{"id":85536,"date":"2019-01-05T14:10:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T22:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85536"},"modified":"2019-01-06T15:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T23:36:16","slug":"q885-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85536","title":{"rendered":"Q885 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<\/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 Unidentified Individuals Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>None<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n

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

Peoples Temple members<\/em><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Linda Amos
\nStephan Jones
\nCarolyn Layton<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Peoples Temple members, full name unknown<\/em><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Maureen (woman with whom speaker had affair)
\nPaul
\nSue (former wife of speaker)<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Unknown persons:<\/em><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Bill Anderson
\nAnn Peterson<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

A young unidentified man submits his resignation from Peoples Temple in a recorded letter. He has failed to pass the bar for the third time, and until he can pass, he believes the Temple should not expend any more resources or time on him, especially since the goal of his endeavor was to become an attorney for the church.<\/p>\n

Even though he recognizes that several people who have left the Temple can \u2013 and should \u2013 be considered traitors, he professes no disagreements with Temple policies or personalities, and offers his continuing, unwavering support for the group\u2019s goals. Several times, he says he will do whatever Jim Jones wants him to do, including taking out some of the traitors or \u2013 if Jones prefers \u2013 for him to die himself. \u201cI don\u2019t give a damn what happens to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, he says he will leave his few possessions to the church, including a 1976 Toyota. As for himself, he\u2019ll travel to Europe and join a South African liberation movement. Since he has white skin, he says, he should \u201cbe able to do a great deal more for black freedom and liberation than I am over here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tape includes innumerable pauses and edits, sometimes a half dozen in a single sentence.<\/p>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/25\/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 10, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B102-C19. This tape was found to contain the following: Side A contains an unknown man resigning from the Temple because he failed the bar exam for a third time. Side B is blank.<\/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. To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unidentified Individuals Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: None Date cues on tape:\u00a0\u00a0 None People named: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85536","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=85536"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85590,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85536\/revisions\/85590"}],"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=85536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}