European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 18, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 Jim Jones still haunts Guyana Jungle 1 offi anniversary of Cut of us a de massacre b Robert Glass Georgetown Guyana a three charred poles rising from a Thicket Are All that remains of the Jungle Pavilion where the Rev. Jim Jones led More than 900 americans to their death in a macabre cult ritual 10 years ago. Bui the Jonestown suicide massacre still haunts this impoverished land or 780,000 people on the Northern coast of South America los image abroad May be permanently tainted by one of history i most bizarre disasters. Once you leave the shorts of Guyana that s the first thing you have to face Sai Dalice Thomas Wonick editor for the Independent newspaper Stob Rock news. Guyana and Jonestown go  Many guyanese regard Jones Sanfrancisco based people s Temple As an american aberration that had nothing to do with Guyana other than its location. Successive governments have disassociated the Mel pcs entirely from the notorious affair. It s really hard for us to explain what motivated 900 americans to take their "1 remember looking at the children and feel ing pity and wondering who were the adults who did this  Gerry Goviea lives said Patrick Denny a government spokesman. If the Media did t show any interest we would t have remembered that it was 10 years since the tragedy occurred. But cant. Gerry Goviea 32, a civilian Pilot recalls the carnage wrought by Jones on nov. 18,1978, when the cull Leader persuaded his disciples to drink grape Flavoured punch laced with potassium cyanide and give it to i hair children. Most were poisoned but some were shot by Security guards. In All 9 1 3 people including Jones perished he was found with b Bullet wound in the head. It is is not known whether he was shot or committed suicide. A second lieutenant in Guyana s air Force at the time Goviea went in a few Days later to help recover bodies for Bunal in the United states. Most of them Lay atthe roofed Pavilion where Jones used to hold communal meetings and twice to monthly suicide drills known As White the magnitude of the thing was so great that you were hoping it was going to just rewind like a video and everybody was going to get up and everything was going to be All right Louvica said. "1 remember looking at the children and reeling pity and wondering who were the adults who did this  the massacre occurred hours . Congressman Leo Ryan three newsmen and a Temple defector were shot to death in an ambush at nearby port Kailua Ai Astri p. Eleven people including Richard Dwyer a . Diplomat in Guyana were wounded. The congressman had flown to Guyana to investigate reports that Jones was abusing his followers. Jonestown ranged Over 300 acres carved from dense tropical rain Forest 1 40 mile from Georgetown the capital. An Aerial photograph shows dozens of collages workshops and dormitories in tidy rows pursuing the ideals of socialism and racial Harmony Jones and his 950 or so disciples 70 percent of Hern Black 25 percent White and the remainder mulatto in a scene Tram not. 18, 1978, bodies of people s Temple followers Are sprawled on inc ground. Below in Abc to cameraman records i speech by he Rev. Jim Jones. Ocean Pacific Ocean Sis map hispanic american Indian and asian cultivated a Citrus Grove and vegetable Garden raised chickens and pigs mad their own shoes educated their children and cared for the old and sick now Jonestown Halsall but vanished stripped by villagers and then consumed Bya spontaneous Jungle fire a few years ago. The site is littered with artefacts a basketball hoop a rust encrusted filing Cabinet where Jones House used lobe a Small Organ a truck Crane and trailer Lime Orange and Grapefruit Trees still bearing i hit maj. Gen. Norman Mclean head of Guyana s armed forces said the army occupied the former commune in 1981 and tried to keep it going As an agriculture cooperative Wilh 200 head of sheep. But superstitious villagers refused to work there he said. Just the thought of 900 people out there and everybody dying it s horrifying the general said. That smell lingered for More than a  smell of deals eventually the army abandoned the site to he encroaching Jungle. Under pressure from allegations of misconduct Jones had moved his people s Temple from san Francisco to Guyana the Only English speaking country in South America in 1977, the cull Leader was obsessed with the fear of nuclear War and believed Remote Guyana would be Safe from fallout. A. In was convenient for the Lale socialist president Forbes Burnham to allow the americans to Settle in a Region claimed by neighbouring Venezuela said the Rev. Andrew Momson editor of Guyana s Catholic Standard newspaper. V Morrison who has compiled extensive Hies on the Jonestown affair said Jones gave bum Ham both financial an political support. They came and joined to May Day parades and that sort of thing,1 he said