{"id":28073,"date":"2013-07-25T04:54:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28073"},"modified":"2020-05-02T10:19:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:19:31","slug":"197-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28073","title":{"rendered":"Q197 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>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/b>Labeled in part \u201c5\/31\/78 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tape contents consistent with identification note<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:
\nPart 1<\/b>
\nVladimir Ilich Lenin, father of Russian Revolution (by reference) (also Parts 2, 3)
\nKarl Marx, German economist, father of communism (by reference) (also Parts 2, 3)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Aldo Moro, former prime minister of Italy (also Parts 4, 5)<\/p>\n

Martin Luther King<\/p>\n

Part 2<\/b>
\nJimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nZbigniew Brzezinski, Carter\u2019s national security advisor<\/p>\n

Sangoul\u00e9 Lamizana, President of Upper Volta
\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia (also Part 4)
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia (also Part 4)
\nMobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia<\/p>\n

Suharto, President of Indonesia (also Part 4)
\nSukarno, Suharto\u2019s predecessor<\/p>\n

John Graham, \u201cRhodesian expert\u201d
\nStephen Low, US Ambassador to Zambia<\/p>\n

Part 3<\/b>
\nNelson Rockefeller, former governor of New York, U.S. Vice President
\nRep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.)
\nNikita Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union<\/p>\n

Ptolemy Reid, Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana<\/p>\n

Huey Newton, leader of Black Panthers
\nGary Tyler, 16-year-old charged with murder<\/p>\n

Part 4<\/b>
\nWalter Mondale, U.S. Vice President
\nGeorge Moscone, San Francisco Mayor (by reference)<\/p>\n

Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain
\nReza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nMohammad Mosaddegh, former premier of Iran (by reference)<\/p>\n

Bishop Abel Muzorewa, leader of Zimbabwe independence
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
\nJohannes Vorster, prime minister of Republic of South Africa<\/p>\n

Hua Kuo-feng, Chairman of Chinese Communist Party
\nPark Chung Hee, President of South Korea (by reference)
\nFerdinand Marcos, president of Philippines<\/p>\n

Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
\nJean-Claude \u201cBaby Doc\u201d Duvalier, president of Haiti
\nForbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana<\/p>\n

Orlando Letelier, assassinated Chilean ambassador to US
\nRonni Moffitt, woman killed with Letelier
\nMichael Moffitt, husband of Ronni, injured in attack (by reference)
\nMichael Townley, assassin of Orlando Letelier (by reference)
\nArmando Fernandez Larios, assassin of Orlando Letelier (by reference)
\nGeorge W. Landau, U.S. Ambassador to Chile (by reference)<\/p>\n

Elaine Brown, former leader of Black Panthers<\/p>\n

Part 5<\/b>
\nHenry Kissinger, Secretary of State<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler
\nBenito Mussolini, fascist leader of Italy<\/p>\n

Anastasio Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (by reference)
\nSalvador Allende, President of Chile, deposed in 1973 coup Augusto Pinochet, military ruler of Chile
\nGuermo Yuan [phonetic], Chilean youth leader<\/p>\n

General Pedro Aramburu, assassinated president of Argentina
\nJuan Peron, deposed president of Argentina<\/p>\n

Frank Rizzo, mayor of Philadelphia
\nL\u00e9on Damas, founder of Negritude black literary culture movement<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/i>
\nPart 4<\/b>
\nRoss Case
\nMarion \u201cWhitey\u201d Freestone
\nTimothy O. Stoen
\nRosemary Williams<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/i>
\nPart 3<\/b>
\nAnita (several in Jonestown)
\nComrade Parks (either Jerry or Dale) (speaks)<\/b>
\nRita (likely either Rita Tupper or Rita Cordell) (speaks)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/i>
\nPart 1<\/b>
\nRichard Tropp<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Part 3<\/b>
\nPaula Adams
\nMartin Amos (speaks)<\/b>
\nDavid Chaikin (speaks)<\/b>
\nPat Grunnett
\nOllie Harrington (speaks)<\/b>
\nLerna Jones (speaks)<\/b>
\nChristine Miller (speaks)<\/b>
\nLucy Miller (speaks)<\/b>
\nAnnie Mitchell (speaks)<\/b>
\nL.C. Mitchell (speaks)<\/b><\/p>\n

Part 4<\/b>
\nMarceline Jones (by reference)
\nNawab Lawrence<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/b> \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

This tape consists of five separate parts, mostly likely recorded within a couple of days of each other. Four sections (Parts 1, 2, 4 and 5) consist of Jim Jones reading the news and a political commentary from an unknown source. A fifth section \u2013 Part 3 \u2013 is a relatively short segment of a meeting of the Jonestown community in which Jones quizzes a half dozen people on the news. The final two parts include instructions to the community in addition to the news summaries and capsules.<\/p>\n

Jones announces there will be movies that night, and while he denounces Hollywood films as \u201cpropaganda,\u201d at least as far as pursuing the ends of the revolution, he says he will allow them, as long as someone is there to interpret them. He extends the same criticism to the music that people want to listen to, calling it \u201cdecadent\u201d and \u201cdiversionary,\u201d then adds, \u201cI try<\/i> to be understanding, but we are in a turmoil, we are in the defense<\/i> of our revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

His anxiety \u2013 over both the revisionism in the Euro-Communist article and the popular entertainment which Jonestown residents seek \u2013 is that he has learned that \u201cthat mercenary operations might take place in our area.\u201d For that reason, people must remain alert\u00a0 and ready to fight.<\/p>\n

The section end with Jones\u2019 declaration of love for the people of Jonestown and several reminders of how he shows it: \u201cI show it in my judgment, my compassion, my mercy as I give resolutions to people\u2019s problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in the tape, at the end of Part 4, Jones reminds the community that \u201c[g]uests are coming today.\u201d While Jones has warned his followers on other occasions that arriving visitors may include spies, mercenaries, and infiltrators from the enemy camp, he does not do so here. But he does urge people to take precautions. Teachers are to warn their students about \u201c[n]o talking of killing capitalists or killing anyone.\u201d Further, as everyone prepares their quarters for Guyana government works to spray for mosquitoes, Jones asks them to be sure that \u201cno revolutionary material [is] laying around or anything else that could cause embarrassment.\u201d It is a word that Jones does not often use in describing his beliefs.<\/p>\n

Part 5 begins with a request that everyone who met with the visitors to report to the radio room. Even in the context of the tape, it is uncertain whether Jones is upset or pleased with what happened. He begins the section by saying the guests were \u201cimpressed with the facilities,\u201d and before turning to the news, comments that \u201cWe want to properly reward and designate those who were\u201d in the pavilion. In between the two praises, though, he says, \u201cIf you do not report in to the radio room, we will assume that you were responsible for the display,\u201d and adds \u201cWe will of course know from each other those who [you] were.\u201d<\/p>\n

The balance of the tape consists of news. Among the subjects covered:<\/p>\n

\n

\u2022 US aid to Rhodesia
\n\u2022 The election in Upper Volta
\n\u2022 The overwhelming vote in Zaire for Mobutu, which Jones describes as \u201cthe most ridiculous lie anybody ever heard in their life\u201d
\n\u2022 The Carter Administration claim of Soviet responsibility for African internationalism
\n\u2022 Vice President Mondale demonstrating support for dictatorships
\n\u2022 The potential for negotiations between the European Common Market at its counterpart, Comecon, in the Soviet orbit
\n\u2022 An Indonesian province in rebellion
\n\u2022 Demonstrations in Spain by Basque liberationists
\n\u2022 The extent of France\u2019s involvement with the repressive regime in Haiti
\n\u2022 Increasing pressure for fuller investigations of the Orlando Letelier murder
\n\u2022 The Shah of Iran\u2019s attempt to downplay reports of violent suppression of dissent<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

The final part also includes a long discussion of the rise of neo-Fascism, especially in Europe but with its manifestations in the US as well.<\/p>\n

FBI Summary:<\/b><\/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 26, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B69-22. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES with news and commentary followed by announcements. JONES makes the statement, \u201cWe are armed,\u201d we believe in armed defense and resistance\u201d, \u201cwe ask comrade STEVEN and others to form their guerilla activist group in guerilla training and strategy \u2026 we should learn all phases of guerilla training and discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is followed by a question and answer session on the news followed by more announcements in which JONESS states, \u201cTeachers, tell your kids not to speak of killing capitalists.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

Tape originally posted June 2010<\/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 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201c5\/31\/78 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":65,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28073","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28073","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=28073"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97708,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28073\/revisions\/97708"}],"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=28073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

In Part 1, Jones reads an article by an unnamed French communist whom Jones denounces in several editorial asides as a revisionist. \u201cI\u2019m afraid I am not in sympathy with the Euro-communist view of the French. I find them sickeningly apologetic, sickeningly cowardly,\u201d he says, then adds that he wants to presents all points of view on political theory. He invites others to do the same \u2013 to feel free to engage in honest and open debate \u2013 but cautions them to know what they\u2019re talking about.\u00a0 This opening segment of tape is likely a continuation of Tape 414<\/a>, which concludes with several minutes of Jones reading from \u2013 and commenting upon \u2013 an unknown \u201cFrench communist revisionist.\u201d<\/p>\n