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New and Updated Information at Scientology LiesGO Memo
October 13, 1975: Michael Meisner writes a memo dealing with the transcript of an interview between former Scientologist Gene Allard and California Deputy Attorney General Lawrence Tapper. A copy of that transcript had been given to the IRS. Cindy Raymond later sends copies of this memo to other Guardian's Office officials. (Note that Scientology documents revealed a plot to frame Lawrence Tapper for getting a nun pregnant - one of Scientology's more bizarre attempts to smear a government official.)
GO Letter
October 21, 1975: Cindy Raymond sends a letter to various Guardian's Office officials, enclosing Michael Meisner's letter from the 13th (dealing with a transcript of an interview between Gene Allard and California Deputy Attorney General Lawrence Tapper) and also appending stolen government documents. Among the recipients: Michael Taylor, Henning Heldt, Richard Weigand, Gregory Willardson, Jane Kember, Mo Budlong, and Mary Sue Hubbard.
GO Memo
November 10, 1975: Henning Heldt writes a memo entitled "Re: China Shop: Clearwater Sun" about a Clearwater newspaper, which has been designated a target for attack due to its critical articles on Scientology. Scientology plans to take over the paper: "Our target on this, very confidentially, is ownership or control of the paper. So, as you know, the finance information on the paper, its debts, its income (and how it could be cut) are prime information needs. Also detailed info on the posts of the staff editors, etc."
GO Memo
December 4, 1975: A Scientology memo summarizes the contents of some "LA Intel Files," including information about Scientology links to the Process, references to the "Scientology murders" (Doreen Gaul and James Sharp, teenage Scientologists who were murdered, possibly by the Zodiac killer or someone associated with Charles Manson), an allusion to LRH being arrested in 1968 for counterfeiting, and FBI information on Scientology.
GO Order
February 5, 1976: An order from L. Ron Hubbard suggests that Scientologist Jimmy Fischer obtain the school records of Clearwater Mayor Gabriel Cazares.
GO Memo
February 12, 1976: One week after Scientology threatened to sue the St. Petersburg Times for libel, Duke Snider, deputy deputy guardian U.S., writes Henning Heldt, deputy guardian U.S., that he had come up with an excellent defence should anyone accuse the church of trying to silence The Times. "There are 3 papers here, the CW Sun, St. Pete Times, Tampa Tribune," he said. "The CW Sun and St. Pete Times printed the most stuff. Tampa ran a lesser amount but still some entheta (translation: unfavorable publicity). "When we sent out the letters threatening libel we did not have time to get around to the Tribune, they had printed less, but still some entheta and we wanted to go over their articles more carefully." Just that day, he said, his office was preparing to send a letter to the Tribune threatening a suit, but then his plan came to mind. "So with the Tribune (Tampa)," Snider said, "we do not threaten any action but just let PR (public relations) handle. As a defence we then point to them and say 'We didn't threaten them or try to shut them up, it's just those who are completely unreasonable or unfair and despite all our best efforts will not stop printing falsehoods that require us to take recourse to legal action'."
GO Memo
February 12, 1976: The Flag Collections Officer [possibly Molly Harlow?] writes a memo to Joe Lisa entitled "Re: Rumours." It discusses rumors the Scientologists were trying to plant at the Clearwater Sun and the Chamber of Commerce that L. Ron Hubbard was in Europe and had come to the US to relax, do photography, and record choirs - not to set up the fake United Churches front that Scientology was hiding behind.
GO Report
February 21, 1976: Molly Harlow, collections officer for Flag, sends Joe Lisa a two-page report providing biographical background on Clearwater City Atty. Thomas Bustin.
GO Document
February 21, 1976: A church document reports that Scientologist June Byrne, who had infiltrated the Clearwater Sun using the name June Phillips, "is being grooved in to be a reporter."
GO Document
February 27, 1976: Joe Lisa, assistant guardian for information at Flag, writes Jimmy Mulligan, an aide to Mary Sue Hubbard, that "a letter is going out to the Sun (one of those 5 day warning letters). Basically they are going to be warned not to print anymore ... or else we will sue." He also says, "Yesterday we turned over to PR scandal material for a Br I PR (branch one) attack on the medicos in these here parts. I am also having some follow up on this and am drawing up a project to get a large scale attack going on nursing homes, medical centers, mental health and psychiatric clinics. I'll be sending a copy up lines as soon as I get that completed."
GO Report
February 28, 1976: Mary Sue Hubbard writes her assessment of the Clearwater scene to Dick Weigand, deputy guardian for information, U.S. Of Mayor Cazares, she says: "He thought he had an excellent handle on us politically and was using it to gain PR for himself politically. He has nowhere to go except in the political arena. We were the football that blew up on him when we did not prove out to be tied to some gambling or other interests." She gives her assessments of reporters Snyder and Sableman and of The St. Petersburg Times. "Of all," she said, "I consider the SPT (Times) to be the most dangerous. Poynter obviously feels he owns this neck of the woods morally, spiritually, politically and otherwise." She was referring to Nelson Poynter, the Times' chairman of the board.
Black Propaganda
January 12, 1972: L. Ron Hubbard issues GO 111212, "Black Propaganda." It will later be cancelled and reissued as OSA Network Order 15 on February 18, 1988.
Sara Northrup Letter to Paulette Cooper
March 20, 1972: Sara Northrup, LRH's second wife, writes to Paulette Cooper, describing mysterious and threatening visits to her and her daughter Alexis from "agents" who wouldn't identify themselves.
Guardian Office memo
November 6, 1972: A Guardian's Office memo is sent to Mo Budlong, with a weekly update on the status of operations on several Scientology critics, including LRH's son Nibs, Paulette Cooper, Michael Sanders, and Judge J Skelly Wright. An excerpt: "SITUATION: Paulette Cooper continues as source of trouble for the church. WHY: Right pressure has not been brought to bear on her. ... HANDLING: Agent spoke to intelligence officer of IRS and gave him data on [Paulette's] father ... HANDLING: Agents took photographs October 25 of group including Kaufman, Cooper and Bernie Green, as they came from Channel 5 TV show in New York. Cooper ... screamed "he is one of them" ... and ... told agent "When the pictures come out in Freedom and so forth you'll be sued for invasion of privacy". Such a big effect for so little work. HANDLING: Handwriting analysis done on Cooper showing unfavorable characteristics. For use in future operation. HANDLING: Full up-to-date timetrack on Cooper sent to WW and CS-G."
Government Agencies memo
December 22, 1972: Government Agencies - a Scientology memo directs compilation of a list of "All persons on your staff who have EVER been employed by a government agency." The memo says information can be obtained from ethics files, pc files, personnel files, and interviews. [editor's note: I thought PC files were supposed to be confidential.]
GO Telex
October 31, 1974: A telex is sent from Duke Snider to Michael Meisner inquiring whether an agent has successfully infiltrated the IRS yet.
GO Document
November 4, 1974: Mary Sue Hubbard writes a document to other Scientology officials saying that Scientology must avoid being labeled a political group. The solution: "All political activity is to be carried on via front groups."
GO Telex
December 4, 1974: Duke Snider sends Mo Budlong a telex informing him that Snider and his associates had received "two shipments from DC . . . about ten inches" thick containing documents which the defendants Mitchell Hermann, Gerald Wolfe, and Michael Meisner had stolen from the IRS.
GO Note
January 9, 1975: Scientologist Mitchell Hermann writes a handwritten note stating "I attest that I have placed and am running an FSM at Silver [code name for the IRS] and am attaching the accompanying documents as evidence."
Willful False Reports
January 21, 1975: L. Ron Hubbard issues GO 111212, "Willful False Reports," in which he says, "The government could be willfully manufacturing false reports in order to get rid of somebody." It will later be cancelled and reissued as OSA Network Order 19 on February 18, 1988.
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