Q821a Summary

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.

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FBI Catalogue           Music

FBI preliminary tape identification note: None

Date cues on tape:     None

People named:           None

Bible verses cited:     None

Summary:

This tape consists of 10 minutes of Middle of the Road (MOR) popular orchestral and vocal music, part of which was recorded backwards. (Editor’s note: this may be the second side of Q 821, but there was no separate tape released by the FBI with an “a” designation.)

FBI Summary:

Date of transcription: 6/27/79

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 13, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B104-27. This tape was found to contain the following:

Music.

Differences with FBI Summary:

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI’s purposes.       

Tape originally posted January 2017.