{"id":28066,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28066"},"modified":"2016-02-21T19:50:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T19:50:48","slug":"187-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28066","title":{"rendered":"Q187 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 (Side 1<\/a>, Side 2<\/a>).
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue: <\/strong>Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note:<\/strong> Labeled in part \u201cOct. 12 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 News items consistent with tape box label<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nMarcus Garvey, black nationalist (by reference)
\nLouis K. Farrakhan, leader of Nation of Islam
\nMalcolm X
\nElijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam
\nWallace Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, son of Elijah
\nEarl Ofari, author of The Myth of Black Capitalism<\/em><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

President Jimmy Carter
\nAndrew Young, US Ambassador to UN
\nUN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim<\/p>\n

Romeo Lucas Garcia, President of Guatemala (by reference)
\nAnastasio Somoza, President of Nicaragua<\/p>\n

British Prime Minister James Callaghan
\nBritish Foreign Secretary David Owen
\nGerman Democratic Republic Foreign Minister, Austin Fischer
\nHungary Deputy Foreign Minister (name unknown)
\nEnrico Berlinguer, leader of Italian Communist Party
\nAdolf Hitler
\nWest German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (by reference)
\nYugoslavia President Josip Broz Tito<\/p>\n

Egypt\u2019s acting Foreign Minister (name unknown)
\nKing Hussein of Jordan
\nHafez al-Assad, President of Syria (by reference)
\nElias Sarkis, President of Lebanon (by reference)
\nIan Smith, Rhodesian Prime Minister
\nSouth African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster (misidentified)<\/p>\n

Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua
\nForeign Minister of Mongolia (name unknown)<\/p>\n

Dr. Vernon Smith, urologist
\nDr. William C. Thomas Jr,, urologist<\/p>\n

California Lieutenant Governor Dymally
\nGeorge Moscone, San Francisco Mayor<\/p>\n

Fred Furth, Temple attorney
\nCharles Garry, Temple attorney
\nMark Lane, Temple attorney
\nHuey Newton, Black Panther Party leader<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Temple members:<\/em>
\nHue Fortson
\nAndy Silver<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nGeraldine Bailey
\nJann Gurvich<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

Summary:<\/strong><\/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 news of 12 October 1978. Among the stories he spends some time with:<\/p>\n

\u2022 President Carter opens peace talks with Egypt and Israel
\n\u2022 King Hussein of Jordan calls for Arab sovereignty over East Jerusalem
\n\u2022 Ceasefire between Lebanon and Syria
\n\u2022 Rhodesian prime minister calls for conference on settlement plan
\n\u2022 South Africa discusses Namibian independence
\n\u2022 General strike in Guatemala
\n\u2022 Eastern bloc nations speak at UN-sponsored council on apartheid
\n\u2022 Neutron weapons criticized at UN general assembly
\n\u2022 US charged with responsibility for Nicaraguan dictatorship
\n\u2022 Libyan economic delegation visits USSR
\n\u2022 Italian Red Brigade assassinates investigators
\n\u2022 US dollar on decline
\n\u2022 Chicago woman must give birth in jail
\n\u2022 Huey Newton acquitted of assault
\n\u2022 US reactionary politics, evidenced in polls about gays and the death penalty<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

As with most of these newscasts, Jones relies upon Soviet, Eastern Bloc and Third World news sources, most of which are predisposed to presenting American interests in an unfavorable light. Reinforcing this slant, Jones adds some of his own editorial comments, most them in a casual, offhand manner. After quoting Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith as telling the National Press Club in Washington that the black liberation movements are not interested in a conference to discuss issues, Jones says, \u201cThis is a lie, of course, but Washington is good at carrying out lies on Voice of America.\u201d Disparaging South Africa\u2019s sincerity in discussing the issue of Namibia\u2019s independence, Jones adds, \u201cThe joke, that is. There is no intention of South Africa to give independence to Namibia.\u201d After reading the headline about the general strike in Guatemala, Jones declares, \u201cAnother one of USA\u2019s dictatorships is about to totter and fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

On several occasions, however, Jones makes larger connections between a news story and a concern or lesson in Jonestown.\u00a0 After presenting the details of the Guatemalan police response to the strike and the number of demonstrators who were wounded, Jones\u00a0 lauds the commitment and sacrifice which the protestors are willing to make. \u201cThat\u2019s the kind of courage that human beings of any worth are made of, and that\u2019s what a socialist should be. Fearless. Fearless of death or anything in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news summary includes two longer pieces. The tape opens with an analysis of the Nation of Islam and its \u201crightward drift\u201d in recent years. The analysis includes a short history of the group, focuses on Malcolm X\u2019s participation \u2013 and defection \u2013 and considers its relationship with the Black Panther Party. Given the critical tone of the piece which Jones reads, it is unclear whether the periodic descriptions of \u201csell-out\u201d or \u201cneo-fascist\u201d come from him or from the article.<\/p>\n

Near the end of the 40-minute tape, Jones reads some health news about ways to avoid kidney stones. It is apparently his first reading of the article \u2013 he expresses surprise about some of what he himself is saying \u2013 but he does seize the opportunities it presents. When the article recommends eating less meat, Jones says, \u201cHere again, we find another medical release that meat is not good for our health.\u201d Even before Peoples Temple migrated to Guyana, Jones spoke about the benefits of a diet less in meat, so this would appear to be a genuine belief he holds rather than a response to criticisms \u2013 both internal and external to Jonestown \u2013 about the lack of meat in the community\u2019s menus.<\/p>\n

The newscast includes periodic announcements, expressions of Jones\u2019 love for the community, and warnings about people who try to get away from Jonestown. \u201cSome who run from this place and are caught, and come back diseased as the last two have. The young man is burning with temperature now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones signs off on several occasions, only to return to the microphone with more announcements or additional news items. The tape ends with Jones offering the community his reason for wanting to ease out longtime Temple attorney Charles Garry and bringing in \u201cworld-renowned author, lecturer, lawyer \u2026 Doctor Mark Lane.\u201d As Jones explains it, he told Garry to put two publications \u2013 New West<\/em> and National Enquirer<\/em> \u2013 on notice about \u201cprint[ing] any lies about us,\u201d but Garry refused to do so. When Jones asked Lane, though, \u201che was humble enough to do what I told him to do, and both periodicals are kissing our rear right now\u2026 That shows you the difference of people who will listen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/8\/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 28, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B69-13. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES reading a political and historical analysis of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Malcom [Malcolm] X, Black Panther Party (BPP) and Student Non\u2011Violent Coordinating Committee (SNEC) [SNCC] followed by the Radio Moscow and Radio Havanna [Havana] News, Diet tips, announcements and work schedule and an announcement that National Enquirer and New West Magazines would not print articles on People\u2019s Temple.<\/p>\n

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

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

Tape originally posted March 2008<\/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 (Side 1, Side 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue: Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201cOct. 12 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28066","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28066","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28066"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66395,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28066\/revisions\/66395"}],"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=28066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}