{"id":28071,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28071"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:13:58","slug":"194-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28071","title":{"rendered":"Q194 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<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201c6\/10\/78 News\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nPresident Jimmy Carter
\nCyrus Vance, Secretary of State
\nAdmiral Stansfield Turner, director of CIA<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Sen. Dick Clark (D-Iowa)<\/p>\n

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
\nFerdinand Marcos, president of Philippines<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Erskine, commander of UN peace-keeping forces in Lebanon
\nMobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire
\nIan Smith, prime minister of Rhodesia
\nJohannes Vorster, prime minister of Republic of South Africa<\/p>\n

Huey Newton, leader of Black Panther Party<\/p>\n

Paulette Cooper, author of The Scandal of Scientology
\nGreg Layton, spokesman for Scientology
\nVirgil Roberts, attorney for Cooper
\nPaul D. Rheingold, attorney for Cooper
\nHarry Shorten, publisher of The Scandal of Scientology<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em>
\nTim Stoen
\nWade & Mabel Medlock<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nRichard Tropp<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

This news tape from early June 1978 follows a familiar pattern for the people of Jonestown. There are news bulletins, most of them taken from news feeds from the Soviet Union and European countries (in this case, though, with a notable exception of a longer piece from The Washington Post<\/em>); there are a few announcements and instructions to the community, almost all inspired by a story in the news; and the tape concludes with a longer commentary.<\/p>\n

This day\u2019s lengthiest piece from an unattributed publication looks over the seven-year-old publication history of a book attacking Scientology. The publication led to threats and intimidation against the writer, lawsuits and counter-lawsuits, and numerous other efforts to stop distribution of the work. The article includes commentary, and while some of it is Jones\u2019, other remarks are not so clear, as when he says Scientology is under attack because the church \u201chas revealed how high the Nazi influence goes in the police work of USA, USA Customs, Treasury Department, and the police of the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 praise for Scientology\u2019s response is definitely his own, as he applauds the church\u2019s tactics, and suggests the Temple look into the ideas to see how they can be adopted for their own use. Commenting upon a settlement to one suit that precludes the author from writing more on Scientology, Jones adds, \u201cThat\u2019s what it helps to put people on the goddamn defensive. Let\u2019s think about this, our attorneys and our staff here.\u201d After reporting on the rumor that Scientology went through libraries on the East Coast and removed offending pages from a number of books, Jones applauds the action: \u201cWell, if they did, bless them for trying to cut away the lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones offers comments on the earlier news stories as well, most of them quite well known by the Jonestown residents. After reading the first item on the tape, Jones not only chides China for its anti-Soviet stance on a number of foreign policy issues, but charges that \u201cIt\u2019s been China\u2019s policy for years that nuclear war was going to take place, sooner or later, and it is now evident that China is trying to provoke that nuclear war.\u201d He returns to the subject less than five minutes later, following another story concerning the \u201crenegade\u201d nation: \u201cChina was trying to provoke World War III. A nightmare for our people in the United States, in which the living would envy the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

At another point, following one attack on the capitalist system, Jones reminds the community of how safe everyone is in Jonestown, under socialism, under his protection. \u201c[W]e\u2019re a thousand strong to guarantee you medical care and food resources \u2013 the greatest guarantee we have \u2013 [and] division from within is the only thing that can<\/em> ever hurt us,\u201d he adds, before offering yet another prediction of \u201cnuclear annihilation that would turn all US cities into flaming dust bowls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the news items on the tape:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The USSR and China exchange accusations over a Vietnamese border dispute;
\n\u2022 A former Pakistani prime minister appeals his death sentence;
\n\u2022 The US and Britain express concern over Soviet build-up in Angola;
\n\u2022 Israel reneges on its promise to withdraw from Lebanon;
\n\u2022 Mercenaries from several countries \u2013 including the US and China \u2013 will fight liberation efforts in Zaire
\n\u2022 Ethiopia attacks the breakaway province on Eritrea;
\n\u2022 Prison riots shut down a Spanish prison;
\n\u2022 The US government is building concentration camps<\/a>;
\n\u2022 An accident in West Virginia that claimed 71 workers\u2019 lives is blamed on the lack of safe working conditions, and on the corporations priority of profits over consideration of its workforce.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/14\/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 25, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B69-20. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JAMES JONES\u2019 reading of current events and world-wide news.<\/p>\n

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

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

Tape originally posted May 2012<\/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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201c6\/10\/78 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":63,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28071","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28071","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=28071"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97469,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28071\/revisions\/97469"}],"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=28071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}