{"id":28097,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28097"},"modified":"2016-02-27T22:19:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T22:19:13","slug":"241-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28097","title":{"rendered":"Q241 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\u00a0Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201cAug 27 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contents of tape consistent with label<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nPresident Jimmy Carter
\nformer President Richard Nixon
\nJohn Kennedy, assassinated US President (by reference)
\nBenjamin Civiletti, deputy attorney general
\nMichael Blumenthal, treasury secretary
\nG. William Miller, Federal Reserve Board chairman
\nSen. Robert Kennedy (D-NY), assassinated presidential candidate (by reference)
\nSen. John Stennis (D-Mississippi)
\nSen. George McGovern (D-South Dakota)
\nAndrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nelson Rockefeller, former governor of New York, U.S. Vice President
\nWilliam Baxley, attorney general of Alabama (by reference)Hua Kuo-fenj, chairman of Chinese Communist Party
\nLeonid Brezhnev, Communist Party General Secretary, USSR
\nVice Admiral Vladimir Sidorov, commander of USSR Baltic fleet
\nGust\u00e1v Hus\u00e1k, leader of Czechoslovakia
\nAlfredo Nobre da Costa, Portugal prime minister (by reference)<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India
\nJomo Kenyatta, president of Kenya<\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel, namesake of Sandinista National Liberation Front (by reference)
\nAnastasio Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua
\nAnastasio Somoza Portocarrero, son of Nicaragua President (by reference)<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nPtolemy Reid, Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana
\nSamuel Day, Guyana housing administrator
\nRichard Butts, Guyanese attorney
\nPeter Britton, Guyanese attorney
\nOdell Adams, Guyanese attorney<\/p>\n

Francis Jay Crawford, International Harvester corporate businessman (by reference)
\nGary Thomas Rowe, FBI informant
\nViola Liuzzo, slain civil rights worker
\nAlger Hiss, Accused spy for the Soviet Union
\nHayward Lucas, reported victim of police brutality in Buffalo<\/p>\n

Malcolm X, black activist with Nation of Islam
\nMartin Luther King, slain civil rights leader
\nJames Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King
\nHuey Newton, leader of Black Panther Party
\nJohnny Larry Spain, member of Black Panther Party
\nPreston Collins, tailor of Huey Newton, allegedly beaten
\nKathleen Smith, prostitute allegedly murdered by Newton
\nKenneth Hall, alleged assault victim of Huey Newton
\nBill Kelsay, Municipal Court judge in Newton trial
\nRobert Heard, Huey Newton bodyguard
\nNathaniel Jackson, inmate who committed suicide at Santa Rita prison
\nAngela Davis, University professor, black activist
\nBelva Davis, San Francisco TV reporter
\nJohn Van De Camp, district attorney of Los Angeles (by reference)<\/p>\n

Don Freed, author and screenwriter
\nMark Lane, Temple attorney
\nJohn V Moore, Methodist superintendent, father of Jonestown residents<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nJim McElvane<\/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 for August 26, 1978.<\/p>\n

As with most of the news tapes from this period, Jones seems to rely upon news wires from the Soviet Union and its allies for his information. The coverage is more international in scope \u2013 and with greater emphasis on liberation struggles \u2013 than most US news sources, and the choice of adjectives in describing various nations of the world shows a pro-Soviet tilt, even if the anti-US rhetoric is considerably reduced as compared to other contemporary tapes.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, there remains some commentary, some of it reiterated several times. After reporting on efforts to indict an FBI informant\/agent for the murder of a Freedom Rider during the 1960s, Jones expresses his \u201cdoubt as to likelihood of conviction in the right wing climate and racist climate of USA in this hour of this day.\u201d After returning to observations about the \u201cright wing mood\u201d within the US two more times, he summarizes what their own reaction to that American mood should be: \u201cWe do have the blood on our hands too, and we can\u2019t wash away the spots, but we can compensate and make up for those years by building a haven, a sanctuary for people who are harassed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another theme \u2013 not unique to this tape by any means \u2013\u00a0is his repeated invocation of the approaching holocaust. He declares \u201cthat China hopes to bring about \u2026 nuclear war,\u201d although this is as much an exaggeration stemming from the Soviet Union\u2019s sense of tension with its Communist neighbor to the east. He describes a model resort city built in the Soviet Union as including \u201cunderground shelters for the potential or likelihood of nuclear holocaust.\u201d He quotes a Soviet scientist as saying \u201che is not sure that the world will be able to avert nuclear disaster, but all steps must be taken by peace-loving people.\u201d There are other references as well.<\/p>\n

Finally, there are object lessons that Jim Jones takes from the news and applies to the people of Jonestown. After reporting that President Carter is vacationing in Idaho \u201cto get away from the humdrum of civilization,\u201d Jones reminds his followers that \u201c[w]hat we have every day is such an experience, to get away from it all, and we should appreciate this wonderful vacation.\u2026 We should constantly<\/em> work to make it possible for others to enjoy this great land of plenty and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with many tapes, there are a couple of longer stories featured here. One is a block of stories highlighting scientific, technical and even architectural innovations within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. A second feature is on \u201cthe new Iraq,\u201d a story which attributes much of its recent success to its warm relations with the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 NAACP protest police brutality in Buffalo
\n\u2022 Alabama seeks indictment of FBI agent in murder of Freedom Marcher
\n\u2022 US sell part of gold reserve; Carter concerned with falling dollar
\n\u2022 Carter vacations in Idaho
\n\u2022 Disgraced President Nixon polls higher than Carter
\n\u2022 DC Statehood initiative faltering
\n\u2022 James Earl Ray charges FBI conspiracy in Martin Luther King assassination
\n\u2022 Soviet leaders meets with Czech counterpart
\n\u2022 USSR criticizes Japan-China treaty
\n\u2022 German Baader-Meinhof gang escapees elude recapture
\n\u2022 Sandinistas take control of parliament building in Nicaragua, demand prisoner release
\n\u2022 Earthquakes damage Costa Rica
\n\u2022 Brazil loses one-third of coffee crop
\n\u2022 Union of South Africa attacks Namibia
\n\u2022 Chinese leader calls for coalition of socialist, Third World and non-aligned nations
\n\u2022 Carter rejects call for intervention in Cambodia
\n\u2022 Huey Newton goes on trial; Black Panther member seeks reduction in sentence
\n\u2022 Alameda County grand jury declares prison facility inadequate
\n\u2022 Guyana condemns US for manipulating sugar market
\n\u2022 Man accused of forging Guyana passport fails to appear for trial
\n\u2022 Guyana government investigates fraud by officials
\n\u2022 Guyana and Cuba lauded as leaders for revolutionary change in Latin America<\/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 1B70-28. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

Twenty-six minutes of news briefings by Reverend JIM JONES.<\/p>\n

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

Other than the fact that the tape is closer to 45 minutes in length, the summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted January 2013<\/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\u00a0Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201cAug 27 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28097","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28097","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=28097"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66421,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28097\/revisions\/66421"}],"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=28097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}