{"id":114239,"date":"2022-05-14T16:55:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T23:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=114239"},"modified":"2023-06-19T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T00:49:11","slug":"q976-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=114239","title":{"rendered":"Q976 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

FBI Catalogue:<\/b> Jones speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201c6\/20\/78 News\u201d<\/p>\n

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

People named: <\/b>
\nPublic figures\/National and international names:<\/i><\/p>\n

Jimmy Carter, U.S. president
\nJohn F. Kennedy, slain US president
\nRobert Kennedy, slain US senator
\nCyrus Vance, Secretary of State
\nAndrew Young, American UN ambassador
\nDonald McHenry, America\u2019s deputy UN ambassador
\nWilliam Colby, former head of CIA (by reference)
\nStansfield Turner, head of CIA
\nSen. Edward Brooke (R-MA)
\nSen. John Stennis (D-MS)
\nRep. Ronald Dellums (D-CA)
\nRep. Barbara Jordan (D-TX)
\nRep. Parren Mitchell (D-MD)<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler, German Fuhrer
\nAdolf Eichmann, SS leader in Nazi Germany
\nFrancisco Franco, former dictator of Spain
\nAnt\u00f3nio de Oliveira Salazar, former dictator of Portugal
\nAldo Moro, prime minister of Italy executed by Red Brigade
\nSantiago Carrillo, Spanish writer<\/p>\n

Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel
\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nSaad el-Shazly, Egyptian ambassador to Portugal
\nMordechal Gur, Israeli Chief of Staff
\nReza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nAbdul Fattah Ismail, leader of United Political Organization National Front in Yemen<\/p>\n

Idi Amin, President of Uganda
\nJohn Vorster, South African Prime Minister
\nIan Smith, Rhodesian Prime Minister
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwe Patriotic Front
\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwe Patriotic Front
\nJanice McLaughlin, American nun deported by Rhodesia
\nJeremiah Chirau, Rhodesian black leader who negotiated with Smith (by reference)
\nBishop Abel Muzorewa, Rhodesian black leader who negotiated with Smith (by reference)
\nNdabaningi Sithole, Rhodesian black leader who negotiated with Smith (by reference)
\nAlvis Gomez, Mozambique magazine editor<\/p>\n

Kim Dong-jo, Korean ambassador to U.S.<\/p>\n

Anastasio Somoza, President of Nicaragua
\nOmar Torrijos, president of Panama
\nAntonio Guzman, president of Dominican Republic
\nJoaquin Balaguer, former president of Dominican Republic
\nJoao Goulart, deposed president of Brazil
\nForbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nPtolemy Reid, Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana
\nVibert Mingo, Guyana Minister of Home Affairs<\/p>\n

Malcolm X, slain black activist
\nMartin Luther King, slain black civil rights leader
\nHuey Newton, leader of Black Panther Party
\nMartin Pulich, judge in Newton trial
\nBert Schneider, filmmaker, friend of Newton
\nCharles Garry, attorney for Newton and Peoples Temple
\nMark Lane, attorney for CIA whistleblower and Peoples Temple
\nRev. Arte Marin, spokesman for Scientology
\nTom Jason Johnson, lynched black man
\nLarry Flynt, publisher of LA Free Press
\nFrank Snepp, author of CIA expose (by reference)
\nJohn Stockwell, author of CIA expose<\/p><\/div>\n

 
\nTemple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em><\/p>\n

Debbie Blakey<\/div>\n

 
\nJonestown residents:<\/em><\/p>\n

Teresa King<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news for June 20, 1978 in two separate newscasts.<\/p>\n

The reading is typical for the period. He identifies the source only for the second segment as the Guyana Broadcasting Studios; the first part likely comes from Radio Moscow or a news service from a Warsaw Pact nation, in that it takes a hard stance against both the West and the \u201crenegade\u201d Chinese. The United States \u2013 its domestic policies, its international commitments, the law enforcement agencies within various cities and states \u2013 are uniformly fascist, racist, and capitalist, the \u201cbastion of oppression.\u201d Its allies are imperialist puppets and lackeys. The foreign dictators it supports would not be in power without the support of American tax dollars, which, as Jones adds elsewhere as well, should cause them great pain and grief.<\/p>\n

The Soviet Union, by contrast, is consistently on the right side of history, the avant garde leader, and together with its ally Cuba, the force for liberation throughout the world.<\/p>\n

It is unknown how much of the editorializing comes from the text and how much comes from Jones\u2019 own spontaneous commentary. What does almost certainly come from Jones are the predictions of nuclear war and racial genocide that the US faces.<\/p>\n

Very little of the reading relates directly to issues affecting Jonestown itself. He does weave in the fact that Debbie Layton Blakey \u2013 a trusted financial secretary who made a high-profile defection about a month earlier \u2013 is the \u201cclass enemy,\u201d who is now saying that Jonestown is a \u201cCuban and Soviet outpost,\u201d a lie that may bring military action down upon them.<\/p>\n

He concludes both readings with exhortations to work harder, produce more, do what they can to bring their families to freedom. \u201cThey\u2019re hanging on our efforts. We hold them in the balance. We can decide how many will live and how many will die, in the fascist genocide that is taking place back there.\u201d He expands upon that at one point into a warning about dissenters and slackers in their commuity. \u201cBe careful what you say, how you try to goof off, who you plot with, because we do<\/em> have committees for the defense of the revolution, and we are safeguarding, and we probably, without doubt, know more about you<\/em> than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the stories Jones reports on:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Secretary of State Cyrus Vance calls for reduction of tensions between US and USSR;<\/li>\n
  • Members of the congressional Black Caucus are persecuted and smeared;<\/li>\n
  • Amendments to cut defense budget fail in Congress;<\/li>\n
  • The Senate crime bill stalls in the House;<\/li>\n
  • More Koreagate bribes are exposed;<\/li>\n
  • An Italian jury is still out in deliberating on members of the Red Brigade;<\/li>\n
  • Egypt\u2019s ambassador to Portugal is recalled for his remarks opposing Sadat;<\/li>\n
  • Student protests rock Iran;<\/li>\n
  • Rhodesia may eliminate race laws, and the prime minister may resign;<\/li>\n
  • American nuns deported from Rhodesia speak out;<\/li>\n
  • OPEC may change its medium of exchange from away from the dollar, causing economic collapse in the US;<\/li>\n
  • Several strong unions strike in Brazil;<\/li>\n
  • The military threatens to take over vote counting in Dominican Republic;<\/li>\n
  • The Skylab satellite threatens to fall to earth;<\/li>\n
  • A California trial judge rules against defense motion in Huey Newton\u2019s case;<\/li>\n
  • Back activists in San Francisco demand community control;<\/li>\n
  • The KKK is active in Mississippi and Texas;<\/li>\n
  • Scientologists launch a network against government abuse;<\/li>\n
  • Whistleblowers and government critics in the US face arrest;<\/li>\n
  • Guyana referendum would eliminate opposition to socialism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/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 23, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B110-41. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

    JIM JONES reading news, commentary, and announcements.<\/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

    Tape originally posted\u00a0May 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, click here. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1,\u00a0Pt. 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue: Jones speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201c6\/20\/78 News\u201d Date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-114239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114239","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=114239"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123302,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114239\/revisions\/123302"}],"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=114239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}