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The U.S. military response to Jonestown (Joint Humanitarian Task Force) generated hundreds of cables, memoranda, reports, and other miscellaneous records across various federal agencies and departments. The information contained within these records ranges anywhere from the minute details of the mission to the widespread confusion of personnel from this unprecedented event.

An index of abbreviations used in these documents can be accessed here.

Editor’s note: While this website links to documents currently hosted on the main Digital Archive on Peoples Temple & Jonestown website, this section also contains document collections unique to this site. More document collections will be added soon. Last updated: 3/29/2026

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Documents are organized according to their originating agency/branch. The most significant document collections include: