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“I don’t think nothing is impossible, if you believe it.”

—Christine Miller

In a very public final engagement with Jim Jones, Christine Miller tried to save Jonestown. Miller’s words were words of tremendous beauty. She believed that hope could hold back evil. The community wasn’t having it. Eventually, Jones and the others cut her off. Many would say that failed. Everybody did still die. I think it’s unfair to judge Miller in such a way. Her words should be judged in context. As death approached, Miller’s hope was the last hopeful words many would ever hear. The words followed the listeners to eternity . . . for hope is always immortal.

Amen.

Jim Jones: But how we gonna air . . . How’ re you going to airlift to Russia?

Christine Miller: Why, I thought they said if we got in an emergency, they gave you a code to let them know.

Jim Jones: No, they didn’t. They gave us the code that they’d let us know of an issue, not us create an issue for them. They said if we . . . if they saw the country coming down, they’d agreed they’d give us the code, they’d give us a code. You can check on there and see if it’s on the code. Check with Russia to see if they’ll take us in immediately. Otherwise we die. I don’t know what else you say to these people. But to me death is not . . .