DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
COMMUNICATION MESSAGE FORM
DATE: 12/1/78
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLAS E F T O
PRECEDENCE: ROUTINE
FM DIRECTOR FBI
TO FBI SAN FRANCISCO (89-250) ROUTINE
FBI MEMPHIS ROUTINE
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UNCLAS E F T O
RYMUR.
Reference Bureau telcal to ASAC Larry Lawler on 12/1/78.
This confirms referenced Bureau telcal during which you were advised that immediate contact should be made with the U.S. Attorney’s office, San Francisco, in an attempt to obtain a subpoena duces tecum for Terri Buford. [3 lines deleted] This subpoena, when issued, should be served on Mark Lane, who has advised that he is Buford’s attorney on record.
Armed and dangerous.
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NOTE: San Francisco developed information that Terri Buford has records relating to the Peoples Temple in her possession. Mark Lane has advised he represents Buford, however, he will not produce her without a grant of immunity from the Department of Justice. This teletype directs San Francisco to contact the U.S. Attorneys office in San Francisco in an attempt to obtain a subpoena duces tecum for Buford to be served on Mark Lane.