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Peoples Temple Press Release Regarding October 1978 Press Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n PRESS CONFERENCE<\/u><\/p>\n Tuesday, October 3, 1978 Peoples Temple Contact: Laurie Efrein, 922-6418<\/p>\n Two of America\u2019s leading investigators, Mark Lane and Donald Freed, have just returned from the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project at Jonestown, Guyana. Both are members of the Citizens Commission of Inquiry, who has conducted independent investigations in the United States for the past fifteen years. Mr. Lane is founder and Director of the organization. Mr. Lane and Mr. Freed are presently conducting an in-depth investigation of the conspiracy against the Peoples Temple church, and will give the first report on their explosive findings at the press conference.<\/p>\n Mark Lane is a former member of the New York State Legislature, and the author of several books, including Rush to Judgment<\/u>, Executive Action<\/u>, and Code Name Zorro<\/u>. He is currently representing James Earl Ray in the Martin Luther King assassination case. He flew directly to Guyana following his appearance with Mr. Ray before the House Select Committee on Assassinations, met with government officials in the Guyanese capital, and also lived t Jonestown for several days. Donald Freed, the author of The Glass House Tapes<\/u>, also recently spent several days at Jonestown, learning about the project and coordinating material for his investigation.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n BB-7-D31<\/p>\n List of media personnel present for press conference<\/strong><\/p>\n KTVU-TV, Channel 2: Isabel Duron.<\/p>\n KPIX-TV, Channel 5: Maralee Beck, Gerd Rausch<\/p>\n KGO-TV, Channel 7: Steve Davis<\/p>\n KSFO: Bonnie Chastain<\/p>\n KPFA: Max Schwartz<\/p>\n KSAN: Larry Banley (?)<\/p>\n KCBS News radio, telephone interview expected with Deborah Chan (not at press conference)<\/p>\n KPOO: Terry Collins<\/p>\n Examiner: Bill Boldenweese (?? something like that)<\/p>\n Chronicle: Ralph Craig, John O\u2019Hara<\/p>\n National Guardian: Morris Wright<\/p>\n Bay Guardian: Bob Levering<\/p>\n Sun Reporter: Peter Magnani<\/p>\n Progress: E. Cahill Maloney<\/p>\n Mass Response (newspaper?): Willie Hindmon<\/p>\n Barb: Bernard Bauer<\/p>\n Black Panther Paper: Jonina Abrom, Donald Cunningham<\/p>\n Free lance, or extra people: Nat Yanish, Ben Miller, Jesse James from the Temple Beautiful, a religious group in Chico<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n BB-7-D30<\/p>\n [Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This letter also appears at BB-7-D32]<\/em><\/p>\n Typed Transcription of Radio Broadcoasts<\/strong><\/p>\n October 3, 1978<\/p>\n KSFO Radio 2pm news, woman reporter.<\/p>\n Transcription begins shortly after the news comentary begins\u2026<\/p>\n KSFO: \u201c\u2026conspiracy theory in the assinations of both John Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Today when he presented a new theory of o conspiracy\u2026<\/p>\n Mark Lane: \u201cWe have now completed independent investigation into the charges against Peoples Temple, Jim Jones and Jonestown, and we have concluded that there is no substance to those charges. That those charges are false, first of all. Secondly, our inquiry has led us to conclude that intelligence organizations and other organizations of the United States government have been involved in an effort to destroy Jonestown and the Peoples Temple and Jim Jones.<\/p>\n KSFO: \u201cLane said he is gathering proof of that conspiracy which will form the basis for a multi-milion dollar suit against the federal government and its various agencies on behalf of the Peoples Temple.\u201d<\/p>\n KSFO made no mention of the press conference on their 3, 4, or 5pm news broadcasts.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n BB-7-D33<\/p>\n Report on Radio News Coverage of Press Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n Tim Clancey did this from memory \u2013 not taped<\/p>\n KSAN Radio News Broadcast 10-3-78<\/u><\/p>\n The two guys who were at the press conference did the news spot on the radio. Though they played several excerpts from their tape of the conference, about the conspiracy and the plans to sue the various agencies of government responsible, their side comments were negative. They said Lane spent a lot of time trying to discredit [Ukiah Journal reporter] Kathy Hunter, and that several of the networks had been turned down on their requests to film the project. He also attacked Lane\u2019s credibility as an investigator because of the Dean Cowden incident during the Congressional hearings. The parting comment was that, \u201cDoes this mean we\u2019re supposed to believe that all the reporters who worked on this story are CIA agents?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BB-7-D29 Peoples Temple Press Release Regarding October 1978 Press Conference PRESS CONFERENCE Tuesday, October 3, 1978 10 A.M. Peoples Temple 1859 Geary Blvd. San Francisco, California Contact: Laurie Efrein, 922-6418 Two of America\u2019s leading investigators, Mark Lane and Donald Freed, have just returned from the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project at Jonestown, Guyana. 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\n10 A.M.<\/p>\n
\n1859 Geary Blvd.
\nSan Francisco, California<\/p>\n