{"id":110065,"date":"2021-06-24T14:04:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T21:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=110065"},"modified":"2021-07-24T10:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T17:01:38","slug":"q995-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=110065","title":{"rendered":"Q995 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0Pt. 2<\/a>).
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>None<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 late August 1978 (Prime Minister of Portugal, who lost job on August 28, \u201cwill fall this week\u201d)<\/p>\n

People named:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJohn F. Kennedy, assassinated U.S. President
\nMario Soares, Prime Minister of Portugal
\nIdi Amin, dictator of Uganda
\nSteve Biko, South African political prisoner
\nJohn Vorster, prime minister of Republic of South Africa <\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Muhammad Ali, prizefighter
\nDennis Banks, leader of American Indian Movement
\nMartin Luther King, assassinated civil rights activist
\nRussell Means, leader of American Indian Movement
\nLee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of Pres. John F. Kennedy
\nMarina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald\u2019s wife (by reference)
\nGuy Wright, San Francisco Examiner<\/em> columnist<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em>
\nDeanna Mertle, aka Al Mills
\nElmer Mertle, aka Jeannie Mills
\nBeverly Oliver (by reference)
\nHoward Oliver (by reference)
\nTim Stoen
\nDonald Warden, attorney for Olivers<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temple members not in Jonestown<\/em>
\nChris Lewis, Temple member murdered in San Francisco in 1977<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nJim Jones Jr.
\nMarceline Jones (by reference)
\nBruce Oliver
\nWilliam Oliver
\nAl Simon
\nVera Marie \u201cMom\u201d Talley<\/div>\n

 
\nBible verses cited: <\/strong> None<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three months before the people of Jonestown died, a number of residents have made complaints about life in the jungle, and several have expressed a desire to return to the United States. In this relatively short tape, Jim Jones spends much of the time reminding people why they decided to leave the US in the first place, and how much worse it has become during the year they have been in Guyana. <\/p>\n

There is hate everywhere in the U.S., he says, and it has affected Peoples Temple directly. Church members hit the streets of San Francisco with leaflets and literature, and while some passersby were sympathetic and willing to accept the handouts, most were full of hate. Even those who did take the literature were reluctant to do more than that. When Temple members asked for their names, they wouldn\u2019t reply. \u201cThe ones that had any tears or any feeling were afraid, they were terrified.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hate has affected their onetime allies. A newspaper columnist who was friendly to the Temple and who used to promote progressive causes, had recently come out in support of apartheid in South Africa.<\/p>\n

His voice rising, Jones tells people to wake up to what\u2019s going on around them. He has seen people try to stay out of his sight, to slip off to the sides of the crowd, like they\u2019re better than their comrades. But that is elitism, he says, and they need to realize how they can sacrifice themselves to benefit everyone.<\/p>\n

A number of his statistics are familiar to the people of Jonestown. He talks about the disproportionate number of minorities in jail \u2013 black, brown and Indian \u2013 and how they have been conditioned to kill each other. He talks about the poor whites and blacks who are too poor to afford an attorney, and in reality, \u201cthe only crime they committed was they were too poor, they were working class.\u201d <\/p>\n

Both racism and elitism are inevitable results of the class system, and they need to learn how to hate that system and fight it with all their strength. \u201cHate\u2019s not our enemy. If we don\u2019t hate that system, they\u2019ll kill us\u2026 [We] find that we have to quiver with hate.\u201d<\/p>\n

They have lived in crisis all their lives, he says, including in Jonestown, but this is where they\u2019ll make their stand. No one is going back, and even if the government of Guyana falls or turns against Jonestown, \u201cthey still got to march out here. We\u2019ll still be on this hill.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for him, he\u2019s glad they came. Even if the whole experiment ended the next day, \u201cit\u2019s still given us more joy in these months, if it finishes tomorrow. \u2018Cause we had purpose. We had a principle.\u201d And when he dies on the front line of the battle \u2013 as he is sure he will \u2013 that will be the time for some of them to \u201cget back there and take care of the sons-of-bitches\u201d that fought them.<\/p>\n

His defiance echoes midway through his address: \u201cLove and self-indulgence is our enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n

FBI Summary:\t<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of transcription: 6\/26\/79<\/p>\n

In connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

On June 26, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B110-7R60. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

A recording of the members of People\u2019s Temple performing and JIM JONES scolding some of the members for wanting to return to the United States.<\/p>\n

Differences with FBI Summary:\t<\/strong><\/p>\n

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\t<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted June 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you. To read the Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1,\u00a0Pt. 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: None Date cues on tape:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 late August […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-110065","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110641,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110065\/revisions\/110641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}