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Annie Dawid

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American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

So there's some of them that are there. And then there's the two lawyers who are sort of competing lawyers, both working for Jim Jones. They're on the plane too. And then they end up with four of the concerned relatives. And because of the size of the plane, those numbers are limited. And many more people have come down to Guyana, but they can't get on the plane.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

So there's some of them that are there. And then there's the two lawyers who are sort of competing lawyers, both working for Jim Jones. They're on the plane too. And then they end up with four of the concerned relatives. And because of the size of the plane, those numbers are limited. And many more people have come down to Guyana, but they can't get on the plane.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

They want to go see their family, but they end up staying back in Georgetown. So there's only four of the concerned relatives on the plane. And Jones doesn't want them to come, but basically his lawyers say, you really should let them come because if you don't, it'll be worse. There'll be worse media. So on the 17th,

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

They want to go see their family, but they end up staying back in Georgetown. So there's only four of the concerned relatives on the plane. And Jones doesn't want them to come, but basically his lawyers say, you really should let them come because if you don't, it'll be worse. There'll be worse media. So on the 17th,

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

They want to go see their family, but they end up staying back in Georgetown. So there's only four of the concerned relatives on the plane. And Jones doesn't want them to come, but basically his lawyers say, you really should let them come because if you don't, it'll be worse. There'll be worse media. So on the 17th,

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

you know, like they have this big banquet and entertainment and everybody's been coached to be on their best behavior and say how wonderful it is. And they do have a good day out there and this amazing performance, which is on video, you can see it, where you would think these people are really happy here. They've always had a band and a choir, which is really terrific. And so

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

you know, like they have this big banquet and entertainment and everybody's been coached to be on their best behavior and say how wonderful it is. And they do have a good day out there and this amazing performance, which is on video, you can see it, where you would think these people are really happy here. They've always had a band and a choir, which is really terrific. And so

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

you know, like they have this big banquet and entertainment and everybody's been coached to be on their best behavior and say how wonderful it is. And they do have a good day out there and this amazing performance, which is on video, you can see it, where you would think these people are really happy here. They've always had a band and a choir, which is really terrific. And so

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

you know, objectively speaking, great singers. And it seems wonderful. And their plan is to spend some more time the next day. And Congressman Ryan has said, you know, if anybody wants to leave, they can come back with me. That doesn't happen. But it turns out somebody passes a piece of paper to one of the reporters and it says, we want to leave. And there's two names on it.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

you know, objectively speaking, great singers. And it seems wonderful. And their plan is to spend some more time the next day. And Congressman Ryan has said, you know, if anybody wants to leave, they can come back with me. That doesn't happen. But it turns out somebody passes a piece of paper to one of the reporters and it says, we want to leave. And there's two names on it.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

you know, objectively speaking, great singers. And it seems wonderful. And their plan is to spend some more time the next day. And Congressman Ryan has said, you know, if anybody wants to leave, they can come back with me. That doesn't happen. But it turns out somebody passes a piece of paper to one of the reporters and it says, we want to leave. And there's two names on it.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

So that happens on Friday the 17th. And the congressman stays over in the compound that night, but all the others go back to Port Kytuma where the airstrip is. And so it seems like everything's gone really well. But then when the reporters come back the next day and the interviewer from NBC is interviewing Jones. He says, I got this piece of paper yesterday and it says, you know, I want to leave.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

So that happens on Friday the 17th. And the congressman stays over in the compound that night, but all the others go back to Port Kytuma where the airstrip is. And so it seems like everything's gone really well. But then when the reporters come back the next day and the interviewer from NBC is interviewing Jones. He says, I got this piece of paper yesterday and it says, you know, I want to leave.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

So that happens on Friday the 17th. And the congressman stays over in the compound that night, but all the others go back to Port Kytuma where the airstrip is. And so it seems like everything's gone really well. But then when the reporters come back the next day and the interviewer from NBC is interviewing Jones. He says, I got this piece of paper yesterday and it says, you know, I want to leave.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

What do you say to that Jones? And it's a pretty combative interview. You can also see that on video and that's, that's the beginning of the end, because now that it's public, that there are some people who want to leave, then other people start coming forward and saying, I want to leave too. And I want to leave too. And they're almost all white.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

What do you say to that Jones? And it's a pretty combative interview. You can also see that on video and that's, that's the beginning of the end, because now that it's public, that there are some people who want to leave, then other people start coming forward and saying, I want to leave too. And I want to leave too. And they're almost all white.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

What do you say to that Jones? And it's a pretty combative interview. You can also see that on video and that's, that's the beginning of the end, because now that it's public, that there are some people who want to leave, then other people start coming forward and saying, I want to leave too. And I want to leave too. And they're almost all white.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

There's only one Black person who says she wants to leave, which is interesting. And in that group, now there's only approximately 16 people who say they want to leave, which is really a tiny, tiny percentage of 1,000 people. But to Jones, like I was saying before, being rejected... is absolutely the worst thing. And he's in terrible physical shape, mental shape. He's a drug addict.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

There's only one Black person who says she wants to leave, which is interesting. And in that group, now there's only approximately 16 people who say they want to leave, which is really a tiny, tiny percentage of 1,000 people. But to Jones, like I was saying before, being rejected... is absolutely the worst thing. And he's in terrible physical shape, mental shape. He's a drug addict.

American History Hit
Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple

There's only one Black person who says she wants to leave, which is interesting. And in that group, now there's only approximately 16 people who say they want to leave, which is really a tiny, tiny percentage of 1,000 people. But to Jones, like I was saying before, being rejected... is absolutely the worst thing. And he's in terrible physical shape, mental shape. He's a drug addict.