{"id":66017,"date":"2016-02-11T22:28:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T22:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66017"},"modified":"2020-11-30T14:42:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T22:42:49","slug":"q202a-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66017","title":{"rendered":"Q202A 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>. To listen to MP3, click here<\/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 Identified individuals speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>None<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May 29, 1978 [Day and month specified]<\/p>\n

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

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

Herbie Thomas, local Guyanese official (speaks)<\/strong>
\nMrs. Thomas (speaks)<\/strong>
\nBunny Boyer [phonetic], local Guyanese man (speaks)<\/strong>
\nGladys Boyer [phonetic], local Guyanese woman (speaks)<\/strong>
\nTrenton London [phonetic], teacher in Port Kaituma (speaks)<\/strong>
\nRafael Lucas [phonetic], teacher in Port Kaituma (speaks)<\/strong>
\nColin McAllister [phonetic], engineer with Guyana National Engineering Corporation (speaks)<\/strong>
\nDavid Patrick, Guyanese from Barima Bridge (speaks)<\/strong>
\nBella Patrick, Guyanese from Barima Bridge (speaks)<\/strong>
\nArlex [phonetic] Patrick, child from Barima Bridge
\nHector Joseph, local Guyanese (speaks)<\/strong><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>
\nJonestown residents:<\/em><\/p>\n

Sharon Amos (speaks)<\/strong>
\nJohnny Jones (speaks)<\/strong>
\nLaurence Schacht, Jonestown doctor
\nRichard Tropp (speaks)<\/strong><\/div>\n

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

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

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

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

Members of the Peoples Temple leadership \u2013 Dick Tropp, Sharon Amos, and Johnny Brown \u2013 ask a number of visitors who live and working in Guyanese villages near Jonestown, about their impressions of the American agricultural project in their midst. All laud the community\u2019s facilities and remark favorably upon the progress Jonestown has made. One local government official said he initially had doubts that the community would survive, and recognizes there is work to be done, but says he is impressed.<\/p>\n

A couple of men offer more candid opinions about Jonestown \u2013 \u201cTo me, the project that\u2019s going on here now still has a long way to go, and they have problems,\u201d one teacher observes \u2013 especially, as one of his friends notes, the muddy roads leading into the facility. Nevertheless, the third person in that group of interviewees offers the most enthusiastic endorsement on the tape, when he says, \u201cAs a matter of fact, I think I\u2019m truly in the middle of true socialism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/8\/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 May 26, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B69-28. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

Interviews of HERBIE THOMAS and Mrs. THOS, Ministry of Regional Development, Port Kaituma, SHARON AMOS, DICK TROPP, GLADYS and BUNNY BOYER, on their impressions of Jonestown.<\/p>\n

A radio broadcast by DICK TROPP on impressions of Jonestown on May 29, (no year stated).<\/p>\n

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

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/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. To listen to MP3, click here. To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Identified individuals speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: None Date cues on tape:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":71,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66017","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66017","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=66017"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107259,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66017\/revisions\/107259"}],"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=66017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}