FBI Section 95 • N-1 • Letters to Jim Jones

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
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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)
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Text
19, 22-23, 91, 196
5
N-1-A-14, 17a – 17b, 52, C-11
Confessions, suggestions, reports on other members
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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
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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)
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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
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Text
155-156
2
N-1-B-34a – 34b
“For Chris’ Sake”: A Poem by Richard Tropp
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Text
159, 168-171, 215-216, 220-221
9
N-1-C-1, C-5a – 5d, 21a – 21b, 24 – 25
Administrative memos
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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
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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
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Text
206-208
3
N-1-C-17a – 17c
Letter from Jane Fonda
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Text
222-223, 228-229, 205, 234-235
7
N-1-C-26 – 27, 30a – 30b, 16, 32a – 32b
Writings of Maria Katsaris
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Text
224-225
2
N-1-C-28a – 28b
Tim Jones letter to Jim Jones
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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”
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Text
236-243
8
N-1-C-33a – 33h
Jeff Carey offers suggestions on security
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Text
15, 153-154, 202
4
N-1-A-11, B-32 – 33, C-14b
Miscellaneous
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