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Peoples Temple Collection; Box 7, Virtual Item 5 -  Q43-Q46 - Part 1, Radio Transmissions

 Digital Record
Identifier: ms-0183_07.05 Part 1

Creator

Summary Note

JIM JONES and other unknown voices describing Jonestown offering greetings and arranging details of medical shipments. This is followed by statements about relatives and various visitors to Jonestown. There is a great amount of static and interference on this tape rendering much of it inaudible. Various recording of radio transmissions including one from a radio operator to LISA or other radio operator in Jonestown with the following identifying call numbers: WA6ACE in San Jose. Several patched through calls including one to RICHARD from his mother in the USA. Full FBI's summary of the recording available at Alternative Considerations of Jonestown website. There is currently no transcript of the recording.

Rights Statement Note

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Physical Description Note

Original audio cassette tape recording digitized and made available as .mp3 audio file.

Publisher Note

Publisher: The Jonestown Institute

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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