{"id":97513,"date":"2020-04-29T15:06:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T22:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97513"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:09:11","slug":"q225-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97513","title":{"rendered":"Q225 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To read the Tape Transcript,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97493\">click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www-rohan.sdsu.edu\/nas\/streaming\/dept\/scuastaf\/collections\/peoplestemple\/MP3\/Q225-SideA.mp3\">Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www-rohan.sdsu.edu\/nas\/streaming\/dept\/scuastaf\/collections\/peoplestemple\/MP3\/Q225-SideB.mp3\">Pt. 2<\/a>).<br \/>\nTo return to the Tape Index, <a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=28703\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n<p><strong>FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201cAug 7\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tape contents consistent with tape note<\/p>\n<p><strong>People named:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px; text-indent: -50px;\"><em>Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em><br \/>\nJimmy Carter, President of US<br \/>\nMrs. Rosalynn Carter, First Lady<br \/>\nJohn F. Kennedy, assassinated president [by reference]<br \/>\nJackie Kennedy Onassis, former first lady, wife of Aristotle Onassis<br \/>\nRichard Nixon, former U.S. president<br \/>\nCyrus Vance, Secretary of State<br \/>\nAndrew Young, U.S. ambassador to United Nations<br \/>\nZbigniew Brzezinski, National Security adviser<br \/>\nFrank Press, science adviser to Carter<br \/>\nJoseph Twinman [phonetic], US diplomat<br \/>\nLeon Jaworski, Watergate special prosecutor<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)<br \/>\nSen. Robert Kennedy, assassinated presidential candidate [by reference]<br \/>\nSen. John Stennis (D-MS)<br \/>\nThomas Dawsey, Air Force officer allegedly working for Stennis<br \/>\nLeon Joly, Air Force officer allegedly working for Stennis<br \/>\nUnita Blackwell Wright, mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi<\/p>\n<p>Pope Paul VI, head of Roman Catholic Church<br \/>\nGiovanni Benelli, rumored successor to Paul VI<\/p>\n<p>Adolf Hitler, German Fuhrer<br \/>\nJeremy Thorpe, leader of Britain\u2019s Liberal Party [by reference]<br \/>\nPatrick Keetly [phonetic], <em>Manchester Guardian<\/em> reporter<br \/>\nNikita Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union<br \/>\nNatan Sharansky, Soviet dissident<br \/>\nYuri Orlov, Soviet dissident<br \/>\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt<br \/>\nGamal Nasser, former president of Egypt<br \/>\nMenachem Begin, prime minister of Israel<br \/>\nSalim Rubai Ali, deposed president of South Yemen<br \/>\nAli Nasir Muhammad, new president of South Yemen<br \/>\nAbdul Fattah Ismail, head of South Yemen\u2019s socialist presidium<br \/>\nAhmed Al Gashme [phonetic], deposed president of North Yemen<br \/>\nSultan Qaboos, leader of Oman<br \/>\nGeorge Habash, Palestinian leader<\/p>\n<p>Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania<br \/>\nKenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia<br \/>\nSamora Machel, President of Mozambique<br \/>\nAlan Pizey, reporter for <em>Johannesburg Star<\/em><br \/>\nJoshua Nkomo, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front<br \/>\nRobert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwean Patriotic Front<br \/>\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia<br \/>\nMichael Melany [phonetic], Namibian activist<\/p>\n<p>Eva Peron, Brazilian leader<br \/>\nJuan Peron, Brazilian leader<br \/>\nChe Guevara, Latin American Revolutionary<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd George Barnett, Jamaican High Commissioner<br \/>\nMichael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica<br \/>\nForbes Burnham, Guyana Prime Minister<br \/>\nCheddi Jagan, leader of People\u2019s Progressive Party, Guyana opposition party<br \/>\nKay Rahaman, leader of Guyana People\u2019s Democratic Movement<br \/>\nLloyd Barker, Guyana Police Commissioner<br \/>\nHopkinson, aka Lumumba, first name unknown, vocal opponent of Burnham<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated civil rights leader<br \/>\nMalcolm X, assassinated civil rights leader<br \/>\nPaul Robeson, American black actor, musician, activist<br \/>\nAngela Davis, University professor, member of Communist Party<\/p>\n<p>Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, husband of Jackie Onassis<br \/>\nChristina Onassis, daughter of Aristotle Onassis<br \/>\nSergei Kauzov, Christina\u2019s husband [by reference]<br \/>\nHerbert Armstrong, founder of Worldwide Church of God<br \/>\nGarner Ted Armstrong, successor to father<br \/>\nEdward Durell Stone, architect of Kennedy Center<br \/>\nValeria Niemi, woman who sued NBC over rape scene [by reference]<br \/>\nMario Jascalevich, doctor who killed welfare patients [by reference]<br \/>\nAndrew Lloyd Weber, American composer<br \/>\nTim Rice, American lyricist<br \/>\nJudy Collins, American singer<br \/>\nElvis Presley, American entertainer<br \/>\nJulie Covington, American actress<br \/>\nC.T. Wilkinson, American actor<br \/>\nRobert Stigwood, American producer<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Ellsberg, Defense Department worker who leaked Pentagon Papers<br \/>\nCarolyn Pickering, reporter for Indianapolis Star<br \/>\nLester Kinsolving, columnist, Peoples Temple antagonist<br \/>\nChief Salisbury, first name unknown, official in Ukiah<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px; text-indent: -50px;\"><em>Temple members not in Jonestown:<\/em><br \/>\nJean Brown<br \/>\nVee Hollins<br \/>\nArchie Ijames<br \/>\nFlorida Johnson<br \/>\nJim Randolph<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px; text-indent: -50px;\"><em>Jonestown residents:<\/em><br \/>\nSharon Amos<br \/>\nAva Brown<br \/>\nLynetta Jones, mother of Jim Jones [by reference]<br \/>\nTeresa King<br \/>\nJim McElvane<br \/>\nEsther Mueller<br \/>\nCharlie Touchette<br \/>\nJoyce Touchette<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Bible verses cited: <\/strong> None<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim Jones reads the news for August 7, 1978. The reading consists of three parts, recorded at different times of the day.<\/p>\n<p>The reading is familiar to the residents of Jonestown, and is similar to most of the daily briefings in the months to come. Jones\u2019 news sources are familiar \u2013 principally the BBC, Radio Moscow, and the Voice of America, with news of their adopted nation coming from the Guyana Broadcasting Network \u2013 as are most of the editorial observations he makes along the way. The United States is consistently racist, sexist, fascist, and monopoly capitalistic \u2013 so why would anyone want to go back? \u2013 her European allies are lackeys, and her involvement in foreign affairs, most notably in Africa, are based on imperialism and corporate greed. By contrast, the efforts of Cuba and the Soviet Union on the African continent are in support of liberation efforts. China, as always, can boast of following communist principles at home, even if its foreign policy is incomprehensible, especially when it falls in line with that of the U.S. And the neutron bomb, a new weapon developed by the West that has the capacity to kill people without destroying property, can be targeted to kill people of color in their ghetto neighborhoods, with such precision and for such purposes that it \u201chas been jokingly called in military circles, the nigger bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his rote descriptions, though, Jones inserts jibes at every opportunity, including seemingly innocuous ones. As examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The effect of the U.S. launch of a spacecraft to Venus will be \u201cto pollute that planets with capitalism.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The General Services Administration investigation of government use of fleet vehicles is part of a larger conspiracy by government bureaucrats, private business, and the GSA itself \u201cto defraud the American taxpayers.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The press is \u201cthe arm of the reactionary multinationals that rule the United States and even rule the president by intimidation.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A fire in a chemical plant in North Carolina may be an accident, or an act of \u201csubversion,\u201d but the larger point is what it shows of \u201cthe danger of nuclear war and chemical-biological warfare.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The theme of nuclear war is the most common in much of Jones\u2019 rhetoric, bolstered by his interpretation of China&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=97633\">Doctrine of Three Worlds<\/a>, which \u2013 according to Jones \u2013 suggests that China accepts the inevitability of nuclear war, and thereby promotes it in order to get it over with and rebuild from its ashes.<\/p>\n<p>The reading includes two lengthy commentaries, which is also a familiar part of Jones\u2019 format. The first is an analysis of what the recent referendum in Guyana means for the country, which \u2013 since the government promoted it, and a government media outlet reports on it \u2013 offers hope to the country, especially compared to the programs offered by political opponents on the left and the right. The second commentary is a review of the musical <em>Evita<\/em> which appeared in an unnamed socialist-oriented publication.<\/p>\n<p>There is one mention of suicide: extending his remarks about the international expressions of condolence over the death the previous night of Pope Paul VI, Jones laments death in general, but especially for socialists, because \u201cyou ought to know that when your work is gone, the burden is on others. And that\u2019s why it is immoral to think about dying all the time, and suicide is immoral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones does have specific reminders for his people. Beyond the testing on what they\u2019ve heard \u2013 also a familiar feature of these tapes \u2013 Jones directs people to watch two politically-oriented films. He also insists that they finish writing their autobiographical sketches of themselves, in preparation for a book and film to be made about them. The \u201cinterviews,\u201d as he refers to them, are also to confess the crimes they have committed in the past, to show how the church movement has helped them.<\/p>\n<p>He also makes periodic announcements during the taping. Some are associated with what he has read in the news, such as his order that people who want to return to the U.S., in spite of the horrible news coming from it, are \u201cto be in a controlled setting, getting the news and helping hand from a teacher so they can understand what\u2019s happening.\u201d Other announcements comprise his messages as he begins or signs off each session, as he exhorts people to work hard, produce more, clean up various eyesores, and use their flyswatters. As is also usual, he ends each session with his declaration of love for his people.<\/p>\n<p>Among the other items mentioned in the broadcast:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inflation has knocked out wage gains for the year;<\/li>\n<li>Japan has taken steps to prop up the American dollar;<\/li>\n<li>The FBI issues its annual report on wiretap surveillance;<\/li>\n<li>President Carter and Sen. Edward Kennedy clash on several policy issues, including health care, criminal justice, and deregulation of natural gas;<\/li>\n<li>Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski is himself being investigated;<\/li>\n<li>The US and China open government-to-government talks on science;<\/li>\n<li>Beirut is under heavy arms fire from both sides in civil war;<\/li>\n<li>A South African newspaper gives surprisingly positive coverage on a neighboring socialist country;<\/li>\n<li>Angola \u2013 also with a socialist government \u2013 is targeted for destruction;<\/li>\n<li>South Yemen drifts closer to the Soviet orbit, clashes with North Yemen, as both countries experience change of governments after respective leaders assassinated;<\/li>\n<li>Zimbabwean guerillas attack mercenary force of Rhodesia;<\/li>\n<li>Rhodesia may be getting nuclear weapons as US tries to save access to chrome and cobalt;<\/li>\n<li>Vance tries to broker talks between Israel and Egypt;<\/li>\n<li>A Soviet space station may be building a laser weapon platform;<\/li>\n<li>NBC is sued over a TV movie about teenage rape;<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrators are arrested for anti-nuclear protests on Hiroshima Day;<\/li>\n<li>Protesters also march in opposition to political prisoners in US jails;<\/li>\n<li>The leader of the Worldwide Church of God declares his son and would-be successor a \u201cmoral reprobate.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date of transcription: 6\/2\/79<\/p>\n<p>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<p>On May 28, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B70-11. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n<p>News and commentary; a reading of current events by JIM JONES.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Differences with FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tape originally posted\u00a0April 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you. To read the Tape Transcript,\u00a0click 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 \u201cAug 7\u201d Date cues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":93,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97513","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=97513"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111872,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97513\/revisions\/111872"}],"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=97513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}