{"id":66822,"date":"2016-05-02T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T17:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66822"},"modified":"2016-05-03T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T20:34:28","slug":"q268-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66822","title":{"rendered":"Q268 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>.
To return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\tJones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note:<\/strong> Labeled in part “Sept. 9, 1978 Questions to ask informer”<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\tContents of tape consistent with note<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJerry Brown, Governor of California<\/div>\n
Joshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia
\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nCheddi Jagan, leader of People\u2019s Progressive Party, Guyana opposition party
\nLeonard Duvant Brant, Guyanese regional minister (by reference)<\/p>\n

Faye Dunaway, American film actor
\nSteve McQueen, American film actor
\nRobert Redford, American film actor
\nRandolph Hearst, newspaper publisher
\nRupert Murdoch, newspaper publisher <\/p>\n

David Conn, Jones critic
\nCharles Garry, attorney for Peoples Temple
\nJeff Haas, attorney for Stoens
\nJoe Mazor, private detective hired by Concerned Relatives<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:<\/em>
\nDebbie Blakey
\nMike Cartmell
\nSuzanne Cartmell
\nJim Cobb
\nSteven Katsaris (by reference)
\nDeanna Mertle, aka Jeannie Mills
\nElmer Mertle, aka Al Mills (by reference)
\nGrace Stoen
\nTimothy O. Stoen
\nJackie Swinney
\nMarvin Swinney<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, name unknown:<\/em>
\nChris Burrell
\nHenry Cume [phonetic]
\nMary Ellen Kirk
\nRashawn Neal<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nPaula Adams
\nMarcus Anderson
\nLinda Arterberry
\nRonnie Berryman
\nDonna Briggs
\nJoyce Brown
\nYolanda Brown
\nOdesta Buckley
\nTerri Buford
\nRuby Carroll
\nRicky Corey
\nRobert Davis
\nBrian Davis
\nRobert Davis
\nIsabel Davis
\nHue Fortson
\nMattie Gibson
\nShirley Gieg
\nStanley Gieg
\nClaude Goodspeed
\nShawnterri Hall
\nJoe Johnson
\nSamuel Johnson
\nJim Jones, Jr.
\nJohnny Jones Jr., aka Johnny Moss Brown
\nMarceline Jones
\nTim Jones
\nBarbara Kemp
\nLucy Miller
\nEdward Moore
\nMary Morton
\nDetra Renee Murray
\nKarl Newell
\nShirley Newell
\nIda Nichols
\nLois Ponts
\nEstella Railback
\nEdith Roller
\nSantiago Rosa
\nDavis Solomon
\nJohn Victor Stoen
\nVennie Thompson
\nRichard Tropp
\nMary Tupper, aka Mary Lenin
\nAnnie B. Washington
\nJerry Wilson
\nKeith Wright
\nStanley Wright<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones discusses the arrival of Joe Mazor<\/a> to the Jonestown community, anticipated to occur within the next few days.<\/p>\n

Mazor is an unknown quantity to Jones. The private investigator had been hired by Concerned Relatives to spirit various family members out of Jonestown, and in the course of his work, he allegedly organized a mercenary force before \u2013 also allegedly \u2013 he spied on the jungle community, became disenchanted with the Concerned Relatives\u2019 message and switched his allegiance to side with Peoples Temple forces against his former employers.<\/p>\n

For these reasons, Jones is suspicious of their new ally \u2013 \u201cthe former conspirator who is now an informer\u201d \u2013 in part because he believes the research which the Temple has done on Mazor, some of which is itself suspect. Mazor has a criminal record, as Jones has said on this and previous tapes, and he must have pulled some strings to be able to get an investigator\u2019s license in spite of that record, again as he has said on this and previous tapes. He says Mazor was once part of INTERPOL and other related police- and intelligence agencies. While they welcome him, then, they also want to be careful with him.<\/p>\n

So they plan to test him, by asking him who in the Guyanese government is in the CIA. That\u2019s just one is a series of upwards of 50 questions Jones proposes to ask Mazor about their enemies, known and unknown, including their plans and their financing. Some of the questions are posed to learn specific information, and some will be asked to gauge the general state of mind and motivation of the opposition. Still others have a more subtle purpose, such as those designed to solidify Mazor\u2019s tentative alliance with the community, as when Jones suggests that \u201cwe might want to remind him what [Jeff Haas, the attorney for the Stoens] said about Mazor? When he was caught in a corner, he said that Mazor was a crook. So that may help to divide more, because he did say that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, some of the questions have no other purpose than to test Mazor\u2019s candor and truthfulness. \u201cHas he been doing anything in the Mendocino County area in the last month or two? Because we know he has, and if he says no, we will know he\u2019s a liar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The balance of the tape includes general announcements, including the assignment of people to special classes to help them do better on the next current events test.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/11\/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 30, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B93-14. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JAMES JONES speaking to the people advises that four people have been selected by him [to] return to the United States for assignments of great responsibility. (They are: TERRI BUFORD, MARCELINE JONES, HUGH [Hue] FORTSON, and PAULA ADAMS).<\/p>\n

JONES also poses questions for people to ask Moser [Mazor] when he visits Jonestown. (i.e., conspiracies against People\u2019s Temple).<\/p>\n

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

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Tape originally posted May 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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