N-1, which is the third of four folders in FBI Section 95, is labelled in the Guyana Index as “Letters to Jim Jones” and consists of 243 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 78 of this document, for example, is marked “N1-A-43a”. The complete citation for that page, then, would be “RYMUR 89-4286-N1-A-43a”.
These letters break down into several categories. The biggest comprise the descriptions of how people would handle the traitors and enemies who have bedeviled Jones. A related category are the letters describing how the Temple could exact retribution against those who killed Chris Lewis, a Temple member who was murdered in San Francisco in December 1977. In addition are scattered reports, self-analyses and biographical statements.
| PDF page numbers |
No. of pages |
Citations of pages |
Description |
PDF |
Text |
| 1-14, 16-18, 20-21, 24-34, 37-44, 57-67, 71, 80-90, 92-103 |
72 |
N-1-A-1 – 10, 12 – 13b, 15 – 16, 17c – 23b, 25 – 29d, 33b – 39b, 41, 44 – 51b, 53a – 58a |
Temple members attack traitors, vow to murder enemies (Part A) |
PDF |
Text |
| 19, 22-23, 91, 196 |
5 |
N-1-A-14, 17a – 17b, 52, C-11 |
Confessions, suggestions, reports on other members |
PDF |
Text |
| 35-36, 68-70, 197-198, 209-212 |
11 |
N-1-A-24a – 24b, A-40a – 40c, C-12a – 12b, C-18 – 19c |
Notes of thanks to Jones |
PDF |
Text |
| 45-48 |
4 |
N-1-A-30a – 3d |
Farm report |
PDF |
Text |
| 49-56 |
8 |
N-1-A-30e – 30l |
Letters from Michaeleen Brady |
PDF |
Text |
| 72-74 |
3 |
N-1-A-42a – 42c |
Joyce Touchette complains about husband Charlie |
PDF |
Text |
| 75-79 |
5 |
N-1-43a – 43e |
Annie Moore Memo on Poisoning of Jim Jones |
PDF |
Text |
| 105-107 |
3 |
N-1-B-1a – 2 |
Strategy suggestions |
PDF |
Text |
| 108-109, 120-129, 132-136, 143-146 |
21 |
N-1-B-3a – 3b, 9a – 12d, 15 – 19b, 24a – 27 |
Temple members attack traitors, vow to murder enemies (Part B) |
PDF |
Text |
| 110-119, 130-131, 137-142, 147-152, 157-158 |
26 |
N-1-B-4a – 8d, 13a –14, 20a – 23b, 28a – 31, 35a– 35b |
Temple members pledge to avenge Chris Lewis’ murder |
PDF |
Text |
| 155-156 |
2 |
N-1-B-34a – 34b |
“For Chris’ Sake”: A Poem by Richard Tropp |
PDF |
Text |
| 159, 168-171, 215-216, 220-221 |
9 |
N-1-C-1, C-5a – 5d, 21a – 21b, 24 – 25 |
Administrative memos |
PDF |
Text |
| 160-162 |
3 |
N-1-C-2a – 2c |
Report on Joe Ames |
PDF |
Text |
| 163-164, 213-214 |
4 |
N-1-C-3a – 3b, 20a – 20b |
Reports from Dick Tropp |
PDF |
Text |
| 165-167 |
3 |
N-1-C-4a – 4c |
Son of Orelia Anderson writes Jones |
PDF |
Text |
| 172-183 |
12 |
N-1-C-6a – 6l |
“The FBI and Jim Jones” |
PDF |
Text |
| 184 |
1 |
>N-1-C-7 |
Anonymous letter threatens Jones |
PDF |
Text |
| 185-186 |
9 |
>N-1-C-8a – 8b |
Report on Conference at American Russian Institute |
PDF |
Text |
| 187-195 |
9 |
N-1-C-9a – 10g |
Tom Grubbs writes his bio |
PDF |
Text |
| 199-200 |
2 |
N-1-C-13a – 13b |
Self-analysis of Peter Wotherspoon |
PDF |
Text |
| 201, 217-219 |
4 |
N-1-C-14a, 22 – 23b |
Laurie Efrein reports on letter-writing campaigns |
PDF |
Text |
| 203-204 |
2 |
N-1-C-15a –15b |
Self-analysis of Lee Ingram |
PDF |
Text |
| 206-208 |
3 |
>N-1-C-17a – 17c |
Letter from Jane Fonda |
PDF |
Text |
| 222-223, 228-229, 205, 234-235 |
7 |
N-1-C-26 – 27, 30a – 30b, 16, 32a – 32b |
Writings of Maria Katsaris |
PDF |
Text |
| 224-225 |
2 |
N-1-C-28a – 28b |
Tim Jones letter to Jim Jones |
PDF |
Text |
| 226-227 |
2 |
N-1-C-29a – 29a (2) |
1962 correspondence to Jones in Brazil |
PDF |
Text |
| 230-233 |
4 |
N-1-C-31a – 31d |
“Marceline Commitment Statement on Death” |
PDF |
Text |
| 236-243 |
8 |
N-1-C-33a – 33h |
Jeff Carey offers suggestions on security |
PDF |
Text |
| 15, 153-154, 202 |
4 |
N-1-A-11, B-32 – 33, C-14b |
Miscellaneous |
PDF |
Text |
Originally posted on April 13th, 2019.
Last modified on March 22nd, 2022.