This project is collecting, transcribing and annotating the important memos and communications between F.B.I. agents, offices, and headquarters during the early period of the Ryan Murder (RYMUR) investigation (FBI reference number 89-4286). The links at the Serial numbers are to the PDF files housed at the Jonestown Institute.
Volume 1
89-4286-67c – Memorandum of report of assassination | transcript | annotation
89-4286-90 – Letter about former member | transcript | annotation
89-4286-92 – Memo of interviews with ex-members | transcript | annotation
89-4286-99 – Report disseminated to DC officials | transcript | annotation
Volume 2
89-4286-122 – interview with defector | transcript | annotation
89-4286-128 – Summary of information about Jones | transcript | annotation
89-4286-139 (=222) – Memo of interview with ex-member | transcript | annotation
89-4286-143 – About an interview with Stephan Jones on 11/22 | transcript | annotation
Volume 3
89-4286-237 – Memo from Baltimore office about Ryan’s plans | transcript | annotation
89-4286-293 – summary of interviews with former members who went to Guyana | transcript | annotation
Volume 4
89-4286-350 (=389) – Summary of major points suggesting a conspiracy to murder Ryan | transcript | annotation
Volume 5
89-4286-484 – Note found on Jones’ body | transcript | annotation
89-4286-493 (=502) – Memo: Director to field offices re: interview of a survivor | transcript | annotation
Volume 6
89-4286-523 – Memo to Director of FBI: Daily Summary | transcript | annotation
89-4286-575 – Memo to Director of FBI: interviews with two followers who left in mid-1970s | transcript | annotation
89-4286-580 (=726) – Memo to Director of FBI: Interview with members who went from Indiana to Redwood Valley, left in mid 1970s | transcript | annotation
Volume 7
89-4286-581 – Lengthy memo about lawsuit filed by former members | transcript | annotation
89-4286-586 – Memo to Director of FBI: Background on Lawrence Schaht | transcript | annotation
89-4286-588 – Memo to Director of FBI: Interviews with survivors, includes information about Mark Lane on day after assassination | transcript | annotation
89-4286-636 – Memo to Director of FBI: about Larry Schacht | transcript | annotation
Volume 8
89-4286-718 (=1063 and 722) – Memo to the Department of Energy: regarding interview with man who saw note in 1975 that Jones had parts to make atomic bomb | transcript | annotation
89-4286-720 (=786) – Memo to Director of FBI: information on structure of PT, hit lists, suicides part of a larger plan to eliminate persons on list | transcript | annotation
Volume 10
89-4286-796 – Memo to Director of FBI: Interviews with PT members in Trinidad on vessels (Albatross III and Cajoe) | transcript | annotation