{"id":85540,"date":"2019-01-05T14:15:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T22:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85540"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:17:30","slug":"q991-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85540","title":{"rendered":"Q991 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 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

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

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 April 26, 1978 (Wednesday after April 20)<\/p>\n

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

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

<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler, German Fuhrer<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Johannes Vorster, prime minister of Republic of South Africa
\nClemens Kapuuo, Western-installed leader of Namibia
\nDirk Mudge, white settler leader in Namibia
\nSam Nujoma, leader of SWAPO in Namibia
\nJonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, Angolan resistance group
\nAgostinho Neto, President of Angola
\nMobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Ho Chi Minh, leader of North Vietnam<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nBulent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey
\nIrfan Ozaydinli, Turkey Minister of Interior [by reference]
\nSuleyman Demirel, former Prime Minister of Turkey
\nPrince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia [by reference]
\nPrincess Mishaal bin Fahd of Saudi Arabia, executed by grandfather [by reference]
\nKhaled al-Sha’er Mulhallal, Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, lover of Princess Michaal [by reference]<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
\nAnastasio Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua
\nAlfonso Robello [phonetic], Nicaragua Institute for Development President
\nPedro Chamorro, assassinated Nicaraguan newspaper publisher
\nForbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister
\nHamilton Green, Guyana Minister of Health and Labor<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Colin Legume [phonetic], British newspaper reporter
\nSpencer Tracy, American actor<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

Robert Christian
\nShanda James
\nCarolyn Looman
\nLarry Schacht
\nRichard Tropp<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news for April 26, 1978.<\/p>\n

During the course of the tape, Jones announces that the government of Guyana has agreed to suspend the requirement that the Jonestown doctor Larry Schacht spend time in Georgetown to get his Guyanese certification. Georgetown will also waive customs procedures which were blocking the delivery of medications and supplies to Jonestown. This means, in part, that \u201cwe are gaining more acceptance and we\u2019re moving further and further away from Mrs. White,\u201d the Temple code for the final White Night.<\/p>\n

With the exception of this bulletin, and some scheduling announcements near the end of the tape, Jones spends the balance of it talking about world events in the news. As differentiated from many of these readings, however \u2013 which often consist of short summaries of the day\u2019s events \u2013 Jones spends more time on only a few stories:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • The struggle for independence in the southwestern African country of Namibia;<\/li>\n
  • The attempts by Western allies in the Middle East to destabilize the Marxist government of Angola;<\/li>\n
  • The use of American mercenaries to support the Nicaraguan dictatorship;<\/li>\n
  • Vietnam resistance to Chinese incursions over its borders, and its abolition of private ownership of businesses; and<\/li>\n
  • A general strike in Turkey to protest the deaths of 60 students killed during a demonstration against \u201crightist, fascist violence.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    It is likely that Jones is relying upon his usual sources of news \u2013 principally from the Eastern bloc \u2013 but the accounts include numerous factual errors that do not seem to emanate from Jones, such as the promised date of Namibian independence.<\/p>\n

    Otherwise, the newscast is typical of such tapes during Jonestown\u2019s final year, in that the US is invariably cast as a racist, imperialistic, fascist, monopoly capitalistic nation; her allies are puppet lackeys; and \u2013 in contrast \u2013 the Soviet Union and its socialist client states are modern and superior in every way. \u201cAlways, always, always,\u201d he says at one point, \u201cyou find the USA is always on the wrong side, working with dictators, oppressors, and mass murderers.\u201d<\/p>\n

    In addition to special criticism for West Germany, which he says is following in Hitler\u2019s footsteps, Jones blasts Israel as \u201caggressive, Zionist, [and] fascist\u201d for its initial removal and subsequent poor treatment of Palestinians. He also claims that the creation of Israel was a tactic to divide American Jews, who \u201chad formerly always been in support of civil rights and working class solidarity, and Marxist-Leninist programs,\u201d and to make them \u201cmore interested in nationalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

    Date of transcription: 6\/27\/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 26, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B110-7R56. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

    A lecture on news of the day by JIM JONES and music.<\/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>\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. 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 Date cues on tape:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 April 26, 1978 (Wednesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85540","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=85540"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97478,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85540\/revisions\/97478"}],"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=85540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}