Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.
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FBI preliminary tape identification note: None
Date cues on tape: None
People named: None
Bible verses cited: None
Summary:
Aside from the sounds of a moving microphone and a half dozen words – which sounded as though they were from a movie – at the beginning of side 1 this tape is blank.
FBI Summary:
Date of transcription: 6/21/79
In connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s investigation into the assassination of U.S. Congressman LEO J. RYAN at Port Kaituma, Guyana, South America, on November 18, 1978, a tape recording was obtained. This tape recording was located in Jonestown, Guyana, South America, and was turned over to U.S. Officials in Guyana and subsequently transported to the United States.
On June 10, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B102-C24. This tape was found to contain the following: A blank tape.
Differences with FBI Summary:
The summary is accurate and meets the FBI’s purposes.