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Back gate secrets and fading Peoples Temple crisis
The San Francisco Peoples Temple at 1859 Geary Blvd faced scrutiny over back gate operations and alleged hidden assets after Jim Jones's Jonestown tragedy. Defectors describe coercion, possible millions in foreign bank accounts, and talk of hit squads while authorities probe the murders in Guyana and the embassy response.
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Peoples Temple
Geary Blvd
San Francisco
Jim Jones
Guyana
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
Jones
Los Angeles
Atorney
Temple
Jim Dpabb
Grace Steen
Timothy — Jones
San Francisco Examiner
FBI
Ryan
Cobb
U.S
Black Panther Organization
CIA
Department of Defense
Peoples Temple Settlement
Georgetown
Department
Jonestown
McCoy
Carter
America
Tim Clancy
Switzerland
Panama
California
Clancy
Archie I
June Crym
Jean Brown
San Francisco Superior Court
Charles Garry
Mark Lane
James
UPI
James Warren Jones
Indiana
Garry
Human Freedom Center
Berkeley
Federal
Leo Ryan
Chuck Kirkendale
San Francisco Federal Building