{"id":13138,"date":"2013-02-17T21:49:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T21:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=13138"},"modified":"2024-04-24T09:23:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:23:54","slug":"instructionsmar78","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=13138","title":{"rendered":"Instructions Since March 17, 1978"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jonestown leadership periodically typed up instructions for Jonestown residents. The lists had several purposes. Some, such as the ongoing list kept by Penny Dupont after a meeting on March 17, 1978, recorded statements made during the community\u2019s periodic meetings. Others, such as the Instructions for October 1978<\/a>, were specifically oriented towards a particular event, such as the arrival of reporters or non-Temple visitors.<\/p>\n

The Dupont list reveals much about the increasingly spartan conditions within Jonestown, even if many of the commands are without context. The New Brigade \u2013 the work force to which dissenters, trouble-makers and miscreants were assigned \u2013 is mentioned no fewer than 25 times, and the point that each additional infraction will result in an additional three days is included several times. The scarcity of food has become a concern, and is discussed several times. Medical supplies are also running short, and there are repeated instructions on who is to receive what kind of attention.<\/p>\n

Most of the instructions in this list are general, that is, to the community at large. The requests for such items as new radios, flame throwers,  electrical equipment and a new boat are issued in general terms, but in each case are likely directed to a committee or a single person. Fewer than ten percent of the 161 items are directed at individuals.<\/p>\n

Even without a context, though, some of the instructions reveal a deteriorating community, or at least deterioration in its leadership. \u201cKeep Ken Norton under medical observation,\u201d says instruction 97. \u201cBarb Walker is to be kept in \u2018no capacity\u2019\u2026 Keep her under control in the infirmary,\u201d says instruction 160. \u201cMedical team is to see how authentic Willetta\u2019s illness is,\u201d says instruction 69.<\/p>\n

Instructions Since March 17, 1978,<\/strong> RYMUR 89-4286-EE-1-S-46 \u2013 EE-1-S-52
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