{"id":90459,"date":"2019-06-27T09:20:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T16:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=90459"},"modified":"2020-05-02T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:20:47","slug":"q214-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=90459","title":{"rendered":"Q214 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>;\u00a0Pt. 2<\/a>;\u00a0Pt. 3<\/a>).
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue:<\/strong> Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note:<\/strong> Labeled in part \u201cAug 5 1978 News\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, US president
\nGerald Ford, former US president
\nLyndon Baines Johnson, former US president
\nJohn F. Kennedy, assassinated US president
\nSen. Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated presidential candidate
\nSen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
\nSen. Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State
\nHenry Kissinger, former Secretary of State
\nJ. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director
\nM.A. Jones, head of FBI Crime Records Division
\nDr. Michael Hensley, medical officer, Food & Drug Administration<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Ronald Reagan, former California governor
\nJuan Mari Br\u00e1s, Puerto Rican Socialist Party general secretary<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister
\nVladimir Lenin, father of Russian Revolution
\nYuri Andropov, short-lived Soviet premier
\nJeremy Thorpe, British politician, accused of murder
\nAldo Moro, executed former Italian prime minister
\nAntonio Ramalho Eanes, Portugal President
\nHua Kuo-feng, Chairman of Chinese Communist Party<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Menachim Begin, Israeli Prime Minister
\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nSaddam Hussein, Iraqi President
\nMobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire
\nNthato Motlana, black activist in South Africa<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Salvador Allende, President of Chile, deposed in 1973 coup
\nForbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana
\nFrank Hope, Guyana Minister of Finance
\nGeorge King, Guyana Minister of Trade<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Roger Boas, Chief Administrative Officer for San Francisco
\nGeorge Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Natan Sharansky, convicted Soviet dissident
\nMyron Farber, reporter for New York Times
\nMario Jascalevich, doctor on trial seeking Farber\u2019s notes
\nJesse Jackson, black civil rights leader
\nMartin Luther King, black civil rights leader
\nAlfred Robinson, United League director in Mississippi
\nDaniel Ellsberg, Defense Department worker who leaked Pentagon Papers
\nHoward Jarvis, anti-tax activist
\nElvis Presley, American entertainer
\nAlbert Einstein, physicist
\nE. Joseph Wampler, astronomer
\nAri Marshall, Greek industrialist
\nPlato, Greek philosopher
\nJacques Mayol, scuba diver
\nCharles Berlitz, travel writer
\nAristotle Onassis, Greek shipping tycoon
\nChristina Onassis, daughter of Aristotle Onassis
\nSergei Kauzov, husband of Christina Onassis [by reference]
\nDr. Arthur Upton, director of the National Cancer Institute
\nDr. Brian J. Curtin, director of Manhattan Hospital
\nKyle Steenland, author<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Bob Crane, actor in Hogan\u2019s Heroes
\nRobert Scott Crane, son of Bob Crane [by reference]
\nLarry Holvis, actor in Hogan\u2019s Heroes
\nRobert Clary, actor in Hogan\u2019s Heroes
\nLeon Askin, actor in Hogan\u2019s Heroes
\nCarroll O\u2019Connor, actor<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
\nPrincess Grace, formerly Grace Kelly
\nPrincess Caroline of Monaco<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Santos Rodriguez, Texas youth shot by police
\nTimothy Rosales, Texas young man shot by police
\nDarryl Cain, Dallas police sergeant involved in shooting
\nRuben Sandoval, San Antonio lawyer
\nRoy Fernandez, Texas Farmworkers Union official
\nJose Reyes, Puerto Rican shot in Philadelphia
\nGerald Salerno, officer convicted in Reyes shooting<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nAva Jones
\nKen Norton, also known as Richard Grubbs<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news for August 5, 1978.<\/p>\n

This tape is divided into two recording sessions, almost certainly from the same day. The patterns to the two are very similar, though. He begins each segment with a lengthy reminder that Jonestown is expecting a number of visitors and guests in coming days, and he gives detailed instructions on how the people are to behave and what they are to say \u2013 and not say \u2013 when anyone approaches them. Many of the proscriptions are in direct response to the criticism that the community has received in the past few months, so they are to emphasize that they have no weapons, they do not have harsh discipline, they have access to their passports and are free to come and go at will, they have good food \u2013 including meat at every meal \u2013 and their philosophy is nothing but of peace. They are not to address him as Father \u2013 much less God \u2013 and they should greet each other by first name. They are not to talk about capitalism or socialism. \u201cWe are not against the government of the United States, and we are not for any other government. We are a cooperative people who believe in living in the communal setting, sharing equally. No sexism, no ageism, no special privilege, and certainly no racism.\u201d They do not believe in suicide.<\/p>\n

The other major theme of both segments is that it is the eve of the anniversary of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and the news is filled with references to it. All of it plays into Jones\u2019 conviction that nuclear war is inevitable, and he mentions it 25 times on several different occasions. In other tapes, Jones often tags his fears to the end of another news item; here, it is a recurring and detailed theme. Among the (sometimes lengthy) discussions:<\/p>\n

\u2022 China\u2019s Doctrine of Three Worlds<\/a> shares Jones\u2019 acceptance of the \u201cupcoming\u201d nuclear war. \u201cPeking feels that nuclear war is coming, as you know, and so they want to be able to be the people to build on the ashes of it, and thus assure that there will be world socialism after nuclear war.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cThe Soviet Union still holds to the position that nuclear war can be avoided. I don\u2019t share that. That would be a point where I disagree with the Soviet Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 Daniel Ellsberg, the defense analyst who released the Pentagon Papers, is also convinced nuclear war will happen, and says that the match to start \u201cthe conflagration will be the neutron bomb,\u201d which Jones describes as \u201cthe most inhumane [weapon] of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 The population of the world is rising at an alarming rate, \u201cbut of course nuclear war will take care of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cIn the most frightening news of the day, US and South Africa negotiate for a nuclear pact.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to this focus on the approaching holocaust, Jones reads several longer articles. They include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 A review of a book on Chilean president Salvador Allende\u2019s land redistribution program;<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hispanics in Texas and Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia protesting police shootings, which includes Jones\u2019 claim that police have murdered 1500 people since the beginning of the year;<\/p>\n

\u2022 The role of Iraq in the geopolitical landscape and its relations with the USSR;<\/p>\n

\u2022 Puerto Rico organizing against statehood and pro-independence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shorter news items include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Egypt unwilling to negotiate due to Israeli intransigence;
\n\u2022 Italy pardons 8000 prisoners;
\n\u2022 New York Times reporter goes to jail for refusing to divulge sources;
\n\u2022 US refuses Soviet proposal to exchange spies;
\n\u2022 British politician charged with conspiracy to commit murder;
\n\u2022 Jesse Jackson speaks on American freedoms;
\n\u2022 Divers off Miami coast claim to discover the lost continent of Atlantis;
\n\u2022 South African leader threatened with jail over criticism of government;
\n\u2022 Diet blamed as contributor to cancer;
\n\u2022 California anti-tax activist takes aim at income tax;
\n\u2022 San Francisco cuts services for elderly;
\n\u2022 Soldiers protest use of radioactive gunsights on their weapons;
\n\u2022 Seattle developers seek to gentrify central city, which would displace the poor;
\n\u2022 Elvis Presley volunteered to be informant for FBI;
\n\u2022 Drug firms trick people into becoming human guinea pigs;
\n\u2022 Police report that actor Bob Crane was murdered;
\n\u2022 Blacks march in Mississippi towns;
\n\u2022 Zaire makes arrangements to get better terms in selling natural resources;
\n\u2022 Zimbabwean and Rhodesian troops accuse each other of torture;
\n\u2022 South Africa attacks Mozambique with US-made planes;
\n\u2022 Namibia insists upon Walvis Bay as part of independence;
\n\u2022 Bus drivers are arrested in South Africa for striking for better pay and benefits;
\n\u2022 Youth festival in Cuba honors victims of Hiroshima;
\n\u2022 USSR critical of China world tour;
\n\u2022 Abolition forces on the march.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/7\/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 28, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B69-40. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

JIM JONES reading daily news and announcements.<\/p>\n

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

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted June 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;\u00a0Pt. 3). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue: Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201cAug 5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90459","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90459","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=90459"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97710,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90459\/revisions\/97710"}],"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=90459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}