Serial 285

0 242136Z NOV 78
FM FBI WASHINGTON FIELD
TO DIRECTOR FBI (MAJOR CASE 16) IMMEDIATE
FBI BALTIMORE IMMEDIATE
FBI BUFFALO IMMEDIATE
FBI NEW HAVEN IMMEDIATE
FBI PITTSBURGH IMMEDIATE
FBI PHOENIX IMMEDIATE
FBI SAN FRANCISCO IMMEDIATE (SF VIA FBIHQ)
FBI SAN JUAN IMMEDIATE (SJ VIA FBIHQ)
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UNCLAS
RYMUR

Contact with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has determined the following licensees for ham radios which have been in communication with the Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana, call sign WB6MID/8R3. A facsimile will be forwarded to receive novices for review:

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Each office will contact the licensee in its territory and determine the frequency and extent of contacts with the Peoples Temple and the knowledge and conditions which existed there prior to and during Congressman Ryan’s inspection.

[Requests for interviews by four FBI offices]

San Francisco. At San Francisco, California. Will contact [deleted information]

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[deleted information] owner of the vessel [deleted] on which is operated [deleted] San Juan. At San Juan, Puerto Rico. Will contact [deleted information], Caparra Terrace, operator of [deleted].

Receiving offices submit teletype results to FBI Headquarters.

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