{"id":28272,"date":"2013-07-25T04:54:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28272"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:25:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:25:42","slug":"732-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28272","title":{"rendered":"Q732 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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Unidentified Individuals Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note:<\/strong>\u201cNews of the Day April 8\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0April 8, 1978 (Specific reference to April 8)<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nKurt Waldheim, U.N. Secretary General
\nHugh Foot, Lord Caradon, chief British delegate to United Nations Security Council<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

U.S. President Jimmy Carter
\nFormer U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
\nGeneral George S. Brown, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/p>\n

Rep. Ron Dellums (D-CA)
\nRep. Charles Diggs (D-MI)
\nJames Hunt, Governor of North Carolina<\/p>\n

Mao Tse-Tung, leader of People’s Republic of China
\nKarl Marx, German economist, father of communism
\nVladimir Lenin, father of Russian Revolution
\nAdolf Hitler<\/p>\n

Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Tse-Tung, part of Gang of Four [by reference]
\nZhang Chunqiao, part of Gang of Four [by reference]
\nYao Wenyuan, part of Gang of Four [by reference]
\nWang Hongwen, part of Gang of Four [by reference]<\/p>\n

Orlando Letelier, assassinated Chilean ambassador to US
\nRonni Moffitt, assassinated aide to Letelier
\nAugusto Pinochet, President of Chile
\nGeneral Manuel Contreras, head of DINA, Chilean secret police
\nMichael Townley, U.S. expatriate in DINA
\nArmando Fernandez Larios, Chilean army major, DINA official
\nEugene Propper, Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan president
\nGeneral Omar Torrijos, Panamanian leader [by reference]<\/p>\n

Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister
\nFerdinand Marcos,\u00a0 president of Philippines
\nBenigno S. Aquino, Jr., Filipino senator, leader of Marcos opposition [by reference]<\/p>\n

George Grayson, foreign policy expert on Mexico
\nMilton Friedman, economist
\nLieutenant William Calley, leader of American troops at My Lai massacre
\nAttila the Hun<\/p>\n

Ethel Rosenberg, executed for espionage in 1953
\nJulius Rosenberg, executed for espionage in 1953
\nMichael Meeropol, son of Rosenbergs [by reference]
\nRobert Meeropol, son of Rosenbergs [by reference]
\nPaul Robeson, American black actor, musician, activist<\/p>\n

Charles Garry, Temple attorney
\nCesar Chavez, farm workers organizer<\/p>\n

May Greckoff [phonetic], woman died in fire in Bay Area
\nCarol Jugg [phonetic], daughter of May Greckoff
\nJanet Sloan, woman killed in shipyard accident
\nBob Avicon [phonetic], party chairman of the Guardian
\nRedames Santiago [phonetic], head of family which died in Philadelphia fire
\nAssistant U.S. Attorney John Penrose, Philadelphia<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/em>
\nDonny (possibly Don Scheid) (speaks)<\/strong>
\nWesley (possibly Wesley Breidenbach) (speaks)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nAgnes Jones [by reference]
\nJim Jones, Jr. [by reference]
\nLew Jones [by reference]
\nLynetta Jones
\nMarceline Jones
\nStephan Jones [by reference]
\nTim Jones [by reference]
\nBob Kice<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news. He reads slowly, in part because he is tired \u2013 so tired, he says in the second segment of reading, that he fell asleep as he read, then awakened to find himself still holding the microphone \u2013 and in part because he is simultaneously listening to the radio behind him. The pauses between phrases and sentences are often long enough that the NBC broadcast in the background can be understood, as well as how Jones repeats (or sometimes re-interprets) what he hears.<\/p>\n

As with other newscasts, Jones adds editorial comments, sometimes in his description of the people he is reporting on (\u201cIsraeli fascist Premier Menachem Begin\u201d; \u201cdreaded dictator, who was put in power by our merciless CIA, Augusto Pinochet\u201d) and sometimes after completing the reading of a news item. On two occasions, for example, after reporting on the \u201cfraudulent\u201d election in the Philippines, and on the Nicaraguan dictator Somoza hiring U.S. mercenary pilots, Jones adds,\u00a0 \u201cthere is no security in capitalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The centerpiece of the first half of his broadcast is a long article on the \u201cbasic causes of economic depression under capitalism.\u201d The second segment includes a passionate tribute to his mother, who had died a few months earlier. \u201cFaithful mother, beloved friend of all of you, who gave hours of her time when she was so ill back in the States and here, with your counseling matters, your tax problems,\u201d he says of Lynetta Jones.\u00a0 \u201c[Without her] you would then never have had this place that has given purpose to your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other items include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The neutron bomb and cluster bombs;
\n\u2022 Israeli occupation of Lebanon, and opposition from the country\u2019s Communist party;
\n\u2022 The \u201cfraudulent\u201d election of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines;
\n\u2022 High unemployment in the U.S., especially among youth and in urban centers;
\n\u2022 The Letelier assassination;
\n\u2022 Ethiopian plans for peace in the Horn of Africa;
\n\u2022 Mexican plans to join OPEC;
\n\u2022 Nicaraguan use of US mercenaries to attack populace;
\n\u2022 The Panama Canal treaty;
\n\u2022 Endorsement of California Proposition 13 by Milton Friedman;
\n\u2022 Lt. William Calley becoming mayor of Georgia town;
\n\u2022 FBI suppresses evidence of Rosenberg innocence;
\n\u2022 Conspiracies to kill black and Indian leaders;
\n\u2022 Nazis marching in St. Louis and Skokie, Illinois;
\n\u2022 Chinese Communists splitting over Gang of 4<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

At least part of the newscast was taped over a previous recording of a number of young men either teasing or trying to retrieve something from Mr. Muggs, the Temple\u2019s chimpanzee. There is no context for the tape, although, since there are sounds of small electric saws and other construction tools in the background, it is likely in Jonestown. However, the Jonestown location would mean that the young men doing the teasing may not be Wesley Breidenbach and Don Scheid, since they were older than the voices on the tape sound.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 3\/21\/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 5, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B62 #49. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

Side A contains a male speaker, appears to be in Guyana, South America, reporting, paraphrasing and adding text to news events. Appears to be a People\u2019s Temple newscaster. Radio or TV can be heard in the background.<\/p>\n

Side B contains a continuation of the same on side A. The same male in a news reporting status.<\/p>\n

This tape was reviewed, and nothing was contained thereon which was considered to be of evidentiary nature or beneficial to the investigation of Congressman RYAN.<\/p>\n

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

Other than the fact that the \u201cmale speaker\u201d is Jim Jones \u2013 a voice which the FBI should have recognized after reviewing scores of tapes with his voice \u2013 the summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted December 2009<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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