{"id":118325,"date":"2022-10-27T14:46:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T21:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=118325"},"modified":"2024-02-19T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T01:39:53","slug":"q948-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=118325","title":{"rendered":"Q938 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>, Pt. 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>[None]<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/b> Christmas, December 25, 1977 (follows tape Q 948<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/i>
\nJimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nRobert C. Toth, Los Angeles Times reporter detained in Moscow [by reference]
\nSteve Biko, South African black activist<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temple apostates:<\/i>
\nRose Pearson<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temple members not in Jonestown:<\/i>
\nChris Lewis (recently assassinated in San Francisco)<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/i>
\nDon<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/i>
\nPatty Cartmell (speaks<\/strong>)
\nCarol Dennis (Carol Ann McCoy)
\nEllihue Dennis
\nBessie Lee Dickson
\nLynetta Jones
\nPenny Kerns
\nSebastian McMurry
\nTom Partak (speaks<\/strong>)
\nRichard Tropp<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

(This tape was transcribed by Adrian Whicker. The<\/em> editors gratefully acknowledge his invaluable assistance.)<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This tape is a continuation of Q 948<\/a>, recorded earlier Christmas night, 1977.<\/p>\n

The tape opens with a number of testimonials about the power of Dad\u2019s miracles that have saved several people \u2013 primarily children \u2013 from being injured or killed in accidents in Jonestown. There are numerous tape edits of unknown duration between speakers, just as there are edits both before and after Jones makes a short statement to the people of Jonestown about how they should talk to children about death, and what the children themselves should say. \u201cNo child is to ask if anybody is dead\u2026 because there [are] none dead in the true sense of the word.\u201d The question is before the community because there have been two recent deaths: that of Chris Lewis, a black Temple member assassinated a few weeks earlier in San Francisco; and in Jonestown itself, the death of Lynetta Jones, Jim Jones\u2019 mother.<\/p>\n

But most of the tape is taken up with the disciplining of Tom Partak, a white resident whose unhappiness with life in Jonestown had driven him to attempt suicide. Jones whips himself up into a white-hot fury as he castigates Partak for his desire to leave the community, for his unwillingness to work for the cause in Jonestown, and most of all, for his white privilege and its consequent effect on his inability to recognize the pain that the black members of the Temple have gone through.<\/p>\n

The crowd joins in on the abuse, with insults and mockery and threats. The threats peak when Jones himself echo calls the Partak be shot, not so that he would die, but \u201cthrough the hip\u201d so he can feel genuine pain.<\/p>\n

While separated only by a few moments, Jones then physically attacks Partak on two separate occasions in a flurry of fists and seething, hostile suggestions of more to come, and taunts that \u201cyou\u2019re scared to death.\u201d One other person joins in on the attack, and no one speaks up in Partak\u2019s defense as it occurs. He endures the punishment, apologizes for all the sins of capitalism of which he has been accused, and promises to do better. The tape ends with Jones assuring Partak of his love and commitment, then dismissing him.<\/p>\n

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

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Date of transcription: 8\/28\/79<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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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<\/div>\n

\n

On August 20, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B102-6. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Statements of thanks to \u201cDad\u201d (JIM JONES) for various things he did for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

JIM JONES reprimanding PETE (last name unknown), who was apparently so dissatisfied with Jonestown and wanting to leave that he tried to kill himself. JONES verbally assaults \u201cPETE\u201d with profanity and a couple of times actually physically beats him in front of congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

Other than the misidentification of Tom Partak, the summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tape originally posted November 2022<\/b><\/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, Pt. 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue: Jones speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: [None] Date cues on tape: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118325","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=118325"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126013,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118325\/revisions\/126013"}],"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=118325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}