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Following one visit, Milk wrote to Jones: "Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted me to find. I shall be back. For I can never leave."<ref>VanDeCarr, Paul "Death of dreams: in November 1978, Harvey Milk's murder and the mass suicides at Jonestown nearly broke San Francisco's spirit.", The Advocate, November 25, 2003</ref><ref>Sawyer, Mary [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16594 ''My Lord, What a Mourning:’ Twenty Years Since Jonestown''], Jonestown Institute at SDSU {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybZ6bzy?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Articles/sawyer.htm |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>   

Following one visit, Milk wrote to Jones: "Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted me to find. I shall be back. For I can never leave."<ref>VanDeCarr, Paul "Death of dreams: in November 1978, Harvey Milk's murder and the mass suicides at Jonestown nearly broke San Francisco's spirit.", The Advocate, November 25, 2003</ref><ref>Sawyer, Mary [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16594 ''My Lord, What a Mourning:’ Twenty Years Since Jonestown''], Jonestown Institute at SDSU {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybZ6bzy?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Articles/sawyer.htm |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>   

When investigations into the Temple's activities began, [[Willie Brown]] said at a rally in support of Jones attended by Milk and others,<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. page 327</ref> "[h]e is a rare human being" and "he cares about people...Rev. Jim Jones is that person who can be helpful when all appears to be lost and [[hope]] is just about gone."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 251 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> In a hand-written note, Milk wrote to Jones "my name is cut into stone in support of you - and your people."

When investigations into the Temple's activities began, [[Willie Brown]] said at a rally in support of Jones attended by Milk and others,<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. page 327</ref> "[h]e is a rare human being" and "he cares about people...Rev. Jim Jones is that person who can be helpful when all appears to be lost and [[hope]] is just about gone."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 251 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>  

Milk wrote a letter in support of the Temple's founder to [[President Jimmy Carter]],  defending the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] "as a man of the highest character," and stating that Temple critics were trying to "damage Rev. Jones' reputation" with "apparent bold-faced lies."<ref>Milk, Harvey [http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/milk.jpg ''Letter Addressed to President Jimmy Carter, Dated February 19, 1978''] {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybbC0i4?url=http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/milk.jpg |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>  

Milk wrote a letter in support of the Temple's founder to [[President Jimmy Carter]],  defending the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] "as a man of the highest character," and stating that Temple critics were trying to "damage Rev. Jones' reputation" with "apparent bold-faced lies."<ref>Milk, Harvey [http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/milk.jpg ''Letter Addressed to President Jimmy Carter, Dated February 19, 1978''] {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybbC0i4?url=http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/milk.jpg |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>