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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 (Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0Pt. 2<\/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>Labeled in part \u201cMay 21, 1978\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, U.S. President
\nAmy Carter, daughter of Jimmy Carter
\nRichard Nixon, former president
\nLyndon Baines Johnson, former president
\nNelson Rockefeller, former vice president, governor of New York
\nJoseph McCarthy, former U.S. Senator
\nJohn Tunney, former U.S. Senator
\nRep. Charles Diggs (D-MI)
\nRichard Helms, CIA intelligence director
\nBert Lance, Director of Office of Management and Budget<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler, German Fuhrer
\nGeli Raubal, niece of Adolf Hitler [by reference]
\nMartin Niem\u00f6ller, German pastor, critic of Naziism
\nVilis Hazners, senior official in the Latvian Gestapo
\nVladimir Lenin, father of Russian Revolution, first leader of Soviet Union
\nFerdinand Marcos, dictator of Philippines<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Park Chung Hee, dictator of South Korea
\nYun Posun, former President of South Korea
\nKim Dae-jung, unsuccessful political opponent
\nChing Koo Yung, former ally of Park (phonetic)
\nPark Yung Choo, Protestant leader (phonetic)
\nDaniel Hak Sung Chee, dissident Korean Catholic priest (phonetic)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Malcolm X
\nMartin Luther King, Jr., civil rights activist
\nCoretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King
\nReverend Ike, radio evangelist, original name Dr. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II
\nHuey Newton, leader of Black Panther Party
\nMilton Friedman, economist
\nRandolph Hearst, newspaper publisher
\nPatty Hearst, kidnapped daughter of Randolph Hearst
\nJuan Corona, Mexican serial killer
\nGloria Moreno, wife of Juan Corona [by reference]
\nCharles Garry, attorney for Peoples Temple <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

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

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

Jim Jones reads the news for May 21, 1978.<\/p>\n

There are numerous short news items, several of which are woven into the context of the longer pieces he reads, but the bulk of this tape consists of two articles. The first is on neo-colonialism as differentiated from imperialism, an article which apparently is a continuation of something he read the previous day. The second is a piece on the proliferation of majority populations in various countries using legal pretexts to discriminate against minorities. <\/p>\n

Both readings include lessons and calls to action. At the end of the first article, Jones denounces imperialism as \u201ctrickeration\u201d and reminds the community \u201cthat a good humanitarian socialist end does justify any means to overthrow the imperialist system, and to take any position, and to never, never tell the truth to the imperialist.\u201d The second reading ends with a dramatic call for the residents of Jonestown to be steadfast in standing up against capitalism and fascism. <\/p>\n

As characterizes most of these broadcasts, he almost uniformly describes the US as monopoly capitalists, fascists and imperialists \u2013 sometimes all in the same breath \u2013 although he invokes the dreaded name of the Trilateral Commission almost as often as he does any other antagonist to the Jonestown way of life. In addition, he consistently describes the Soviet Union as the mother of liberation and the avant garde of socialism.<\/p>\n

Also typical of these broadcasts, Jones invokes the specter of nuclear war, including the oft-mentioned observation that China has an official policy \u201cthat nuclear war is inevitable, and it will advantage the Chinese in their pursuit of nationalistic communism.\u201d <\/p>\n

Among the shorter news items:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Supreme Court requires job applicants to provide race and ethnic information;
\n\u2022 Civil war in Zaire results in deaths of 180 whites;
\n\u2022 Ethiopia resists Eritrean efforts for separation;
\n\u2022 Amy Cater upset over track meet results;
\n\u2022 Japanese Red Army occupies runway of new airport;
\n\u2022 Koreans protests dictator;
\n\u2022 State Department report lauds South Korean on human rights progress;
\n\u2022 Patty Hearst loses appeal, will serve 14 months;
\n\u2022 Huey Newton released on bail;
\n\u2022 Mass murderer Juan Corona granted new trial;
\n\u2022 NAACP reports flood of hate mail;
\n\u2022 Several crime news items depict decline of American quality of life;
\n\u2022 Milton Friedman supports Proposition 13;
\n\u2022 US tries to depart Latvian Nazi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Date of transcription: 6\/18\/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 4, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B93-120. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

Reverend JIM JONES gives \u201cthe news of the day\u201d to People\u2019 s Temple members at Jonestown, Guyana. He lectures to them on Socialism and Marxism.<\/p>\n

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

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\t<\/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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201cMay 21, 1978\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93634","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93634","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=93634"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97724,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93634\/revisions\/97724"}],"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=93634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}