{"id":28077,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28077"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:12:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:12:20","slug":"200-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28077","title":{"rendered":"Q200 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 \u201c6-18-78 News\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nFranklin D. Roosevelt, former U.S. President
\nRep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa)
\nRonald Reagan, former governor of California<\/div>\n

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Kurt Waldheim, U.N. Secretary General<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany
\nBenito Mussolini, Fascist dictator of Italy
\nJuan Carlos I, King of Spain (by reference)
\nGeneralissimo Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain
\nNicolae Ceausescu, President of Romania<\/p>\n

Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nMobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire
\nFelix Malloum, President of Chad
\nModibo Ke\u00efta, former President of Mali<\/p>\n

Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
\nOmar Torrijos, Brigadier General, Panama Supreme Leader
\nArnulfo Arias, former Panamanian President
\nXavier Gorostiaga, Panamanian economist
\nSantiago Carrillo, author, general secretary of the Spanish Communist Party<\/p>\n

Barbara Walters, television news anchor
\nWoody Allen, film director
\nSeymour Millstein, president of United Fruit Company<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em>
\nDebbie Blakey (by reference)<\/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

Jim Jones reads the news of the day for June 18, 1978.<\/p>\n

Many of the sources for this tape \u2013 as for most of the news tapes \u2013 are either Soviet or Soviet-leaning. The United States and its allies are described as fascist, imperialist, and\/or monopoly capitalist. The Communist states which do not adhere to Moscow\u2019s line are described as apostate or renegade. The foreign policy of China, for example, a nation which the USSR distrusted as much as it did the West during the late 1970s, is\u00a0 characterized at \u201cchauvinism in its foreign policy to the point of renegade running with the imperialist and outright lackey of US imperialism and the Trilateral multinationals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the editorial commentary comes from the news sources themselves. Some undoubtedly come from Jones himself, as when he departs from a text about African famine \u2013 and the USSR\u2019s highly-criticized contribution to help alleviate it \u2013 to remark, \u201cImagine USA imperialism even being threatened by the fact that the Soviets are trying to meet the 457,000 tons of relief grains, essential to keep the people alive for the next few months.\u201d A moment later \u2013 while still reading the feature story about the effects of the African famine \u2013 Jones voices a familiar observation: \u201cWho could believe that there\u2019s a loving God, when babies die like this, like flies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other comments are not so clear in their origin. An item about President Carter\u2019s speech to Latin American leaders includes a possible motivation for its muted tone. Speaking as in Carter\u2019s voice, Jones says, \u201cI\u2019m in enough trouble trying to protect the interest of the exploiters, imperialist multinational corporations in the USA sucking the blood of Africans, so I would sort of like to placate South America and not get embroiled in any disputes.\u201d While expressing Jones\u2019 views, this is read quickly enough and in a tone that suggests it could come from the news source itself.<\/p>\n

Many news tapes include a feature-length magazine article focusing on a single subject with a Marxist-Leninist theme. This tape has two: the story of the African drought is part of a history of the Sahel of northern Africa, with special emphasis on the political and economic implications for the droughts which have plagued the region in recent years; and the aftermath of the signing of the Panama Canal treaties, again with special emphasis on the corporate and political implication for the Central American country.<\/p>\n

Other stories include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fidel Castro charges CIA interference in Cuba and Africa;
\n\u2022 A major military offensive looms in Zaire;
\n\u2022 The US presses Israel to make concessions to Egypt;
\n\u2022 China welcomes Spanish royalty;
\n\u2022 Tax revolt in the US leads to scuttling of several water projects;
\n\u2022 Portugal bans the neutron bomb;
\n\u2022 South African police disperse protestor;
\n\u2022 West German policy attack anti-Nazi demonstrators;
\n\u2022 Soviet cosmonauts establish a space platform.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The tape ends with a short review of a book on Eurocommunism, a concept which Jones often derides as revisionist.<\/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 26, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B69-26. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES reading the Radio Moscow and Radio Havanna [Havana] News and announcements.<\/p>\n

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

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

Tape originally posted June 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 \u201c6-18-78 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":69,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28077","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=28077"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97465,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28077\/revisions\/97465"}],"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=28077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}