{"id":28124,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28124"},"modified":"2020-12-30T17:38:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T01:38:18","slug":"314-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28124","title":{"rendered":"Q314 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>. To listen to MP3, click here<\/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\/13\/78 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November 13, 1978 (specified)<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nAdolf Hitler
\nAlfred Hugenberg, German political figure of 1930s and 40s
\nGeorge Bernard, German newspaper editor in 1930s
\nHeinz Paul [phonetic], German political candidate in 1930s<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nJulius Nyerere, President of Tanzania
\nKenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nHafez Assad, President of Syria
\nHassan al-Bakr, President of Iraq
\nGolda Meir, Israeli leader
\nYitzhak Rabin, Israeli leader
\nSaad Haddad, Lebanese officer
\nSami Chidiak, Lebanese officer<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India
\nJawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India<\/p>\n

Anastasio Somoza, President of Nicaragua
\nAugusto Pinochet, President of Chile<\/p>\n

U.S. President Jimmy Carter
\nformer U.S. President John K. Kennedy
\nSen. James Abourezk (D-South Dakota)
\nRep. Leo Ryan (D-California)
\nRep. Robert Carr (D-Michigan)
\nRep. Thomas Harkin (D-Iowa)<\/p>\n

Rev. Ralph Abernathy, president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference
\nArchbishop John Quinn of San Francisco
\nMark Lane, author and Temple attorney<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em>
\nRep. Leo Ryan (D-California)<\/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 one of 53 tapes initially withheld from disclosure.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Four days before the arrival of Rep. Leo Ryan \u2013 and five days before the deaths in Jonestown \u2013 Jim Jones reads the news to the Jonestown community.<\/p>\n

He begins with an account of an incident in Weimar Germany, when members of the fledgling Nazi Party threatened and then beat an opponent. For people who think it couldn\u2019t happen in America, he adds, consider what is going on in Westchester County, New York, \u201cwhere race riots are now taking place.\u201d He says he himself would have resisted the attack, but described himself as \u201can eccentric \u2026 with a warped mind\u201d to put himself in that position. The account includes a few of his own editorial comments, like adding \u201cnigger\u201d to the list of people whom the Nazis considered enemies of the state. He also repeats the warning that \u201cpeople fail to see what history is, and those as we say so often who do not study history are doomed to repeat it,\u201d and concludes the reading with the comment, \u201cWhen will we ever learn?\u201d<\/p>\n

The stories about news of the current day include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aftermath of the Camp David peace agreement;
\n\u2022 Protests, demonstrations and riots against governments in Iran, Ireland, Spain and Peru;
\n\u2022 Tensions between the African nations of Uganda and Tanzania;
\n\u2022 Indira Gandhi\u2019s trip to London;
\n\u2022 Malaya\u2019s refusal to grant asylum to Vietnamese refugees;
\n\u2022 Expulsion of a US-Arab student from Israel;
\n\u2022 Sedition trials in South Africa;
\n\u2022 Courts martial in Lebanon; and
\n\u2022 Meetings between Iraqi and Syrian leaders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Temple leader makes numerous editorial comments throughout the reading, although most have been repeated enough that they are familiar to the Jonestown population. He refers to Israel several times as \u201cZionist\u201d and wonders why the people of Israel \u2013 who now occupy Palestinian territories \u2013 \u201cdid not learn from their own pain in Germany.\u201d When he describes the unrest fomented in the world by the CIA, he notes that the agency is supported by \u201cour tax dollars.\u201d And, after one dismal news story, he adds, \u201cThis is the condition of the world we live in this day.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are two references to the impending visit of the congressional party headed by Leo Ryan. Early in the broadcast, Jones tells the Jonestown community that \u201c[t]heir forces are not as large as first estimated,\u201d but continues to insist that \u201cwe have the right to use all reasonable force to keep anyone out of our premises that we do not wish here.\u201d At the end of the tape, he describes Ryan \u2013 as he has before \u2013 as a supporter of the Pinochet regime in Chile, then offers the \u201cgood news\u201d that the Soviet Union has promised to \u201cmake Jonestown an international issue, if this congressman comes in against our will.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newscast ends, as most of them do, with a plea to stand true to socialism, and a call for sacrifice. His final words of the night are also typical: \u201cI love you very, very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/13\/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 June 1, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B93-56. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

News and commentary, November 13, 1978, by JIM JONES. During JONES\u2019s commentary, he states, \u201cThere is no news upon the arrival of those who threaten our community. Their forces are not as large as first estimated. We are assured that we have the right to use reasonable force to keep anyone off our premises that we do not wish here.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the news and commentary, JONES states, \u201cStand true to socialism, it requires much sacrifice. I am preparing to make great sacrifice. I know what it requires.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, there are portions of the tape which have inaudible voices.<\/p>\n

It is noted that JONES mentions that Russia will make an issue out of RYAN\u2019s visit to Jonestown should the visit be against the will of Jonestown.<\/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 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. To listen to MP3, click here. To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue: Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201c11\/13\/78 News\u201d Date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28124","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=28124"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108223,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28124\/revisions\/108223"}],"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=28124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}