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10 APRIL 2000:
Part 2, 1974-1975 FIX AND REPOST
This is the second in an eight-part timeline posted by The Librarian covering the decade of 1972-1982. If you haven't yet, you should read The Librarian's post introducing the timeline and Part 1.
| Date: 10 Apr 2000 03:18:11 -0000 From: Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header (The Librarian) Subject: Part 2, 1974-1975 FIX AND REPOST Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Message-ID: <5AD16875D5B@127.0.0.1> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- DATE CONVENTIONS IN THE TIME LINE It has been impossible to get exact dates for some of the events listed herein. If the event seemed important enough to include, yet no exact day--or, in some cases, no month--was given, the indication "c." (for circa) has been put AFTER the information (day or month) in question. As an example, an event known to have occurred in June of 1974, but without certainty as to the actual day, might be listed as "Saturday, 1 c. June 1974." If only a month and year are known (as in the example just given), and there is no indication of, e.g., "late June," then the event has usually been assigned arbitrarily to the 1st or the 15th of the indicated month, unless surrounding events indicate a different, more likely day of the month. The weekday names (e.g. Monday, Tuesday, etc.) have been included as additional data. If the only indication of the time of the event was "mid-1974," then the entry might read "Saturday, 1 c. June c. 1974, indicating that the month, too, is estimated from the language of the referenced source. Only rarely have incidents been included where the only information available is a givien year. When it seemed important enough to include in the Time Line, it was put, usually, at 1 c. January c. of the given year, or at 1 c. July c. of the given year, whichever seemed most likely--mainly as a "bookmark" for the event, pending more exact dating. Every effort has been made to isolate, as closely as possible, the exact date for each event. If anyone has any more accurate information about any event described herein, please post it to the newsgroup, "alt.religion.scientology." ================ 1974-1975 ================ Tuesday, 01 c. January c. 1974 Gerry Armstrong is the Port Captain of the Apollo. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Tuesday, 01 c. January 1974 The Guardian WW, Jane Kember, promotes Michael Meisner to Assistant Guardian for Information in the District of Columbia (A/G I DC). Meisner is responsible for all overt and covert intelligence investigations and operations. Duke Snider is Assistant Guardian for the District of Columbia (AG DC), the highest position in the local Guardian's Office, and is Meisner's immediate senior. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Tuesday, 01 c. January 1974 Mitchell Hermann (a.k.a. "Mike Cooper") goes on post as Information Branch I Director in Washington, D.C. GO, directly under Michael Meisner (and taking over the post Meisner had held prior to his promotion to A/G I DC). SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Friday, 04 January 1974 President Nixon tells the Senate Watergate Committee that he will not comply with new subpoenas calling for him to surrender hundreds of tapes and documents. In a letter to Chairman Sam Ervin, Nixon says, "To produce the material you now see would unquestionably destroy any vestige of confidentiality of Presidential communications, thereby irreparably impairing the constitutional functions of the office of the Presidency." On the same day, William B. Saxbe is sworn in as US Attorney General. Nixon's attorney J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., is named White House counsel, and James D. St. Clair is hired by Nixon to replace Buzhardt as special counsel to the President in charge of his Watergate defense. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 07 January 1974 Flag Order 3434 is issued, creating the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF). The Flag Order is written by Ken Urquhart, not by LRH, but refers to "The Commodore" having created the RPF. (?) [NOTE: Ken Urquhart, along with Jim Dincalci and Paul Preston, is one of the handful of key players in the "flight to America" scenario played out with LRH in early December 1972 (see entry for 3 December 1972), after threats of an indictment from Paris.] OUTPOINTS: WRONG SOURCE, CONTRARY FACTS. It should be noted here that the RPF is, at its roots and concept, 180-degrees oppossed to everything that LRH had been saying and writing for twenty-four years prior to its creation. It is one of the most insidious control operations ever run on individuals. In fact, it employs much of the kind of degradation of individuals that has been developed by psychiatrists working for the CIA since 1953 in Operations BLUEBIRD and MKULTRA. It stands as a continuing testement to the extreme liklihood that, no matter what so-called "evidence" exists to the contrary, LRH was dead or mentally incapacitated by the time it was implemented. SOURCE: Modern Management Technology Defined, Interview with Ken Urquhart for the book Bare Faced Messiah Tuesday, 08 January 1974 Judge Sirica orders the immediate release of John Dean, Herbert Kalmback, and Jeb Stuart Magruder, reducing their sentences to time served. All three had pleaded guilty to Watergate-related crimes, and had served as witnesses in the cover-up trial. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 15 January 1974 A panel of experts reports to Judge Sirica that the 18 1/2-minute gap in one of the White House tapes, a conversation between Nixon and Haldeman, has been caused by at least five separate erasures and recordings. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 17 January 1974 First Board Policy Letter (BPL) establishing those types of issues, and establishing Board Technical Bulletins (BTBs). OUTPOINTS: WRONG SOURCE. It should be noted that BTBs and BPLs, created just 10 days after the creation of the RPF, introduced the greatest possible confusion into all of Scientology, creating a dispersal of source that persists to this day, and paved the way for SPDs, for "Based on the Works of..." texts, and for the alteration of LRH's bulletins, policy letters, tapes, and books. These two events mark the watershed of Scientology and Dianetics, sending it on a decline into a totalitarian and suppressive organization using the technology LRH created as harmfully as possible SOURCE: Modern Management Technology Defined Monday, 28 January 1974 1 - Mr. W.A. Branigan 1 - Mr. W.O. Cregar 1 - Mr. F.S. Putman SAC, Chicago 1/28/74 Director, FBI CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY (CS) IS [BLACKED OUT] ReCGlet dated 12/12/73. In order to make the desired request of [BLACKED OUT] it will be necesary for Chicago to incorporate pertinent information contained is referenced letter in an [sic] letterhead memorandum (LHM) appropriately captioned and suitable for dissemination as required by the FBI Handbook, Part I, pages 50a and 50b. With regard to possible specific allegations of espionage which might be obtained from [BLACKED OUT] you are reminded that if an allegation warrents investigation, such investigation must be conducted and reported under appropriate individual caption and character rather than with instant caption as a catchall or that of [BLACKED OUT] Bring the above to the attention of individuals responsible for the preparation and approval of referenced letter. 1 - Los Angeles 1 [BLACKED OUT] FBG:mjg (9) _NOTE_: [ENTIRE NOTE BLACKED OUT] SOURCE: Files of the FBI," #271, posted on the Internet Friday, 01 February 1974 A new CIA program, jointly funded by Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of Technical Services (OTS) is begun at SRI. Apparently, Kenneth Kress is the author of the program (he refers to himself as "the Project Officer," but CIA officials seem to use the terms "project" and "program" almost interchangeably). The project is to proceed on the premise that the phenomena associated with remote viewing do exist; the objective is to develop and utilize them. CITE: "Office of Technical Services Contract, FAN 4125-4099; Office of Research and Development Contract, FAN 4162-8103; 1 February 1974 (CONFIDENTIAL)." SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 Monday, 04 February 1974 Patricia "Patty" Hearst, daughter of newspaper magnate Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment--not terribly far from SRI [stay tuned] by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). [NOTE: A leader of the SLA is Donald "Cinque" DeFreeze, who has been part of a CIA MKULTRA project at Vacaville State Prison in California (see entry for 15 c. July 1970).] SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983; also book, "Remote Viewers--The Secret History," Chapter 12; also various newspaper accounts Tuesday, 05 February 1974 Hal Puthoff is contacted by the Berkely police, requesting psychic assistance in the investigation into the disappearance of Patty Hearst. That afternoon, Puthoff and Pat Price meet with the police at Patty Hearst's apartment, where Price says it is not a kidnapping for money, but for political reasons. They go down to the police station, where Price picks out three photos from mug books, and associates the word "Lobo" (spanish for "wolf") with one of the men he has selected. (All three men Price picks are later confirmed to be members of the "Symbionese Liberation Army," which has kidnapped Hearst. The man with the "lobo" association turns out to be William Wolfe, a.k.a. "Willie the Wolf.") SOURCE: Book, "Remote Viewers--The Secret History," Chapter 12 Wednesday, 06 February 1974 The House of Representatives approves a resolution ratifying the House Judiciary Committee's presidential impeachment investigation, and giving the committee broad subpoena powers. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Wednesday, 20 February 1974 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum DATE: 2/20/74 TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (105-255635) FROM: SAC, CHICAGO (105-37914) (P) SUBJECT: _CHANGED_ CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY (CS) IS Title is marked changed to conform with that set out in referenced Bureau communication. Title was previously carried by Chicago as, [BLACKED OUT] Re Bureau letter to Chicago dated 1/28/74. Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of an LHM dated and captioned as above. One copy is being furnished to Los Angeles since that office has a lead outstanding in this matter. A review of the information furnished by [BLACKED OUT] failed to disclose allegations of espionage with sufficient specificity in order to make possible the implementation of the Bureau's instructions to conduct and report an investigation under an appropriate individual caption and character rather than instant caption or that of [BLACKED OUT] Barring additional significant developments resulting from the lead to Los Angeles or the inquiry requested on the final page of the enclosed LHM to [BLACKED OUT] Chicago anticipates no further investigation in this matter. The Bureau is requested to refer this matter to [BLACKED OUT] for appropriate inquiry of [BLACKED OUT] 2 - Bureau (Enc. 6) 1 - Los Angeles (Enc. 1) (RM) 1 - Chicago RAC/jms (4) Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan SOURCE: "Files of the FBI," #273, posted on the Internet Sunday, 24 February 1974 Dr. Jose Delgado testifies before Congress: "We need a program of psychosurgery for political control of our society. The purpose is physical control of the mind. Everyone who deviates from the given norm can be surgically mutilated. The individual may think that the most important reality is his own existence, but this is only his personal point of view. This lacks historical perspective. Man does not have the right to develop his own mind. This kind of liberal orientation has great appeal. We must electrically control the brain. Some day armies and generals will be controlled by electric stimulation of the brain." [CITE: February 24, 1974 edition of the Congressional Record, No. 262E, Vol. 118.] SOURCE: Article: "Mind Control" By Harry V. Martin and David Caul, available on the Internet; CITE: February 24, 1974 edition of the Congressional Record, No. 262E, Vol. 118. Friday, 01 c. March 1974 Duke Snider becomes Deputy Guardian for Information in the United States (D/G I US). [NOTE: It is believed, from ensuing events, that he then relocates to Los Angeles, and is replaced in DC [as A/G DC] by Lynn McNeil, who becomes Michael Meisner's immediate senior.] SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Friday, 01 c. March 1974 Howard Schomer quote: "[O]ne of my positions aboard the Apollo from March 1974 to November 1975 was as the equipment, road manager and advance man for the 'Apollo Troupe Org' which was an entertainment group." So, it is around this time that the Apollo Troupe and Apollo Stars is started. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY (TIME) FACTS: BFM seems to put it closer to July of 1974 [see entry for 01 c. July 1974], but is vague on the time. This Schomer affidavit would seem to be more reliable. SOURCE: AFFIDAVIT OF HOWARD SCHOMER, 18 March 1986 Friday, 01 March 1974 Seven former White House and Nixon campaign officers, including John Mitchell, John Ehrlichman, and H.R. Haldeman, are indicted on charges including conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to investigators, by the grand jury investigating the Watergate affair. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Friday, 08 March 1974 A Flag Divisional Directive (FDD) is issued called "Facts About L. Ron Hubbard--Things You Should Know" SOURCE: Copy of the FDD Wednesday, 13 c. March 1974 LRH has mostly recovered from his motorcycle accident, and the Apollo leaves Tenarife. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Friday, 15 c. March 1974 An annual report form for HASI, Inc. is notarized. The microfilm record is not readable as to fiscal year, but a letter dated 3 April 1974 [see] refers to an enclosed annual report for fiscal year ending April [illegible, but should be 30] 1973, and this is presumed to be that annual report. Copyrights are listed under "Intangible Assets, Goodwill," valued at $7,463.00. Signatories are James Mulligan as Vice President and Joel Kreiner as Secretary SOURCE: Microfiche record from Arizona Corporations Commission Thursday, 21 March 1974 US Court of Appeals upholds Judge Sirica's ruling that the secret grand jury report on Nixon's possible role in the Watergate affair should be turned over to the House of Representatives for the purpose of its impeachment inquiry. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Wednesday, 03 April 1974 A cover letter is sent to the Arizona Corporation Commission which says that the annual report for HASI, Inc. is enclosed for the year ending April [illegible, but should be 30], 1973, plus fees and penalties. The letter is signed by Joanne Brown for Joel Kreiner, Secretary of HASI, Inc. SOURCE: Microfiche record from Arizona Corporations Commission Wednesday, 03 April 1974 Reports issued separately by the IRS and the Congressional Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation indicate that President Nixon owes over $400,000 in back taxes for the period of his first term in office. Nixon agrees to pay $432,787.13 plus interest. The congressional committee findings indicate that he had failed to report five categories of taxable income, and had claimed six categories of unwarranted deductions. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 11 April 1974 After rejecting a White House compromise offer, the House Judiciary Committee issues a subpoena ordering President Nixon to turn over tapes and other presidential material relating to 42 White House conversations. The deadline for compliance is set at 25 April 1974. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 22 April 1974 FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) F B I Date: 5/22/74 Transmit the following in _________________________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via ___AIRTEL____ ___________________________ (Priority) TO: DIRECTOR, FBI FROM: SAC, WFO (66-779 Sub G) ATTN: INTD _IS-3_ ELSUR FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY TERRY HIBBS Reference telephone call from Bureau Supervisor [BLACKED OUT] 5/21/74. Search of WFO ELSUR indices revealed no record of the Founding Church of Scientology and TERRY HIBBS. 2 - Bureau 1 - WFO JJG:kvb (3) Approved: ______________________ Sent ________M Per ______________ (Special Agent in Charge) U.S. Government Printing Office: 1972-455-574 SOURCE: "Files of the FBI," #280, posted on the Internet Wednesday, 24 April 1974 A Flag Conditions Order establishes the RPF's RPF. OUTPOINTS: WRONG SOURCE: Flag Conditions Orders have no authority to establish any such organizational entity. This is yet another example of the watering-down and dispersal of Source, and the gradual "conditioning" of Scientologists to take authority from many wrong sources. SOURCE: "BRAINWASHING iN SCIENTOLOGY'S REHABILITATION PROJECT FORCE (RPF)"-- Revised Version of a Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Diego, California (November 7, 1977). by Dr Stephen Kent [University of Alberta, Canada] Monday, 29 April 1974 In a televised address, President Nixon states that he plans to release 1,308 pages of edited tape transcripts of Watergate-related White House tapes to the House Judiciary Committee. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 30 April 1974 Nixon releases the transcripts of the White House tapes. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Wednesday, 01 May 1974 The House Judiciary Committee votes to notify President Nixon that his release of the transcripts instead of the actual tapes does not constitute compliance with the committee's subpoena. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 09 May 1974 The House Judiciary Committee opens formal hearings to determine whether or not to recommend that the full House impeach President Nixon. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Wednesday, 15 May 1974 The House Judiciary Committee issues two subpoenas for additional tapes and documents related to Watergate. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 16 May 1974 An internal-only note at the end of a letter that Director of the FBI Clarence M. Kelley has written on this date in response to C.B.B. Parselle, Church of Scientology, Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex, England RH19 4JY, says: "...[W]e have currently in the house at least five requests for information from our files concerning the Church of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. This appears to be an attempt to have the Bureau put itself in the position of affirming Coventry's statements and then having them come back in an effort to force disclosure of data in our files concerning Hubbard and this organization." SOURCE: "Files of the FBI," #277, posted on the Internet Friday, 17 May 1974 Six members of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), including Donald "Cinque" DeFreeze (formerly part of a CIA MKULTRA program at Vacaville prison [see entry for 15 c. July 1970]), are killed in a shootout with police at a house in Los Angeles. Patty Hearst's remains are not found in the burned-out remains of the house. She is considered to be alive, and a warrant for her arrest is issued by the FBI. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 20 May 1974 Judge John Sirica orders President Nixon to comply with a subpoena from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski for 64 White House tapes which Jaworski considers essential to the trial of seven former White House aides indicted on 1 March 1974 [see]. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 21 May 1974 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino issues a statement that President Nixon knew about the Watergate cover-up earlier than 21 March 1973, as he had claimed, and that this has been edited out of the released transcripts. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Wednesday, 22 May 1974 President Nixon sends a letter to House Judiciary Committee Charman Peter Rodino, stating that he will not comply with two subpoenas issued by the committee on 15 May, and that further subpoenas will be rejected too. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 28 May 1974 The Apollo's liaison office in New York ostensibly writes to the Navy Department enclosing an authorization from LRH to obtain his medals and asking for them to be forwarded as soon as possible. The letter provides some background data: "He served in the South Pacific and in 1942 was relieved by fifteen officers of rank and was rushed home to take part in the 1942 battle against German submarines as Commanding Officer of a Corvette serving in the North Atlantic. In 1943 he was made Commodore of corvette squadrons and in 1944 he worked with amphibious forces.' There follows a list of seventeen medals awarded to LRH, including the Purple Heart and the Navy Commendation Medal, many of them with bronze stars. OUTPOINTS: SMOKING GUN, CONTRARY FACTS: This account in "Bare-Faced Messiah" is a "bare-faced" contradiction to another assertion from the same source, in Chapter 17, that a fidgety "LRH" had "his sixteen war medals" on display during a 1968 interview [see entry for 6 August 1968] in Bizerte, Tunesia, with two reporters from the London Daily Mail. This reeks of a botched intelligence operation. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Friday, 31 May 1974 The US Supreme Court grants Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski's plea for prompt consideration of Nixon's refusal, on the grounds of executive privelege, to turn over 64 tapes subpoenaed by Jaworski. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Saturday, 01 c. June c. 1974 The Department of Justice and FBI have upper level, confidential Scientology (OT) materials in their files: "We didn't know how they got in there, but they were in the government files as well, yes. This would be in the period 1974, 1975, 1976, in that period."--Robert Vaughn Young testifying about his review of FOIA documents from DOJ and FBI. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DATA: The date can only be broadly estimated from Youngs incredibly vague language; as usual, Young gives no specific information regarding dates. He also fails to offer any explanation for HOW "they" knew that OT materials were "in the government files, yes." SOURCE: Denver testimony of Robert Vaughn Young, 21 September 1995. Monday, 03 June 1974 Charles W. Colson, formerly one of President Nixon's closest aides, pleads guilty to a charge of obstructing justice in the trial of Daniel Ellsberg. All other charges against Colson are dropped, and he agrees to testify in other Watergate-related cases. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Wednesday, 05 June 1974 The White House acknowledges that the Watergate grand jury has named President Nixon as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the Watergate cover-up. OUTPOINTS: ADDED INCREDIBLE PARALLELS: The entire Watergate affair is like a model for what will ensue for the Guardian's Office and LRH. The parallels of buggings, break-ins, etc., are followed by the aides being indicted and convicted, and the top man being named an "unindicted co-conspirator." Join the Church of Coincidenceology today! SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 11 June 1974 US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, accompanying Nixon on a trip to the Middle East, holds an emotional news conference in which he threatens to resign unless his name is cleared of charges that he had participated in illegal wiretaps undertaken by the White House in 1971. The charges have been made by unidentified "congressional sources." SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Friday, 14 June 1974 A U.S. Marshal serves a Summons and Complaint at the Washington Field Office of the FBI, in which the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc., is suing the Director [of the FBI], the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Treasury for information in government files which the Church contends have been wrongly disseminated. OUTPOINTS: OMITTED DATA: No ruling or record of this suit has yet been found. No specific mention of this suit is made in the Stipulation of Evidence. The only reference found to this suit is an internal-use note appended to the end of a letter from FBI Director Clarence Kelley. SOURCE: "Files of the FBI," #282, posted on the Internet Saturday, 15 c. June c. 1974 Kendrick "Rick" Moxon begins working in the D.C. GO in some capacity, unknown. NOTE: This date is arrived at by working back approximately two years from when Meisner left D.C., because Meisner later testified that he had "worked closely" with Moxon "for two years." OUTPOINTS: OMITTED MOXON: Over the next two years, while Moxon and Meisner work "closely" together, while Meisner allegedly commits burglary after burglary on behalf of the GO--as is exhaustively detailed in the Stipulation of Evidence--we will find NOTHING about or from Kendrick Moxon throughout the entire Stipulation until AFTER Meisner has been confronted by the FBI, in June of 1976, and has fled to L.A. Moxon's name is never even mentioned, and doesn't appear on a single document in all the government's mile-high stacks for the two-odd years covering the actual break-ins, etc. Yet, according to Meisner's testimony, as quoted in the Stipulation, he and Moxon "worked closely for two years." And the two years that the burglaries were being committed are the only two years this can refer to. How odd. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Saturday, 15 June 1974 The US Supreme Court agrees to broaden the scope of its consideration of the White House tapes matter, and include the question of whether the Watergate grand jury had the right to name President Nixon as an "unindicted co-conspirator" [see entry for 5 June 1974]. On the same date, a panel of experts delivers its final report to Judge Sirica stating that the 18 1/2 minute gap on one of the tapes was "manually produced." SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 18 June 1974 The Navy Department replies [see 28 May 1974 entry], enclosing the four "routine medals" awarded to former Lieutenant Lafayette R Hubbard, US Naval Reserve, and noting, "The records in this Bureau fail to establish Mr Hubbard's entitlement to the other medals and awards listed in your request." OUTPOINTS: SMOKING GUN, CONTRARY FACTS: This account in "Bare-Faced Messiah" is a "bare-faced" contradiction to another assertion from the same source, in Chapter 17, that a fidgety "LRH" had "his sixteen war medals" on display during a 1968 interview [see entry for 6 August 1968] in Bizerte, Tunesia, with two reporters from the London Daily Mail. This reeks of a botched intelligence operation. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Thursday, 20 June 1974 House Judiciary Committee memoranda are released indicating that the committee's versions of some of the Watergate tapes are significantly different from the edited transcripts made public by President Nixon. The committee's versions suggest that Nixon knew of some of the elements of the Watergate matter before the 21 March 1973 [see] meeting with John Dean, wherein Nixon has claimed he first became aware of the Watergate cover-up. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 20 June 1974 An internal note written at the end of a letter written on this date by FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley in response to C.B.B. Parselle, Church of Scientology, Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex, England RH19 4JY, says: "By airtel dated 6-14-74, WFO [Washington Field Office] forwarded a Summons and Complaint served at WFO by a U.S. Marshal on 6-14-74 [see entry for 14 June 1974] in which the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc., is suing the Director, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury for information in our files which they contend we wrongly disseminated." SOURCE: "Files of the FBI," #282, posted on the Internet Thursday, 27 June 1974 Nixon arrives in Moscow for summit talks. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 01 c. July 1974 Duke Snider (Deputy Guardian for Information in the United States), sends a written order to Michael Meisner, the Assistant Guardian for Information in the District of Columbia, referring to Jane Kember's 21 November 1973 order to obtain Interpol files regarding LRH and Scientology from D.C. Interpol offices. The order directs Meisner to prepare a "project" to obtain all these Interpol files. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENT: There is no exact date for this alleged, and important, order--only the month. No document is actually referenced in the Stipulation. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Monday, 01 c. July c. 1974 It is around this time, according to the referenced source, that LRH starts the Apollo Stars musical group and dance troupe. OUTPOINTS: OMITTED TIME: The date is guessed at, as the source is vague. See also entry for 01 c. March 1974, which is probably more reliable. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Monday, 01 c. July 1974 Pat Price is given coordinates supplied by the CIA's Ken Kress for coordinate remote viewing experiments. Price identifies a Soviet military research facility at the southern edge of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test area in the Kazakh Republic. The accuracy of Price's reports about the place become an important factor in future funding of the remote viewing research of Puthoff, Targ, et. al. SOURCE: Article, "CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing At Stanford Research Institute," by H. E. Puthoff, Ph.D.; also, Book, "Remote Viewers--The Secret History," Chapter 8 Monday, 01 c. July 1974 A report is published, "Individual Rights and the Federal Role in Behavior Modification," 93rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1974. Sam Ervin Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights SOURCE: Article: "Mind Control" By Harry V. Martin and David Caul, available on the Internet Wednesday, 03 July 1974 Nixon returns to the US from summit talks in Moscow. He arrives near Limestone, Maine. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 08 July 1974 Presidential defense counsel James D. St. Claire and Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski present oral arguments to the Supreme Court in the cases of United States of America vs. Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Nixon vs. the United States of America. At issue are Nixon's claims of executive privilege in refusing to turn over subpoenaed tapes, and the right of the grand jury to name Nixon as an "unindicted co-conspirator." SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 09 July 1974 The House Judiciary Committee produces its own transcripts of eight Watergate tapes. Their versions differ in some major respects from the transcripts previously released by the White House. The differences point toward greater involvement of Nixon in the cover-up. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Saturday, 13 July 1974 The Senate Watergate Committee releases its final report. The report summarizes the evidence the committee has uncovered, and makes 35 recommendations for cleaning up campaign practices and for other legislative changes. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 15 c. July 1974 In response to Duke Snider's order (and the Jane Kember 21 November 1973 letter), Michael Meisner, the Assistant Guardian for Information in the District of Columbia, prepares a "project" to obtain Interpol files on LRH and Scientology. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENT: There is no exact date for this alleged project--only the month. No document is actually referenced by name in the Stipulation. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Wednesday, 24 July 1974 The US Supreme Court rules 8-0 that claims of executive privilege cannot be used to withhold evidence in a criminal trial, and that President Nixon must provide the tapes and documents subpoenaed by Leon Jaworski. Nixon announces, through his lawyer, that he will comply. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 25 c. July 1974 Duke Snider approves Michael Meisner "project" (based on Snider's and Jane Kember's orders to obtain Interpol files on LRH and Scientology) for issuance. Meisner assigns the project to Mitchell Hermann--Branch I Director D.C.--for execution. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENT, OMITTED SENIOR: There is no exact date for this alleged project--only the month. No document is actually referenced by name in the Stipulation. Is this allegation merely from someone's testimony? Also, where is any evidence of Lynn McNeil's intervention in all of this, as she should be A/G DC at this time, and Meisner's senior. Why is she out of the loop? Any such project would HAVE to go through her for approval. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Saturday, 27 July 1974 The House Judiciary Committee approves the first of three articles of impeachment against President Nixon, charging him with obstruction of justice. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 29 July 1974 The House Judiciary Committee approves the second of three articles of impeachment against President Nixon, charging him with "repeatedly" failing to carry out his constitutional oath and duty to uphold the nation's laws. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 30 July 1974 The House Judiciary Committee approves the third of three articles of impeachment against President Nixon, citing his defiance of the committee's subpoenas. On the same date, the White House turns over tapes of 20 Oval Office conversations to US District Court Judge John J. Sirica, the first step by the White House in complying with the Supreme Court ruling. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 05 August 1974 President Nixon releases subpoenaed transcripts of three conversations of 23 June 1972 [see], and orders them turned over to Judge Sirica. The transcripts show that on that date--six days after the Watergate break-in--Nixon was ordering an end to the FBI investigation of the case. In an accompanying statement, Nixon admits his complicity, which he "deeply regrets." SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 06 August 1974 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issues a report clearing US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger of responsibiliy for the wiretapping of 17 officials and newsmen--including some of Kissinger's subordinates--between 1969 and 1971. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 08 August 1974 President Nixon announces in a televised speech that he will submit his resignation the following day because he has lost his "political base in Congress." SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Friday, 09 August 1974 Richard M. Nixon's formal resignation as President of the United States is delivered to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as Nixon is en route from Washington, D.C. to his home in San Clemente, California. Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States by Chief Justice Warren Burger. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Thursday, 15 c. August c. 1974 Cindy Raymond, Collections Officer in the US Information Bureau in L.A., sends a directive to Michael Meisner ordering him to recruit a loyal Scientologist to be placed as a covert agent at Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C., for the purpose of taking from IRS all documents which deal with Scientology, including those concerning pending litigation initiated by Scientology against the United States Government. Meisner allegedly discusses the recruiting of that covert operative with Cindy Raymond on at least a weekly basis for three to four weeks. [NOTE: It must be commented that this order, which actually marks the beginning of the whole painful saga which ensues, and which ultimately brings down the Guardians Office, is issued almost simultaneously with the resignation of Richard Nixon, and with the installation of Gerald Ford as President--followed almost immediately by the selection of Nelson Rockefeller as the Vice President (see entry for 20 August 1974).] OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENT, OMITTED SENIOR: There is no exact date for this alleged project--only the description as being "late summer." No document is actually referenced in the Stipulation. And where is Michael Meisner's senior, A/G DC Lynn McNeil, in all this? SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 15 c. August c. 1974 On Cindy Raymond's order, Michael Meisner and Mitchell Hermann begin to interview Scientologists as prospective agents for IRS infiltration. This allegedly goes on for three to four weeks, but their efforts prove futile. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENTS, OMITTED SENIOR,OMITTED INTERVIEWEES: There is no exact date for this allegation--only a description as being "late summer." No documentation is referenced.What Scientologists were interviewed by Meisner or Hermann for this "infiltration" job.? What was asked? A project should be mounted to find ANY Scientologist who was interviewed. A/G DC Lynn McNeil apparently has NO role in this, with orders coming directly from USGO. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Tuesday, 20 August 1974 A CIA report regarding a Pat Price remote viewing of a Soviet Research and Development facility: "W. T. Strand; C/ESO/IAS; Memorandum for Director, Officer of Technical Service; Subject: Evaluation of Data on Semipalatinsk Unidentified R&D Facility No. 3, USSR; 20 August 1974 (SECRET)." SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 Tuesday, 20 August 1974 President Gerald Ford announces that he has selected Nelson Rockefeller to be the next Vice President of the United States. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 02 c. September c. 1974 According to testimony by Michael Meisner, "GO 1344 is a Guardian Order which was issued in approximately September 1974 by Jane Kember, and which directed the infiltration and theft of documents from the United States Coast Guard. Pursuant to that Guardian Order...Sharon Thomas was placed as a Scientology covert operative within the Coast Guard's Intelligence Division in Washington, D.C." OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENTATION: Apparently, there is no actual document available to the authors of the Stipulation of Evidence, nor any exact date for it, and this is solely based on Meisner's testimony. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Sunday, 08 September 1974 President Gerald Ford grants Richard M. Nixon a full presidential pardon for all federal crimes "he committed or may have committed or taken part in" while in office. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Sunday, 15 c. September 1974 Cindy Raymond allegedly informs Michael Meisner that SHE has selected Gerald Bennett Wolfe to infiltrate the IRS on behalf of the Church of Scientology. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENT, OMITTED SENIOR, OMITTED DATA: There is no exact date for this allegation--only the month. No documentation is referenced in the Stipulation. Is this allegation merely from someone's testimony? There is also NO background on Wolfe, or where he came from, or how he was "recruited" for the infiltration job. There is also NO A/G DC (Meisner's senior) on the line. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 19 September 1974 Richard M. Nixon is served at his San Clemente home with a subpoena from Leon Jaworski, ordering Nixon to appear as a prosecution witness in the Watergate cover-up trial. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Tuesday, 01 c. October 1974 Gerald Wolfe allegedly arrives in the District of Columbia, sent there by Cindy Raymond for the express purpose of infiltrating IRS. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, OMITTED DOCUMENT, OMITTED DATA, CONTRARY FACTS: There is no exact date for this allegation--only the month. No documentation is referenced in the Stipulation. There is NO background on Wolfe--where he came from, how he was "recruited" for the infiltration job. Also, although Cindy Raymond had notified Meisner [see 15 September 1974 entry] of Wolfe's impending arrival, the government Stipulation describes a mid-December meeting between Wolfe and Meisner as though it were their first encounter with each other [See 17 December 1974 entry]. Where is Wolfe from this October arrival until he allegedly gets hired at IRS [see 18 Novermber 1974 entry]? Who does he contact? SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Tuesday, 01 October 1974 A letter is sent from the Arizona Corporation Commission to HASI, Inc., c/o Louis L. Zussman, 203 Luhrs Tower, Phoenix, Arizona, stating that on 15 August 1974, the corporation had become delinquent in the filing of its annual report and payment of registration fee. The microfilm record shows indications that the letter, as addressed, was undeliverable, and was returned to the Commission. SOURCE: Microfiche record from Arizona Corporations Commission Tuesday, 01 October 1974 The Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington, D.C. before Judge John J. Sirica. The five defendants are former Attorney General John Mitchell, former Nixon aides Ehrlicman and Haldeman, lawyer for the Committee for the re-election of the President Kenneth Parkinson, and former assistan Attorney General Robert C. Mardian. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 07 October 1974 The Apollo pulls into port at Funchal, Madeira. Jim Dincalci (at some unknown point earlier) had been put ashore in Funchal to "run a port office." His very odd statement is: "It seemed to be common knowledge in Madeira that the ship was not what it was supposed to be and most people seemed to think it was a CIA spy ship. I had made friends on the island and had contacts in local Communist cells. The word was that the Communists were out to get the ship next time she arrived in Madeira. I sent telexes to LRH warning him what was happening and advising him not come to Madeira until things had calmed down. I was absolutely shocked to see the ship come into the harbor." SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Tuesday, 08 c. October 1974 While the Apollo is docked in Funchal, Madeira, Quentin Hubbard allegedly attempts suicide by taking an overdose of some kind of unnamed pills. His attempt allegedly is the result of LRH forbidding him to become part of the Apollo Stars dance troupe. [NOTE: Date is estimated based on surrounding events; this is the only known period of time when the Apollo is in Funchal, Madeira.] SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Wednesday, 09 October 1974 While Mary Sue and several members of the crew are ashore in Funchal, Madeira, a small crowd of young men begins to gather on the quayside. Soon the crowd, growing all the time, begins chanting "C-I-A, C-I-A, C-I-A." A huge melee ensues, with rocks and bottles being thrown between the crew of the ship and the mob. The Apollo has to leave the dock, the crews' vehicles (cars and motorcycles) are pushed into the harbor by the mob, and authorities have to arrange a launch to rescue Mary Sue and her party and get them out to the Apollo. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Thursday, 10 October 1974 The Apollo leaves Madeira, leaving information with the harbour authorities in Funchal that she is heading for the Cape Verde Islands, 1500 miles to the south. She departs on a purposeful southerly course until she is out of sight. She then turns west, prompting the crew to speculate that the Commodore has decided to return to the United States. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Tuesday, 15 c. October c. 1974 Ingo Swann returns to SRI as a consultant. SOURCE: Book, "Remote Viewers--The Secret History," Chapter 12 Tuesday, 15 c. October 1974 Pat Price departs SRI. He is going to work for a coal company in Huntington, West Virginia, telling Hal Puthoff that he intends to return in a year with a fortune earned from psychically locating coal deposits, and with which he intends to fund further psychic research with Puthoff. What he doesn't tell Puthoff is that he is also going to be working directly for CIA. SOURCE: Book, "Remote Viewers--The Secret History," Chapter 12 Wednesday, 16 October 1974 The Apollo puts into St. George, on the northern tip of Bermuda, to refuel, and Hubbard announces to the crew that their next port of call will be Charleston, South Carolina. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Friday, 18 c. October 1974 When the Apollo is eight miles off Charleston, South Carolina, a coded radio message from "the Guardian's Office" (WHO?!) warns the Commodore that the FBI are waiting on the dock to meet the ship. According to Hana Eltringham, Mary Sue is "adamant that we should not go ashore. She said he (LRH) would be indicted ten or fifteen times and it would be the end of him and she wasn't going have it." LRH calls his senior aides together and says he is going to send a signal to Charleston to say that the ship is heading north to pick up spare parts in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Instead, they are going to sail south, to the Caribbean. OUTPOINTS: OMITTED FACTS, CONTRARY FACTS: WHO in the Guardian's Office did the message come from? HOW did they know FBI agents were congregating at Charleston? HOW did the FBI know that the Apollo was headed for Charleston? And, mainly, WHY would LRH be "indicted ten or fifteen times"? This is absurd; there are no known outstanding warrants or pending indictments against him. In fact, just about a year earlier, he had been in the United States for the infamous "missing ten months," and had returned to the Apollo at Lisbon after he had received word that it was fine for him to return. (WHY is there an "up?" WHO made the sun...) SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Friday, 18 October 1974 An article by R. Targ and H. Puthoff; "Information Transfer Under Conditions of Sensory Shielding," appears in Nature magazine, CC LII, 602-607 (October 18, 1974) SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 Sunday, 20 c. October 1974 The Apollo docks at Freeport in the Bahamas, while FBI agents allegedly wait in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the ship to arrive there. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Monday, 21 October 1974 Guardian Order 1361 is issued. According to Michael Meisner and Kathryn Hirsch, it is issued by Guardian WorldWide Jane Kember. Apparently, the verification for this is Kathryn Hirsch's identification of initials on page ten as being those of Lexie Ramirez, Jane Kember's secretary. Meisner claims that certain targets (target number 10, 16 and 17), were specifically assigned to him to carry out in the District of Columbia. Those targets say: "10. Immediately get an agent into DC IRS to obtain files on LRH, Scientology, etc. in the Chief Council's [sic] office, the Special Services staff, the intelligence division, Audit Division, and any other areas." [NOTE: Gerald Wolfe has ALREADY been sent to DC for this express purpose! See OUTPOINTS, below.--Ed.] "16. Collect data on the Justice Dept. Tax Division for the org board, the current terminals, and the people handling Scicntology. "17. When the correct areas are isolated, infiltrate and get the files." OUTPOINTS: ALTERED SEQUENCE, INCORRECTLY INCLUDED STUPIDITY: Why, oh, WHY is this Guardian Order issued, put in writing, by Jane Kember AFTER Wolfe has already been selected to infiltrate IRS, and has already been sent to D.C. for this express purpose? Why? WHY? Is anybody, anywhere, REALLY this stupid? (And does Jane Kember, The Guardian WorldWide, REALLY not know how to spell "counsel?" Please!) SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Sunday, 27 c. October 1974 The government's version is: A few days before November 1, 1974, Don Alverzo, Deputy Information Branch I Director US, telephones Michael Meisner from Los Angeles, California, to say that he is coming to the District of Columbia to place an electronic bugging device in the Chief Counsel's conference room at the Internal Revenue Service where a major meeting concerning Scientology is going to be held. OUTPOINTS: INCORRECTLY INCLUDED STUPIDITY: Well, this entry certainly rings true. If I were going to bug the IRS's Chief Counsel's conference room--especially right on the heels of the Watergate bugging disaster--I would certainly place a long distance telephone call to announce it in advance. <Snort!> SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Wednesday, 30 October 1974 Michael Meisner meets Don Alverzo at the Guardian's Office located at 2125 S Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia. Also present at this meeting are Mitchell Hermann and Bruce Ullman (Information Branch II Director DC). Alverzo shows Meisner the bugging device he has brought with him from Los Angeles--a multiple electric outlet containing a transmitting device. In the late afternoon, Meisner and Mitchell Hermann enter the main IRS building located at 1111 Constitution Avenue, Northwest, for the purpose of locating the conference room of the Chief Counsel's office where the meeting is to be held on 1 November 974. OUTPOINTS: ADDED FALSEHOOD: Why, sure, they just stroll right into the IRS building and snoop around. I believe it. I do... . SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78-401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 31 October 1974 "TELEX 311039GOUS 4 AGI DC VIA DG US MIKE WHAT HAPPENED ON GETTING FSM PAST HIRING FREEZE ON TARGET ARC AM CHECKING OUR LINES FOR JUSTICE PERSON AS PREVIOUS ONE FELL THROUGH ARC CONTINUE TO LOOK YOUR END ARC TLX REPLY LOVE DUKE DGI US" Translation: 31=day; 10=month; 39=number of the telex sent from the U.S. Guardian's Office on 31/10/1974; GOUS=Guardian Office US, originator of the telex; 4=the number of telexes on that topic; AGI DC: the addressee (Michael Meisner); Duke DGI US: sender, Duke Snider; ARC: used as an alternative to "STOP;" FSM: abbreviation for "field staff member," used in the Information Bureau for "covert operatives." In this case, it ostensibly refers to Gerald Wolfe and an IRS hiring freeze. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: This telex is also entered in this database at date 10 November 1974 [see], based on the confusing language of the Stipulaton of Evidence about this telex, which says, "the handwritten notation on the (sic) states (sic) that it was sent on '11.10.74' or November 10, 1974." Yet the date code in the telex says it was sent on 31 October 1974. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Friday, 01 November 1974 Mitchell Hermann enters the main IRS building in the morning, goes to the fourth-floor conference room where the meeting on Scientology is to be held, and places the bugging device (FM transmitter) in a wall socket. The room faces the driveway of the Smithsonian Institution Museum of History and Technology on Constitution Avenue Northwest. Hermann leaves the building and waits in a car in the driveway of the mueseum with Don Alverzo and Carla Moxon (Assistant Guardian Communicator DC) and overhears and tapes the entire meeting over the FM radio of the car. Lewis Hubbard, employed by the Office of the Chief Counsel of IRS, attends the meeting (which is being bugged by the GO) in the Chief Counsel's conference room. Numerous other high officials of the IRS attend this meeting to disscuss "pending legal actions" involving the various churches Of Scientology, and to establish general guidelines for determination on what constitutes a "religious institution" entitled to tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Lewis Hubbard, at the request of the Chief Counsel, has prepared a lengthy pre-conference memorandum in order to brief all attendees regarding the topics to be discussed. (He later prepares a post-conference memorandum outlining the matters discussed at the conference.) Barbara Bird, an attorney in Refund Litigation Service, also attends the conference. [NOTE: Does Meade Emory attend the conference?] Following the meeting, Hermann re-enters the building, removes the bug, and takes various papers, including the agenda for the meeting, which had been left by the participants. In the evening, Hermann meets with Meisner and describes what had taken place. (Because of other "pressing business," Meisner hadn't gone with them to the bugging. Does that mean he had to take his suit to the cleaners?) OUTPOINTS: INCORRECTLY INCLUDED MOXON, OMITTED MOXON: Why does A/G DC Lynn McNeil send her COMMUNICATOR, Carla Moxon, fer-chrissake, on this outing??? And where the heck is Kendrick Moxon. Oh, yeah; that's right--he is Mr. See-Nothing, Hear-Nothing, Say-Nothing, Know-Nothing. Maybe he was having a breakfast melon with Meade Emory. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Friday, 01 November 1974 DG Info US Duke Snider sends a letter entitled "Re: IRS Top Planning Session," to Mo Budlong, the DG Info WorldWide. According to the routing on the upper portion of the first page, a copy is also sent to CSG Mary Sue Hubbard. The letter says "[t]oday we gained access to the top level IRS planning conference on what to do about Scientology. This was done electronically so we don't know exactly who was present but we have a fair estimate. Legal had told us several weeks ago that there was to be a big IRS Pow Wow on what to do about us on 1 Nov... ." The letter says that the meeting was held in IRS Chief Counsel's conference room, and that he "will probably be able to got more data as to who attended when our missionaire [Don Alverzo] gets back from DC. All the data we have at present came by phone." SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Sunday, 03 c. November 1974 Don Alverzo returns to Los Angeles, taking with him the device used for bugging the IRS meeting room, and the tape recording of the meeting. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Sunday, 10 November 1974 "TELEX 311039GOUS 4 AGI DC VIA DG US MIKE WHAT HAPPENED ON GETTING FSM PAST HIRING FREEZE ON TARGET ARC AM CHECKING OUR LINES FOR JUSTICE PERSON AS PREVIOUS ONE FELL THROUGH ARC CONTINUE TO LOOK YOUR END ARC TLX REPLY LOVE DUKE DGI US" Translation: 31=day; 10=month; 39=number of the telex sent from the U.S. Guardian's Office on 31/10/1974; GOUS=Guardian Office US, originator of the telex; 4=the number of telexes on that topic; AGI DC: the addressee (Michael Meisner); Duke DGI US: sender, Duke Snider; ARC: used as an alternative to "STOP;" FSM: abbreviation for "field staff member," used in the Information Bureau for "covert operatives." In this case, it ostensibly refers to Gerald Wolfe and an IRS hiring freeze. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: This telex is also entered in this database at date 31 October 1974 [see], which, from the code at the beginning of the telex, is the apparent date of the telex, but is entered here based on the very confusing language of the Stipulaton of Evidence about this telex, which says, "the handwritten notation on the (sic) states (sic) that it was sent on '11.10.74' or November 10, 1974." SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Monday, 11 November 1974 A telex is purportedly sent from AGI DC Michael Meisner to DGI US Duke Snider, via DG US Henning Heldt stating that Gerald Wolfe, the "FSM," has apparently passed the hiring freeze and that they "will know for sure" whether he has received employment "by November 18 at the latest" (see OUTPOINTS, below). A notation on the telex indicates that it is received on "11.11.74" at "2000" hours (8:00 p.m.). OUTPOINTS: OMITTED INSIDE HELP, OMITTED DATA, CONTRARY FACTS: How did Wolfe get past a hiring freeze? Inside help? There is no explanation for this. Another oddity: November 18 is the EXACT DATE that Wolfe is actually hired, according to this same Stipulation of Evidence. This would have required supernatural powers of prescience by Meisner. (This is not the only place in the Stipulation where someone exhibits uncanny powers of prediction; see entries for 21 June, 23 June, and 3 July 1977 to learn of other mental magic! It's almost as though somebody created some of this stuff AFTER the fact. Nahhhh.) But, for contrary facts, see also the 14 November 1974 entry: a telex purportedly stating that Wolfe has "accepted employment" at IRS. Very odd, considering he wasn't hired until 18 November. Are we confused yet? Well, it's not for want of somebody trying. Very trying. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Monday, 11 November 1974 A letter dated November 11, 1974 is purportedly written by Joe Lisa, Deputy Deputy Guardian for Information U.S. (DDG I US), to Gregory Willardson, Information Branch I Director U.S., regarding the "IRS evaluation" GO 1361, Target 10, and directing Willardson "to get this started immediately and push this hard" to get it accomplished. (Target 10 is: "10. Immediately get an agent into DC IRS to obtain files on LRH, Scientology, etc. in the Chief Council's [sic] office, the Special Services staff, the intelligence division, Audit Division, and any other areas.") OUTPOINTS: ALTERED SEQUENCE, CONTRARY FACTS: Gerald Wolfe has ALREADY been sent to DC for this express purpose! SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 14 November 1974 A telex is purportedly sent by DGI US Duke Snider to DGI WW Mo Budlong, "Re: GO 1361 Tar [target] 10," saying that despite the national hiring freeze, defendant Gerald Wolfe has "accepted employment" at the IRS. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS, ALTERED IMPORTANCE, ALTERED SEQUENCE: This is odd, because the same Stipulation of Evidence elsewhere says that Gerald Wolfe got hired at IRS on 18 November1974 [see], not 14 November. One of these "facts," or both, must be false. The language of the Stipulation is also odd: it says Wolfe "accepted employment," as though it were offered to him, yet there is purportedly a hiring freeze at IRS. It seems that it should say Wolfe "was accepted for employment," rather than the other way around. A further oddity is that a hiring freeze was violated to take Wolfe on--not as some high-powered specialist who would warrant violating the freeze, but as a clerk typist! SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Friday, 15 November 1974 A telex received "15.11.74" (15 November 1974) at "2000" hours (8:00 P.M.) is purportedly sent from Mo Budlong to Duke Snider, the DGI US, congratulating him on the placement of a covert agent [Gerald Wolfe] at IRS. OUPOINTS: PREMATURE CONGRATULATIONS: The Stipulation elsewhere claims that Wolfe is hired on 18 November 1974 [see]. Oops! But, was it good for you? SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Friday, 15 c. November 1974 The referenced source weaves the following tale, as quoted, and begins by quoting Kima Douglas: "'While we were in the Bahamas, a story came out that the Swiss were going to change the tax laws in some way that would affect the money we held there. The old man went crazy. I heard him screaming and yelling and ran upstairs to find what was wrong. He was pacing up and down and shouting at the top of his voice, "Do you know what they're doing? Everything's gone. Gone! Gone! We're going to lose everything."' When he had calmed down a little, Kima suggested that perhaps the money should be moved. Three hours later, she was on a plane to Zurich, with two other Scientologists (WHO?), carrying handwritten instructions from Hubbard authorizing the transfer of all his assets to a bank in Liechtenstein. When they arrived, they were taken down into the vault of the bank and shown the money. Kima Douglas, who thought she could no longer be surprised by anything in Scientology, was awestruck. 'Everyone's eyes widened. There was a stack, about four feet high and three feet wide, of dollars, marks and Swiss francs in high-denomination notes. I couldn't begin to guess how much was there, but it was certainly more than the three of us could carry.' It took nearly two weeks to make arrangements to move the cash to a bank in Liechtenstein and then the serial numbers--the first and last note of each bundle--had to be noted. When the mission returned to the Bahamas, Kima had to describe to the Commodore the exact size of the various piles of money. 'He was very pleased,' she said. 'He thought he'd outdone the Swiss.'" NOTE: The date of this entry is estimated only, based on the fact that Douglas says it was while they were "in the Bahamas," and it is estimated that they were in the Bahamas at around this time [see entries for 16, 18, and 20 October 1974]. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS, ALTERED SEQUENCE: What "tax laws" are being changed by the Swiss? The only thing that can be found that might have anything to do with this alleged incident is a 25 May 1973 [see] treaty between Switzerland and the US. But that is nearly a year and a half before the ship and crew are "in the Bahamas." SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 19 Monday, 18 November 1974 Gerald Wolfe gets employed at the IRS as a clerk typist. (For some reason, IRS sees fit to violate its hiring freeze in order to take on... Ohmigod! A clerk typist. Go figure.) SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Tuesday, 26 November 1974 The Church of Scientology of California (CSC) files a complaint against Internal Revenue Service, Donald C. Alexander (Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States), and William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, entitled, "Verified Complaint for Injunction Against the Unlawful Withholding of Records and for Order for Production of Records Pursuant to Section 552 of Title 5, United States Code, the Freedom of Information Act." CSC also files a motion for an order to show cause re: preliminary injunction to enjoin withholding of records and compel production of records, with supporting memorandum of points and authorities, and affidavit of the Reverend James C. Mulligan. [See ruling, 12 December 1974.] OUTPOINTS: GROSSLY OMITTED DATA: Why doesn't the Stipulation of Evidence even mention this action by the Church against IRS, its Commissioner, and the Secretary of the Treasury? And why would CSC even bother, since, according to the Stipulation, they have their "inside man"--Gerald Wolfe--in place? Unless, of course, Wolfe never was the Church's inside man to begin with. SOURCE: Ruling of 12 December 1974 in case No. CV74-3465-RJK, United States District Court; C.D. California: Church of Scientology of California, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff v. Internal Revenue Service, Donald C. Alexander, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States, William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Defendants; court filing Wednesday, 27 November 1974 Opposition to Church of Scientology of California's (CSC) 26 November motion is filed by defendants Internal Revenue Service, Donald C. Alexander (Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States), and William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. SOURCE: Rulinng of 12 December 1974 in case No. CV74-3465-RJK, United States District Court; C.D. California: Church of Scientology of California, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff v. Internal Revenue Service, Donald C. Alexander, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States, William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Defendants. Sunday, 01 c. December 1974 "In late 1974 he [Gerald Armstrong] became the ship's [Apollo's] intelligence officer, a position he held until he left the Apollo." SOURCE: Text file: "corydon.txt," a version of Bent Corydon's book, "Messiah or Madman," as found on the Internet Monday, 02 c. December 1974 Michael Meisner and Mitchell Hermann allegedly enter the IRS building and remain inside until sometime after 7:00 p.m. They then allegedly enter offices of the Exempt Organization Division on the seventh floor, remove from the building one file relating to Scientology, and take it to the Guardian's Office and photocopy it. The purpose is to show Gerald Wolfe that documents can easily be taken from IRS offices. Meisner then allegedly calls Duke Snider in Los Angeles and tells him what he and Hermann have accomplished, what documents have been stolen. He tells Snider that this "proves conclusively" the "ease with which documents can be taken from the IRS." OUTPOINTS: DROPPED OUT TIME, CONTRARY FACTS, OMITTED DATA, ADDED FALSEHOODS: No exact date for this incident; just "During the first week of December 1974." The date almost HAS to be 2 December, which is a Monday. It can't be 1 December, which is a Sunday, and by Wednesday, 4 December, copies of whatever were taken are allegedly already in Los Angeles! If it was so easy for them to get documents, why did they need Wolfe employed there? Also, the entry for 4 December 1974 [see] says Wolfe was with them on this trip; this account of the event names only Meisner and Hermann as going. But here is the REAL question: WHY would the GO alllow such a STUPID illegal operation to go on when they have JUST filed suit against the COMMISSIONER of the IRS and the SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY less than a week earlier [see entry for 26 November], and have JUST ARGUED THE CASE IN COURT ON THIS VERY SAME DAY [see other entry for 2 December]? Such a stupid, stupid move would run a HIGH risk of jeopardizing ANY hope for the case to win on its merits. And WHY doesn't the Stipulation mention this suit against the Commissioner of IRS at all? SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Monday, 02 December 1974 The matter of "Church of Scientology of California, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff v. Internal Revenue Service, Donald C. Alexander, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States, William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Defendants" is heard in court at 10:00 AM. Appearing for Plaintiff [CSC] is Joel Kreiner, Attorney At Law. Appearing on behalf of the Defendants [IRS, et. al] is Assistant United States Attorney Arthur M. Greenwald. SOURCE: Rulinng of 12 December 1974 in case No. CV74-3465-RJK, United States District Court; C.D. California: Church of Scientology of California, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff v. Internal Revenue Service, Donald C. Alexander, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States, William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Defendants. Tuesday, 03 c. December 1974 Mitchell Hermann allegedly returns the file on Scientology--which he and Michael Meisner had allegedly stolen the day before--to the IRS files. OUTPOINTS: ADDED FALSEHOOD: Ri-i-i-i-ght. Just strolled in, I guess, and slipped it back into a filing cabinet and strolled back out. The Stipulation of Evidence doesn't say ANYTHING about HOW Hermann did this; uh, he just, uh, DID--that's all! One small problem, though, is that according to the 4 December 1974 entry [see], he had to stroll in with a file that was at LEAST TEN INCHES THICK! SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Wednesday, 04 December 1974 A telex purportedly is sent on December 4, 1974 at "2200" hours by DGI US Duke Snider to DGI WW Mo Budlong regarding "GO 1361 TAR 10." The telex informs Budlong that Snider has received "two shipments from DC...about ten inches" thick containing documents which Mitchell Hermann, Gerald Wolfe and Michael Meisner have stolen from the IRS. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: The Stipulation of Evidence says only Hermann and Meisner--not Wolfe--had entered the IRS building, and they had only taken "one file" [see entry for 2 December 1974]. That file, then, had to have been AT LEAST TEN INCHES THICK--MAYBE EVEN TWENTY! This means that on 3 December, Hermann had to just stroll back into the IRS building with a file TEN INCHES THICK, and unobtrusively put it back into the file from which it had been stolen! Right! SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 05 December 1974 Government Exhibit No. 10, a telex allegedly from Mo Budlong to Duke Snider: "Duke such news brings joy to my heart ARC Absolutely fantastic ARC I can't wait to see the data." (Referring to documents allegedly stolen from IRS on 2 December by Meisner and Hermann [and Wolfe, according to 4 December entry].) SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 05 December 1974 Judge Sirica rules that Richard Nixon will not be required to testify in the Watergate cover-up trial, citing Nixon's poor health, and questioning the value of his testimony to the defendants. SOURCE: Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year World Chronology, 1965-1983 Monday, 09 December 1974 Gregory Willardson responds to Joe Lisa's November 11 letter, informing Lisa that Target 10 of GO 1361, which calls for getting an "FSM" into the IRS in the District of Columbia, has been achieved, and that compliance has already been reported to the WorldWide Guardian's Office. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 12 December 1974 District Judge KELLEHER, in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, issues an adverse ruling in CSC's 26 November 1974 [see] filings against Donald C. Alexander, (Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States), and William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.denying release of documents being withheld by IRS: "Conclusions of Law "1. This Court has jurisdiction over these proceedings in accordance with Section 552 (a)(3) of Title 5, United States Code and Rule 65(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. "2. Plaintiff [CSC] has failed to make a clear showing of probable success upon trial and possible irreparable harm; therefore, the injunctive relief requested cannot be granted. ... "3. Defendants shall be permitted to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's complaint within 60 days after service of a copy of summons and complaint in accordance with Rule 12(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. "4. Plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction is denied without prejudice. SOURCE: Rulinng of 12 December 1974 in case No. CV74-3465-RJK, United States District Court; C.D. California: Church of Scientology of California, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff v. Internal Revenue Service, Donald C. Alexander, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury of the United States, William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Defendants; court ruling Thursday, 12 December 1974 Date of a CIA report: "CI/Staff/DDO; Memorandum for the Record; Subject: SRI Experiment; 12 December 1974 (SECRET)." [NOTE:This memorandum is concerning a test of remote viewing set up with Pat Price at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). Having been given operational data such as exterior photographs and geographical coordinates, Price has "visited" two foreign embassies--known to CIA audio teams who had made entries several years previously--by his remote viewing capability, has located the coderooms, and has come up with information to allow a member of the CIA team to determine whether Price is likely to be of operational use in subsequent operations. In both cases, Price has correctly located the coderooms. He has produced copious data, such as the location of interior doors and colors of marble stairs and fireplaces that are accurate and specific. In this document, the operations officer involved concludes, "It is my considered opinion that this technique--whatever it is--offers definite operational possibilities."] SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 Tuesday, 17 c. December 1974 Mitchell Hermann is going on vacation, and Meisner is "taking over supervision" of Gerald Wolfe. Hermann arranges for Meisner to meet Wolfe in an Arlington, Virginia, parking lot and bring him over to Hermann's house on Fessenden Street, Northwest, to coordinate. Meisner "introduces himself (sic--see Outpoints below) to Wolfe" using his real name; Wolfe feels more comfortable being called "Kelly." During the half-hour meeting at Hermann's house, Meisner and Wolfe discuss Wolfe's job and backgound. Wolfe is told that he can call Meisner any time at his office at 2125 S Street, Northwest, or at his home in Arlington. Hermann instructs Wolfe to "continue" (sic--see OUTPOINTS, below) obtaining all documnets related to Scientology from the IRS office of Barbara Bird, an attorney in Refund Litigation Service. OUTPOINTS: ADDED INAPPLICABLE DATA, CONTRARY FACTS: There is NO previous indication of Wolfe having taken ANYTHING from Bird's office. Also, what about Meisner's 2 December escapade to "show Wolfe" how "easy" it is to take documents from IRS? Now this entry alleges they had never met! SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Thursday, 19 December 1974 The Church of Scientology of California (CSC) files FOIA requests for records from the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Secret Service, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of Secret Service, including requests for documents from the Treasury Department's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, Operations, and Tariff Claims (EOTA). SOURCE: From a July 15, 1977 ruling in United States District Court, District of Columbia, Civ. A. No. 76-1719, CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. William E. SIMON et al., Defendants. Sunday, 22 December 1974 The New York Times publishes the first of a series of articles by Seymour M. Hersh which relies on leaked reports of CIA activities assembled by former Director James Schlesinger to expose alleged misdeeds by the agency. It is "widely recognized" that the Hersh articles are a self-exposure by the CIA that is designed to set the agenda for the Ford-appointed Rockefeller Commission, which is set up on 4 January 1975 [see]. DCI William Colby phones President Ford, who is vacationing in Vail, Colorado, and tells him that Hersh has distorted the record, and that the "excesses" of the CIA had all ended in 1973--following Helms's departure. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: Although it is claimed here, and is likely, that the Hersh articles are a CIA self-purging--or controlled bleeding, if you like--getting the jump on the Rockefeller Commission, the entry for 3 January 1974 [see] makes the claim that President Ford decides on putting together the Rockefeller Commission on that date, just one day before the Commission is set up, as a RESULT of the Hersh revelations. SOURCE: "George Bush: the Unauthorized Biography," a book by Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin, on the web at http://www.kmf.org/williams/bushbook/bush11.html; also, Article: "The Department of Dirty Tricks;" by Thomas Powers; Atlantic Monthly, August 1979; Volume 244, No. 2; pages 33-64. Tuesday, 24 December 1974 DCI William Colby takes a report, in the form of a six-page letter with nine annexes totaling another fifty-eight pages, to the White House for Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to read. Colby has concluded it would be better to confess everything at once (except the CIA's assassination plotting), and he has written his letter to Ford, with its fifty-eight pages of annexes, as a document which might be released directly to the press. Colby feels the CIA's misdeeds belong in a category of "bad secrets," which will haunt the Agency until they are revealed for the relatively paltry wrongs he conceives them to be. Letting out the "bad secrets," he feels, will protect the "good secrets." He also brings "The Family Jewels" with him that evening, and the Secretary of State flips quickly through its 693 pages of misdeeds until he comes to the subject of assassinations. There he slows down and reads carefully. "Well, Bill," he says, according to Colby, "when Hersh's story first came out, I thought you should have flatly denied it as totally wrong, but now I see why you couldn't." SOURCE: Article: "The Department of Dirty Tricks;" by Thomas Powers; Atlantic Monthly, August 1979; Volume 244, No. 2; pages 33-64. Friday, 27 c. December 1974 "A few days prior to December 30, 1974," Gerald Wolfe allegedly enters the office of Barbara Bird in the main building of the IRS and takes from her files "many documents" related to Scientology. He photocopies them on a machine in the IRS Building, then returns the documents to Ms. Bird's office. [NOTE: Most likely date is 27 December, as 28 and 29 December are Saturday and Sunday.] SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Sunday, 29 c. December 1974 At a meeting with Michael Meisner at a Lums Restaurant in Virginia, Gerald Wolfe turns over the documents he has obtained (see 27 December entry) from a file in Barbara Bird's office containing documents related to Scientology which Bird "had acquired from former IRS official Charlotte Murphy." Meisner takes the documents to his office, reviews them, and summarizes them in a memorandum to his superiors in the U.S. Guardian's Office. OUTPOINTS: ADDED INAPPLICABLE DATUM (POSSIBLE): No indication of how anybody involved knew the documents Bird had were "acquired from Charlotte Murphy." SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Monday, 30 December 1974 A memorandum from Michael Meisiner to Cindy Rayrmond entitled "Raw Data Report Re: IRS-Charlotte Murphy Scientology File." It summarizes documents taken by Gerald Wolfe from the offices of Barbara Bird at the IRS. Meisner appends at least ninety-eight pages of documents taken from the IRS. The routing portion which appears in the upper left-hand side of the memorandum reflects that the "AG Info DC", Michael Meisner, sends the memorandum to the Collection Officer US, Cindy Raymond, via the Assistant Guardian for the District of Columbia, Lynn McNeil, who initials it on "30/12" (30 December 1974). McNeil's notation shows that she reviewes it on that day and transmits it to the Deputy Guardian Communicator for the United States and the Deputy Guardian for the United States--Henning Heldt. SOURCE: Stipulation of Evidence, U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., Criminal #78401, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. MARY SUE HUBBARD, et. al. Monday, 30 December 1974 Serial Number: 73-040664 TRADEMARK FILED Filing Date: 1974-12-30 Word Mark: NARCONON, Type of Mark: SERVICE MARK Mark Drawing Code: (1) TYPED DRAWING Register: PRINCIPAL Affidavits: SECT 8.; SECT 15.; COMBINED SECT 8 AND SECT 15. Registration Date: 1975-11-25 [see], Registration Number: 1025913 Renewals: 1ST RENEWAL 1995.11.00 Owner Name Owner Address ------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (REGISTRANT) HUBBAARD, [sic. HUBBARD] L. RON ST. HILL MANOR EAST GRINSTEAD, SUSSEX ENGLAND INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES (LAST LISTED OWNER) ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER LIVING 6331 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, SUITE 700 AND EDUCATION HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA 90028 NON-PROFIT CORPORATION CALIFORNIA SOURCE: United States Trademark Office records Tuesday, 31 c. December 1974 Henry Kissinger takes DCI William Colby's report, but not the complete "Family Jewels," to Vail and briefs President Gerald Ford. Kissenger and Ford emphatically do not agree with Colby's idea to release all of the information in the report--except for the assissination plots--to the press and public. SOURCE: Article: "The Department of Dirty Tricks;" by Thomas Powers; Atlantic Monthly, August 1979; Volume 244, No. 2; pages 33-64. (CONTINUED NEXT PAGE WITH 1975) |