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[365] pages : digital, PDF files |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Mode of access: Internet from Federal Bureau of Investigation web site. Address as of 7/23/08: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/jonestown.htm; current access available via PURL. |
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Title from title screen (viewed on July 23, 2008). |
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"7/30/99"--Alphabetical listing. |
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Redacted. |
| Summary |
On November 18, 1978, Congressman Leo J. Ryan was shot and killed in Guyana, along with four other individuals. Congressman Ryan was visiting Jonestown, Guyana, for the purpose of conducting a Congressional inquiry into the activities of the People's Temple and Reverend Jim Jones. The FBI investigated his murder under the code name "RYMUR" and in 1986, Lawrence John Layton was found guilty in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, of several federal violations, including conspiracy to murder a congressman. |
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Ryan, Leo J.
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Layton, Lawrence John.
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Jones, Jim, 1931-1978.
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Peoples Temple.
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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Archives.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0721 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
J 1.14/2:J 71 |
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