0 182331Z DEC 78
\nFM DETROIT (89-247) (P)
\nTO DIRECTOR (89-4286) ROUTINE
\nSAN FRANCISCO (89-250) ROUTINE
\nBT
\nUNCLAS EFTO
\nRYMUR.<\/p>\n
Re Detroit phone call to the Bureau taken by SA [Name deleted] dated December 14, 1978. San Francisco teletype to Bureau, dated December 14, 1978.<\/p>\n
Numerous attempts to contact [Name deleted] negative December 14, 1978. [Name deleted] contacted afternoon December 14, 1978, and stated he contacted [Name deleted], a citizen of Guyana, November 25, 1978, via hand [ham] radio. [Name deleted] owns and operates an [employment withheld] in Georgetown, Guyana.<\/p>\n
During conversation between [2 names deleted], [Name deleted] became aware that [Name deleted] was a reporter for <\/p>\n
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the Detroit News. [Name deleted] stated that he had some information of a “delicate nature” concerning the Jonestown incident and stated it will be worth [Name deleted] effort to travel to Guyana and discuss the specifics. [Name deleted] indicated he did not wish to discuss the specifics over the air. [Name deleted] furnished his telephone number to [Name deleted].<\/p>\n
On November 26, 1978, [Name deleted] contacted [Name deleted] via telephone, and [Name deleted] repeated the same conversation they had had the day prior, avoiding specifics. [Name deleted] added that he felt the authorities in Guyana were monitoring the airwaves and telephone equipment, therefore, any discussions between [Name deleted] and himself would be intercepted. [Name deleted] implied that the Guyanese government may not want the complete truth of the Jonestown Internet to be known.<\/p>\n
[Name deleted] stated that Guyana had six (6) hand radio operators prior to the Jonestown incident, all of which are familiar to [Name deleted]. [Name deleted] stated there were (2) ham operators in Jonestown, one being <\/p>\n
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Albert Touchette, who is now deceased. [Name deleted] also told [Name deleted] that there was another individual by the name of [Name deleted] In Guyana. [Name deleted] indicated to [Name deleted] that he [Name deleted] travelled frequently to the United States and perhaps they could meet in the States to discuss, in detail, the information known to [Name deleted] .<\/p>\n
[Name deleted] displayed a cooperative attitude towards interviewing agents at Detroit, but expressed concern about Guyanese officials identifying [Name deleted] and contacting him regarding his knowledge of the incident.<\/p>\n
On December 18, 1978, [Name deleted] advised he had sought approval of his employer, the Detroit News, to travel to Guyana to interview [Name deleted] for the purpose of developing a news story. The Detroit News will not authorize after weighing the probable news value of [Name deleted] information.<\/p>\n
[Name deleted] was advised that the FBI would not become involved in his efforts to gain information known to [Name deleted]. [Name deleted] indicated a desire to obtain <\/p>\n
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the information and stated he would gladly furnish any information obtained in [to] the FBI. Again, [Name deleted] was advised that the FBI would not conduct any investigation involving [Name deleted] other than that conducted through prescribed governmental channels. <\/p>\n
[Name deleted] stated he would contact FBI, Detroit in approximately one week.<\/p>\n
San Francisco at San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n
Will furnish Detroit with specific questions of investigative interest regarding ham radio operations in Guyana.<\/p>\n
Detroit at Detroit, Michigan.<\/p>\n
Will, if not recontacted by [Name deleted], initiate contact and attempt to obtain address and telephone number for [Name deleted].<\/p>\n
Armed and dangerous \u2013 suicidal tendencies.<\/p>\n
BT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
0 182331Z DEC 78 FM DETROIT (89-247) (P) TO DIRECTOR (89-4286) ROUTINE SAN FRANCISCO (89-250) ROUTINE BT UNCLAS EFTO RYMUR. Re Detroit phone call to the Bureau taken by SA [Name deleted] dated December 14, 1978. San Francisco teletype to Bureau, dated December 14, 1978. Numerous attempts to contact [Name deleted] negative December 14, 1978. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":87662,"menu_order":115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91602","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=91602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91603,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91602\/revisions\/91603"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}