{"id":85520,"date":"2019-01-05T13:47:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T21:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85520"},"modified":"2020-01-02T16:51:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T00:51:19","slug":"q341-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85520","title":{"rendered":"Q341 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>\u00a0<\/strong><\/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>:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 late May, early June 1978<\/p>\n

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

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

<\/p>\n

Jimmy Carter, president of US
\nGuyana Foreign Minister [by reference] [likely former minister Fred Wills, could be Rashleigh E. Jackson]
\nCommander Clarence Price, Guyanese military leader friendly to Jones<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

Debby Blakey [by reference]
\nTim Stoen<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

Joyce (either Touchette or Parks)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

Ava Cobb Jones
\nJohnny Moss Brown Jones
\nMarceline Jones
\nStephan Jones
\nTim Tupper Jones
\nLarry Schacht
\nCarol Stahl
\nCharlie Touchette<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

Recorded within a few weeks of the defection of Deborah Layton Blakey \u2013 but more immediately prompted by the recent disappearance of a woman into the jungle surrounding Jonestown for a couple of hours \u2013 Jim Jones delivers the same message over and again for 18 minutes:<\/p>\n

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  • People cannot leave Jonestown without facing several levels of danger. First, there is the jungle itself, with tigers, snakes, crocodiles, and spiders \u2013 creatures that do not enter Jonestown itself because of Jones\u2019 protection \u2013 as well as quicksand. Second, whether a runaway makes it to Port Kaituma, or even less likely, to Georgetown, there are Guyanese military and police officers as well as American Embassy personnel who will capture, report and return them. Third, even if the runaway eludes these authorities, they would not be able to leave the country without proper documentation, which the runaway would not have. Finally, \u201cwe\u2019re always at the airport and can do anything we choose if we choose.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • People are responsible to report negative behavior and talk by anyone. While it might have been wrong to inform on citizens in fascist USA, it is proper \u2013 more accurately, \u201can honorable duty\u201d \u2013 to let the Jonestown community know of such negativity. Moreover, people who don\u2019t report will be held responsible for that inaction, just as though they had engaged in the behavior themselves.<\/li>\n
  • The structure of security within Jonestown needs to be enhanced, with new committees and procedures to keep track of people\u2019s whereabouts at all times. Everyone needs to be where they\u2019re supposed to be, and anyone who is missing must be reported immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Underlying these demands is Jones\u2019 insistence of his love and care for the community, as he catalogues everything he has done for them, including the work that has kept him up for five straight days: \u201cI\u2019ve been reading encyclopedias of reports from Georgetown and San Francisco and Los Angeles. Fighting battles, reading letters, going through mail, answering it, you have no idea. I don\u2019t need this shit.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The work is worth it to save everyone in the States from fascism and nuclear war, but the people need to learn to appreciate his efforts, and to demonstrate that by doing what they\u2019re told to do. \u201cAnything\u2019s easier than loving a thousand people as intensely as I love<\/em>you, with all my soul, and protect you. I don\u2019t give a goddamn<\/em>. Torture, jail, or death. That\u2019s easier than this, by a million light-years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

    Date of transcription: 6\/18\/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 2, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B93-77. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

    Classical symphony music on one track. Reverend JIM JONES comes in over the music at 25:30 minutes threatening those PT members who are treasonous and wanting to leave Jonestown.<\/p>\n

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

    The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/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\u00a0 FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: None Date cues on tape:\u00a0\u00a0 late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85520","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=85520"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93840,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85520\/revisions\/93840"}],"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=85520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}