{"id":68812,"date":"2017-03-15T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T20:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=68812"},"modified":"2017-03-16T16:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T23:48:02","slug":"q290-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=68812","title":{"rendered":"Q290 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0Pt. 2<\/a>).
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape <\/strong>identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201c9-18-78 Mon News\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contents of tape consistent with label<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>People named:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, U.S. President<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Lord David Owen, British Foreign Minister
\nLeonid Brezhnev, Communist Party General Secretary, Soviet Union
\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nMenachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister
\nReza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
\nHua Kuo-fenj, chairman of Chinese Communist Party
\nJohannes Vorster, prime minister of Republic of South Africa
\nP.W. Botha, defence minister of Republic of South Africa (by reference)
\nPik Botha, foreign minister of Republic of South Africa (by reference)
\nPetrus Cornelius Mulder, Minister of Interior Affairs (by reference)<\/p>\n

Forbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister
\nPtolemy Reid, Guyana Deputy Prime Minister
\nVibert Mingo, Guyana Minister of Home Affairs
\nCheddi Jagan, leader of Guyana People\u2019s Progressive Party<\/p>\n

Sidney Poitier, American actor
\nCharles Boyer, French actor
\nPatricia Paterson Boyer, wife of Charles Boyer
\nMarjorie Everett, friend of Boyers
\nMuhammed Ali, boxer
\nVeronica Porch\u00e9 Ali, wife of Muhammed Ali (by reference)
\nDr. W. M. Ringsdorf, author of health books<\/p>\n

Mark Lane, Peoples Temple attorney
\nDon Freed, author and screenwriter<\/p><\/div>\n

Members of Peoples Temple:<\/em>
\nLeona Collier
\nFrances Johnson
\nChris Lewis<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nEver Rejoicing [Amanda Poindexter]
\nDavid Betts \u201cPop\u201d Jackson<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news for September 18, 1978. Among the items:<\/p>\n

\u2022 An earthquake hits Iran;
\n\u2022 Camp David negotiators meet on final day to hammer out agreement;
\n\u2022 South Africa reportedly accepts neutron bombs from the US;
\n\u2022 South Africa meets with representatives of five nations to discuss Namibian independence;
\n\u2022 The UN moves to set up security systems for Israel and Lebanon;
\n\u2022 The Presbyterian Church endorses the Nestle boycott;
\n\u2022 The USSR declares equality for national minorities;
\n\u2022 Charles Boyer\u2019s death was a suicide<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

As with many of these news broadcasts over the Jonestown P.A. system, Jones includes feature-length pieces. There are two on this tape. It opens with a lengthy piece on Guyana\u2019s consideration on whether to accept the conditions of a loan from the International Monetary Fund, and closes with a discussion of the benefits of calcium in combatting depression, insomnia, nervousness and irritability.<\/p>\n

Also as in other tapes, Jones periodically makes comments on the side, oftentimes connecting the news of the day to a message he wants to give his community. The apartheid conditions in South Africa and the control of the country by the U.S. corporate elite remind him that the people of Jonestown need to work \u201cso that we can make money. Not only to save the people here, but so we can reach out and touch those that are struggling all over the world.\u201d He reiterates the point a few moments later: \u201cLet us think how much we can give to the struggle, how many people we could liberate. We have over a hundred sixty-three [people] from the prison systems alone, begging, \u2026 begging through church people who are our friends to please let them come over here to start a new life.\u201d More than that, though, Jones promotes the work ethic throughout, highlighting the joy and medical benefits of labor without exploitation.<\/p>\n

The apparent suicide of Charles Boyer, who killed himself two days after his wife\u2019s death \u2013 \u201cHe wrote the script, produced and directed it and in fact arranged for both of them to die with dignity\u201d \u2013 leads Jones to consider how empty life is in Western society, how much it is missing for people without socialism. The people of Jonestown aren\u2019t like that, though. They know how important they are to each other, to their children, to the world wide struggle. \u201cWe have so much to live for, that we don\u2019t die based just on one person\u2019s passing.\u201d<\/p>\n

This tape was made two weeks after Mark Lane last visited the community, and apparently he had fallen ill. Jones takes time out several times to extend good wishes to the attorney for a complete recovery, and expresses his appreciation for how much their advocate has done in chasing down the conspiracy against them.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 5\/31\/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 31, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B93-35. This tape was found to contain the following:
\nNews and commentary by JIM JONES. News items included topics such as:<\/p>\n

1. International monetary fund;<\/p>\n

2. Rhodesia;<\/p>\n

3. Lebanon;<\/p>\n

4. MARK LANE;<\/p>\n

5. CHARLES BOYER\u2019s death;<\/p>\n

6. Calcium deficiencies<\/p>\n

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

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

Tape originally posted March 2017.<\/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. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1,\u00a0Pt. 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. \u00a0FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201c9-18-78 Mon News\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68812","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=68812"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68904,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68812\/revisions\/68904"}],"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=68812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}