{"id":90464,"date":"2019-06-27T09:28:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=90464"},"modified":"2020-05-02T10:18:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:18:11","slug":"q237-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=90464","title":{"rendered":"Q237 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>).
\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 \u201cNews 17-Aug\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, US president
\nGerald Ford, former US President
\nRichard Nixon, former US President
\nRep. Jonathan Bingham (D-NY) [by reference]
\nRep. Charles Diggs (D-Michigan)
\nRep. Charles Diggs, Sr. (D-Michigan) [by reference]
\nRep. John Rhodes (R-Arizona)
\nRep. Louis Stokes (D-Ohio)
\nGriffin Bell, U.S. Attorney General
\nJoseph Califano, Secretary of U.S. Dep\u2019t of Health, Education & Welfare<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Ray Blanton, Tennessee governor
\nDixie Lee Ray, Washington governor
\nGeorge Wallace, former Alabama governor<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Kurt Waldheim, Secretary General of United Nations
\nAdolf Hitler, German Fuhrer
\nFrancisco Franco, dictator of Spain
\nJosef Stalin, former Soviet dictator
\nVal\u00e9ry Giscard d\u2019Estaing, President of France [by reference]
\n\u00d3lafur J\u00f3hannesson, Iceland prime minister
\nManea M\u0103nescu, Romanian prime minister [by reference]
\nBulent Ecevit, Turkish prime minister
\nMenachim Begin, Israeli Prime Minister
\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nElias Sarkis, President of Lebanon
\nMohammed Daoud [Dawood] Khan, President of Afghanistan
\nAbdul Qadir Dagarwal, Afghanistan defense minister [by reference]
\nMorarji Desai, Prime Minister of India
\nIndira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India
\nHua Kuo-feng, Chairman of Chinese Communist party
\nPark Chung Hee, President of South Korea [by reference]
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Virgilio Gonzalez, Watergate burglar [by reference]
\nBernard Barker, Watergate burglar [by reference]
\nEugenio Martinez, Watergate burglar [by reference]
\nFrank Sturgis, Watergate burglar [by reference]<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King
\nMartin Luther King, civil rights leader
\nRockefeller family, American family of great wealth
\nMuhammad Ali, prizefighter
\nVeronica Porch\u00e9 Ali, wife of Muhammed Ali
\nBenjamin Hooks, Executive Director, NAACP
\nGeorge Jackson, black activist, author of Soledad Brother
\nStephen Bingham, lawyer arrested in George Jackson case
\nCharles Lindbergh, renowned aviator
\nCharles Lindbergh, Jr., kidnapped child of Lindberghs [by reference]
\nIngrid Bergman, actress
\nGary Cooper, actor<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Carlton Goodlett, San Francisco physician, newspaper publisher<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents, full name unknown:<\/em>
\nEvans child [several in Jonestown]
\nRhodes child [several in Jonestown]
\nWilson child [several in Jonestown]<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Jonestown residents:<\/em>
\nNorman Ijames
\nBob Stroud
\nRose Peterson
\nRose Shelton<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news for August 17, 1978.<\/p>\n

The news tape is typical of others from late summer 1978. Jones relies principally upon Radio Moscow as his source of information, although it is unclear whether the descriptive adjectives he uses are his own or those in the copy before him: the US is always capitalistic and imperialistic; its allies are racist and fascist puppets and lackeys; and the Soviet Union is a force for liberation and freedom in all foreign countries, and an example of sensitivity, respect and justice.<\/p>\n

As in other tapes, Jones interjects commentary on the failings and corruptive nature of capitalism at every juncture. At the conclusion of a story about the decision by the American corporation Honeywell to reject the US request not to sell computers to the USSR, for example, Jones adds, \u201cThey are in the business of making profit. That\u2019s one of the beautiful things that you can count on in capitalism. They will finally go down because of their competitive nature, the contradictions of fighting against each other, they finally look after theirselves and let the devil take the hindmost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones also stresses how much these stories affect him personally, and should affect every resident of Jonestown. Early in the tape, Jones talks about the bloated size of the defense budget, \u201cwhich is better than 80 percent of the American taxpayer\u2019s money. That\u2019s how much money we have put out. And every time I say it, I make sure I make my heart feel guilt, and you should make your heart feel guilt. Eighty percent of all of our taxes go to war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another characteristic of these tapes \u2013 also present here \u2013 are Jones\u2019 continual references to the inevitability of nuclear war, sometimes inserting them into stories which have nothing to do with the subject, and just as often attributing the reference to a person or a nation or a political body which didn\u2019t make the assertion. According to Jones, for example, a report made by the Geneva World Conference Against Racism, sponsored by the United Nations, said that \u201call black and Puerto Ricans [in America] live in colonies that are ready-made for extermination by the neutron bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, Jones closes his reading as he almost always does, with a call for people to appreciate their surroundings and each other. \u201cWhat a beautiful sunset. Look around you at the beauty, and give your gratitudes now to people. That\u2019s what keeps the faith high.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the stories Jones covers:<\/p>\n

\u2022 President Carter to veto the defense bill, calls for cuts in spending for education and health;
\n\u2022 Croatian nationals seize hostages at consular office in Chicago;
\n\u2022 Soviet Union charges that purpose of worldwide tour of Chinese officials is to set up spy networks;
\n\u2022 Israel promotes \u201cpermanent partial peace\u201d;
\n\u2022 Lebanon accuses Israel of interfering with sovereignty;
\n\u2022 The AMA calls for cuts in ties with Soviet medicine;
\n\u2022 Moscow accuses American reporters of libel;
\n\u2022 American hot air balloon lands in France;
\n\u2022 CIA tries to overthrows government of Moscow-backed Afghanistan;
\n\u2022 Soviets criticize US for failure to sign human rights, genocide treaties;
\n\u2022 UN calls for Micronesian independence from US;
\n\u2022 Iceland drifts towards communism;
\n\u2022 Muhammed Ali indicted for tax evasion;
\n\u2022 Federal court orders postal workers to return to work;
\n\u2022 Bakke decision produces civil rights crisis;
\n\u2022 Bread lines form in Seattle;
\n\u2022 Memphis teachers refuse to cross police picket lines;
\n\u2022 House committee accuses drug companies of overcharging;
\n\u2022 Cancer-causing sodium nitrate found in most meats. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Date of transcription: 5\/29\/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 29, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B70-24. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

News of the day and commentary by JAMES JONES.<\/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). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue: Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201cNews 17-Aug\u201d Date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90464","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=90464"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97706,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90464\/revisions\/97706"}],"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=90464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}