{"id":28167,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28167"},"modified":"2016-03-02T01:36:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T01:36:36","slug":"437-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28167","title":{"rendered":"Q437 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 \u201cBack Africa\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Likely late August 1978 (refers to recent\u00a0 election of Dominican Republic leader after August 16, 1978 election)<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nPresident Jimmy Carter
\nHenry Kissinger, National Security Adviser<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler, German Fuhrer
\nSiegfried Buback, German attorney general murdered by Baader-Meinhof group (by reference)
\nHelmut Schmidt, Chancellor\u00a0 of West Germany (by reference)
\nLord David Owen, British Foreign Minister<\/p>\n

Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nColonel Muammar Gaddafi, leader of Libya
\nOlusegun Obasanjo, leader of Nigeria
\nKenneth David Kaunda, Zambian president
\nBrian Bunting, South African journalist and activist\u00a0 (quoted)<\/p>\n

Ernesto Geisel, military leader, President of Brazil (by reference)
\nFidel Castro, leader of Cuba<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister
\nHamilton Green, Guyana Minister of Health and Labor
\nVibert Mingo, Guyana of Home Affairs
\nPtolemy Reid, Guyana Deputy Prime Minister<\/p>\n

Part II:<\/strong>
\nPresident Jimmy Carter
\nCyrus Vance, Secretary of State<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler, German Fuhrer
\nVladimir Ilich Lenin, father of Russian Revolution
\nMargaret Thatcher, leader of Conservative Party in Great Britain
\nManea M?nescu, Prime Minister of Romania
\nAndrei Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister
\nMobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia
\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia<\/p>\n

Andreas Bernd Baader, leader of Baader-Meinhof group (by reference)
\nUlrike Marie Meinhof, leader of Baader-Meinhof group (by reference)
\nKurt Meyer, member of Baader-Meinhof group
\nSiegfried Buback, German attorney general murdered by Baader-Meinhof group (by reference)<\/p>\n

Antonio Guzman, president of Dominican Republic
\nForbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister<\/p>\n

Mao Tse-Tung, leader of People\u2019s Republic of China
\nFerdinand Marcos, president of the Philippines
\nImelda Marcos, wife of Ferdinand Marcos<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nPart I:<\/strong>
\nChristine Lucientes
\nKay Nelson
\nClevyee Sneed<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0None<\/p>\n

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

(Note<\/strong>: This tape was transcribed by Kristian Klippenstein. The editors gratefully acknowledge his invaluable assistance.)<\/i><\/p>\n

Jim Jones reads the news of the day in this undated tape; the date is likely from late August 1978. There are two parts to the tape, but in context, the second half was undoubtedly recorded later the same day.<\/p>\n

As with most news tapes, the sources tend to be from Soviet or Eastern bloc news wires, with periodic references to the Voice of America. The news items tend to be more international in scope, and cover many more of the liberation and independence movements which were prevalent in the world during that period. Moreover, whenever the home country of the USA is mentioned, it is always put in a negative context.<\/p>\n

There is editorial commentary throughout. Some of it is undoubtedly from the news sources themselves, but much of it comes from Jones. The United States is always capitalist and imperialist, its allies are always lackeys \u2013 an epithet which extends to any nation critical of Soviet policy \u2013 the motives of the west are always based in fascism and the motives of insurgents against existing governments are always fueled by desires for liberation and carried out with bravery and heroism.<\/p>\n

Oftentimes it is hard to tell what the source of the editorial commentary is, although sometimes it is obviously from Jones. When noting the US had broken its pledge of \u201ceternal unity and solidarity\u201d in protecting Taiwan, for example, he notes that \u201cthe word of a capitalist does not matter. Capitalists would sacrifice their own mother or children to save their own ass in the finality.\u201d<\/p>\n

So too is the reference to thermonuclear war, which pervades most of Jones\u2019 discourse throughout the Jonestown period. Nigeria may institute boycotts against Western products and \u2013 more importantly \u2013 cut off exports to the West, with disastrous consequences.\u00a0 \u201cUSA is even willing to go to a thermonuclear war, because they cannot survive without bleeding and sucking the rich ore mineral deposits from all of Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

The centerpiece of the tape \u2013 as with other news tapes \u2013 is a longer, more analytical piece, this one entitled\u00a0 \u201cBlack Africa in the Balance,\u201d which appeared in a leftist publication based in London. While it discusses several contemporary events in Africa, its point, as Jones reiterates more than once, is that \u201c[US President Jimmy] came to Africa to strike a claim \u2026 for the right to influence developments on the continent comparable to that exercised by the former colonial masters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the news items:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Members of the Baader-Meinhof group in Germany are sprung from prison in a daring jailbreak;
\n\u2022 The Red Brigade in Italy \u2013 a sister organization \u2013 remains active;
\n\u2022 The Japanese Red Army paralyzes the train system;
\n\u2022 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat suppresses dissent as he exercise his new dictatorial powers;
\n\u2022 Egypt foments war fever against Libya;
\n\u2022 Katangan rebels continue fighting in Zaire;
\n\u2022 South Africa may release a moderate black newspaper publisher;
\n\u2022 Ugandans kill an Israeli general;
\n\u2022 Congress may appropriate funds for Carter to spend on weapons in West Africa;
\n\u2022 China asks Vietnam to negotiate on the rights of Chinese citizens in that country;
\n\u2022 The new government of the Dominican Republic insists that military officers be removed from positions of political power and influence;
\n\u2022 Peru and Chile both experience internal turmoil;
\n\u2022 Sweden praises Soviet disarmament efforts;
\n\u2022 Elections are called off in the Philippines;
\n\u2022 Scotland demands independence from Britain;
\n\u2022 The Liberal and Labor parties go their separate ways in England, leaving the door open for Tory rule;
\n\u2022 The NAACP targets 146 congressmen for defeat in the upcoming election;
\n\u2022 The US refuses to sign the genocide treaty at the UN;
\n\u2022 The US charges North Korean interference with the South Korean naval fleet.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

The only news item affecting Jonestown directly is worth breaking into the reading of the longer article: Jones receives word that Guyana will allow their medical supplies to enter the country duty free. He praises Guyana and says this is part of the nation\u2019s pattern of standing up to the US. He points out that Guyana recently declined to accept money from the International Monetary Fund since \u2013 as Jones quoted Prime Minister Forbes Burnham as saying \u2013\u00a0 \u201cit would\u2019ve brought this country back under colonialism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first half of the tape ends with a familiar exhortation for the people of Jonestown to study their current events in preparation for testing at the next People\u2019s Rally, to turn in their ideas for saving money, and to describe \u201cyour reasons for guilt\u201d that they would undoubtedly have after working for American companies or paying taxes in the States that funds weapons against black people. The second half ends with a simple expression of thanks.<\/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 1B100-41. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

News of the day and commentary by JIM JONES.<\/p>\n

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

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 \u201cBack Africa\u201d Date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28167","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=28167"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66494,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28167\/revisions\/66494"}],"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=28167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}