{"id":118291,"date":"2022-10-26T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=118291"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:10:03","slug":"website-news-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=118291","title":{"rendered":"Website News 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Format For Website<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Due to the increased number of site visits by those using smart devices like phones and tablets, we have been working on a responsive interface design that will automatically adjust to the size of the device being used. This will make the site easier to navigate, articles more readable, and charts and tables user-friendly.<\/p>\n

Our analytics show that between 60 and 70 percent of visitors are now utilizing mobile devices to access the website. The shift to a responsive interface will not change viewing capability for those using desktop or laptop computers. It will simply make the site more attractive to all viewers and more sensitive to the devices being used.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet the Night Roar\u201d Tape Finally Identified<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

With the exceptions of the Death Tape\u00a0(Q 042)<\/a>\u00a0and the tape recorded the day after the deaths\u00a0(Q 875)<\/a>, the best known segment of tape recovered by the FBI after November 18 is a two-minute excerpt \u2013 from about 2:40 to 4:44 \u2013 on\u00a0Q 948<\/a>, when Jim Jones leads the Jonestown community in a cry of defiance and menace. \u201cLet the night roar,\u201d he shouts several times, as the crowd ululates in a war cry behind him.<\/p>\n

The segment was first used in 1981 as part of the NPR radio documentary,\u00a0Father Cares<\/a><\/em>, based upon the book,\u00a0Our Father, Who Art in Hell<\/em>, by James Reston, Jr., who had discovered the tape in the course of his research. It has been used scores of times, in other radio productions, in music, and in podcasts.<\/p>\n

Throughout this time, however, the location of the segment itself remained elusive, until it was re-discovered in August 2022 by this website. The transcript<\/a> and summary<\/a> of Q948 give context to the segment, providing a date for it, for example, to Christmas Day 1977.<\/p>\n

FOI Developments<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Within the last few years, the managers of the website have increased their efforts to transcribe more sections of the Peoples Temple documents released under the Freedom of Information Act. The files collected by the FBI were released in their entirety in the pdf format in 2009, with a listing of the sections here<\/a>. Many of the sections \u2013 such as the one designated by the FBI as Section 77, CC-11 Administrative Functions<\/a> \u2013 have had numerous individual documents transcribed, but increasingly, we are transcribing entire sections to include both pdf and text. Sections transcribed within the last 15 months include:<\/p>\n

Section 43 \u2022 A-1 \u2022 Financial<\/a>\u00a0(June 2022)<\/p>\n

Section 65 \u2022 B-3 \u2022 Legal<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 66 \u2022 B-4 \u2022 Legal<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 88 \u2022 G-1 \u2022 Communist Contacts, USSR<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 88 \u2022 G-2 \u2022 Communist contacts Korea, Cuba<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 95 \u2022 M-1 \u2022 Letters from PT<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 95 \u2022 N-1 \u2022 Letters to Jim Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 97 \u2022 Q-1 \u2022 Paula Adams<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 97 \u2022 R-1 \u2022 Terri Buford<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 108 \u2022 AA-1 \u2022 Leo Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 109 \u2022 BB-1 \u2022 Paula Adams<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 117 \u2022 BB-18 \u2013 BB-21 \u2022 Marceline, Stephan, Suzanne, Tim Tupper Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 132 \u2022 EE-4 \u2013 EE-5 \u2022 Letters to Jonestown & Censor Examples<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 139 \u2022 GG-1 \u2013 GG-3 \u2022 Russia, Cuba, Other Countries<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 143 \u2022 HH-6 \u2022 History of Jim Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 143 \u2022 HH-9 \u2022 Photographs<\/a><\/p>\n

Section 147 \u2022 LL-1\u2013LL-7 \u2022 CA State Depts<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The managers of the site are especially grateful to Heather Shannon for her invaluable assistance in transcription of several of these sections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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