{"id":28053,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28053"},"modified":"2021-07-24T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T18:11:21","slug":"158-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28053","title":{"rendered":"Q158 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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/b>Labeled in part \u201cSept 1 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 likely earlier, around August 25 or 26, 1978 (John Paul I to be enthroned as pope, Jomo Kenyatta to be buried August 27)<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/i>
\nHenry VIII, English king
\nAdolf Hitler
\nHoltz [phonetic, first name unknown], German spy in 1978
\nGeneralissimo Francisco Franco, former ruler of Spain<\/div>\n
Jimmy Carter, President of United States
\nLyndon Johnson, former President of United States
\nSen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
\nRep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.)
\nCalif. Gov. Jerry Brown<\/p>\n

Leonid Brezhnev, secretary of the communist party, Soviet Union
\nAlexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union
\nJames Callaghan, Prime Minister of Great Britain [by reference]<\/p>\n

Pope John Paul I, formerly Cardinal Albino Luciani
\nPope Paul VI
\nPope John XXIII
\nCardinal Pericle Felici, Vatican spokesman
\nCardinal Sebastio Bargio [phonetic], papal candidate
\nPaulo Bertolli [phonetic], papal candidate<\/p>\n

Hua Kuo-fenj, Chairman of the People\u2019s Republic of China
\nPark Chung Hee, President of South Korea [by reference]<\/p>\n

Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nMohammad Mosaddegh, former prime minister of Iran [by reference]
\nJaraf Sharif-Emami, prime minister of Iran [by reference]<\/p>\n

King Hussein of Jordan
\nElias Sarkis, President of Lebanon
\nMenachim Begin, Prime Minister of Israel<\/p>\n

Jomo Kenyatta, president of Kenya
\nDaniel arap Moi, successor to Jomo Kenyatta
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia
\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia<\/p>\n

Anastasio Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua
\nAnastasio Somoza Garcia, former ruler of Nicaragua, father of current ruler [by reference]
\nAnastasio Somoza Portocarrero, son of Nicaraguan President [by reference]
\nMichael Manley, Jamaican prime minister [by reference]<\/p>\n

Arthur Chung, President of Guyana
\nForbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister
\nHamilton Green, Guyana Minister of Health, Housing and Labor
\nFrank Hope, Guyana Minister of Finance
\nDesmond Hoyte, Guyana Minister of Development
\nHerbie Harper, brother of Viola Burnham
\nCheddi Jagan, leader of People’s Progressive Party
\nPersaud, Harry, member of PPP in Guyana assembly
\nAlbert Howls [phonetic], president of Guyana pharmacist association
\nCourtney Bartholomew, professor of medicine at University of West Indies
\nNassir Kahn [phonetic], President General of Guyana Muslims<\/p>\n

Doctor William Beebe [phonetic], Cartaboo Ecological Research Station
\nDoctor Margaret Collins, Cartaboo Ecological Research Station
\nDoctor Alfred Emerson, Cartaboo Ecological Research Station<\/p>\n

Emily Harris, Symbionese Liberation Army
\nWilliam Harris, Symbionese Liberation Army
\nPatricia Hearst, newspaper heiress, kidnapped by SLA in 1974
\nRandolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, father of Patricia Hearst<\/p>\n

Daniel Ellsberg, DOD analyst who leaked Pentagon Papers
\nRichard Hammerschlag, Univ. Of Calif. Researcher<\/p>\n

Carlton Goodlett, black newspaper publisher, physician
\nDon Freed, Hollywood screenwriter sympathetic to Jonestown
\nMark Lane, Temple attorney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/i>
\nJack Barron
\nJohnny Moss Brown
\nJames Edwards
\nJoyce Parks<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

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

Jim Jones reads the daily news, offering periodic editorial comments and correlating the events in the world to conditions in Jonestown. Among the items he covers:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The election of Cardinal Albino Luciani as Pope John Paul I
\n\u2022 The aftermath of the death of Kenya\u2019s leader, Jomo Kenyatta
\n\u2022 The collapsing Somoza regime in Nicaragua and his threat to turn to the USSR for assistance
\n\u2022 The tour of the Chinese leader Hua Kuo-fenj from Iran to Belgrade
\n\u2022 An outbreak of smallpox in Britain
\n\u2022 Support for Puerto Rican independence voiced by Guyana and Cuba
\n\u2022 Numerous events in the Near East, including threats to peace in Lebanon and the possibility of US troops occupying areas then held by Israel
\n\u2022 A change in policy in policing prostitution in New York
\n\u2022 The defiance of Symbionese Liberation Army defendants
\n\u2022 Efforts to denuclearize the Indian Ocean and turn it into a zone of peace
\n\u2022 Developments of anti-cancer drugs in Guyana<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

(Since Jones refers to a few dates in late August as still to come \u2013 unless he is reading outdated copy \u2013 the note on the tape box may be off by a few days.)<\/p>\n

Jones begins the broadcast with the observation that this is \u201cthe only news that we get,\u201d an observation which allows him to insert comments which cannot be challenged by any other news source. It also allows him to focus on the news on nuclear weapons-related issues which correspond with his vision of an approaching holocaust.<\/p>\n

In discussing the upcoming talks between Egypt and Israel at Camp David, for example, he quotes King Hussein of Jordan as saying \u201ca failure at the Camp David talks will lead to Arab government failures and leftists takeover,\u201d then adds more ominously, \u201cWhat happens in Camp David \u2026 could very well affect whether or not the war will have nuclear World War III.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, while Jones often criticizes Chinese policies \u2013\u00a0thus revealing that the major source of his news is the Soviet news service Tass \u2013 he repeats one representation which he agrees with: \u201cChina says nuclear war is inevitable, will happen, it can\u2019t be stopped, it\u2019s too late in the day, and so all of her policies are based on trying to bring it about as soon as possible.\u201d Later in the broadcast, after concluding one news item which reads \u201cMoscow said she would do all she could to avoid a nuclear war,\u201d Jones adds a postscript: \u201cBut we are preparing for war because it seems that the war clouds are getting lower over our heads each day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other items show a heavy Soviet influence on Jones\u2019 selection of news items. In discussing a British study on the build-up of weapons in the Warsaw Pact, Jones reports that, while the US has both more missiles and more warheads, those of the USSR are more lethal. \u201cThe Soviet Union has the most powerful missiles on earth,\u201d he reports.<\/p>\n

Some of the news stories allow Jones to draw parallels to life in Jonestown. The story about a police crackdown on prostitution in New York City \u2013 and the politics of race behind the crackdown \u2013 allows him to offer Jonestown as a contrast. \u201cWe as a people oppose any<\/i> such behavior: prostitution, drugs, any criminal act,\u201d he says. \u201cWe are fortunate to live in a community where we don\u2019t even spank our children, where no violence is allowed, nor do we have to make laws against it, because it just doesn\u2019t happen, where we live without regard of race, creed or color.\u201d Later, when he speaks about the development of an anti-malarial drug in India, he notes, \u201cWe\u2019ve not had to worry about malaria here.\u2026 We don\u2019t have to worry about the viruses that beset the USA.\u201d<\/p>\n

The broadcast contains several acknowledgments of their political benefactors in Guyana. Jones points out that the leading newspaper has had two complimentary articles about Jonestown in the last week, and reciprocates with glowing descriptions of recent Guyanese visitors. \u201cIt\u2019s a long, long article of praise,\u201d he says of the second piece. \u201cAnd we\u2019re appreciative of such articles.\u2026 And we are grateful for the recognition of our work and what we have rendered the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later he singles out Guyana Prime Minister Forbes Burnham and various members of his cabinet for praise, and \u2013 perhaps more significantly \u2013\u00a0criticizes Burnham\u2019s most well-known political opponent, Cheddi Jagan, the head of the opposition party, even though Jagan\u2019s views on the issues more closely mirror Jones\u2019. And when the Temple leader reads an item from a Burnham-leaning newspaper that the prime minister \u201csaid that he had matter of documentation that [Jagan\u2019s party] had received billions of dollars in an attempt to destabilize the socialist [Burnham] government from USA multinationals,\u201d his only observation is that it\u2019s \u201can interesting charge.\u201d The news and commentary ends \u2013 without editorial embellishment \u2013 with the conclusion of the Burnham organ: \u201cOne point is clear: most Guyanese are convinced that there must be no<\/i> turn back as government proceeds along the road to socialist development and progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 5\/25\/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 24, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B68-8. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES broadcasting the morning news to include topics such as the revolution in Iran, a spy ring in Germany, ghettos, PATRICIA HEARST, Rhodesia, and Prime Minister BURNHAM.<\/p>\n

This tape was reviewed, and nothing was contained thereon which was considered to be of evidentiary nature or beneficial to the investigation of Congressman RYAN.<\/p>\n

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

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

Tape originally posted March 2009<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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