{"id":28166,"date":"2013-07-08T17:04:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T17:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28166"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:26:57","slug":"436-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28166","title":{"rendered":"Q436 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 \u201c10\/13\/78 News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong> Jonestown portions of tape consistent with date. Segment of tape from undated Temple service prior to spring 1977.<\/p>\n

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

Peoples Temple members<\/em><\/p>\n

Part 2:<\/strong>
\nIda Mae Clipps (speaks)<\/strong>
\nNevada Harris (speaks)<\/strong>
\nMarceline Jones (speaks)<\/strong>
\nLily\/Lillian Thomas
\nExie (could be Exie Eleby)
\nJulia<\/p>\n

Ann, Sandra, Donna and Cynthia, grandchildren of Nevada Harris
\nBeulah & Johnny, children of Exie
\nHenrietta Pleasant, mother of Ida Mae Clipps<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em><\/p>\n

Part 2:<\/strong>
\nDr. Sonnenfeld (phonetic), doctor to Nevada Harris<\/p>\n

Part 3:<\/strong>
\nForbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana (by reference)<\/p>\n

Part 4:<\/strong>
\nCarlos Andres Perez, President of Venezuela (by reference)<\/p>\n

Part 5:<\/strong>
\nMark Lane, Temple attorney<\/p>\n

Part 6:<\/strong>
\nJimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nOtto Kerner, former Illinois governor, head of National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India
\nKing Hussein of Jordan
\nBoutros Boutros-Ghali, Egypt\u2019s acting foreign minister (by reference)
\nElias Sarkis, President of Lebanon (by reference)
\nHafez Al-Assad, President of Syria (by reference)
\nOlusegun Obasanjo, head of military government of Nigeria
\nHans Apel, West Germany\u2019s defense minister (by reference)<\/p>\n

Juan Bosch, former president of the Dominican Republic (by reference)
\nJoaquin Balaguers, former president of the Dominican Republic
\nFelipo Diaz, activist in Dominican Republic
\nAntonio Guzm\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez, president of the Dominican Republic
\nCarlos Andres Perez, President of Venezuela<\/p>\n

Karl Marx, German economist, father of communism
\nVladimir Ilich Lenin, father of Russian Revolution, first leader of Soviet Union<\/p>\n

Daniel Ellsberg, Defense Department worker who leaked Pentagon Papers
\nJ. Paul Getty, American industrialist
\nHoward Hughes, American billionaire
\nGeorge Meany, president of AFL-CIO<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Temple members not in Jonestown:<\/em><\/p>\n

Part 1:<\/strong>
\nJim Randolph
\nMrs. Pearson<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em><\/p>\n

Part 1:<\/strong>
\nJoe (likely Wilson, could be Beam)<\/p>\n

Part 4:<\/strong>
\nVernetta Christian
\nVincent Lopez
\nCleave Swinney<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Spoken by Marceline Jones) \u201cFor he shall endure until the end and the same shall be saved.\u201d (Matthew 24:13, \u201cBut he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.\u201d)<\/p>\n

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

(This tape was transcribed by Katherine Hill. The<\/em> editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

This tape consists of numerous segments, but they seem to center around two dates: a meeting, a series of announcements and the news of the day around October 13, 1978; and a Temple service in Los Angeles of an unknown date. As was often the case with the tapes in this collection, the people of Jonestown used previously-recorded tape that they no longer considered important.<\/p>\n

In the older tape \u2013 which picks up for a few minutes after the first recorded conversation in Jonestown, and which returns intermittently throughout in brief snatches \u2013 Marceline Jones leads a Temple service in Los Angeles. Following the path of her husband, Marceline discloses personal information about several parishioners to prove that she speaks with the authority and spirit of Jim Jones, and offers prayer cloths to prevent heart attacks and dangerous accidents. After revealing that one older woman owns a green pantsuit, Marceline warns the woman not to wear it again until after a certain date to preclude a tragedy that would otherwise occur. Marceline also joins an unknown man in singing the hymn \u201cJust a Closer Walk with Thee,\u201d but they change the words of \u201cGod\u201d and \u201cJesus\u201d to \u201cFather,\u201d i.e., Jim Jones.<\/p>\n

The balance of the tape was recorded in mid-October, 1978.<\/p>\n

In Part 1, in a short conversation before a crowd of unknown size in Jonestown, Jim Jones confronts a young man who has apparently made a half-hearted attempt at suicide, and warns him about the generational consequences of such an act. \u201cWhen you commit suicide, you\u2019re in the worst<\/em> kind of hell you ever were in\u2026\u201d he warns. \u201cIt don\u2019t stop in no damn casket.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parts 3-5 consist of a series of announcements and warnings, most focusing on the problem caused by recent attempts to run away from Jonestown. Jones describes what awaits people who slip into the jungle \u2013 tigers, snakes, insects, and of course, the jungle itself \u2013 then adds that if they make it through to civilization, they are still not in the clear. The Jonestown leadership has made arrangements with the local police, the Guyana Defense Force, and even the U.S. Embassy to return anyone from Jonestown whom they find.<\/p>\n

Jones is perplexed why anyone would want to return to the US \u2013 which he refers to as Babylon \u2013 but says he will grant passage to anyone who wishes to go home. The caveat is that they have to wait until everyone in the States who wishes to emigrate to Jonestown has arrived.<\/p>\n

Jones also announces the events of the evening, which will consist of a review of the news, a Russian lesson, and a movie. It isn\u2019t mandatory that the people watch Sounder<\/em>, but he says he will ask questions about it in the future.<\/p>\n

Part 6 takes up the entire second half of the tape. Jones begins by reading a long news analysis about the resurgence of racism in US education, as reflected in increasingly racially-segregated schools and growing disparities in funding between white and minority schools. The article then offers other proof of the \u201cde facto<\/em> apartheid\u201d in the United States, including the substandard housing and rising crime in American ghettos. This leads into a discussion of labor and class struggle. The source of the article is unknown, but its rhetoric suggests that it came from a Soviet-bloc wire service or magazine, rather than from either Jones or his staff.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Jones reads the news of the day. Among the items:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The \u201csellout\u201d agreement at Camp David and reaction to it in the Arab world
\n\u2022 The crisis in Lebanon, including the destruction of Beirut
\n\u2022 The new government in the Dominican Republic follows through on amnesty laws
\n\u2022 Students take over a university in Ensenada, Mexico
\n\u2022 Students demand rights in Thailand
\n\u2022 Political prisoners go on hunger strikes in Paraguay
\n\u2022 The Nigerian military government honors its promise to return to civilian rule
\n\u2022 NATO war games kill 1300 civilians in Western Europe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the end of the reading, Jones asks his followers to do their best, to work harder and become more productive, a request which has grown quite familiar by then. He reminds people of the suggestion box he has put out for ways to improve the community, but warns that it isn\u2019t to be used for gossip or mouthing off about petty complaints or slights. That admonition doesn\u2019t apply to more dangerous dissent, however. \u201cIf you hear something that is undermining, you should immediately bring that to my attention. If someone is overheard talking against the community rules or against the Office, that should be \u2013 and must<\/em> be \u2013 reported immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

As is the case with most of these newscasts, Jones includes periodic commentary and editorial asides. Some \u2013 especially those related to the lessons the item has for Jonestown, and those given in a conversational, rather than a newscaster\u2019s tone \u2013 seem spontaneous and from Jones himself. After describing a military junta in Thailand, for example, Jones remarks that both fascists and capitalists fight among themselves, and adds, \u201cThat\u2019s why I don\u2019t see why everyone doesn\u2019t know the reality of socialism, because only socialism teaches you concern for one another and to help<\/em> one another and to care. You say, well, a lot of folks here don\u2019t care. I\u2019ve seen plenty that care. I see people share things with other people, share clothing, share food, lots of things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other commentary may be in the copy itself, such as the frequent use of rhetoric about the \u201cmonopoly capitalism\u201d and \u201cfascist imperialism\u201d of Western powers and the \u201cavant garde\u201d personified by the Soviet Union. The other observations \u2013 like the descriptions of American students as apathetic and unconcerned about their rights \u2013 are of unknown origin.<\/p>\n

The specter of nuclear war is one which Jones himself raises twice near the end of the tape. The size of the NATO war games \u2013 described in his final news item \u2013 reflects the danger of imminent nuclear war. Then, as he signs off for the day, he reminds his people that they need to liberate everyone they can from the States because otherwise, \u201cthey\u2019re doomed to nuclear annihilation,\u201d since there\u2019s no chance of survival in a country that will look \u201clike a wasteland and a desert from East Coast to the West Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/25\/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 6, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B100-40. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES reading news and announcements superimposed over MARCELINE JONES conducting a women\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n

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

Marceline Jones was leading a Temple service in the absence of her husband, Jim Jones, who was likely leading a service in another Temple location. Other than that, the summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted July 2011<\/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 \u201c10\/13\/78 News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28166","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=28166"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66493,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28166\/revisions\/66493"}],"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=28166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}