{"id":87680,"date":"2020-11-05T18:07:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T02:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=87680"},"modified":"2022-08-03T11:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:47:06","slug":"rymur-section-40-serials-2711-2746","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=87680","title":{"rendered":"RYMUR Section 40 \u2013 Serials 2711-2746"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FBI’s investigation into the events of November 18, 1978 focused upon the assassination of Leo Ryan and any actions of members of Peoples Temple which may have shown evidence of a conspiracy related to that assassination. Code-named RYMUR \u2013 short for Ryan Murder \u2013 the investigation yielded 2750 serials totalling more than 10,000 pages, eventually separated into 42 large sections.<\/p>\n

This page includes the contents of Section 40, including serials 2711-2746. They are dated between May 1985 and July 1987.<\/p>\n

The table below lists each document by serial number, the number of pages within each serial, the date the serial was generated, the federal agency originating the serial, and a brief description. Each entry then includes the PDF and the text of the serial. Additional notes appear at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

A listing of abbreviations used in the RYMUR documents \u2013 including FBI field offices and State Department embassies \u2013 is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In citing these documents, each serial should open with the official designation of “RYMUR 89-4286.” As an example, Serial 2730 would be cited as “RYMUR 89-4286-2730.”<\/p>\n

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Serial <\/strong><\/td>\n# of pages<\/strong><\/td>\nDate<\/strong><\/td>\nOffice of Origin<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nPDF<\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n26<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nSection 40 Administrative Memoranda<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2712<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n7\/30<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nAppeals court upholds trial judge<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2713<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n7\/30<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nAppeals court upholds trial judge (dupe of 2712)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2714<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n9\/11<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nJudge sets new trial date<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2715<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n9\/11<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nJudge sets new trial date (dupe of 2714)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2716<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n10\/27<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nJudge postpones new date<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2717<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n10\/27<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nJudge postpones new date (dupe of 2716)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2718<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n1\/7\/86<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nProsecutors request to travel to Guyana (dupe of 2722)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2720<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n1\/10<\/td>\nSecState<\/td>\nState discusses travel plans to Guyana<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2722<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1\/7<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nProsecutors request to travel to Guyana<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2726<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2\/25<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nTrial date may be changed<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2727<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3\/11<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nRetrial date postponed until 6\/86 (dupe of 2728)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2728<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3\/11<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nRetrial date postponed until 6\/86<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2728x<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3\/11<\/td>\nFBI-WFO<\/td>\nTransmittal of Guyana Survey Report (not included)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2729<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n6\/2<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nRetrial date postponed until 10\/86 (dupe of 2729x)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2729x<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n6\/2<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nRetrial date postponed until 10\/86<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2730<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n9\/26<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nDescription of tapes to be used in trial<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2733<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n9\/25\/86<\/td>\nDOJ Criminal Division<\/td>\nFBI summarizes commencement of retrial<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2734<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n7\/10<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nTransmittal of trial exhibits<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2735<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n8\/21<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nUS alerts Guyanese witnesses of schedule to testify<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2736<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n10\/30<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nFBI agents to testify<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2737<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n8\/21<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nUS seeks Guyanese witnesses (dupe of 2735)<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2739<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n10\/8<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nFBI requests additional money for expenses for witnesses<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2740<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n10\/9<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nFBI HQ grants request<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2742<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n10\/9<\/td>\nFBIHQ<\/td>\nDetailed description of tapes to be used in trial<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2743<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n12\/2<\/td>\nDOJ Criminal Division<\/td>\nLayton convicted<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2744<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n10\/31<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nFBI agents to testify<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2746<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3\/13\/87<\/td>\nFBI-SF<\/td>\nLayton convicted<\/td>\nPDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nText<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The pdf of the complete section is here<\/a><\/strong>. It should be noted that this document is unique to this site, based upon the FBI\u2019s official release of documents in 2014 and augmented with additional documents. The additional documents include: those released by the State Department; those released through the litigation of McGehee et al v. Justice<\/i>; and those released by the FBI in 2001 but not included in the later release.<\/p>\n

The information released in these serials may change as the FBI releases additional information pursuant to ongoing litigation under the Freedom of Information Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FBI’s investigation into the events of November 18, 1978 focused upon the assassination of Leo Ryan and any actions of members of Peoples Temple which may have shown evidence of a conspiracy related to that assassination. Code-named RYMUR \u2013 short for Ryan Murder \u2013 the investigation yielded 2750 serials totalling more than 10,000 pages, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":71069,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87680","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87680"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117573,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87680\/revisions\/117573"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}