{"id":28018,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28018"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:03:42","slug":"1028a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28018","title":{"rendered":"Q1028a 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>.\u00a0To read the Annotated\u00a0Transcript,\u00a0click here<\/a>.
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.\u00a0To listen to MP3, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue: <\/strong>Jones Speaking
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\nFBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part “5\/19\/73”
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\nDate cues on tape:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 1: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 1972 (San Francisco and Los Angeles Temples recently opened, reference to 12-year-old Jim Jones Jr.)<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Part 2: <\/strong>1977 (Roy Wilkins recently retired as head of NAACP)<\/p>\n

    Part 3:<\/strong> 1974 or 1975 (supplies going to Guyana, but before Purifoy defection of New Years Day 1976)<\/p>\n

    People named:<\/strong>
    \nPeople in attendance at Peoples Temple service<\/em><\/p>\n

    Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Brother Brown<\/li>\n
    2. Pinky (likely Pinky Jones)<\/li>\n
    3. Christine Bates<\/li>\n
    4. John Brown<\/li>\n
    5. Cleveland Jackson<\/li>\n
    6. Jim Jones, Jr. (by reference)<\/li>\n
    7. Marceline Jones<\/li>\n
    8. Tish LeRoy<\/li>\n
    9. Bea Morton, aka Bea Orsot<\/li>\n
    10. Mike Prokes (by reference)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Part 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Sister Allen<\/li>\n
      2. Archie Ijames<\/li>\n
      3. Marceline Jones (by reference)<\/li>\n
      4. Earl McKnight<\/li>\n
      5. J.R. Purifoy<\/i>\n<\/ol>\n

        Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em><\/p>\n

        Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Commander Roland (phonetic), police official<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. W.E.B. DuBois, 19th century black civil rights activist<\/li>\n
          2. Martin Niem\u00f6ller, German clergyman (by reference)<\/li>\n
          3. South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster<\/li>\n

             <\/p>\n

          4. President Jimmy Carter<\/li>\n
          5. former President Richard Nixon<\/li>\n
          6. Senator Dick Clark (D-Iowa)<\/li>\n
          7. former Senator Joseph McCarthy<\/li>\n

             <\/p>\n

          8. Willie Brown, California Assemblyman<\/li>\n
          9. Ben Chavis, 20th century black civil rights activist<\/li>\n
          10. Angela Davis<\/li>\n
          11. Thomas Dawsey, alleged spy on Peoples Temple (by reference)<\/li>\n
          12. Lester Kinsolving, Episcopal priest, reporter, Jones antagonist (by reference)<\/li>\n
          13. Shirley MacLaine, actress<\/li>\n
          14. Roy Wilkins, 20th century black civil rights activist<\/li>\n
          15. Unita Blackwell Wright, mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Part 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Rev. Ike, original name Dr. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Bible verses cited:<\/strong><\/p>\n

              (Editor’s note<\/strong>: The verses below appear in order of biblical reference, not as they appear in Jim Jones\u2019 address. For a complete scriptural index to the sermons of Jim Jones, click here<\/a>.)<\/i><\/p>\n

                Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \u201c[L]et\u2019s make sure that we are our brother\u2019s keeper, \u2026 we are our sister\u2019s keeper as we walk these streets, and don\u2019t be indifferent.\u201d (Genesis 4:9, \u201cAnd the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?\u201d)<\/p>\n

                Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \u201c[T]he robber barons, the exploiters, that vicious breed of exploiters \u2026 are using the slave system of apartheid to squeeze out profits. They are cheating by their own iniquity a force that is beginning to turn and cry out, \u2018No more, we have had enough.\u2019\u201d (Psalm 94:20-23, \u201cShall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cSo let us bring that Jesus back that they\u2019re looking for, that Jesus that turned the world upside down, that Jesus that went into the house \u2026 that was supposed to be a house of deliverance for all people and took a whip in his hand and cursed the money changers out of the temples.\u201d (Matthew 21:12-13, \u201cAnd Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.\u201d See also Mark 11:15-18.)<\/p>\n

                \u201cJesus said, if you would serve him, if you want to inherit any kind of life, he said feed the hungry, clothe the naked, release those that are oppressed and those that are in captivity.\u201d (Matthew 25:34-46, also appeared on Peoples Temple letterhead)<\/p>\n

                \u201cJesus said today is a day of salvation.\u201d (2 Corinthians 6:2, \u201cFor [Jesus] saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                “[I]t was written, \u2026 everyone that came, the light of conscience, that light within them was Christ in them the hope of glory.\u201d (Colossians 1:27, \u201cTo whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cThe love of money \u2026 is the root of all evil. Even the Bible says that\u2019s the anti-Christ.\u201d (1 Timothy 6:10, \u201cFor the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                Part 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \u201cOnly the perfect shall enter the kingdom of righteousness in the new order of socialism\u2026\u201d (Proverbs 11:1-8)<\/p>\n

                \u201cNow we\u2019re trying to get our people ready, so we\u2019ll be prepared to come back after the day of desolation. Desolation\u2019s gonna come at noon day.\u201d (Zephaniah 1-2)<\/p>\n

                \u201cThis nation is going to see the worst starvation of any nation on Earth. Even though we\u2019ve been first, the first will be last because oil is going to take the place of money.\u201d (Matthew 19:30, \u201cBut many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.\u201d See also Matthew 20:16, Mark 9:35, Mark 10:31, Luke 13:30.)<\/p>\n

                \u201c[This system is] on the road to total<\/em> disarray, and when it does, then even the ignorant church folks, when they get hungry, they\u2019ll quit talking about manna from heaven and streets of gold, they\u2019ll decide to build a little bit of heaven on Earth. (John 6:31, \u201cOur fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat\u201d; Revelation 21:21, \u201c[A]nd the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cYour own sisters<\/em> and brothers will rob your homes, will come in and kill<\/em> you. Your own daughters<\/em> and sons<\/em> will come in and rob<\/em> you over a crust<\/em> of bread. You had better come and go with me, to find life, and life more abundantly, or your own kin will cut your throat with a dull razor to get one morsel of bread.\u201d (John 10:10, \u201cThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cPentecostalism, as it was on the day of Pentecost, they had all<\/em> things common. Hey, socialism, if thou will be perfect, go sell all thou hast and bring it to the apostles\u2019 feet and then it\u2019ll be distributed from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.\u201d (Acts 2:44-45, \u201cAnd all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.\u201d See also 4:31-32, 34-35; Luke 18:22)<\/p>\n

                \u201c\u2026 only those that are striving for holiness<\/em> without any spot<\/em> or wrinkle<\/em>, without blemish<\/em>, only they that see God will be they that have no spot<\/em> or wrinkle or any<\/em> such thing.\u201d (Ephesians 5:27, \u201cThat he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cAnd each man and woman must work out this plan of salvation in fear and trembling.\u201d (Phillipians 2:12, \u201cWherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cCapitalism is the anti-Christ<\/em>. The love of money is the root of all evil<\/em>.\u201d (1 Timothy 6:10, \u201cFor the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cThe elements gonna melt with the fevered heat.\u201d (2 Peter 3:10-12, \u201cBut the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cI would have you hot<\/em>, sayeth God, or I would have you cold. The lukewarm I will spit<\/em> out of my mouth.\u201d (Revelation 3:15-16, \u201cI know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.\u201d)<\/p>\n

                \u201cYou see that in the Revelation where it speaks of oil and barley, bargaining with oil, measures of oil.\u201d (Revelation 6:5-6, \u201cAnd when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. nd I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.\u201d)<\/ol>\n

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

                (Note<\/strong>: This tape was transcribed by Seriina Covarrubias. The editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

                This tape consists of three parts, two addresses of Jim Jones before the Peoples Temple congregation bracketing a speech he gave in an unknown rally protesting the apartheid government of South Africa.<\/p>\n

                The first address<\/strong> takes place in the newly-acquired Peoples Temple building on Geary Street in the Fillmore district of San Francisco, and is laced with both encouragement to his followers to become a presence in the neighborhood and admonitions against anyone who would mess with them.<\/p>\n

                The people of the Temple have been out on the streets, introducing themselves, connecting with their new neighbors, inviting them to come to church, winning converts. They have noticed the litter and broken glass, and are making plans to do neighborhood clean-ups as well, but the most important goal for the moment is to establish themselves as a presence. They do that by appearing in a way that their neighbors understand \u2013 in large groups, moving in formations \u2013 and Jones wonders if they would engender even more respect if they wore uniforms or at least dressed in similar outfits.<\/p>\n

                The approach is working. Whether there have been direct threats against the Temple is unclear, but Jones reiterates several times that people who might have been thinking about chasing them off the street or moving against the church are \u201creconsidering\u201d their plans.\u00a0 Nevertheless, he adds, the church should think about improving its security by installing metal detectors to preclude the attacks by knife, guns and ice picks that they have experienced over the years.<\/p>\n

                What has been most encouraging about their new presence in the streets has been the response. The Temple has given the neighborhood a new respectability, and people appreciate it. \u201cOf all the healings that are done in this Temple, that\u2019s the most magnificent when someone can stand up and say, I am indeed a woman and I don\u2019t look down to anyone anymore,\u201d Jones says. \u201c[Or] I\u2019m a brother now and no one is above me, and I don\u2019t feel I\u2019d have any need to have anyone below me, but I can look you straight in the eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

                But they know they\u2019ve got a lot of work to do. They need to make the streets and parks safer, especially for women. After an aside during which Jones seems to make a connection between some rapists and some gays, he announces a vigilante-style justice against sex offenders. \u201cNow we\u2019re gonna do something about this area, and if we catch somebody would-be raper, we will rape them,\u201d he cries over sustained applause. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna stop<\/em> this business\u2026 [I]f somebody else is not going to stop these rapists, we will<\/em>, by God.\u201d<\/p>\n

                One reason people respond to the Temple is that it does offer sanctuary and refuge against the power structure of the city, against the police, against \u201cthe Man.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cPeoples Temple is here,\u201d Jones points out, \u201cit offers a certain protection, and it also does not intend to be pushed around.\u201d So strong is that protection \u2013 as Jones emphasizes several times in this address and throughout the Temple\u2019s history \u2013 that, \u201cblessed God, if you take on one of us, you\u2019ve got the whole pack<\/em> of us to take on.\u201d<\/p>\n

                In return for the protection, the Temple demands loyalty, commitment, and \u2013 above all \u2013 honesty. \u201c[I]f you are lying to us,\u201d Jones warns, \u201cthen you\u2019ll probably find yourself dead, like four who have died this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

                Much of this section of the address recounts an incident which illustrates everything Jones has said: that the greatest threat to the neighborhood is the city power structure, and that the Temple will defend the people with everything it has. When an ambulance was called to a Temple service (against Jones\u2019 wishes) to take a healed woman to a hospital, the attendants showed disrespect to members of the congregation, and in the ensuing melee, police came in and roughed some of them up and carted them to jail. Jones insisted on going along, and even though he was granted bail, he wouldn\u2019t leave. \u201cI said I\u2019m gonna stay because black people can\u2019t afford<\/em> to bail themselves out and I said, I\u2019m their leader, I\u2019m their pastor. I\u2019m going to be a Father, you can depend upon it, wherever I\u2019m at. And I said, if all people can\u2019t afford to bail out, so I\u2019m in, I\u2019m saying in.\u201d<\/p>\n

                He concludes the story of the incident with his principal message: \u201c[S]ome of you think you\u2019re here for healing. What you need to do is get here because you need somebody to look after you, and you alone can\u2019t fight this system, but when you stand together, we can do something about this opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

                All of this work requires funds, though, and at this point, Jones asks for an offering. As is the case in many tapes, the recording ends here.<\/p>\n

                Part 2<\/strong> sounds like a prepared address which Jones delivers at a protest meeting against the apartheid government of South Africa, a forum which has included other speakers and a letter of support from Assemblyman Willie Brown. Citing such recent events as the near collapse of the NAACP and the Bakke case on reverse discrimination going through the courts, Jones draws parallels between a resurgence of racism in the U.S. and the system of racism in South Africa. \u201c[A]re we witnessing the same frightening progression?\u201d he asks rhetorically. \u201cAre we considering properly the conditions of South Africa today in America? Are we looking at a nightmarish vision of our own future here?\u201d<\/p>\n

                Jones returns to the theme later in his address, drawing stronger connections between black Africa\u2019s struggles for freedom and the U.S.\u2019 continuing struggle for equality. \u201cWe must realize that unless these great principles are secured in South Africa, in Zimbabwe, that democracy will be in peril here<\/em>, it will be meaningless here<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

                But there are even more insidious connections between the US and South Africa, he says. \u201cLook at any scene of the Union of South Africa and see if you recognize any of the corporate names. See if you recognize the great motor companies, and the great rubber companies, and the great industrial companies of the United States\u2026 [I]n many sense of the word. one could conclude that the Union of South Africa is a colony<\/em> of the United States corporate elite.\u201d<\/p>\n

                Jones reminds his listeners of the consequences of apathy, and says that the people of South Africa who rise up in revolution should have the support of our own country which was itself \u201cbirthed\u201d by revolution. \u201cIt\u2019s too bad that people have to fight, but it doesn\u2019t seem that we\u2019re able to talk<\/em> our way to freedom in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

                He blasts the political party in control of the South African government for naming itself after Christ, since it has failed \u201cto live up to the ethics of the spiritual teacher who they supposedly model their lives after.\u201d Perhaps, though, South Africa is emulating what western culture has done in the name of Christianity, with its \u201clegacy of blood.\u201d After describing conditions for the isolated \u201chomelands\u201d within South Africa, Jones says, \u201cEvery day, Christ is crucified a thousand times. I\u2019m so sick of hearing about Christ coming. Christ is already here, and he\u2019s being crucified in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

                Part 3<\/strong> is a portion of another Temple service, this one in the Los Angeles Temple, during which Jones apparently fields questions from the audience, and makes connections between his vision for the Temple in the Promised Land of Guyana and issues in current events. In discussing the Mormons, for example, he describes the cathedral currently under construction in Washington, D.C. It will be a great structure, he says, but \u201cthey won\u2019t let black people in\u2026 [N]o one will be able to go into it of color, won\u2019t be able to even walk in it. That\u2019s not only black, that\u2019s other races too.\u201d<\/p>\n

                Jones also notes that Mormons take care of their followers, then adds the conditions of that care: the tithing must continue, he says, or you\u2019ll be cut off from the church\u2019s support. \u201c[I]f you go on welfare<\/em> and cannot pay your tithes \u2026 if you don\u2019t pay it, the moment you stop, you get no food, they promise you nothing<\/em>\u2026 [T]he moment you quit paying, they drop you, they will have no responsibility for<\/em> you. If you have a financial reverse and go into poverty or bankruptcy you don\u2019t get any assistance whatsoever.\u201d Contrast that with the Temple, he says. Merging language from both the Bible and Karl Marx, Jones says, \u201cBut in this church we say that each one that\u2019s in our family from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.\u201d<\/p>\n

                He ends up at the same point at the end of a discussion on Cuba. Eventually, he says, the U.S. will have to end its boycott of Cuba, because the island nation has what we want: offshore deposits of oil \u2013 which he describes as both \u201cthe staff of life\u201d and \u201cthe money of the future society\u201d \u2013 and sugar. It is our greed and worship of money which will yield to the solidarity of the Cuban people. \u201cThey survived as only the sons and daughters of God Socialism can survive. You can\u2019t survive without this spirit of Socialism\u2026 Hey, socialism, if thou will be perfect, go sell all thou hast and bring it to the apostles\u2019 feet and then it\u2019ll be distributed from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.\u201d<\/p>\n

                As does Part 1, this address ends with Jones\u2019 request for money. This pitch is for funds designated for Guyana, for supplies and equipment and the raw materials necessary for them to develop the Promised Land. People don\u2019t need to put their money in banks, he says, because even with\u00a0 good interest rates, it can\u2019t keep up with inflation. And if you don\u2019t trust banks and keep your money at home instead, \u201cYou\u2019re a worse<\/em> fool.\u201d The best place to put your money is in the Temple and in the hope for their future. \u201cSo why don\u2019t you get it over there [to Guyana] where there\u2019s no<\/em> inflation, where land is going up, up, up, up, where there\u2019s food<\/em> growing, where there\u2019d always be aplenty for everyone. That\u2019s where you ought to invest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

                Date of transcription: 6\/21\/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 6\/14\/79, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B107-40. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

                A recording of JIM JONES speaking at a peoples rally.<\/p>\n

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

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

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