{"id":66059,"date":"2016-02-11T23:39:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T23:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66059"},"modified":"2017-05-25T13:26:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:26:56","slug":"q814a-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66059","title":{"rendered":"Q814a 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\u00a0 Jones speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape <\/strong>identification note: \u201c<\/strong>News March 31, 1978, Noon News March 31, 1978, Night. Good tape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tape contents consistent with note, including Jim Jones\u2019 healing of Rose Shelton, noted here<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

Jimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nRichard Nixon, former U.S. President
\nAbraham Lincoln, former U.S. President
\nRep. Charles Diggs (D-Michigan)
\nAndrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations
\nBert Vance, Director of Office of Management and Budget<\/p>\n

Gloria Carter Spann, sister of Jimmy Carter (by reference)
\nWilliam Carter Spann, nephew of Jimmy Carter (by reference)<\/p>\n

U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nGuyana Minister of Foreign Affairs (by reference) (likely Fred Wills, former Foreign Minister; could be Rashleigh E. Jackson)
\nVincent Teekah, Guyana Minister of Culture, Education and Social Development
\nChedi Jagan, leader of People\u2019s Progressive Party, Guyana opposition party<\/p>\n

Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad
\nEdward Seaga, Prime Minister of Jamaica (by reference)
\nForeign Minister of Cuba, unnamed<\/p>\n

Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister candidate
\nRaymond Barre, French Prime Minister
\nFrancois Mitterand, leader of French socialists
\nAldo Moro, former prime minister of Italy
\nRenato Curcio, leader of Red Brigade in Italy
\nBenito Mussolini, Fascist dictator of Italy<\/p>\n

Muhammad Hussein, former Egyptian minister of works
\nShukri Ahmad Mustafa, head of Takfir Wal-Hijra in Egypt
\nMahir Bakri, Shukri Mustafa lieutenant
\nAnwar Ma\u2019Mun Sakar, Shukri Mustafa lieutenant
\nAhmad Tariq \u2018Abd \u2018Alim, Shukri Mustafa lieutenant
\nMustafa Ghazi, Shukri Mustafa lieutenant<\/p>\n

Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur, Israeli chief of staff
\nZulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani Prime Minister
\nNawab Muhammad Ahmed Khan, Pakistani politician whose murder was ordered by Bhutto (by reference)
\nRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith
\nForeign Minister of Ethiopia, unnamed<\/p>\n

Ferdinand Marcos, president of Philippines
\nImelda Marcos, wife of Ferdinand Marcos (by reference)<\/p>\n

Richard Hammerschlag, doctor at University of Calif.
\nJoan Jeffries\/Jeffreys, nurse convicted of murder in Detroit
\nCalifornia Judge Kennedy<\/p><\/div>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em><\/p>\n

Suzanne Cartmell
\nJim Cobb [by reference]
\nTeresa Cobb [by reference]
\nVicky Moore<\/div>\n

Temple members not in Jonestown\/ not on survivors\u2019 or death lists:<\/em><\/p>\n

Britty Durham
\nJane Simpson
\nCarole Young<\/div>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em><\/p>\n

Pam Bradshaw
\nRobert Christian (speaks)<\/strong>
\nChris Cordell-Jones
\nBetty Fitch
\n\u201cDoc\u201d Fitch
\nFannie Ford
\nBeulah Foster
\nFrankie Grigsby
\nJohn Harris
\nAnthony Hicks
\nDon Jackson
\nRuby Johnson
\nDarell Keller
\nMellonie Kemp
\nChuck Kirkendall
\nNicky Lawrence, aka Ronald Charles Duckett
\nHelen Love
\nChris Lund, aka Chris Rozynko
\nMike Lund, aka Mike Rozynko
\nDanny Marshall
\nMary Mayshack
\n\u201cComrade\u201d Mercer (likely Henry, could be Mildred)
\nCallie Mae Mitchell
\nAnnie Moore
\nLeola Morehead
\nPearley Morris
\nErris Morrison
\nPat Rhea
\nRose Shelton
\nAl Simon
\nDorothy Simpson
\nVera Talley
\nDana Truss
\nMary Walker
\nChristine Cobb Young
\nMona Young<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>
\nRadio code names:<\/em><\/p>\n

Ann
\nTeresa\/Terry<\/div>\n

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

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

(This tape was transcribed by Rebecca Virgen. The<\/em> editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Woven throughout this news tape of late March 1978 are Jim Jones\u2019 usual editorial comments \u2013 most of them familiar to the residents of Jonestown by that time \u2013 as well as extended commentary on the reality of Jonestown as a communistic society, where everyone works for the common good, where all possessions are held in common, and how everyone benefits as a result.<\/p>\n

The address also includes his description of a healing miracle performed on an elderly woman who would have died without his intervention \u2013 an event which allows him to remind his followers of the protection that his unique paranormal powers provide to this community \u2013 but the description includes an acknowledgment of the physical toll that the healings take on him.<\/p>\n

Most of the news coverage concerns international stories, although Jones is able to relate some of the items to domestic U.S. concerns, especially for anyone who might have dreams of returning to the United States. A new anti-terrorism law in Italy, for example, is similar to Senate Bill 1437<\/a> \u2013 the successor to Senate Bill 1, so often a target in Jones\u2019 sermons in the U.S. \u2013 in its crackdown on dissent and resistance. The execution of five Islamic opponents of the Egyptian regime and President Marcos\u2019 \u201cmurderous operations\u201d in the Philippines leads Jones to lambast President Carter\u2019s hypocrisy on human rights. The demonstrations in Amsterdam against the neutron bomb allow him to remind everyone of what the American neutron bomb would do.<\/p>\n

His attacks are less on the U.S., though, than they are on capitalism. \u201cOnly capitalists would think of making such a bomb, that would kill every form of life, \u2026 but not touch their sacred God, property,\u201d he says at the end of the news item on the neutron bomb. \u201cCapitalism, an early grave or the torment of hell all the time,\u201d he concludes following his report of the deaths of 50,000 of Marcos\u2019 opponents.<\/p>\n

But there are general comments, too, condemning capitalism and praising communism. \u201c[T]he nature of capitalism \u2026 [is] dog-eat-dog cut-throat competition. There\u2019s no way one can overcome<\/em> it,\u201d he says. \u201cCapitalism is death, lethal death. It\u2019s the law of the worst kind of animalistic jungle existence.\u201d On the other hand, \u201cCommunism brings cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is especially true in Jonestown. \u201cSo it\u2019s so much more peaceful, and enjoyable<\/em> for that matter, to retire into the consciousness of the collective and build a collective\u2026 All the goods and services are held in common and shared<\/em> in common. All the means of production and distribution of all of our wealth, are in the hands of the people. This is an important thing and perhaps basic to all<\/em> communist or socialist discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other news items include:<\/p>\n