The FBI combined nine folders of Temple documents – BB-8 through BB-16 – into two sections in its listings, Sections 114-115. The resulting document is 366 pages and labelled in the Guyana Index with the names of ten important figures in Peoples Temple’s history: Tim Carter; Mike Cartmell; Eugene Chaikin; Jim Cobb; Leona Collier; Hue Fortson; Norman Ijames; Richard and Claire Janaro; and Jim Jones, Jr.
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 268 of this document, for example, is marked “BB-28-d-1”. The complete citation for that page, then, would be “RYMUR 89-4286-BB-28-d-1”.
These reports were transcribed and annotated by Aliah Mohmand. The editors are grateful for her invaluable assistance and considerable eye to detail.
| PDF Page Numbers | Number of Pages | Citations of Pages | Description | Text | |
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BB-8: Tim Carter |
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| 3-4, 14-15, 17-30, 39-51, 57-60 | 35 | BB-8-a-1 – 2, e-1 – 2, g-1 – i-6, l-1 – m-5, q-1 – q-4 | Tim Carter letters to Guyanese officials | Text | |
| 5-13, 16 | 10 | BB-8-b-1 – d-1, f-1 | Correspondence with Guyanese citizens | Text | |
| 31-33 | 3 | BB-8-j-1 – 3 | Sharon Amos letter to Forbes Burnham, April 18 | Text | |
| 34-38 | 5 | BB-8-k-1 – 5 | Mike Prokes letter to Forbes Burnham, April 9 | Text | |
| 52-54 | 3 | BB-8-o-1 – 3 | Notes of May 1978 meeting with Roy Van Dyke | Text | |
| 55-56 | 2 | BB-8-p-1 – 2 | Jim Jones letter to Tim Stoen, early 70s | Text | |
| 61-62 | 2 | BB-8-n-1 – 2 | Tim Carter meeting notes with Carlton Goodlett | Text | |
| 63-64 | 2 | BB-8-s-1 – 2 | Tony Walker meeting notes with North Korean Embassy, September 1978 | Text | |
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BB-9: Mike Cartmell |
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| 81 | 1 | BB-9-i-1 | Carol Stahl letter to Mike Cartmell, August 1977 | Text | |
| 79-80 | 2 | BB-9-h-1, BB-9-g | Buford/Tom Adams correspondence with Mike Cartmell, March 1978 | Text | |
| 66-78 | 4 | BB-9-a-1 – f-4 | Mike Cartmell correspondence with family, Spring 1978 | Text | |
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BB-10: Eugene Chaikin |
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| 83-87 | 5 | BB-10-a-1 – b | Guardianship of Vincent Lopez, June 1978 | Text | |
| 182 | 1 | BB-10-w | Judy and Norman Ijames’ guardianship of Ronald Campbell, March 1976 | Text | |
| 88-89 | 2 | BB-10-c-1 – 2 | Chaikin registration in Tax Preparers Program | Text | |
| 135-136 | 2 | BB-10-e-1 – 2 | Legal correspondence re: Estate of Morris Norwood, September 1975 | Text | |
| 138-139 | 2 | BB-10-g-1 – 2 | Chaikin letter to Kinsolving, September 1972 | Text | |
| 140 | 1 | BB-10-h | Chaikin letter to Amb. Mann on aircraft proposal, August 1976 | Text | |
| 145-149 | 5 | BB-10-l-1 –5 | Eugene Chaikin letters on negative press coverage, February 1978 | Text | |
| 168 | 1 | BB-10-t | Eugene Chaikin on citizenship status of Phillip Blakey, July 1976 | Text | |
| 141-143, 183 | 4 | BB-10-i-1 – 10-j, 10-x | Chaikin letters of dissent to Jim Jones | Text | |
| 144, 167 | 2 | BB-10-k, 10-s | Eugene Chaikin self analyses and criticism | Text | |
| 185 | 1 | BB-10-y | Eugene Chaikin memo on re: photography department, November 1978 | Text | |
| 97-134 | 35 | BB-10-d-1 – 35 | Chaikin letter to Phyllis on his health, October 1978 | Text | |
| 164-166, 169-176 | 11 | BB-10-n-1 – 6, u-1 – 8 | Chaikin family letters | Text | |
| 155-163 | 9 | BB-10-o-1 – p | Eugene Chaikin’s identification cards and miscellaneous notes | None | |
| 90 | 1 | BB-10-c-3 | Undated chart of Los Angeles properties in escrow | Text | |
| 177-181 | 5 | BB-10-v-1 – 6 | Notes on Los Angeles properties, January 1973 | Text | |
| 91 | 1 | BB-10-c-4 | State Department letter to Guy Young on Tim Stoen, April 1978 | Text | |
| 95-96 | 2 | BB-10-c-8 – 9 | Guy Young meeting with Louis Highman, April 1978 | Text | |
| 92-94 | 3 | BB-10-c-5 – 7 | Correspondence on Lynetta Jones check, April 1978 | Text | |
| 137 | 1 | BB-10-f | Holmes Letter to Amb. Burke on Olivers, October 1977 | Text | |
| 150-151 | 2 | BB-10-l-6 – 7 | Richard Tropp on concerns of Tim Stoen, February 1978 | Text | |
| 152 | 1 | BB-10-m | Richard Tropp undated note to Chaikin | Text | |
| 153-154, 184 | 3 | BB-10-o-1 – 2; BB-10-p, x-2 | Misc. Contacts, receipts, notes | None | |
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BB-12: Leona Collier |
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| 304-307 | 4 | BB-12-a-1 – b-2 | Letters of Leona Collier | Text | |
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BB-13: Hue Fortson |
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| 309-311 | 3 | BB-13-a-1 – a-3 | Notes of Hue Fortson, Summer 1978 | Text | |
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BB-14: Norman Ijames |
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| 313 | 1 | BB-14-a | Norman Ijames on purchase of Temple aircraft | Text | |
| 314-319 | 6 | BB-14-b-1 – b-6 | Norman Ijames resumé | None | |
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BB-15: Janaro |
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| 321-326 | 6 | BB-15-a-1 – a-6 | Prokes letter to Burnham Dec 77 | Text | |
| 327 | 1 | BB-15-a-7 | Undated clipping on Tim Stoen | None | |
| 328 | 1 | BB-15-b | Anonymous letter to Jim Jones | Text | |
| 329 | 1 | BB-15-c | Richard Janaro “Dear Comrade” letter | Text | |
| 330-335 | 6 | BB-15-d-1 – d-6 | Claire Janaro phone call with mother | Text | |
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BB-16: Jim Jones Jr. |
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| 337 | 1 | BB-16-a | Jim Jones Jr. postcard to mother | Text | |
| 338-365 | 28 | BB-16-b-1 – i-3 | Jim Jones Jr. childhood miscellany | None | |
| 366 | 1 | BB-16-j | Aug 78 Statement of Account with Matarkai Authority | Text | |