 181 |
6 | BB-3-c-1 – c-5, www | Refutation of Layton affidavit | 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 | Text | |
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33 |
1 | BB-3-f | Ebony Latrice Duncan birth certificate |
None |