{"id":28091,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28091"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:14:58","slug":"231-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28091","title":{"rendered":"Q231 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\/6\/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>
\nU.S. President Jimmy Carter
\nFormer President Richard Nixon
\nFormer President John F. Kennedy
\nFormer President Dwight D. Eisenhower
\nAdm. Stansfield Turner, head of CIA<\/div>\n

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Sen. John Stennis (D-Mississippi)
\nRep. Charles Diggs, founder of the Congressional Black CaucusAldo Moro, former prime minister of Italy
\nReza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nMobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire
\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia<\/p>\n

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

California Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally<\/p>\n

Karl Marx, German economist
\nCharles Dickens, English novelist
\nArt Young, American cartoonist and writer
\nWoody Guthrie, American songwriter
\nSteven Spielberg, film director
\nCyril M. Kornbluth, science fiction writer
\nFrederick Pohl, science fiction writer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

Temple members not in Jonestown\/ not on survivors\u2019 or death lists:<\/em>
\nChris Lewis
\nJonestown residents:<\/em>
\nTom Grubbs
\nChristine Lucientes
\nKay Nelson
\nCleyvee Sneed<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

This news tape from early June includes the reading of two lengthy articles constituting the second half of the tape.<\/p>\n

The first article is a critique of a Maoist embrace of the figure of Jesus Christ as a revolutionary figure, a critique that Jones not only applauds but expounds upon on several occasions, to the point that it is difficult at times to know if the Temple leader is the reader or commentator. The theme of the piece \u2013 \u201cThe Christian gospel of brotherhood became the foundation for the ideology of class collaboration, and dissatisfaction with the realities of life was assuaged with the promise of a more rewarding hereafter\u201d \u2013 is likely from the writer, and the rejection of the term \u201cLord\u201d to describe \u201cGod\u201d is likely Jones\u2019, but the correction of Maoists could be either.<\/p>\n

The second commentary from an unidentified periodical \u2013 which could be the same source as the first commentary \u2013\u00a0is a more fundamental attack on astrology, superstition, religion, and all other pseudo-sciences as diversionary from the class struggle. Science fiction in particular \u201cserves to promote the political values and social urgencies of monopoly capitalism. That it does so frequently in the guise of pure entertainment or sheer speculation on what the future might bring\u2026 merely makes it more difficult to spot at times. \u201c<\/p>\n

Using the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/em> as a point of departure, the article points out how the seeming-fantasy reinforces class-, intellectual-, sexual-, and Western-oriented biases, yet the description of the movie as an \u201copiate to divert the people\u2019s attention from working-class problems in USA and imperialist expansion of US monopoly capitalism in such places as Africa\u201d is undoubtedly Jones\u2019.<\/p>\n

Still, Jones can\u2019t escape his previous representations as having paranormal power. Right after saying \u2013 or reading \u2013 \u201cLet us get out of our minds all<\/em> references to stars, religion, superstition, signs and symbols,\u201d he adds,\u00a0 \u201cI<\/em> am a scientific socialist. I do have an extra dimension of materialism in my mind that enables me to heal, to protect.\u201d He then seems to take responsibility for an earthquake in Los Angeles the previous day, saying that he had to get some of their enemies in that area\u00a0 \u201cto think.\u201d Later, almost as an aside, he reminds people that he is a \u201crepresentative\u201d of an extraterrestrial intelligence.<\/p>\n

There are several announcements scattered through the tape, mostly in the forms of exhortations to work harder, not to waste anything, to come up with more ways to earn money. Using almost identical language twice \u2013 and on other tapes as well \u2013 he says, \u201cif we don\u2019t<\/em> do these things, if we don\u2019t<\/em> work \u2026 we are killing<\/em> someone, literally killing<\/em> someone that could get to freedom, \u2018cause every time you waste, you\u2019re cutting off somebody\u2019s chances to be free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although not voiced as often as his pleas for stepped-up production, or his encouragement for people to stay on top of the news, Jones does urge people who are frustrated or confused or upset with something going on in the community to bring the concerns directly to him. He hates the back-biting and the criticism for criticism\u2019s sake \u2013 just as he dismisses \u201csoft-soaping false praises\u201d as inconsequential \u2013 \u201cbut direct<\/em> criticism helps us grow, and we\u2019re glad to receive it at any time\u2026 We will be alerted to be able to defend ourselves against our enemy by those who criticize constructively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the news bulletins of the day:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chinese forces amass on the Vietnamese border
\n\u2022 Chinese advisers, Moroccan troops bring mischief to in Zaire; CIA alleges Cuban involvement
\n\u2022 Zimbabwean liberation leaders dismiss Soviet threats to continent, appeal to West to leave Africa alone
\n\u2022 Guyana accuses the CIA of meddling in the Caribbean
\n\u2022 US black magazine says 50% of black leaders in US under criminal investigation
\n\u2022 Leaders of Red Brigade in Italy arrested for execution of Aldo Moro<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/27\/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 29, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B70-16. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

News and commentary by JIM JONES. The news included topics such as:<\/p>\n

1. China\/Viet Nam Border Conflict
\n2. CIA
\n3. Shah of Iran
\n4. FBI illegal activities
\n5. Guyana
\n6. Zaire<\/p>\n

It was noted JONES stated that he had \u201cClose Insights with Red Brigade Activities\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 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\/6\/78 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":98,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28091","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28091","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=28091"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97471,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28091\/revisions\/97471"}],"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=28091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}