{"id":28284,"date":"2013-06-16T00:18:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28284"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:50:11","slug":"753-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28284","title":{"rendered":"Q753 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\u00a0Tapes Not Summarized<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>One Tracs 90\/ \u201cNews April 19\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Reference to anniversary of successful resistance at Bay of Pigs, April 19, 1961<\/p>\n

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

\n

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

Jimmy Carter, president of United States
\nCyrus Vance, Secretary of State
\nBert Lance, Director, Office of Management and Budget
\nSen. Mark Hatfield (R-OR)<\/div>\n

Attila the Hun
\nAdolf Hitler, f\u00fchrer of Third ReichLeonid Brezhnev, Communist Party General Secretary, Soviet Union
\nAldo Moro,\u00a0 Prime Minister of Italy
\nLopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento, Prime Minister of Angola (by reference)
\nFeleke Gedle Giorgis, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (by reference)
\nOmar Torrijos, president of Panama
\nAleksandro Voropaev, Tass Soviet news service correspondent (by reference)<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham,\u00a0 Prime Minister of Guyana
\nPtolemy Reid, Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana
\nVibert Mingo,\u00a0 Guyana Minister of Home Affairs
\nCheddi Jagan, leader of People\u2019s Progressive Party, Guyana opposition<\/p>\n

Sidney Poitier, American actor
\nSpencer Tracy, American actor
\nPaul Jacobs, one of founding editors of Mother Jones<\/em>
\nFather Paul Cabot, Roman Catholic priest on hunger strike
\nEsther Cassidy, supporter of Father Cabot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/em>
\nStanley (likely either Gieg or Clayton)Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nStephan Jones
\nGeorgia Lee Lacy
\nDonna Louise Lacy, aka Donna Louise Briggs (by reference)
\nTony Linton Lacy, aka Tony Linton (by reference)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

This tape\u00a0was labelled as having been recorded on April 19, 1977, and there is a direct reference to the day being an anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion of April 19, 1961. However, the tape has numerous segments to it, and the fourth includes news on the execution of Italian Prime minister Aldo Moro, so portions of it had to have been recorded after May 9, 1978.<\/p>\n

In the course of reading the news for April 19, 1978, Jim Jones issues a number of instructions \u2013 and articulates the foundation for a number of warnings \u2013 for the people of Jonestown. Many of the warnings would become increasingly strident and more strictly enforced as the year went on, but this represents some of their earliest pronouncements.<\/p>\n

The goal is to monitor the movements of Jonestown residents more closely, even if the reasons for it are seemingly benign. One of the tasks of the Steering Committee, Jones declares near the end of this tape, is to devise an \u201cemergency time accountability plan\u201d that would track people after they left work and their houses. \u201cThere must be constant check-ups, to see that our people are secure,\u201d Jones says.<\/p>\n

The need for security stems from the fact that there is \u201cthis mercenary threat by our racist enemies in USA.\u201d The Jonestown leadership has prevailed upon the local authorities to take the threat seriously, and there will be a heightened police presence to arrest anyone trying to invade the community. Jonestown itself will assist in this effort by being on \u201cconstant<\/em> armed alert.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s a two-way street, and Jones devotes much more time to those who would seek to leave the community. The same police have promised to detain anyone leaving Jonestown without permission. Moreover, even if people get past these authorities, there are other dangers: \u201csnakes that can cause you to lose your whole legs,\u201d as well as spiders, alligators, and tigers; people who might lead you to the border with Venezuela, \u201conly to cut their arm off to get the watches off their hand, or the feet<\/em> to get their shoes off.\u201d Only if you have \u201cthe protection of Father\u201d \u2013 which means, adhering to community rules \u2013 will you be safe. In conclusion, as Jones says, \u201cI would advise anyone that has anarchy in mind, don\u2019t go out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones describes the protection that he offers early in the tape. He is both \u201csample and example,\u201d by putting his life on the line, by proclaiming his right to right to die for anyone there. The definition of that protection, though, is as the embodiment of socialism, rather than to present it in a less political context \u2013 such as the ideal of dedication, loyalty or commitment \u2013 which may underlie the reason he is often frustrated and feels, as he says, that he is \u201cnot greatly appreciated by too many.\u201d<\/p>\n

In one of the numerous segments of this tape \u2013 out of context of any news story \u2013\u00a0Jones points out that the Soviet Union is made up of numerous ethnic groups in its 16 republics, and while none of them is black (like the majority of the Jonestown population), \u201cracism is not<\/em> practiced in the Soviet Union.\u201d The message then becomes clear: the \u201cSoviet ambassador \u2026 talked very favorably that in case of emergency, there\u2019d be no question that we could be taken in, and race would be no consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

At its core, though, this is a news tape. As with most of these tapes, his sources are wire services from the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact nations, and \u2013 specifically cited \u2013 Radio Free Cuba. The services provide the content, but much of the commentary \u2013 especially the use of adjectives to describe the various nations \u2013 is his. The Soviet Union is always the avant garde of world liberation, Cuba is \u201cthe only free territory of the Americas,\u201d and East Germany is \u201ca modern free state, where there\u2019s no prejudice and people have all socialist benefits.\u201d Alternatively, West Germany is \u201ca terrible fascist state that now openly glorifies the Third Reich,\u201d the Union of South Africa is \u201cthe dreaded fascist apartheid regime \u2026 [with a] concentration camp environment, where blacks have to be in by sundown,\u201d and the US is populated by mercenaries and capitalists.<\/p>\n

The tape has numerous segments with some repetition \u2013 partially attributable, as Jones says, to the fact that recorders didn\u2019t pick up all of his newscasts so he\u2019s not sure what he\u2019s said before \u2013 but the stories that are the most important include the execution of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigade, which had kidnapped him some weeks earlier; the anniversary of the Cuban repulsion of US-backed mercenaries at the Bay or Pigs; and the South African decision to reveal the extent of US military aid to that and other nations to put down the people\u2019s revolution in Angola (even as the US demands the removal of Soviet and Cuban troops from that nation). The story with the greatest detail and repetition is of the trip of Guyana\u2019s Prime Minister Forbes Burnham to the Soviet Union and the accords of cooperation and d\u00e9tente he has signed with it.<\/p>\n

Other stories include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 A founding editor of Mother Jones magazine is fired;
\n\u2022 Carter aide Bert Lance is indicted;
\n\u2022 A Roman Catholic priest continues his hunger strike as a protest against US weapons;
\n\u2022 The Senate ratifies the Panama Canal treaty
\n\u2022\u00a0 A Cuban trade delegation tours Japan;
\n\u2022 Vietnam repeals a Chinese tank invasion;
\n\u2022 The US tests a neutron bomb in France;
\n\u2022 The US tries to control the copper market to pressure Zambia.<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

The news includes several points that are familiar to the people of Jonestown: both the execution of Aldo Moro and the South African decision to reveal the amount of US aid to the continent show that there is no honor among capitalists, that they will always let each other down.<\/p>\n

The description of the Panama Canal treaty also allows Jones to show how the threat of death is an option elsewhere in the world: the treaty passed because the Panamanian president \u201cthreatened absolutely to invade the Panama Canal, even if it meant death to the Panamanian Army and people.\u2026 They took a crazy nigger stance and said we\u2019d rather die. We\u2019ll have a White Night, in other words, we\u2019ll go in and invade the Panama Canal. And if it means the death of the entire Panamanian armed forces and<\/em> people, we\u2019d rather live with our national pride of liberation, than to allow US domination any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: March 30, 1979<\/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 22, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B62 #70.<\/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

There is nothing to compare between the two summaries, since the FBI did not write anything for this, or 64 other tapes which bear the notation \u201cTapes Not Summarized.\u201d These tapes seems to have little on them which the FBI could use for its purposes of investigating crimes arising from the Jonestown tragedy, but then again, that describes many other tapes as well. The difference seems to be that one or two FBI agents catalogued this set of tapes \u2013 as evidenced by the typewriter used in writing the reports \u2013 and that generally, the transcriptions were made early in the process, before someone may have asked for greater detail in the reports.<\/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\u00a0Tapes Not Summarized FBI preliminary tape identification note: One Tracs 90\/ \u201cNews April […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28284","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=28284"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112225,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28284\/revisions\/112225"}],"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=28284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}