{"id":110067,"date":"2021-06-24T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=110067"},"modified":"2021-07-24T10:10:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T17:10:48","slug":"q996-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=110067","title":{"rendered":"Q996 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 Part I<\/strong>: late April 1978; Part II<\/strong>: winter 1978<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nPart 1:<\/strong>
\nKarl Marx, German economist
\nGiulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister
\nAldo Moro, Italian Prime Minister
\nBenito Mussolini, Italian fascist leader
\nRinaldo Camaioni, Italian owner of Fiat (by reference)<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister
\nCheddi Jagan, leader of Guyana opposition party
\nVibert Mingo, Guyana Minister of Home Affairs
\nPtolemy Reid, Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana <\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thomas Edison, American inventor
\nTom Foley, author
\nGus Hall, General Secretary of the Communist Party USA
\nDavid F. Noble, author of America by Design<\/em>
\nIrwin Silber, American Communist, political activist<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/em>
\nPart 2:<\/strong>
\nTom (numerous Tom\u2019s and Thomas\u2019 in Jonestown)<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nPart 2:<\/strong>
\nPhillip Blakey
\nJim Bogue (speaks)<\/strong>
\nBecky Flowers (speaks)<\/strong>
\nDanny Kutulas (speaks)<\/strong>
\nTish Leroy (speaks)<\/strong>
\nHelen Swinney
\nTim Swinney (speaks)<\/strong>
\nWanda Swinney (speaks)<\/strong>
\nAlbert Touchette
\nCharlie Touchette
\nMichael Touchette
\nJan Wilsey
\nMary Wotherspoon<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

This tape consists of two separate parts.<\/p>\n

In Part 1, Jim Jones reads reviews and articles of three separate sources on the political economy, including one from a communist party publication. He reads the pieces in a fairly straight-forward manner, with only a few editorial comments and even fewer asides to draw parallels between the subject matter and current events.<\/p>\n

Part 2 is an agriculture and livestock meeting chaired by an unknown man \u2013 not Jim Jones, who does not even make an appearance in the meeting \u2013 to discuss progress on various projects. There is also discussion on the need for better coordination in purchasing necessary farm supplies in Georgetown and in ways to solve problems to avoid duplication and wasted effort. <\/p>\n

Only once does the conversation steer off course, when a woman criticizes a man for not being prepared with his presentation and for figuring out expenditures in response to questions rather than having the information already written down. The man answers firmly, he in fact had them turned in previously, but the questions that night were new, and he was calculating expenses on the fly in response. Another woman then accuses the male speaker of being defensive, and several others chime in. The man stands his ground without apology.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 7\/6\/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 1B110-61. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES reading \u201cU.S. Capitalism in Crisis\u201d and commentary on \u201cAmerica by Design\u201d. There follows a discussion concerning crops, husbandry and construction at Jonestown.<\/p>\n

Differences with FBI Summary:<\/strong>\t<\/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 Part I: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-110067","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110067","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=110067"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110644,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110067\/revisions\/110644"}],"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=110067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}