{"id":28241,"date":"2013-07-25T04:54:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28241"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:05:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:05:20","slug":"680-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28241","title":{"rendered":"Q680 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 (Side 1<\/a>, Side 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 Miscellaneous<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note<\/strong>: <\/strong>One unlabeled (two illegible words) in envelope<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0August 1977, after publication of New West <\/i>article<\/p>\n

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

Peoples Temple members:<\/em>
\nMike Prokes<\/p>\n

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nPhil Tracy, reporter, co-author of New West<\/em> story
\nBetty Ann Bruno, TV news reporter
\nJim Clancy, TV news reporter<\/p>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em>
\nDeanna Mertle, aka Jeannie Mills (by reference)
\nLinda Mertle (by reference)
\nLinda Swaney, aka Linda Dunn<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n

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

(Note:<\/strong> This tape was transcribed by Vicki Perry. The<\/em> editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Following the publication of the New West<\/em> expos\u00e9 of Peoples Temple in August 1977, numerous television stations picked up the story and interviewed Temple members \u2013 principally former, disaffected members \u2013 about their experiences in the church. Channel 2 in San Francisco launched a series of investigative reports. This was the first. The series continues on Tapes Q 681<\/a> and Q 665<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 3\/29\/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 March 2, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B62-4. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

News program regarding People\u2019s Temple abuse of members. Woman speaking against homosexual teachers.<\/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 2010<\/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 (Side 1, Side 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miscellaneous FBI preliminary tape identification note: One unlabeled (two illegible words) in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28241","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=28241"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66537,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28241\/revisions\/66537"}],"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=28241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}