Editing Jonestown (section)

===Visits to Jonestown===
====November 17, 1978====
[[File:Jonestown Guyana Airways plane 1.jpg|thumb|Photo of the DHC-6 Twin Otter before attack.]]
When the Ryan delegation arrived in Guyana, Jones' attorneys Lane and Garry initially refused to allow them access to Jonestown.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|pp=484–485}}</ref> However, by the morning of November 17, they informed Jones that Ryan would likely leave for Jonestown that afternoon regardless of his willingness.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|p=485}}</ref> Ryan's party, accompanied by Lane and Garry, came to an airstrip at [[Port Kaituma]], six miles (10&nbsp;km) from Jonestown, some hours later.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|p=487}}</ref> Because of lack of room on the plane, only four of the Concerned Relatives – Anthony Katsaris, Beverly Oliver, Jim Cobb and Carol Boyd – accompanied Ryan, Speier and the journalists to Port Kaituma and ultimately to Jonestown. It was felt that the presence of the Stoens would unnecessarily antagonize Jones, and Harris wanted to remain in Georgetown because he hoped to spend time with his daughter Liane, who was staying at the Temple's headquarters there.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|pp=476–480}}</ref>

Only Ryan, Speier, Lane and Garry were initially accepted into Jonestown, while the rest of Ryan's party was allowed in after sunset.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|pp=488–490}}</ref> That night, they attended a musical reception in the pavilion.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|p=491}}</ref> While the party was received warmly, Jones said he felt like a dying man and ranted about government conspiracies and [[martyrdom]] as he decried attacks by the press and his enemies.<ref name="reitermantimes"/> It was later reported – and verified by audio tapes recovered by investigators – that Jones had run rehearsals on how to convince Ryan's delegation that everyone was happy and in good spirits.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hall|1987|p=270}}</ref>

Two Temple members, Vernon Gosney and Monica Bagby, made the first move for defection that night. In the pavilion, Gosney mistook NBC reporter Don Harris for Ryan and passed him a note, reading, "Dear Congressman, Vernon Gosney and Monica Bagby. Please help us get out of Jonestown."<ref>{{Harvnb|Hall|1987|p=271}}</ref> A child nearby witnessed Gosney's act and verbally alerted other Temple members.<ref>Vernon Gosney interview, ''Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple'' (2006)</ref> Harris brought two notes, one of the Gosney's, to Ryan and Speier. According to Speier in 2006, reading the notes caused her and the congressman to realize that "something was very, very wrong."<ref>Jackie Speier interview, ''Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple'' (2006)</ref>

Ryan, Speier, Dwyer and Annibourne stayed the night in Jonestown while other members of their party, including the press corps and members of Concerned Relatives, were told that they had to find other accommodations. They went back to Port Kaituma and stayed at a small café.<ref name="raven498">{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|pp=489–499}}</ref>

====November 18, 1978====
In the early morning of November 18, eleven Temple members sensed danger enough to walk out of Jonestown and all the way to the town of [[Matthew's Ridge]], in the opposite direction from the Port Kaituma airstrip.<ref name="cnnsurvivor">[http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/12/jonestown.survivors/index.html?iref=newssearch ' Survivors of the Tragedy'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105170703/http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/12/jonestown.survivors/index.html?iref=newssearch|date=5 November 2012}}, CNN</ref><ref name="cnnslavery">[http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/11/12/jonestown.wilson.excerpt/index.html?iref=newssearch 'Slavery of Faith': Survivor recounts escape from Jonestown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210102703/http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/11/12/jonestown.wilson.excerpt/index.html?iref=newssearch |date=December 10, 2008}}, Leslie Wilson, CNN reprint of excerpt</ref> Those defectors included the wife and son of Joe Wilson, Jonestown's head of security.<ref name="cnnsurvivor"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Knapp |first=Don |url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9811/19/jonestown.anniversary.01 |title=Jonestown massacre memories linger amid rumors of CIA link|publisher=CNN|date=19 November 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010608055211/http://www.cnn.com/US/9811/19/jonestown.anniversary.01/ |archive-date=June 8, 2001}}</ref><ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=31941 ''Obituary announcement of Julius Evans (references his escape with family)''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205012808/http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=31941|date=5 February 2015}}, Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Hall|1987|p=272}}</ref> When journalists and members of the Concerned Relatives arrived in Jonestown later that day, Jones' wife Marceline gave them a tour of the settlement.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|p=505}}</ref>

That afternoon, the Parks and the Bogue families, along with Christopher O'Neal (who was the boyfriend of one of the Parks' daughters) and Harold Cordell (who was living with Mrs. Bogue), stepped forward and asked to be escorted out of Jonestown by the Ryan delegation.<ref name="cnnsurvivor"/><ref name="raven512">{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|p=512}}</ref><ref>Stephenson, Denice. [https://books.google.com/books?id=YrEUGmFQs-0C ''Dear People: Remembering Jonestown''.] Heyday Books, 2005. {{ISBN|1597140023}}.</ref> When Jones' adopted son Johnny attempted to talk Jerry Parks out of leaving, Parks told him, "No way, it's nothing but a communist prison camp."<ref>{{Harvnb|Hall|1987|p=273}}</ref> Jones gave the two families, along with Gosney and Bagby, permission to leave. Before leaving, Gosney was forced to sign a statement stating that he was leaving his four-year-old son behind of his own free will.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|p=516}}</ref> When Harris handed Gosney's note to Jones during an interview in the pavilion, Jones stated that the defectors were lying and wanted to destroy Jonestown.<ref name="raven515">{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|p=515}}</ref>

After a sudden violent rainstorm started, emotional scenes developed between family members.<ref name="raven516">{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|pp=516–517}}</ref> Al Simon, a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] Temple member, attempted to take two of his children to Ryan to process the requisite paperwork for transfer back to the U.S.<ref name="raven516"/> Simon's wife, Bonnie, summoned over the speakers by Temple staff, loudly denounced her husband.<ref name="raven516"/> Simon pleaded with Bonnie to return to the U.S., but Bonnie rejected his suggestions.<ref name="raven516"/>