[Jack Hydrazine]

I remember it on the news when I was a kid. From what I remember reading about it later it took a few days for the world to know because Congressman Ryan’s delegation was murdered as well as several journalists with him.

I’m leaning toward the story that it was a CIA op for indoctrinating Americans with Marxist ideology. Jim Jones didn’t want that to be found out so that’s why he had everyone killed with cyanide-laced Flavor-Aid.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Congressman Ryan didn’t even need to go down there.It says a lot about him that he did.

How many other politicians would have? Probably none.

Only 1/3 of the people were ID’d.

[Bellflower]

Most people are not aware that Jim Jones was a flaming commie. Here is a good article about the real Jim Jones:

.....But there can be no denying that Jones vas very well connected politically, with his friends ranging from Communist Party leader Angela Davis to Rosalynn Carter, who met Jones during the 1976 presidential campaign. A benefit for Jonestown featuring black comedian Dick Gregory, California state assemblyman Willie Brown, Mark Lane and Charles Garry was to have been held in San Francisco on December 2. The theme was "A Struggle Against Oppression." Needless to say, the dinner was cancelled. The politicians and the ideologues of the left quickly went to work to disassociate themselves from Jones. In the case of Stalin, there is no way to obscure the fact that the mass murderer was a communist. But most people had never heard of Rev. Jim Jones, and, with the cooperation of the media, it was possible for attention to be diverted away from his dedication to communism.....

http://www.usasurvival.org/jim.jones.html

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

What is 1/3 of 900? I hate fractions :(