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Officials knew cult had guns but feared no violence
A State Department report to the House committee said officials knew Peoples Temple in Guyana possessed weapons but had no reason to fear Rep. Leo Ryan and his party would encounter violence at Jonestown. The Ryan visit ended in massacre and mass deaths.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Guyana
Leo Ryan
California Democrat
Jonestown
House International Relations Committee
Jim Jones
Ryan Party
Temple
Doug Bennet
Congressional Relations
Bennet
Jones
Deborah Layton Blakey
United States
Ryan
U.S
Guyanese
Mark Lane