{"id":113307,"date":"2022-01-30T16:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T00:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=113307"},"modified":"2022-02-01T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T23:27:11","slug":"q223-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=113307","title":{"rendered":"Q223 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>Labeled in part \u201cJuly 28, 1978 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tape contents consistent with identification note\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, President of US
\nformer President Gerald Ford
\nAndrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations
\nMayor of New York John Lindsay<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia
\nPark Chung Hee, President of South Korea [by reference]<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nRashleigh Jackson, Guyana Foreign Minister
\nHamilton Green, Guyana Minister of Health and Labor
\nJoshua Ramsammi, Guyana political leader
\nOscar Clarke, Guyana regional minister
\nLionel Luckhoo, Guyanese attorney<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Louise Brown, first test tube baby
\nAristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate
\nChristine Onassis, daughter of Aristotle Onassis
\nJackie Kennedy Onassis, former first lady, wife of Aristotle Onassis
\nSergei Kauzov, husband of Christina Onassis [by reference]
\nDessie Woods, black woman who killed alleged rapist<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer who claimed New Zealand for Europe
\nCaptain James Cook
\nHenry VIII, English king<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nKay Nelson
\nTinetra Fain [by reference]
\nAl Smart [by reference]
\nScott Smart [by reference]
\nTeri Smart [by reference]<\/div>\n

 
\nBible verses cited:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n

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

(This tape was transcribed by Nicole Bissett. The editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim Jones reads the news for July 28, 1978.<\/p>\n

While there is some of the usual coverage of international news, the emphasis in this reading is on news out of Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean. In recent weeks, Guyana has ratified a constitutional referendum which expands the powers of the prime minister, and, as Jones reports, Forbes Burnham is already announcing plans to exercise the power.<\/p>\n

As with most of these broadcasts, Jones laces the items with the rhetoric reflecting his self-described socialist bent, although whether the actual language comes from the news items themselves or from Jones\u2019 editorializing is unclear.<\/p>\n

What is undoubtedly Jones\u2019 own commentary is his return to a theme found in many of his sermons about poverty and hunger. Among his criticisms of the birth of the first test tube baby \u2013 beyond the wasteful expenditure of thousands of dollars and the opportunity being available only to the rich \u2013 is that, \u201cSomething seems very, very wrong about this, in a world where two out of three babies are going to bed hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n

An equally familiar commentary is his interjection of the inevitability of nuclear holocaust. In the first instance, he reads an item about an effort to improve driver safety in Guyana, then comments on the increasing road rage on American highways, and then adds, \u201cWith that kind of murderous aggressive syndrome, you know what\u2019s going to happen when some of them \u2026 have fingers on the nuclear button, the missiles that can be sent into the air, that will destroy a whole city and burn it to the ground.\u201d Later, he returns to the story of the test tube baby, and the potential for cloning and genetic engineering. \u201cThis is one damn nightmare,\u201d he concludes. \u201cFortunately, probably there\u2019ll be a nuclear war that\u2019ll wipe out that technological scum of imperialism before they get done.\u201d<\/p>\n

The test tube baby allows him to reprise another familiar subject, the immortality of creating life in a laboratory when \u201ctwo out of three babies are going to bed hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is at least one item which relates directly to Jonestown. Burnham\u2019s suggestion that people should use the yards of their homes to grow vegetables instead of letting them go to weeds, leads to Jones\u2019 demand that their community does the same.<\/p>\n

Among other items:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Burnham laments the brain drain that leads to emigration of its professional class;<\/li>\n
  • Efforts are underway to establish an independent news service in the Caribbean;<\/li>\n
  • Non-aligned nations convene in Belgrade;<\/li>\n
  • The African National Congress calls for a boycott of the Canadian games;<\/li>\n
  • South Africa rejects the UN resolution on Namibian independence;<\/li>\n
  • The US will withdraw its military forces from Korea within five years;<\/li>\n
  • President Carter may drop his proposal for a reduction in capital gains taxes;<\/li>\n
  • Christine Onassis will marry a communist and live in Moscow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The day\u2019s geography and history lesson is on New Zealand.<\/p>\n

    Jones concludes his remarks with his usual exhortation to work hard and produce, and to beautify the areas around people\u2019s cottage in anticipation of the arrival of several guests.<\/p>\n

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

    Date of transcription: 6\/4\/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 May 28, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B70-9. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

    News and commentary; a reading of current events by JIM JONES.<\/p>\n

    JONES also stated that important visitors were expected and everyone would have to work very hard to clean up the area.<\/p>\n

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

    The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>Tape originally posted\u00a0January 2022.<\/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: Labeled in part \u201cJuly 28, 1978 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113307","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113307","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=113307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113359,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113307\/revisions\/113359"}],"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=113307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}