{"id":62410,"date":"2014-12-19T00:32:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=62410"},"modified":"2016-03-06T22:57:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T22:57:58","slug":"q738-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=62410","title":{"rendered":"Q738 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,\u00a0click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3<\/a>.
\nTo return to the Tape Index,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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FBI Catalogue:<\/strong>\u00a0Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note:<\/strong>\u00a0One Craig 90\/ “News April 9, 78”<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0Too few news events for complete context, but items covered consistent with tape ID note<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nGerald Ford, former U.S. President
\nAndrew Young, US Ambassador to the United Nations
\nHenry Kissinger, former Secretary of State
\nSenator Alan Cranston (D-CA)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler, German Fuhrer
\nMargaret Thatcher, leader of Britain\u2019s Conservative Party<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister
\nEnrico Berlinguer, leader of Italian Communist Party
\nGuido Carli, Chairman of Italy\u2019s Manufacturers Association
\nLuciano Lama, member of Italian Communist Party, active in trade unions
\nAldo Moro, kidnapped Italian Prime Minister
\nBenito Mussolini, Fascist leader of Italy in World War II
\nAldo Monassini [phonetic], member of the Italian Confederation\u2019s secretariat<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nViola Burnham, wife of prime minister [by reference]
\nPeter Fernandes, head of Guyana Livestock Board <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

George Meany, US labor leader, head of AFL-CIO
\nVictor Jara<\/a>, Chilean singer<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nRegina Bowser
\nShawnteri Hall
\nStephanie Jones
\nVellersteane Jones<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/strong> \tNone<\/p>\n

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

(This tape was transcribed by Isaac Zukin. The editors gratefully acknowledge his invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The bulk of this tape consists of Jim Jones reading a lengthy commentary about the Communist Party of Italy, and about political and labor relations in that country. The article allows him to follow a few of his own tangents, such as when his observation about the Italian communists supporting the local police leads him to discuss the fascistic nature of police in general and Italy in particular, which takes him to the founder of Italian fascism \u2013 Benito Mussolini \u2013 which in turns takes him to Mussolini\u2019s invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s, and finally, to the development of that African nation into a socialist state. Other segues lead to observations of Brazil moving out of the US orbit, of a senator\u2019s resistance to an omnibus crime bill being considered in Washington \u2013 a subject well known to Temple followers \u2013 and the AFL-CIO\u2019s assistance in breaking a coal miner\u2019s strike.<\/p>\n

There are also a few editorial asides, such as when he spontaneously describes the Italian communists\u2019 consideration of wage concessions and reductions in pensions as \u201chogwash.\u201d In general, however, there is less commentary of his own than in the tapes in which he summarizes numerous news events of the day.<\/p>\n

The secondary theme of this tape comes in the forms of expressions of praise and gratitude to the Guyanese government and its leaders. He lauds \u201cthe good leadership of Dr. Burnham \u2026 [who] is considered one of the foremost leaders in the Third World.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are glad to be in Guyana and grateful to the government for permitting us to be here,\u201d he adds a moment later, and asks the people of Jonestown \u201cto show our gratitude to the Guyanese people for being here by extending and sharing all of our services.\u201d That includes the medical services which Jones says the American community offers to its neighbors in Kaituma and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

But there are limits, he suggests near the tape\u2019s end. The entertainment which they have provided in Georgetown and elsewhere has led to many demands on their time, but \u201cwe cannot take all of these engagements, because we\u2019ve got to step up production in order to be able to extend goods and services to free our people from the yoke of bondage that are in the United States by getting them here.\u201d<\/p>\n

All if this is, in the end, the most important thing. \u201c[I]ncreasing racism and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in every city in the United States and the increasing growth of the Nazis who call for the open genocide, extermination of black, Indian, Asian people, made it most uncomfortable for black people, Indian people like ourselves, to live in United States,\u201d he says, then adds, \u201cand that\u2019s why we left to come to Guyana.\u201d<\/p>\n

FBI Summary:<\/strong>\t<\/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 20, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B62 #55. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

Side One \u2013 unidentified male, possibly JIM JONES, reading news articles concerning Italy and commentary on those articles. The speaker makes reference to some guests that are expected in Guyana from various embassies.<\/p>\n

Side Two is blank.<\/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>\t<\/p>\n

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\n<\/p><\/div>\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,\u00a0click here. Listen to MP3. To return to the Tape Index,\u00a0click here. FBI Catalogue:\u00a0Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note:\u00a0One Craig 90\/ “News April 9, 78” Date cues on tape:\u00a0Too few news […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62410","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62410"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66562,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62410\/revisions\/66562"}],"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=62410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}