{"id":66835,"date":"2016-05-02T11:28:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T18:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66835"},"modified":"2017-05-28T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:52:09","slug":"q347-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=66835","title":{"rendered":"Q347 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> Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part “News Fri Sept 8”<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Jimmy Carter, U.S. President<\/p>\n

Josef Stalin, former Soviet dictator
\nEdward Callaghan, Prime Minister of Great Britain
\nMargaret Thatcher, leader of Conservative Party in Great Britain
\nJeremy Thorpe, leader of British Liberal Party
\nRaymond Barre, French prime minister (by reference)
\nFrancois Mitterrand, head of French Socialist opposition
\nManea M\u0103nescu, Romanian prime minister (by reference)
\nNicolae Ceau\u0219escu, Romanian president (by reference)
\nJosip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia
\nNorman Scott, Jeremy Thorpe\u2019s gay lover (by reference)
\nReza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front in Rhodesia
\nKenneth David Kaunda, Zambian president<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nDr. Patrick Ng-a-Fook, Guyanese dentist [by reference]<\/p>\n

Carlton Goodlett, San Francisco physician, newspaper publisher
\nCharles Garry, Temple attorney
\nMark Lane, Temple attorney
\nJoseph Mazor, private detective hired by Concerned Relatives (by reference)<\/p>\n

Justin Charles Ravitz, Judge in Detroit, Michigan Recorder\u2019s Court
\nColeman Young, mayor of Detroit (by reference)
\nMizell Salwell (phonetic), Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit
\nJoel Morris, head of the Recorder\u2019s Court
\nNeil Bush, defense lawyer
\nKenneth Cockrel, member of Detroit Common City Council
\nFrank Murphy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
\nArthur Dickler (phonetic), defendant in Judge Ravitz\u2019 courtroom
\nLark Baker, defendant in Judge Ravitz\u2019 courtroom
\nHenry Ford II, Ford Motor chairman
\nJason Honigman, Ford attorney
\nT. John Lesinski, Michigan lieutenant governor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

David Conn
\nJim Cobb
\nDeanna Mertle
\nTim Stoen<\/div>\n

Temple members not in Jonestown:<\/em><\/p>\n

Sandy Bradshaw
\nJean Brown
\nLeona Collier
\nJune Crym<\/div>\n

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

Paula Adams
\nJack Barron
\nJohnny Moss Brown
\nTerri Buford
\nRuby Carroll
\nVernetta Christian
\nMargarita Davis
\nHue Fortson
\nAva Jones
\nMarceline Jones
\nMaria Katsaris
\nCarolyn Layton
\nChristine Lucientes
\nKay Nelson
\nKen Norton, aka Richard Grubbs
\nJohn Victor Stoen
\nCharlie Touchette
\nJoyce Touchette<\/div>\n

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

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

In a series of five short broadcast from the radio room, Jim Jones reviews the preparations Jonestown is making for the arrival of Joe Mazor<\/a>, a detective hired by the Concerned Relatives but who more recently defected to the Temple side of the conflict (and whom Jones still doesn\u2019t completely trust, referring to him as a possible double agent and former provocateur). Both because of that \u2013 and because Jones is suspicious that there might be a new CIA agent in Jonestown, purportedly to take over Mazor\u2019s former role \u2013 Jones admits that he is not being as forthcoming in discussing some of the leadership\u2019s plans for the immediate future. As the tape continues, Jones\u2019 assessment of their arriving guest becomes more positive, as reports of Mazor\u2019s own anxieties and fears about their enemies become known to him.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the Temple leader is trying to stage manage how Jonestown will present itself. In addition to the usual exhortations to clean up all the eyesores and beautify the bare spots with plants from the nursery, as well as his admonitions not to do more than smile and say hello when Mazor passes them \u2013 and certainly not to engage in serious conversation with the man \u2013 Jones urges consistently throughout the tape for his followers to learn greetings of peace and goodwill in several languages. He also plans to ask questions about the news during the community meeting which Mazor will attend, \u201cto show how much knowledge you have of world events,\u201d but some residents will have been pre-selected to stand up and answer the more complicated questions: \u201csome of that should be arranged for a special person to respond, and I should know in advance who that will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones sees his role as preparing questions to get information about the CIA\u2019s activities \u2013 including its involvement with mercenary forces \u2013 to destroy the Temple in Guyana. He will continue to do so, even though he\u2019s been fighting a virus that has left him feverish.<\/p>\n

In the last two segments of the tape, Jones lauds the reports of Jonestown industry and ingenuity he has heard about, and the money which the toy manufacturing and development of new brooms will bring. Money remains on his mind in another discussion: there are two or three young Guyanese who wish to join the community, and their youth, energy and commitment would be an asset for them. Jonestown really can\u2019t afford to take on that burden right now, Jones adds, although the community will likely grant the request, given the attitude of some of their neighbors that the Americans don\u2019t want to \u201cmingle\u201d with the Guyanese. The other concern \u2013 reprising a continuing theme \u2013 is that they could be CIA, which \u201cuses anyone,\u201d including 16-year-olds, so they have to be careful.<\/p>\n

Jones does reaffirm his commitment to Guyana, even as he acknowledges that some would like to transfer the community to the Soviet Union or possibly another country. Guyana is one of the few places that would be safe in the event of nuclear war, he reminds his listeners, even as he adds that they should keep their options open. \u201cI just want something in case we need it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In and around his orders to the community, he reads the news of the day. Items include:<\/p>\n