{"id":68848,"date":"2017-03-15T14:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=68848"},"modified":"2019-11-25T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:02:10","slug":"1053-3-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=68848","title":{"rendered":"1053-3 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 Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here<\/a>. To read the Annotated Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here<\/a>.
\nListen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0Pt. 2<\/a>). To 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 identification note:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Late September 1974 (few days after death of Gail Cobb)<\/p>\n

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

People in attendance at Peoples Temple service<\/em>
\nPart I:<\/strong>
\nBea
\nBrother Brown
\nBrother Jackson
\nMaxine Bates
\nSister Miller
\nRamona [phonetic] (speaks)
\nSister Taylor<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pinkey Hansberry
\nBarbara Henley\/Hendrix [phonetic]
\nMarceline Jones<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nPart I:<\/strong>
\nSpiro Agnew, former Vice President
\nColeman Young, Mayor of Detroit [by reference]
\nEvelle Younger, Califorina Attorney General [by reference]
\nTom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles [by reference]
\nEd Davis, Chief of Police in Los Angeles [by reference]<\/div>\n
Angela Davis
\nGail A. Cobb, police officer killed in line of duty
\nRobert \u201cSonny\u201d Carson, leader of protests against education standardsPart II:<\/strong>
\nJ. Paul Getty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/b><\/p>\n

(Editor’s note<\/strong>: The verses below appear in order of biblical reference, not as they appear in Jim Jones\u2019 address. For a complete scriptural index to the sermons of Jim Jones, click here<\/a>.)<\/i><\/p>\n

Part I:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \n
      \u201cBibles that have no meaning, unless they have the savior to interpret it.\u201d (Romans 10:13-15, \u201cFor whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?\u201d)<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u201cIt\u2019s told you right in the Bible, II Corinthians 3:6 that this Bible kills. The letter kills. Letter to Corinthians, letter to Romans, letter kills, but the spirit, and the spirit of the revolution is love. Love, nonviolence, maketh alive. Love, truth makes alive.\u201d (II Corinthians 3:6: \u201cWho also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.\u201d)<\/p>\n

      \u201cAs Jesus said, no man takes my life, but I lay down my life on my own terms.\u201d (John 10:17-18, \u201cTherefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.\u201d)<\/p>\n

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

      (Editor’s note: <\/strong>This tape was transcribed by Georgiana Mamlakah<\/em>. The editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

      This tape consists of two segments, a longer piece lasting 40 minutes and a short piece \u2013 almost undoubtedly from a previous sermon which the Temple recorded over \u2013 lasting about five. There is not a sufficient context to date the second segment.<\/p>\n

      In the longer piece, Jim Jones answers questions from members of the Peoples Temple congregation in Los Angeles. Some of the questions seek information \u2013 how can Temple members apply for a reimbursement for an antibiotic; what is the 25th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has been in the press lately \u2013 but many more people ask questions which reflect their own sense of disenfranchisement, powerlessness, and alienation in mid-1970s America, all of which characterized many of Jones\u2019 followers. And Jones responds in kind.<\/p>\n

      The result is an articulation of many of the conspiracies which were prevalent of the period, although Jones elaborates upon many of them, offering more detail which makes them more foreboding (and even paranoid) than they already were. On the issue of fluoridation of water, for example, Jones repeats the commonly-held assertion that \u201cit does great harm to humans,\u201d but then he adds that it\u2019s a plot to kill black people. \u201c[A]t first they didn\u2019t care who<\/em> they killed\u2026\u201d he says, \u201c[b]ut now they\u2019ve found a more specific<\/em> way of extermination, and they will use that and I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll not be trying to kill us through a general chemical that would apply to all races equally.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Similarly, in his answer to a woman\u2019s question about black people having higher rates of cancer, Jones suggests that doctors know the cure for cancer, and those who speak out about the cure are in jail. But most in the medical establishment \u201cdon\u2019t want it to be known because there\u2019d be so much money lost to the drug industries and to doctors who cut when they don\u2019t need to cut.\u201d Going directly to the woman\u2019s question \u2013 and adding a wrinkle to the long-held notion of a suppressed cancer cure \u2013 he then says \u201cmaybe if they know how to cure<\/em> it, they also know how to give<\/em> it.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Other theories are exaggerated to reinforce Jones\u2019 core beliefs, including his antagonism towards \u201cthe system\u201d in general and government in particular. There is a new California law that state employees must take a loyalty oath, and there are consequences for people who refuse to sign or who break it after they sign. The penalty, Jones says, is that \u201cif you\u2019re disloyal<\/em> to the State of California, you\u2019ll die in the gas chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n

      That defiance against anyone in authority shows in other ways in this tape. Jones tells an oft-repeated story about being arrested and refusing to leave jail until everyone in the jail was set free \u2013 the story appears in some form on at least a half dozen other tapes \u2013 thereby presenting himself as the only one who understands and defends his followers against the police. Later, when he speaks about a young black woman police office who was killed in the line of duty, he first acknowledges that \u201cPeople were sad about it,\u201d then, after a pause, adds, \u201cSome<\/em> people were sad about it\u2026 she deserves what she gets.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Following scattered applause, he adds a warning: \u201cAnybody that black skin that would want to be an officer under the present conditions of injustice on a police force, or any of my people<\/em> that want to be an officer, I suspect them.\u2026 How could anybody with any racial pride want to be an officer in the part of that kind of system?\u201d<\/p>\n

      The brief segment at the end is primarily an endorsement of socialism, in which Jones declares that if people knew really what was happening in the world, if they weren\u2019t controlled by the press \u2013 which itself was controlled by the ruling, capitalistic class \u2013 they would choose to have a socialistic government.<\/p>\n

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

      Date of transcription: 6\/21\/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 June 15, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B108-10. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

      A recording of JIM JONES lecturing on police corruption and how the white people are systematically doing away with the black people.<\/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

      Tape originally posted\u00a0March 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 Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here. To read the Annotated Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1,\u00a0Pt. 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: None […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68848","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68848","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=68848"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93536,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68848\/revisions\/93536"}],"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=68848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}