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===Ryan's visit===
===Ryan's visit===
Hearing of the many allegations regarding abuse, as well as hearing Layton's testimony and the mysterious death of a young man in 1976, U.S. Congressman [[Leo J. Ryan]] (D-California) led a [[fact-finding]] mission to Jonestown on November 15, 1978; included in his group was his staff member (and future Congresswoman) [[Jackie Speier]]; Richard Dwyer (deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in [[Georgetown]]); Anthony Katsaris, Jim Cobb, Sherwin Harris, and Carolyn Houston Boyd (representing Concerned Relatives, a group fighting Jones); reporters Tim Reiterman (''San Francisco Examiner''), Greg Robinson (''San Francisco Examiner'') Ron Javers (''San Francisco Chronicle''), [[Charles Krause]] (''Washington Post''), Don Harris, Steve Sung, Bob Brown, and producer Bob Flick (all from NBC). A first denied entrance to the camp, they were brought in on November 17, and treated with warm hospitality; song and dance was their entertainment, the reception of which caused Congressman Ryan to state to them that it seamed as if Jonestown "was the best thing that ever happened to them," resulting in thunderous applause.
Hearing of the many allegations regarding abuse, as well as hearing Layton's testimony and the mysterious death of a young man in 1976, U.S. Congressman [[Leo J. Ryan]] (D-California) led a [[fact-finding]] mission to Jonestown on November 15, 1978; included in his group was his staff member (and future Congresswoman) [[Jackie Speier]]; Richard Dwyer (deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in [[Georgetown]]); Anthony Katsaris, Jim Cobb, Sherwin Harris, and Carolyn Houston Boyd (representing Concerned Relatives, a group fighting Jones); reporters Tim Reiterman (''San Francisco Examiner''), Greg Robinson (''San Francisco Examiner'') Ron Javers (''San Francisco Chronicle''), [[Charles Krause]] (''Washington Post''), Don Harris, Steve Sung, Bob Brown, and producer Bob Flick (all from NBC). At first denied entrance to the camp, they were brought in on November 17, and treated with warm hospitality; song and dance was their entertainment, the reception of which caused Congressman Ryan to state to them that it seamed as if Jonestown "was the best thing that ever happened to them," resulting in thunderous applause.
==November 18==
==November 18==