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Jones papers reveal officials aided halt of probe in Jonestown
AP reports 120 pages from Jim Jones and Peoples Temple papers show Guyana’s top law enforcement official helped block an impending police investigation into Jonestown. Documents detail aides seeking favors from ministers and officials to shield the settlement, with references to threats and covert pressure on Police Commissioner Lloyd Barker and officials including Frederick R. Wills and Claude V. Mingo.
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Jonestown
Guyana
Jim Jones
Jones
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Lloyd Barker
Barker
Sharon Amos
Georgetown
Peoples Temple
Frederick R. Wills
Deborah Touchette
Wills
Home Affairs
Claude V. Mingo
Miss Touchette