{"id":28343,"date":"2013-07-25T04:54:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=28343"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:28:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:28:41","slug":"993-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28343","title":{"rendered":"Q993 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<\/a>.
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>(none)<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0December 1977 (references to Cudjoe<\/em> being loaded with Temple members also in Q 998<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

People in attendance at Peoples Temple service<\/em>
\nChief Joseph, leader of Nez Perce nation \u00a0(by reference)
\nAlbert Schweitzer, physician, missionary
\nJohn Wayne, American actor
\nC.T. Wells, head of NAACP in Memphis (phonetic)
\nRockefeller family (by reference)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Richard McCoy, US Embassy official (by reference)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/em>
\nFannie (likely Fannie Ford, could be Fannie Jordan)
\nMother Taylor (either Lillian Taylor or Lucille Taylor)<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nStephen Addison
\nBea Jackson
\nPenny Kerns
\nLaurence Schacht
\nJohn Victor Stoen (by reference)
\nCharlie Touchette<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones is in a self-reflective mood for most of this tape, speaking principally about the way he sees himself as leader and \u2013 overtly \u2013 the reasons people should appreciate him. He speaks of the numerous things he does for them, the protection he offers, and the miracles he is still able to accomplish \u2013 he details two at some length \u2013 all the while dealing with Guyana officials coming into the community, with the CIA in Georgetown, and his constant and unrelenting taskmaster, the radio (which he describes as \u201cthe squawk box\u201d). At the same time, he is always on call, and even when he tries to get away from it all, by doing chores like chopping weeds, there are people who come to him with problems and concerns, or just to chat. But, he says, he knows that\u2019s his purpose. \u201cI\u2019m always here, and I never say no, and I always will respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

He speaks numerous times about his own desire to die \u2013 \u201cdeath is a blessed friend to me,\u201d \u201cI would love to be in a position to go into bed and die and nobody miss me,\u201d \u201cI believe I\u2019d be like the stoic Indian chief \u2026 I\u2019d just set and die, because that would be the easiest way to go\u201d \u2013 but in most cases he doesn\u2019t say it as a threat, but to the contrary, as a reminder of the sacrifices he makes for his people by staying alive. At the heart of it, this is his perception of his main burden: that his people could not live without him.<\/p>\n

This also comes through on several occasions. \u201cI know terribly what this world is without me,\u201d he says about a third of the way into the tape, \u201cand none of you will<\/em> really know it until you\u2019re faced with that kind of world, which I hope you never have to face, without me, because nobody else will take the risk that I take.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have the prerogative of dying in peace,\u201d he says a moment later, \u201cbecause I know when I die<\/em>, you have hell.\u2026 It\u2019s a terrible feeling, when you love like I do and know that the future<\/em> of everybody\u2019s wrapped up in my life.\u201d Later, during the second half of the tape, he summarizes his thoughts by saying, \u201cI want to die, and I\u2019m afraid of leaving you.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are fewer references to mass death, and they are delivered \u2013 and received \u2013 almost by rote, due most likely to its familiarity through repetition. When he informs his followers that he\u2019s been told there may be more custody battles to come, beyond that of John Victor Stoen, he repeats his reply: \u201cI said, well, here we go. What date do we die?\u201d If they are invaded, he adds in the next breath, \u201cwhen they come in here to get anybody<\/em>, that day, they have to walk over us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pledge to defend the community unto death recurs once or twice more, and on one occasion, he says he knows he knows many in the community will join him on the front line, but then he speaks of those who won\u2019t, the ones who are afraid to die, the selfish people who think only of themselves, and the \u201cmental cases,\u201d including those who try to make themselves crazy.<\/p>\n

It is apparent that, in general, Jones believes mental illness in general is faked, or something a person brings on by choice. \u201cWe do at least not let ourselves go nutty \u2026 [E]very time you have a dream after you ate some beans, [you] think it\u2019s the Lord or some mystical force speaking to you. Ain\u2019t nothing speaking to you but your goddamn dreams and your own thoughts, and if you live<\/em> with your thoughts, and face<\/em> your thoughts, and accept<\/em> your thoughts, we won\u2019t have all these compulsions to go around killing somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes in treating it accordingly. In one of his relatively rare acknowledgements that the community has drugs for behavioral control, he says, \u201cI\u2019d like to say to the sister, \u2026 quit doin\u2019 all that shit, because you better see the psychologist, and [if the] psychologist don\u2019t help you, I tell you, we got some tricks that will.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got what we call disorientation and reprogramming,\u201d he continues to community approbation. \u201cAnd when disorientation process is used, you won\u2019t know who you are in a matter of a few hours, and so we can reprogram you to be a sane person instead of a nut.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/27\/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 26, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B110-58. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES lecturing before the Guyanese congregation for approximately 12 tape minutes. JONES advises that if there are further custodial problems, the welfare of Jonestown will be threatened. He states that \u201cwhen they come in to get anybody, that day they\u2019ll have to walk over us all.\u201d JONES describes some healings and relates the constant and daily tribulations he faces.<\/p>\n

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

Other than the fact that the tape is closer to 30 minutes, the summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted May 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. To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: (none) Date cues on tape:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0December 1977 (references to Cudjoe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28343","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=28343"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66598,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28343\/revisions\/66598"}],"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=28343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}