On November 18, 1978, Congressman Leo J. Ryan was shot and killed in Guyana, along with four other individuals. Congressman Ryan was visiting Jonestown, Guyana, for
the purpose of
conducting a Congressional inquiry into the activities of the People's Temple and Reverend Jim Jones. The FBI investigated his murder under the code name "RYMUR" and in 1986, Lawrence John Layton was found guilty in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, of several federal violations, including Conspiracy to Murder a Congressman.
The records which you have request have been previously processed under the provisions of the Freedom of information Act. The documents available for release consists of 365 pages.
Enclosed are the first 100 pages of documents which are being released free of charge.
Persuant to Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 16.11, there is a fee of ten cents per page for duplication. Upon receipt of your check or money order payable to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the
amount of $26.50 the remaining documents will be copied and forwarded to you. Please place your request number on your check our money order.
This document may also be accessed through the FBI website at http://www.fbi.gov
Sincerely yours,
John M. Kelso, Jr. Chief Freedom of Information- Privacy Acts Section Office of Public and Congressional Affairs
