{"id":13137,"date":"2013-02-17T21:49:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T21:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=13137"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:08:52","slug":"instructionsmar78-text","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=13137","title":{"rendered":"Instructions from Jim Jones Since March 17, 1978"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Dad<\/p>\n

Instructions you have given in meetings since March 17th, 1978.<\/p>\n

Penny<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. People on New Brigade one, two and three times can get off at anytime with good work habits it. But people on the fifth time will stay 10 weeks.<\/li>\n
  2. Anyone with any anarchist will be suspect.<\/li>\n
  3. People in trouble will be on the New Brigade permanently if they associate with one another and they will be living under a military type situation.<\/li>\n
  4. Any socialism\u00a0 teacher that allows the student to go to the bathroom will go on the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  5. If someone makes fun of others, by pass all committees and take them straight to the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  6. Don\u2019t give anyone anything \u2013 turn it back into Central Supply.<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a0Don\u2019t make announcements on the speakers\u00a0 when guests are here unless it\u2019s cleared by JJ personally.<\/li>\n
  8. Socialism classes: make them smaller in size, take roll and give work assignments.<\/li>\n
  9. All bed wetters are to be moved to D-1 immediately. They will be awakened by security. Move everyone else out to the cottages so that they can have relief from the tensions there. We will define psychological bedwetters from those with physical problems.<\/li>\n
  10. Don\u2019t you dare say \u201cwrite me up\u201d or you will automatically go on the Red [New] Brigade.<\/li>\n
  11. Security for Crews: each time you come in, turn in your arms so they can be used. They will be reassigned each morning.<\/li>\n
  12. Until further notice someone in your department will be bearing arms. Wherever you are, someone will be able to protect you. (She (Michaelene) would have killed him had she been able to continue).<\/li>\n
  13. JJ\u00a0 is going to destroy thievery or the thieves.<\/li>\n
  14. Have patience with people who have speech problems.<\/li>\n
  15. When you are\u00a0 black and oppressed, it\u2019s treason to not want to think.<\/li>\n
  16. I can\u2019t leave this place\u2026\u00a0 too much security will be gone. You can\u2019t trust people who don\u2019t bother to know what goes on in the news.<\/li>\n
  17. No one is going to town except entertainers.<\/li>\n
  18. When are the benches with backs going to be finished?<\/li>\n
  19. Tape recorders are to be checked in and recorded. No mikes are to be kept on them.<\/li>\n
  20. Remember people who are on the New Brigade one day at a time\u2026 \u00a0if you give any shit, you will be on for a long time.<\/li>\n
  21. Don\u2019t you dare say \u201cwrite me up\u201d, it\u2019s anarchy. If you say it you are in trouble.<\/li>\n
  22. Don\u2019t go out or local area. We have an infiltrator that will be waiting to get out \u2026\u00a0 as soon as pressures mount.<\/li>\n
  23. Pick up all possible cats in Georgetown. The boat is not to leave without cats.<\/li>\n
  24. Don\u2019t project things so negative.<\/li>\n
  25. Anyone who molests children can never be around children again.<\/li>\n
  26. No more deprogramming.<\/li>\n
  27. Mother wants people briefed on babies nursery at orientation.<\/li>\n
  28. Get musicians the equipment they need.<\/li>\n
  29. Crew members are to have Cushie\u00a0 ant bait with them at all times.<\/li>\n
  30. Our boat needs a radio.<\/li>\n
  31. Make sure Georgetown tells people that want to come here that we have 30 \u2013 35 people coming here daily and that we are just a poor collective \u2013 that we aren\u2019t rich capitalists.<\/li>\n
  32. We need a public relations class to be held Friday, 9 PM.Wesley, Patty,\u00a0 Front gate (all people off duty).<\/li>\n
  33. Get a name and stick with it so that we can know what it is.<\/li>\n
  34. People on Steering who don\u2019t show up will have to go [on] the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  35. Deal severely with all serious and chronic problems. Put them in jail.<\/li>\n
  36. All members of the board crew are to turn in time reports.<\/li>\n
  37. Lock up all chain saws.<\/li>\n
  38. Get our own shell.<\/li>\n
  39. Jim Murrell\u00a0[Jim Bogue, aka Jim Morrel] is to get on with gold mining.<\/li>\n
  40. When\u00a0 JJ\u00a0 starts to get excited, just get the person out of his sight. You should try to not upset him.<\/li>\n
  41. Don\u2019t talk about your health to a child.<\/li>\n
  42. Lee Ingram, remind people to not talk amongst themselves or to John\u00a0 (about kidnapping, etc.)<\/li>\n
  43. Anyone cruel, soon to New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  44. Get up fast when your name is called in warnings or you will go to the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  45. Tell JJ\u00a0 if he says anything about not trusting someone.<\/li>\n
  46. Anytime people are caught outside of the roof, put them on the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  47. A person will have to do three days for each time they have been on the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  48. USSR map needs to come down (Guests are coming).<\/li>\n
  49. All people except bedwetters and handicapped and toddlers must get rid of their pee-cans.<\/li>\n
  50. People with ringworm and sores are to take a shower before treatment.<\/li>\n
  51. People who sleep in service go automatically to the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  52. Don\u2019t walk around in night clothes.<\/li>\n
  53. JJ wants\u00a0 to see more people reading.<\/li>\n
  54. News: JJ\u00a0 Will accept what is being read from books that show principle.<\/li>\n
  55. Classes will really have to work on teaching.<\/li>\n
  56. People need to spend time in the library to get information. The tape can be stopped.<\/li>\n
  57. Everyone should go over the news and discussion groups. Every cottage.<\/li>\n
  58. All of us have to look at education. You could whisper in someone\u2019s ear the meaning of words. Names are difficult.<\/li>\n
  59. Order the material needed for visual films so maps can be shown.<\/li>\n
  60. Professor Roller will have an additional class at 1 PM. She is to also have\u00a0 night classes.<\/li>\n
  61. I want them to get that boat.<\/li>\n
  62. JJ wants a progress report. He doesn\u2019t trust hospitals. (Baby in GT [Georgetown])<\/li>\n
  63. JJ wants a listing of all who come to test in the rice tent. (To Tom Grubbs.)<\/li>\n
  64. Anyone caught stealing news will be dealt with the same as anyone else.<\/li>\n
  65. Do not empty urine cans nor urinate on the ground.<\/li>\n
  66. Dee Lawrence, Karen Carr, Donna Briggs, break them up.<\/li>\n
  67. See the people involved in cases to be dealt with on the floor are present.<\/li>\n
  68. Minimum of 3 days every time you have been on the New Brigade. Each bad report add a day. Things have gotten too loose.<\/li>\n
  69. Medical team is to see how authentic Willetta\u2019s illness is.<\/li>\n
  70. Willie Malone needs to be with Lee or Johnny to learn a trade on a one-to-one basis. It\u2019s a benefit not punishment.<\/li>\n
  71. Anyone who makes remarks (someone had called Willie dumb) it will be dealt with most severely\u00ad\u00ad — automatic New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  72. Get P.A.\u00a0 system fixed before meetings.<\/li>\n
  73. Learn maps, you are going to have to draw one.<\/li>\n
  74. I want more news out of people from now on.<\/li>\n
  75. Confer: don\u2019t make independent decisions.<\/li>\n
  76. Write relatives and ask for a watch. Get something out of them. Be creative.<\/li>\n
  77. Send someone to the boat to take inventory. Equipment has been missing. We lost electrical equip[ment].<\/li>\n
  78. We need to kill the fly population.<\/li>\n
  79. We have to save the peanuts.<\/li>\n
  80. Train women to fell trees. They do it in China.<\/li>\n
  81. Insecticides: Use women over 35 years of age. Have women do three month shifts.<\/li>\n
  82. All Supervisors attend the next Steering meeting and participate.<\/li>\n
  83. We have to get rid of maggots. I hate the word \u201cresearch\u201d, when will we find the solution?<\/li>\n
  84. The kitchen didn\u2019t know that that the wheat came in and JJ\u00a0 said it had better not happen again.<\/li>\n
  85. Tell no one the formula for making soap.<\/li>\n
  86. SAT: Keep up your observations or you will be on the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  87. JJ doesn\u2019t want to see Mark Sly and Bryan Davis together.<\/li>\n
  88. What can be done about chalkboards? (Tom Grubbs said he would make two of them).<\/li>\n
  89. Can\u2019t we bring in a tarp from SF?<\/li>\n
  90. \u00a0In the future check with JJ about design layout.<\/li>\n
  91. Primary interest that our history get written.<\/li>\n
  92. No one else had better work without a helmet on.<\/li>\n
  93. Alfa: Don\u2019t ever ask again if this is a drill.<\/li>\n
  94. Anyone who makes mistakes with poisons will get the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  95. William K. Jones\u00a0 will lose his name (Jones) if his name if he causes any more trouble. Some have taken the name and not lived up to it.<\/li>\n
  96. Keep Ken Norton\u00a0 under medical observation.<\/li>\n
  97. Shirley Fields is honorable for reporting herself asleep.<\/li>\n
  98. \u00a0Teachers, get to our geography.<\/li>\n
  99. Get the news on the boards, Teresa King and Vernetta Christian.<\/li>\n
  100. The tool room must not be unsupervised.<\/li>\n
  101. We have to get some enthusiasm and what we believe.<\/li>\n
  102. When you have a Soviet map up, you have to have a map of the US.<\/li>\n
  103. You have to get approval if leaving the kitchen area to eat. If not, you are in trouble.<\/li>\n
  104. Someone will have to start and stop the tape. Trains people. (News.)<\/li>\n
  105. Analysts, we have to educate. Meet with the crews.<\/li>\n
  106. \u00a0We have to see that the news gets to Georgetown. Send a secret memo and then destroy it.<\/li>\n
  107. Dishes caught laying around and your ass should be on the New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  108. We can\u2019t afford to give medications away. Give medications only in case of a baby dying.<\/li>\n
  109. Get free medication\u2026 the economy is in bad shape. This will have to be cleared on a one-to-one basis. JJ\u00a0 would never deny medication for kidney infection.<\/li>\n
  110. Refer Pts. to Georgetown, we will take them on our boat.<\/li>\n
  111. Break heaven and earth to get medicine tomorrow. (5-21-78)<\/li>\n
  112. Iron deficiency is dangerous.<\/li>\n
  113. Recommend diets to the people, Doctor.<\/li>\n
  114. Alice Ingram\u00a0 is to start in central supply immediately (5-21-78).<\/li>\n
  115. Don\u2019t you ever let the power go out here. It could be in the middle of a medical emergency.<\/li>\n
  116. Therman Guy and Harris Morrison are to be separated.<\/li>\n
  117. New law: 3-days for every time you are on the New Brigade. No way off.<\/li>\n
  118. Don\u2019t ever make a law retroactive. Three times for each time you have been on the crew starting now.<\/li>\n
  119. Cheating and stealing: minimum of 2 weeks on New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  120. There will be no class division here. (Someone was rude to someone on the New Brigade).<\/li>\n
  121. You can\u2019t talk about the news during work time.<\/li>\n
  122. Anytime you see any maltreatment for anyone on the New Brigade or anyone making fun of defects, that is a Capital crime. You will be on the New Brigade court two weeks. Anyone who treat you badly, you report it. (To people on New Brigade).<\/li>\n
  123. People standing in news test line: don\u2019t speak out, wait in line to speak.<\/li>\n
  124. Study on colonialism.<\/li>\n
  125. Report safety measures not being followed.<\/li>\n
  126. No thongs in the mud and no US heels on shoes. Will go to New Brigade.<\/li>\n
  127. No couples are to be involved in Karati, with plans to travel.<\/li>\n
  128. We are going to have to get away from this relationship shit\u00a0 until we can get some peace.<\/li>\n
  129. You had better give Nancy Sines\u00a0 respect when she goes around asking you to do a security shift.<\/li>\n
  130. Take cookies, candy to the police\u2026 (Sharon said they don\u2019t turn out good.) Send pictures that Cynthia makes.<\/li>\n
  131. Be sure to order from town part of the stuff we used today without raising any eyebrows.<\/li>\n
  132. If we stay by the water, we can survive.<\/li>\n
  133. If you see something flying, you will have to head for the windrows.<\/li>\n
  134. Bring the ideas of where to get Bibles to Ava tomorrow.<\/li>\n
  135. We should explain to Mingo\u00a0 and the government that we put up a tower to watch for mercenaries and fires.<\/li>\n
  136. Watchtower: get on with the troolie\u00a0 and the slide. Make a fireman pole on it.<\/li>\n
  137. In case of wires being cut, we have CB\u2019s the fall back on but we can use field phones to. Get another one. A hundred dollar one.<\/li>\n
  138. Yet another radio.<\/li>\n
  139. Too much shit\u00a0 going on to have anyone spend the night here.<\/li>\n
  140. No problem with trading rice for herbs. You can trade anything as long as it\u2019s a good trade.<\/li>\n
  141. Make survival biscuits. (Shirley Fields.)<\/li>\n
  142. Get the horn fixed tomorrow (5-26-78) and keep the communications going.<\/li>\n
  143. You can\u2019t assume what anyone\u2019s going to do. It\u2019s too late after the process gets started.<\/li>\n
  144. Get together with Jack Barron about the caves.<\/li>\n
  145. Restrict D.Group\u00a0 to pathologist, chemist, biologist and laboratory people.<\/li>\n
  146. Look into idea of noise diversion suggested by Darrell [Darell] Keller and embolished [embellished] by Sharon Amos.<\/li>\n
  147. Class for socialism to be held in 5-26 in Pavilion at 8 PM so that JJ\u00a0 can teach and Gene can help with law.<\/li>\n
  148. Set up cutlass training so that everyone can learn to use them\u2026 not\u00a0 rall on them when they are running.<\/li>\n
  149. Can\u2019t give rice away at this time. Sell it for a low price.<\/li>\n
  150. Let\u2019s think about it mighty quick (trading with the Indians). Perhaps someone could go out on Sunday. (To build alliances).<\/li>\n
  151. Flame thrower is a good idea. See about increasing that effect.<\/li>\n
  152. We are going to have to build up some more and more alliances with Amerindians. Our medical care has paid off. (They don\u2019t steal from us anymore).<\/li>\n
  153. Write up what you think Father’s worst pains are\u2026 what you think about his suffering\u2026 what are some of the worst suffering that he happens?<\/li>\n
  154. There are ways to stay alive in the bush.<\/li>\n
  155. Don\u2019t speak against the US. It\u2019s the Trilateral Commission we don\u2019t like.<\/li>\n
  156. Picked up every little bit of paper as you go. That is how you show your gratitude.<\/li>\n
  157. Each crew will be armed tomorrow.<\/li>\n
  158. You should care about everyone as if they were your child. (Medical)<\/li>\n
  159. All emergency cases should be told to all medical people.<\/li>\n
  160. (4-10) Barb Walker is to be kept in \u201cno capacity\u201d. She has threatened to kill everyone that kept her away from Steven [Stephan Jones]. Keep her under control in the infirmary. (This was said on 4-10-78)<\/li>\n
  161. Whatever is required of New Brigade, do it. (Work projects)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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