{"id":28085,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28085"},"modified":"2020-01-02T16:45:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T00:45:35","slug":"216-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28085","title":{"rendered":"Q216 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>Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201c11\/1\/78 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November 1, 1978 (note on tape box verified by tape contents)<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nFrancisco Franco, former leader of Spain
\nReza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nKim Il-sung, President of North Korea
\nJulius Nyerere, president of Tanzania
\nJoshua Robert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front
\nSamora Machel, president of Mozambique
\nMengistu Haile Mariam, president of Ethiopia
\nFidel Castro, leader of Cuba<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nCommander Clarence Price, Guyanese military leader friendly to Jones<\/p>\n

Huey Newton, leader of Black Panther Party
\nJudge Joseph Karnish [phonetic], judge in Newton trial
\nRep. Charles Diggs Jr. (D-Michigan)
\nCharles Diggs Sr. (by reference)
\nJean Stoltz [phonetic], staff member with office of Charles Diggs
\nGeorge Meany, labor leader, head of AFL-CIO<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nMarceline Jones<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news to the Jonestown community. The stories include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cooperation between Guyana\u2019s two main political parties;
\n\u2022 A new education center in Guyana\u2019s northwest district;
\n\u2022 Discovery of ancient musical instruments in China;
\n\u2022 Efforts towards Korean reunification
\n\u2022 \u201cMarxist philosophy and scientific cognition\u201d;
\n\u2022 Fighting between Ugandan and Tanzanian troops;
\n\u2022 Cuban soldiers in Africa;
\n\u2022 Arab Bank loan to Zaire;
\n\u2022 Sanctions against Rhodesia;
\n\u2022 A Chinese leader\u2019s visit to Ethiopia;
\n\u2022 Arab resistance to Camp David peace accords;
\n\u2022 Strikes in Iran;
\n\u2022 The new Spanish constitution;
\n\u2022 \u201cPolitical democracy and class dictatorship\u201d in Austria;
\n\u2022 Strikes against paper mills in the Pacific Northwest
\n\u2022 The sentencing of Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton;
\n\u2022 The trial of Rep. Charles Diggs;
\n\u2022 The unification of peasant political groups in Peru.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

In addition to the international flavor to the news and the issues which are covered, the rhetoric in the newscast demonstrates that Jones is using a Soviet wire service. The item about \u201cpolitical democracy\u201d in Austria, for example, focuses on the ideological struggles facing the chairman of the Communist Party and their impact on \u201cinternational development [and] the growth of the forces of democracy and socialism.\u201d The notation that the Soviet Union surrendered its dominance over Austria after World War II rather than risk nuclear war is perhaps simplistic and one-sided, but its emphasis is definitely Jones\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Temple leader makes other editorial asides as well, such as corporations\u2019 universal\u00a0 disregard for working conditions their employees (\u201cTypical, typical, typical\u201d), although most have been repeated enough that they are familiar to the Jonestown population.<\/p>\n

Jones also uses news items to draw favorable parallels to aspects of Jonestown which have been criticized by outsiders. After reporting on a meeting of scientific and social experts who concluded that \u201cstructure\u201d in community has more benefits than individuals living only for themselves have, he adds, \u201cAnd we tend to agree with that. We have found our structure has eliminated drugs, the use of anything harmful, and has given complete elimination of crime and total peace in our social units. And we certainly agree with that.\u201d Perhaps more mindful of another allegation made against Jonestown, he points out that in North Korea, \u201cchildren eat rice as a staple food, and how healthy they look, and how vigorously happy, enthusiasm on all their faces\u2026 Nothing would warm the heart more than the joy that was in the faces of the Korean people.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with other newscasts from the last months of Jonestown, Jones seems to have trouble reading the words before him, but his difficulty here seems more profound. His speech is slow and slurred, he pauses for lengthy periods of time before pronouncing a single word \u2013 and even then, sometimes mispronouncing it, or slowly sounding it out as though it were in a foreign language \u2013 and for most of the tape, there is little emphasis of a sentence\u2019s key word or thought. There are numerous false starts, there is much repetition of different sentences as though he doesn\u2019t recognize he has just read it, and the effort to perform this simple task periodically makes him pant. The result is, many of the news items \u2013 and his purpose in reading them \u2013\u00a0is unintelligible.<\/p>\n

He recognizes his difficulty on several occasions, or perhaps someone points it out to him. \u201cThey said you\u2019d have to bear with me, because I\u2019ve had very little sleep and I cannot hardly read some of my own notes,\u201d he says early in the newscast. At other times, though, he seems to offer alternate explanations for his own lethargy. \u201cI hope I\u2019m reading slow enough for you to comprehend,\u201d he says midway through the tape. Towards the end, he blames the problem on the equipment: \u201cIf you are having trouble listening to this P.A., please let us know, we\u2019ve have a lot of trouble with it, and it goes on slow speed and high speed, and distorts the voice, so be sure that you mention it to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The broadcast ends when he is called away to speak with someone.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/11\/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 1B70-2. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

A speech by JIM JONES concerning current news events.<\/p>\n

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

Other than the distinction that this is a newscast rather than a \u201cspeech,\u201d 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 (Pt. 1, Pt. 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue: Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201c11\/1\/78 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":84,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28085","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28085","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=28085"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93828,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28085\/revisions\/93828"}],"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=28085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}