{"id":85691,"date":"2019-02-14T11:24:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T19:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85691"},"modified":"2019-02-19T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T19:44:30","slug":"q198-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85691","title":{"rendered":"Q198 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 return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.
\nTo read the Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0Pt. 2<\/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> Labeled in part \u201cAug News\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 News items place tape\u2019s date at August 12<\/p>\n

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/i><\/div>\n
Jimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nRosalynn Carter, wife of President Carter
\nDwight Eisenhower, former U.S. President
\nFranklin D. Roosevelt, former U.S. President
\nSen. Herman Talmadge (D-GA)
\nSen. Bennett Johnston (D-LA)
\nSen. James Abourezk (D-SD)
\nSen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)
\nSen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
\nDennis Kucinich, mayor of Cleveland [by reference]
\nJohn Sirica, U.S. judge in Watergate trial
\nAndrew Young, U.S. representative to United Nations
\n 
\nEvelle Younger, California Attorney General
\nRay Blanton, Tennessee governor [by reference]
\n 
\nAdolf Hitler, German Fuhrer
\nPope Paul VI, recently-deceased pope
\nAldo Moro, assassinated former prime minister of Italy
\nMario Soares, Prime Minister of Portugal [by reference]
\n 
\nMenachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel
\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nReza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
\nBishop Abel Muzorewa, leader of Zimbabwe independence
\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front
\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front
\n 
\nMao Tse Tung, leader of Chinese revolution
\n 
\nFidel Castro, President of Cuba [by reference]
\nAugusto Pinochet, leader of Chilean junta
\nSalvador Allende, deposed president of Chile
\nOrlando Letelier, assassinated former foreign minister of Chile
\nRonni Moffitt, Letelier aide, died in bomb attack
\nMichael Moffitt, Letelier aide, survivor of bomb attack
\nMichael Townley, assassin of Orlando Letelier [by reference]
\nManuel Contreras, head of Chilean secret police [by reference]
\n 
\nDon Fischer, ABC commentator
\nDavid Brinkley, NBC commentator
\nDaniel Ellsberg, leaker of Pentagon Papers
\nHuey Newton, founder of Black Panther Party
\nDavid Fraser, doctor at Centers for Disease Control
\nM.A. Farber, New York Times<\/em> reporter [by reference]
\nDiana Nyad, marathon swimmer [by reference]
\nCharles Manson, convicted murderer
\nLeslie Van Houten, Manson follower
\nRockefeller family, American oligarchs<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news for August 12, 1978.<\/p>\n

Noting at the beginning of the reading, and reiterating it several times during the hour-long tape, Jones is using the Radio Moscow as the source of the news he passes along to Jonestown residents. As a result, most of the choice of stories, and the language used in them, reflect a pro-Soviet, anti-American tilt. Almost without exception, every mention of the United States includes a reference to monopoly capitalism, imperialism, or oppression; all foreign allies are fascist lackeys and puppets, racist (in the case of African allies), or, in the case of Israel, Zionist. By comparison, allies of the Soviet Union are democratic, revolutionary, liberationist, or \u2013 the highest compliment \u2013 socialist. China is the exception and is subject to criticism, reflecting the competition between the two communist superpowers.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, some of the rhetoric is undoubtedly Jones\u2019 own. Moreso that in other news tapes, Jones refers up to ten times to the inevitability of nuclear war, and especially the assertion that China accepts that inevitability and as a result would rather have it take place sooner rather than later. \u201cThey feel that nuclear war must be gotten on with.\u201d The specter of nuclear holocaust has always concerned Jones \u2013 at times seemingly obsessively \u2013 but rarely does he raise the issue a half dozen times in a single reading, as he does here.<\/p>\n

Jones does add editorial comments to numerous stories, rarely missing a chance to point out how corporations get away with murder in the name of profits, or to draw comparisons between the way rich and poor are treated, or to describe how the press can destroy people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Jones has only a couple of instructions to the community, and most are familiar: he calls on people to work harder, to clean up the \u201ceyesores\u201d around the community, and to report problems to the administrators. The exhortations have both immediate and long-range purposes: \u201cimportant people, high-ranking people, friends of ours of various sorts\u201d are on their way for a visit, and he wants Jonestown to shine for them, but more than that, he reminds residents of \u201cthe blood of innocents that will be on our hands\u201d if they don\u2019t work hard to prepare the way for future arrivals.<\/p>\n

Some of the news items are a single headline, but the stories with which he spends the most time \u2013 or that he returns to as new information comes in \u2013 include:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Reports on unrest in Rhodesia;<\/li>\n
  • Demonstrations and negotiations on the neutron bomb;<\/li>\n
  • Paris air controllers\u2019 strike results in air travel diverted to Soviet Union;<\/li>\n
  • Plans for Olympics in Moscow face problems;<\/li>\n
  • Israel still wields great influence over US (likely as result of \u201cwhitemail\u201d);<\/li>\n
  • Compromise tax bill in Congress favors rich and corporations;<\/li>\n
  • Carter\u2019s gas deregulation bill faces challenge in Senate;<\/li>\n
  • Proposed press shield law not likely to pass;<\/li>\n
  • California Supreme Court will review Proposition 13;<\/li>\n
  • Sodium nitrate found to cause cancer;<\/li>\n
  • Chilean assassin of former foreign minister returned to US for sentencing;<\/li>\n
  • China and Japan consider anti-hegemony clause in peace treay;<\/li>\n
  • Rosalynn Carter to attend funeral of Pope Paul VI;<\/li>\n
  • Memphis police force remains on strike;<\/li>\n
  • Oil company indicted over violation of federal tax regulations;<\/li>\n
  • Ford Pinto gas tank explosion claims more lives;<\/li>\n
  • Endangered species decisions challenged by property owners;<\/li>\n
  • British military aircraft carrying nuclear bombs crashes near Chicago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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

    Date of transcription: 6\/8\/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 26, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B69-24. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

    JIM JONES reading Radio Moscow and Radio Havanna [Havana] news items and announcements.<\/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\u00a0February 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 return to the Tape Index, click here. To read the Tape Transcript, click here. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1,\u00a0Pt. 2). FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201cAug News\u201d Date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":67,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85691","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85691","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=85691"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85834,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85691\/revisions\/85834"}],"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=85691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}