{"id":85724,"date":"2019-02-14T16:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T00:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85724"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:53:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T00:53:28","slug":"q1030-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85724","title":{"rendered":"Q1030 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 Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here<\/a>. To read the Annotated Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here<\/a>.
\nListen 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 \u201c11-18-72\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

People in attendance at Peoples Temple service:<\/i><\/div>\n
Jim Jones, Jr. [by reference]
\nEdith Roller
\nTim Stoen
\nRichard Tropp
\nBea Whitna (phonetic)
\nSister Ella<\/div>\n

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Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em><\/div>\n
Thomas Jefferson
\nAdolf Hitler, German F\u00fchrer
\nMartin Niem\u00f6ller, German theologian in World War II<\/p>\n

Ronald Reagan, governor of California
\nEvelle Younger, California Attorney General [by reference]
\nJoseph Alioto, San Francisco Mayor
\nJoe Johnson, Deputy Mayor (speaks)<\/strong>
\nWife of Joe Johnson<\/p>\n

Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam
\nJohn Muhammad, San Francisco leader of Nation of Islam<\/p>\n

Lester Kinsolving, San Francisco reporter, antagonist of Peoples Temple
\nCarlton Goodlett, San Francisco physician, newspaper publisher
\nAngela Davis, professor, member of Communist Party
\nWalter Heady, Redwood Valley head of John Birch Society
\nRandolph Hearst, owner of Hearst papers
\nCharles Gould, newspaper publisher
\nKarl Irvin, official in Disciples of Christ [by reference]
\nRuss Coughlan, broadcast reporter for SF TV station
\nF.D. Haynes, minister at Third Baptist Church, San Francisco<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bible verses cited:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Editor’s note<\/strong>: The verses below appear in order of biblical reference, not as they appear in Jim Jones\u2019 address. For a complete scriptural index to the sermons of Jim Jones, click here<\/a>.)<\/i><\/p>\n

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      [In response to question from congregation about views on capital punishment] What do I think about capital punishment? Well, I\u2019llspeak what the scriptures says. Thou shalt not kill. That\u2019s what it says. Thou shalt not kill. [Exodus 20:13, Deuteronomy 5:17].<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Scripture says if your brother has got ought<\/em> against you, you go to him. It didn\u2019t say if he got ought against you<\/em>, it says if he\u2019s got ought against you<\/em>, you got to go and find out what\u2019s the trouble. I take some of those ethics of the Judeo-Christian principle very seriously and sincerely to heart<\/em>. And it says if your brother\u2019s<\/em> got ought against you, you go. [Matthew 5:23-24, \u201cTherefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.\u201d]<\/p>\n

      Scripture says a house divided against itself cannot\u2013 cannot\u2013 a house divided against itself cannot<\/em> stand, so you recognize what you\u2019re doing. [Mark 3:25, \u201cAnd if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.\u201d See also Matthew 12:25 and Luke 11:17]<\/p>\n

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

      (Editor’s note: <\/strong>This tape was transcribed by Georgiana Mamlakah. The editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

      There\u2019s a local political figure in the San Francisco congregation of Peoples Temple on this night \u2013 Deputy Mayor Joe Johnson, whose relationship with the church remained strong \u2013 and Jim Jones adopts a measured tone and a non-confrontational message throughout this address. The format is a question-and-answer session, but Jones has one or two themes that he reinforces several times.<\/p>\n

      His principal message is one of cooperation, reconciliation, and overtures to those who might have thought they were against the church until Jones engaged them in conversation. He speaks of how his relationship with the John Birch Society and the Republication Party in Mendocino County had both immediate and long-term benefits. He speaks of having an accord with the owner of the San Francisco Examiner<\/em>, which resulted in the last of the series of articles by its reporter Lester Kinsolving being pulled.<\/p>\n

      The reconciliation has even extended to the Nation of Islam, which has a Temple on the same block as the Peoples Temple building. He endorses the practice of Black Muslims to take pride in their race, but says it shouldn\u2019t be to the detriment of other races. He exhorts his followers not to hate them, just as he doesn\u2019t hate them. He says he disagrees with their religion \u2013 and belittles the notion that the black minority of the country could ever overcome the white majority \u2013 and concludes that racism is racism, no matter who is expressing it, \u201cand when you teach racial superiority whether it be black or white, if you teach that one race is superior to another<\/em>, you\u2019ve got the same old devil reversed. And it\u2019ll lead to the same kind of problems, the same kind of trouble, and the same kind of end road self-destruction.\u201d Nevertheless, he says, he meets with their local leaders and patronizes their stores, and concludes that \u201cif more white people would make an attempt<\/em> to show the Muslims they could<\/em> be trusted, the Muslims might change some of their attitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n

      He speaks on some of the political issues of the day, even though, as a pastor, he says he knows he shouldn\u2019t. Commenting on two recently-decided statewide ballot initiatives in California, he said he was glad the anti-obscenity measure went down to defeat \u2013 the ramifications of someone in government telling you what you can and cannot read are frightening \u2013 but regrets the voters\u2019 decision to restore capital punishment. He raises several arguments against the death penalty \u2013 its fallibility, its lack of deterrent effect \u2013 but he reserve most of his criticism for the fact that it is applied almost exclusively to the poor and the minorities of the state. \u201cThere\u2019s never been a person ever executed that ha $50,000 in liquid assets. Until they start killing all those rich<\/em> folks as well as they kill all the poor folks, I\u2019m not for capital punishment.\u2026 When money<\/em> can buy people justice, I\u2019m afraid of laws that takes anyone\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

      He does raise a couple of the Temple\u2019s political bugaboos, like the Omnibus Crime Bill, which included provisions for preventive detention and lengthy incarceration without charge, and the specter of concentration camps being established in America\u2019s inner cities, a theme which continued throughout the history of the Temple, even to Jonestown.<\/p>\n

      Even more basic to his talk, however, is his reiteration of his belief in the democratic process, of reasonable minds being able to build bridges and work towards solutions. Aside from these general acknowledgments of the deputy mayor\u2019s presence, there are direct ones, congratulating him several times on his long and successful inter-racial marriage and thanking him for his support of the same type of community endeavors that Peoples Temple works for every day.<\/p>\n

      But perhaps most fundamental to his talk \u2013 a theme which also traveled to Jonestown, with tragic consequences \u2013 is his repetition of the depths of loyalty which members of his church share with each other, and with their supporters. Whether in speaking about an alliance with the local John Birch Society, or the failure of various populations in Nazi Germany to defend one another, he reiterates several times, \u201cif they came after one of us, they\u2019d have to take every blessed one of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

      Date of transcription: 6\/21\/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 6\/15\/79, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B108-2. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

      JIM JONES speaking before a group re miscellaneous items such as the Nation of Islam, newsman printing false story about JIM JONES, Muslim\u2019s position on race, racism, capital punishment, JOHN BIRCH Society, Unity of the People\u2019s Temple, and how to get people off of drugs.<\/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 February 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 Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here. To read the Annotated Tape Transcript,\u00a0click 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85724","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85724","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=85724"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93515,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85724\/revisions\/93515"}],"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=85724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}