{"id":85493,"date":"2019-01-05T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T21:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85493"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T21:10:37","slug":"q172-transcript","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85493","title":{"rendered":"Q172 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

FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miscellaneous<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note:<\/strong>Labeled in part \u201c10\/30\/78 Entertainment\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/em><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Greg [could be Greg Watkins]
\nJimmy<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

\u201cJonestown\u2019s Moms Mabley\u201d [likely Bertha Cook]
\nJulius Evans (sings)<\/strong>
\nLew Jones
\nOllie Smith (sings)<\/strong>
\nDiane Wilkerson<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

The Jonestown Express performs a dozen songs, and \u201cJonestown\u2019s Moms Mabley\u201d \u2013 an older black woman with a set of raunchy jokes \u2013 offers an evening\u2019s entertainment to the residents of Jonestown. The music consists principally of popular R&B songs by Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, and the Jackson 5, although one or two may be original compositions.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 5\/30\/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 24, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B68-23. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

A recording of an entertainment session in Guyana.<\/p>\n

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

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tape originally posted\u00a0January 2019.<\/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. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miscellaneous FBI preliminary tape identification note:Labeled in part \u201c10\/30\/78 Entertainment\u201d Date cues on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85493","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=85493"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127857,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85493\/revisions\/127857"}],"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=85493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}