{"id":28081,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28081"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:53:45","slug":"210-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28081","title":{"rendered":"Q210 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 <\/strong>Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201c10\/25\/78\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Items consistent with date on tape box. Jones states he is reading \u201cWednesday news\u201d, which was 10\/24\/78, but he may have been confused.<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nPresident Jimmy Carter
\nSecretary of State Cyrus Vance<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nMenachim Begin, Israeli Prime Minister
\nMengistu Haile Mariam, Chairman of Ethiopia\u2019s military administration [by reference]
\nMohamed Siad Barre, President of Somalia
\nGaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, President of Sudan [by reference]
\nJulius Nyerere, President of Tanzania
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in RhodesiaMorarji Desai, Indian Prime MinisterForbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister
\nSunny Ogle [phonetic], Director of cultural events in Guyana
\nJoseph \u201cReds\u201d Perreira, Guyana sports broadcaster<\/p>\n

Viola Liuzzo, slain civil rights worker
\nGary Rowe, FBI informant in car with men who killed Liuzzo
\nCollie Leroy Wilkins, Klansman
\nWilliam Orville Eaton, Klansman
\nEugene Thomas, Klansman
\nWilliam Wilkins Lucas, unknown person connected with Liuzzo murder<\/p>\n

Dr. Walter Carmen, physician published in New England Journal of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temple members not on death or survivors\u2019 lists:<\/em>
\nJessie Garnet
\nDoris Linton (likely erroneous combination of two names)
\nMr. Mueller (only Jonestown resident was female)
\nBoo Parker
\nMarshall Smith<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/em>
\nCrenshaw (either Francine or Eddie)<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nPhyllis Bloom, aka Phyllis Chaikin
\nGene Chaikin-Wagner
\nVernetta Christian
\nJames Ford
\nJohnny Franklin
\nWillie Graham
\nTom Grubbs
\nAnnie Harris
\nOsialee Hilton
\nPaulette Jackson
\nGerald Johnson
\nSamuel Johnson
\nBilly Jones
\nLew Jones
\nNancy Jones
\nStephanie Jones
\nVellersteane Jones
\nFannie Jordan
\nMaria Katsaris
\nLeola King
\nWanda King
\nDoris Lewis
\nTony Linton
\nLove Life Lowe
\nLevatus V. McKinnis
\nRay McKnight
\nRose McKnight
\nJessie McNeal
\nWillie Malone
\nCharles Marshall
\nCallie Mitchell
\nLawanda Mitchell
\nLC Mitchell
\nAnnie Moore
\nLeola Morehead
\nLydia Morgan
\nChris Newell
\nKen Norton
\nBrenda Parks
\nJoan Pursley
\nEstella Railback
\nPat Rhea
\nOrlando Robinson
\nJackie Rochelle
\nAnthony Simon
\nRobert Simon
\nUjara Sly
\nWinnie Smith
\nClevyee Sneed
\nWillie Sneed
\nMartha Souder
\nErnest Thomas
\nWillie Ater Thomas
\nVennie Thompson
\nJoyce Touchette
\nLe Flora Townes
\nCornelius Truss
\nJanet Tupper
\nLillie Victor<\/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<\/em> editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim Jones reads the news. He speaks slowly and deliberately throughout the broadcast, and has difficulty summoning words. At times, his voice slurs into incomprehension. He may be tired, or he may be incapacitated by illness or drugs. The tape recorder periodically picks up the voice of an unknown young woman, who softly reads a few words or a phrase at a time, which Jones then repeats.<\/p>\n

He realizes his difficulty, even if he doesn\u2019t confess it. On the contrary, early in the tape \u2013\u00a0even as the recorder picks up the voice coaching him through a news item \u2013 he says his deliberation is out of respect for some of Jonestown\u2019s residents. \u201cI\u2019m trying to read slower for you that require, you say, not so fast reading.\u2026 I will try to slow down to meet your need.\u201d He repeats the reason later, then adds, \u201cAnd sometimes this machine makes it slower yet.\u201d When the issue comes up a third time, he says it\u2019s hard the radio and simultaneously report it.<\/p>\n

His difficulty also manifests itself in a periodic inability to focus on the news before, as he wanders into reverie. At the end of a news item about the Rhodesian army using arms \u2013 paid for by US taxes \u2013 against the forces of liberation, he offers a brief and familiar editorial comment (\u201cIt makes my blood boil\u201d), then adds, \u201cI didn\u2019t do so great as a child more than I did. I educated a great family here, socialism, and one day we want to get to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the news items Jones covers:<\/p>\n

\u2022 New trials in the case involving slain civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo
\n\u2022 The prospects for Palestinian unity after Camp David
\n\u2022 Unrest in India
\n\u2022 Ethiopian government reforms may include closer ties to USSR
\n\u2022 Somali cabinet members sentenced to death
\n\u2022 The effects of MSG<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

As with other news tape, Jones offers periodic editorial comments. After alleging CIA involvement in a blast that destroyed a shipment of food to India, he says, \u201cBut what\u2019s that matter to people who want to carry on their own ruling class supremacy irrespective of who it hurts? [In] Fact, I imagine most of them laughed over the matter while taking cocktails.\u201d He then adds with more gravity, \u201cBut we shall see the day. We shall see the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other comments show not only Jones\u2019 pro-Communist leanings, but his tilt towards the Soviet state, from which he receives most of his news and outside commentary. A news item on Somalia includes a short critique on Chinese meddling in the struggle, and while Jones praises China\u2019s \u201cbeautiful domestic views of communal living,\u201d he declares with equal assurance, \u201cThey are nothing but half-wits when it comes to foreign policy.\u201d A moment later, he praises the people of Somalia: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing that they were able to get as far as they did\u2026 because US imperialism is right there with their missiles and China with her spies.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the concluding moments of the tape, Jones reads from a list of 160 Jonestown residents who \u201cthink you\u2019re better than others.\u201d They will be disciplined with extra work or classes, because \u201cwe will not tolerate that.\u201d Nevertheless, he suggests there will be lighter punishment if the miscreants appear before him and \u201cconfess now as to why you do it.\u201d As he reads the names, he waives the penalties for some \u2013 some secretaries and some field workers \u2013 but tells the rest, \u201cSome of you people have the best records in the world, but you\u2019ve got a lot of nerve thinking you can step out of a class.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/7\/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 1B69-36. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES reading news items 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 March 2009<\/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 \u201c10\/25\/78\u201d Date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":78,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28081","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=28081"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135559,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28081\/revisions\/135559"}],"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=28081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}