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Part 5, 1977 FIX AND REPOST
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| Date: 10 Apr 2000 03:47:07 -0000 From: Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header (The Librarian) Subject: Part 5, 1977 FIX AND REPOST Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Message-ID: <5C776967284@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." ====================== 1977 ====================== Friday, 07 January 1977 In a briefing paper, Mitchell Hermann, aka Mike Cooper, informs Henning Heldt that CSG Mary Sue Hubbard has "approved" a plan identical to "the one previously laid out by Cindy Raymond on December 10, 1976." [See database entry for 1 December 1976, and see Outpoints, below.] Hermann/Cooper outlines for Heldt the following events: the arrest of Gerald Wolfe; the investigation which is being conducted by the FBI and the United States Attorney's Office; the cover-up story given by Wolfe; Principal Assistant United States Attorney Carl S. Rauh's statement that he does not believe Wolfe's story; the assignment of the investigation to Assistant United States Attorney Garey Stark of the Fraud section; the statement by Wolfe's attorney "that the case has been prepared to go to the grand jury"; and the various attempts which are being made by the FBI to locate Meisner in D.C. He suggests that research should be conducted to determine if a "guilty plea would then eliminate the grand jury." [See Outpoints, below.) He also states that Wolfe has been directed not to give any further information beyond the cover-up story prepared for him by the Guardian's Office. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: Cindy Raymond's "plan" is earlier described in the Stipulation in a series of events that are identified as having taken place on 1 December 1976, not 10 December 1976. And Raymond's "plan" was simply a rehash of the 13-14 June 1976 [see] plan that was approved on 13 June by Henning Heldt. So if MSH has now "approved a plan identical to that," then nothing has changed since the 14 June 1976 [see] plan. Perhaps more importantly, the "plan" regarding Wolfe has ALWAYS BEEN THAT HE WOULD ENTER A GUILTY PLEA! See database entries for 12, 13 and 14 June 1976. The 13 June plan is approved by Henning Heldt, then is reviewed on 14 June by all the principals in Meisner's motel room. That is what Gerald Wolfe is drilled on, and takes back to D.C. with him [see 14 June 1976 entry]. So why, now, is there this musing about "research" to consider a guilty plea to "eliminate the grand jury"?! WHY HASN'T WOLFE ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA? 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, 14 January 1977 A copy of Chic magazine, 14 January 1977, "Inside Scientology." The opening words deal with O.T. III. First known wide-scale dissemination of OT materials. SOURCE: Denver testimoney of Robert Vaughn Young Thursday, 20 January 1977 George Bush, Director of Central Intelligence, leaves the CIA SOURCE: Report "Fifteen DCIs' First 100 Days," prepared January 1993 by the History Staff in CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence. Sunday, 23 January 1977 Mitchell Hermann, aka Mike Cooper, notifies Henning Heldt and Richard Weigand that Gerald Wolfe has a scheduled meeting with the United States Attorney's Office in D.C. He suggests that the meeting be used to present "further cover story to them as a possible means of forstalling [sic] a possible grand jury." He adds however, that the "furthr [sic] cover story needs to be elaborated." Thus, he appends to his CSW the original story with additions that have been prepared to "dovetail" with it. In handwritten notations throughout the document, Cindy Raymond opposes some of the changes in the cover-up story proposed by Hermann/Cooper. In an appended report, Hermann/Cooper outlines the final proposed cover-up story (which, according to the Stipulation, is the one that later is given by Wolfe to the United States Attorney's Office, the FBI, and to "the United States Grand Jury for the District of Columbia"). Hermann/Cooper includes in his report the names of restaurants and bars which had earlier been left unnamed in the original cover story. OUTPOINTS: SMOKING GUN--ADDED FALSEHOOD, CONTRARY FACTS, ADDED GRAND JURY CONFUSION: This is ridiculous--"forstalling (sic) a possible grand jury"! There already IS a Grand Jury, accoding to the Stipulation [see database entries for 8 October, 13 October, and 15 December 1976], made possible by Gerald Wolfe having voluntarily waived his protection of a 45-day indictment. Yet here is more Stipulation "proof" that Gerald Wolfe is working in total cooperation with the GO! 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, 27 c. January 1977 Mitchell Hermann aka Mike Cooper asks Paul Klopper, the Legal Branch II Director U.S., to research whether the United States Attorney's Office can still conduct a grand jury investigation if Gerald Wolfe enters a guilty plea. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED-OUT TIME: No exact date given; it is designated as "[d]uring the same period" as events which happened on 23 and 30 January. 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, 30 January 1977 Mitchell Hermann, aka Mike Cooper, reminds the Deputy Guardian for Legal Affairs in the United States Mary Rezzonico that "it is still planned to get Silver [Gerald Wolfe] out here for briefing prior to the meeting" which Wolfe has scheduled with the United States Attorney's Office. Hermann/Cooper expresses Wolfe's concern that the United States Attorney's Office will attempt to strike a deal with him to become a government witness. (NOTE: The date 30 January 1977 is not stated, per se, but this event is described as "[o]ne week later" than an event that is dated 23 January 1977.) 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, 31 January 1977 FCDC files a suit, The Founding Church of Scientology v. Clarence Kelley, et al., C.A. No. 77-0175 (D.D.C. January 31, 1977), alleging that it, as well as the class it seeks to represent, has been the subject of a government-wide conspiracy to destroy a religion. Plaintiff claims that its constitutional and statutory rights have been violated in that the defendants have improperly maintained and disseminated information regarding the plaintiff; harassed, observed, and infiltrated the plaintiff organization; "blacklisted" members of the plaintiff; and subjected the plaintiff to discriminatory tax audits. Defendants include the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Attorney General of the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chief of the National Central Bureau of the International Criminal Police Organization, the Director of the National Security Agency, the Secretary of the Army, and the Postmaster General of the Postal Service. The United States is also named as a defendant. OUTPOINTS: SMOKING GUN--OMITTED FACTS: How terribly strange that there is absolutely no mention of this case in the Stipulation of Evidence for the "GO 11." How terribly strange that this case is filed just five months before the FBI raid D.C, and L.A., and "discover" all the documents they need to indict the top leaders in the Guardian's Office. How terribly strange that there is no information on what became of this case naming the heads of the CIA and the FBI. How terribly strange. SOURCE: Mentioned in a ruling on 19 October, 1978, in another case: FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF WASHINGTON, D. C., INC., Plaintiff, v. DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 78-0107. United States District Court, District of Columbia. Sunday, 20 c. February 1977 (NOTE: This passage from the Stipulation is being stuck arbitrarily here at this date, because it is a narrative covering a month and a half.) As quoted from the Stipulation: "During the months of February and March 1977 the cover-up preparation by the Guardian's Office and Information Bureau slowed considerably due to the failure of the defendant Mitchell Hermann (a/k/a Mike Cooper) to complete the outstanding aspects of the cover-up story, and because of the defendant [Gerald] Wolfe's waiver of the rule requiring an indictment within forty-five days of arrest. The defendant [Cindy] Raymond and Mr. [Michael] Meisner continued to elaborate upon various portions of that cover-up story. The defendants [Gregory] Willardson and Raymond assigned Mr. Meisner the task of preparing other covert operations and projects. During this period, Mr. Meisner continued to be audited three times a week." OUTPOINTS: SMOKING GUN--ADDED INAPPLICABLE WAIVER! This is the first mention in the Stipulation of any such waiver! Why in the name of all that's fabricated did Gerald Wolfe WAIVE the rule that would have FORCED the US Attorney's Office to get an indictment returned on him within forty-five days of his arrest?!? This means he GAVE THEM all the time they wanted to come up with the evidence to indict! OMITTED FACTS, DROPPED-OUT TIME: WHY did he waive this right? WHEN did he waive it? WHERE is his waiver? (Here is the rule, actually quoted from the Stipulation: "Rule 4(a)(1) of the Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia provides that indictments are to be returned within forty-five days of any arrest which occurred prior to July 1, 1976.") This is amazing! Wolfe was arrested ONE DAY prior to 1 July 1976, on 30 June 1976 [see]! So he was still covered, and could have gotten off scott free, because no indictment was returned within 45 days! But he WAIVED this! 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, 09 March 1977 Admiral Stansfield Turner is sworn in as Director of Central Intelligence, replacing George Bush. SOURCE: Report "Fifteen DCIs' First 100 Days," prepared January 1993 by the History Staff in CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence. Tuesday, 15 c. March 1977 "Towards mid-March," Michael Meisner becomes upset at the lengthy delays and complains to Cindy Raymond. She informs "her superiors" of Meisner's dissatisfaction. Richard Weigand notifies Meisner that Mitchell Hermann aka Mike Cooper has been removed from the Information Bureau, in part for his failure to properly handle the cover-up, and has been assigned to the Services Bureau. Hermann/Cooper is replaced as "cover-up coordinator" by Cindy Raymond. Simultaneously, Brian Andrus is "appointed to replace the defendant Hermann/Cooper Southeast U.S. Secretary (sic)." OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: The Stipulation elsewhere says that Hermann was removed in mid-May1977 [see database entry for 15 May 1977] and replaced by Brian Andrus. But there it says the post he was removed from (and replaced by Andrus on) was Deputy Guardian for Information U.S.; not "Southeast U.S. Secretary." 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, 20 c. March 1977 Brian Andrus becames Michael Meisner's case officer. OUTPOINTS: DROPPED-OUT TIME: No exact date, just "soon after" Andrus replaced Mitchell Hermann, aka Mike Cooper [see 15 March 1977 database entry]. 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 March 1977 Cindy Raymond sends a CSW to Henning Heldt and Richard Weigand emphasizing the need for action in regard to Gerald Wolfe's and Michael Meisner's situation in D.C. She points out that she has recently been assigned the task of coordinating the cover-up, and says that Mitchell Hermann, aka Mike Cooper, had been "badly suppressing the lines and giving no or false information, keeping both Legal and BI in a confusion as to exactly what to do." She reminds them that CSG Mary Sue Hubard, and the Guardian's Office WorldWide, has ordered the containment of the grand jury investigation. 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, 29 c. March 1977 "In late March," Michael Meisner writes to Henning Heldt requesting him to take a more active role in the handling of the District of Columbia situation, because the delays are becoming intolerable. Meisner says that he is prepared to return to the District of Columbia and handle the matter himself. 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 April 1977 In a letter, Henning Heldt tells Mary Sue Hubbard that Michael Meisner is concerned about the delays. He tells her that he is now taking a more active role in the handling of Meisner, and that he is sending Richard Weigand to speak to Meisner "to cool him off". 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. April 1977 The CIA's Office of Scientific Investigation completes a study about Soviet military and KGB applied parapsychology: "T. Hamilton; LSD/OSI; "Soviet and East European Parapsychology Research," SI 77-10012, April 1977 (SECRET/NOFORN)." 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, 03 c. April 1977 Henning Heldt responds to Michael Meisner's earlier letter [see 29 March 1977 database entry], stating that he is convinced that both Gerald Wolfe and Meisner should enter guilty pleas in the District of Columbia. He also tells Meisner that Brian Andrus will keep in constant contact with him and inform him of all new developments and solicit his views on all future matters. Heldt also promised Meisner that within six weeks, Wolfe will enter his guilty plea and pave the way for Meisner's surrender to Federal authorities in D.C. Brian Andrus and United States Deputy Guardian for Legal Bureau Mary Rezzonico give Heldt's letter to Meisner during a meeting at his apartment. Meisner tells Andrus and Rezzonico that he does not believe it is necessary to enter a guilty plea. He prefers to return to D.C., surrender to the authorities, and go to trial, putting the government to its burden as required by law. Meisner feels that in this manner he can challenge FBI Agent Christine Hansen's identification of him as one of the two persons she had confronted in the US Courthouse. 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, 06 April 1977 In a letter to Henning Heldt, Michael Meisner reviews the issues which are of concern to him. He complains that "the data I had been given was false, incorrect, misinformed, etc., and I caved in." He expresses relief that Heldt is now in control of the situation. 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, 07 April 1977 Michael Meisner writes to Richard Weigand, suggesting that since Henning Heldt has indicated that Meisner will shortly be surrendering in Washington, an attorney should be chosen to handle his case. He also recommends that an "FSM" be placed in the appropriate government agency to obtain information regarding anticipated action by federal authorities. 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, 12 April 1977 Brian Andrus sends a memo to Richard Weigand, informing him that Michael Meisner (Herb) has inquired about the delay in receiving a response from Weigand to Meisner's letter of 7 April 1977 [see]. In a handwritten note on that memo, Weigand responds that he has not as yet read Meisner's letter, and that he wishes to receive Andrus's and Raymond's proposals before responding. 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, 15 April 1977 In a briefing memorandum, Brian Andrus states that Michael Meisner has thanked him for being willing to listen to his point of view. Andrus concludes that Meisner is now "once again in the fold." OUTPOINTS: OMITTED FACT: Briefing to whom? No recipient given. 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, 18 April 1977 Gerald Wolfe arrives in L.A. where he is briefed on various aspects of the cover-up story by Brian Andrus, Mary Rezzonico, and Paul Pflueger, a Legal Bureau official. Andrus informs Michael Meisner of Wolfe's presence and of the briefing sessions. 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, 20 April 1977 Guardian WorldWide Jane Kember criticizes Henning Heldt for his "sloppy reporting and poor co-ordination" of the Wolfe/Meisner District of Columbia situation. She formulates the following "strategy," whereby Gerald Wolfe will request an immediate meeting with the United States Attorney's Office, admit his guilt stating the cover-up story, waive his right to a Grand Jury indictment, plead guilty, and will be "sentenced lightly" as a first offender. Michael Meisner will then surrender and also enter a guilty plea based on the cover-up story, giving "an informal story on where he had been for the last 7 months," and also receive a suspended sentence. If the United States Attorney's Office insists on continuing with its Grand Jury investigation, then Wolfe will be directed to "refuse to testify." Kember also demands an explanation for the long delay in resolving the Wolfe case. "At the same time," CSG Mary Sue Hubbard directs Heldt to begin creating a Canadian cover to explain Meisner's fugitive status without connecting him to the Church of Scientology. Heldt immediately informs Brian Andrus of Mary Sue Hubbard's order and charges him with the task of putting it into effect. 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, 27 April 1977 Following a meeting with Michael Meisner, Brian Andrus notifies Richard Weigand that Meisner is so concerned about the slowness of the Guardian's Office actions that Meisner intends on "leaving for either Canada or DC Saturday." 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, 28 April 1977 Brian Andrus speaks to Gerald Wolfe and is informed that it is impossible to withdraw the waiver of the rule requiring an indictment within 45 days of arrest. OUTPOINTS: ADDED UNBELIEVABLE B/S, OMITTED GO OUTRAGE: In the entire Stipulation, this is only the SECOND mention of this crucial waiver by Gerald Wolfe of the 45-day rule! And this is all it says about it! Why did the GO wait till NOW, EIGHT MONTHS AFTER WOLFE'S ARREST, to make ANY inquiry about this waiver? Why has NOBODY from the GO written a SINGLE WORD about this amazing waiver in all the thousands of documents regarding this situation; why has no one indicated OUTRAGE at Wolfe's betrayal via this waiver? INCREDIBLE! 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, 28 April 1977 Mary Rezzonico and Brian Andrus, together with Jim Fiducia--Michel Meisner's auditor--visit Meisner at his Serrano Street apartment in order to convince him that it is not in his best interest to leave L.A. and return to D.C. on his own. Meisner, however, is adamant that he will leave by 30 April unless he receives assurances that the Gerald Wolfe situation in D.C. will be resolved promptly. 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, 29 April 1977 In a letter to Henning Heldt summarizing the 28 April meeting with Michael Meisner, Mary Rezzonico states her conclusion, based upon additional conversations with Cindy Raymond and Richard Weigand, that there are "reasons for concern about Meisner's situation." She also states that she has been notified by the Assistant Guardian for the Legal bureau in D.C., Kendrick "Rick" Moxon, that Gerald Wolfe's attorney has reported that the United States Attorney's Office has "'made noises' about the Grand Jury.'" 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, 29 April 1977 Henning Heldt informs Mary Sue Hubbard that "Herb [Meisner] is threatening to return to D.C. and handle the scene as he sees fit if the waiver is not withdrawn this week." He tells her that he is ordering the Information Bureau to "arrange to restrain Herb and prevent him from leaving, and to guard him so that he does not do so." OUTPOINTS: OMITTED DATA: Well, this is it, kids--the THIRD and FINAL mention of Gerald Wolfe's pivotal WAIVER of a 45-day indictment. And this is all that is said about it. Piecing together the THREE vague references to this waiver, though, and computing the dates it affected, it is irrefutable that this IS what made the government's entire case possible. Wolfe had to have HANDED it to them, voluntarily. MUSINGS: Why did Wolfe's arrest not come until 19 days after the FBI had his real-name I.D.? Why did he just return to work at IRS, and sit there for over two weeks waiting to be arrested? Why did his arrest come on 30 August, just ONE DAY before the day (1 July 1976) that would have removed his 45-day protection? Was the government waiting for that pivotal day, and somehow got their wires crossed, goofed, and arrested him one day early--which later resulted in him having to proffer the waiver? 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, 29 April 1977 Henning Heldt directs Richard Weigand and Mary Rezzonico that "Herb [Michael Meisner] is to be restrained and guarded. He is not to be permitted to leave." He further directs that the Canadian cover is to be set up within ten days even if it requires trips to Canada, and that the Legal Bureau should assume much closer supervision and control over Gerald Wolfe and direct him to conclude his case in D.C. promptly. 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, 29 April 1977 Brian Andrus meets with Michael Meisner at Meisner's South Serrano Street apartment and informs him that from that day on he will be placed under guard. Meisner tells Andrus that he will not accept the presence of guards. Meisner also makes it clear that if he is charged as a fugitive he will not enter a guilty plea. He complains that his whole situation had been mishandled by the Guardian's Office and has resulted in his becoming a fugitive. He demands that Henning Heldt explain to him what action is being taken regarding his case. At the end of the meeting, Andrus places "the guards" outside Meisner's apartment. That same day, Heldt reports to Mary Sue Hubbard that Meisner is now under guard, and that Meisner has "'reacted violently to the arrival of persons to insure he did not blow." He adds that he has directed the nformation Bureau to locate "a more isolated" apartment where Meisner can be kept under the watch of "some trustworthy...Body Guards." He also statea that he is sending Richard Weigand and Gregory Willardson to see Meisner, and "get control" over him. OUTPOINTS: OMITTED GUARDS: Does anybody but the military and the government think of people as nameless, faceless "guards?" Who are these people. They could be quite important in corroborating any of this. Why did they blindly accept orders to be party to a kidnapping--potentially a capital offense? 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, 30 April 1977 Pursuant to Henning Heldt's directive, Richard Weigand and Gregory Willardson together with "Southeast U.S. Secretary" Brian Andrus and "three guards," visit Michael Meisner at approximately 2:15 a.m. Weigand warns Meisner that he will no longer be permitted to make "demands and threats on the Church," and "that he [i]s to start becoming a decent, cooperative, contributing part of the venture and nothing else [i]s to be tolerated." With the guards' assistance, Willardson searches Meisner's apartment and personal property and removes any evidence connecting Meisner to the Church of Scientology. At approximately 6:30 a.m., the meeting concludes "with the guards in charge." OUTPOINTS: OMITTED GUARDS: Does anybody but the military and the government think of people as nameless, faceless "guards?" Who are these people. They could be quite important in corroborating any of this. Why did they blindly accept orders to be party to a kidnapping--potentially a capital offense? 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, 01 May 1977 Brian Andrus allegedly gives Michael Meisner a handwritten dispatch from Mary Sue Hubbard which explains to Meisner that she is aware that he has been placed under guard, and that it is being done for his own good and the good of Scientology. She promises Meisner that if he follows orders, the guards will be eventually removed. 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, 01 May 1977 At approximately 6 p.m., Brian Andrus, Peeter Alvet, Information Bureau official Chuck Reese and "two bodyguards" visit Michael Meisner and tell him that he is to be moved to another apartment. Meisner refuses to leave, threatening to cause a commotion if forced to do so. The two guards handcuff him behind his back, gag him, and drag him out of the building. They force him onto the back floor of a waiting car. One of the guards holds Meisner down with his feet. Meisner is taken to an apartment at 3219 Descanso Drive in L.A. After Andrus and Alvet leave, "three guards" remain in the apartment with Meisner. OUTPOINTS: INCORRECTLY INCLUDED HAPPY KIDNAPPING NAMELESS GUARDS WHO MULTIPLY: Who are these thugs? Why aren't they named. And where does the third guard come from; is this actually Chuck Reese, who now becomes a guard with the original two? 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, 02 May 1977 Henning Heldt approves Cindy Raymond's funds requests for Michael Meisner's guards. In her CSW, Raymond has requested $202.48 for the guards' expenses, including food, and a fine for one of the guards' car, which had been towed. 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, 02 May 1977 The 1 May 1977 [see] incident surrounding the move of Michael Meisner to his new apartment is detailed by Richard Weigand in a letter to Mo Budlong. The routing indicates that copies of the letter are sent to Mary Sue Hubbard, Henning Heldt, and GWW Jane Kember. 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, 03 May 1977 Richard Weigand forwards "this report" (see NOTE) to Deputy Guardian for Information WorldWide Mo Budlong. Copies ae sent to DG US Henning Heldt and CSG Mary Sue Hubbard. NOTE: It is unclear in the Stipulation what "this report" refers to. It seems most likely to be a report about the 30 April 1977 [see] early-a.m. visit to Michael Meisner's apartment with guards. 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, 05 May 1977 Michael Meisner determines that it is in his best interest to cooperate with his captors. He corresponds with Henning Heldt in an attempt to resolve his predicament and to have the guards removed. He also accepts auditing. 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, 10 May 1977 A Certificate of Revocation is issued against HASI, Inc. by the Arizona Corporation Commission for "FAILURE TO FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT." The statute cited is ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES SECTION 10-095. Signatories on the document are Bud Tims, Chairman, Ernest Garfield, Commissioner, Jim [illegible], Commissioner, and Donald E. Vance, Executive Secretary. SOURCE: Microfiche record from Arizona Corporations Commission Friday, 13 May 1977 An additional request for funding for Michael Meisner's guards is made by Acting Collections Officer Jim Douglass to Henning Heldt. The request includes money for food, gas, and a battery that has been stolen from one of the guards' jeeps. 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, 13 May 1977 On Friday the 13th, Gerald Wolfe enters a plea of guilty to a one-count information charging him with the wrongful use of a Government seal, in violation of 18 U.S. Code, Section 1017, before United States District Judge Thomas A. Flannery in Washington, D.C. Wolfe's plea specifically involves the 11 June 1976 [see] entrance into the United States Courthouse in that city and his use of the IRS identification card bearing the name "Thomas Blake." OUTPOINTS: ADDED TIME: Eleven months after the GO "cover-up" plan was drawn up, approved, and agreed to by all [see 12, 13, and 14 June 1976 database entries], Wolfe FINALLY enters his guilty plea. But, gee, it's too late to do any good. And it comes at least 8 months after he WAIVED his protection under the 45-day rule [see database entry for 3 September 1976] which would have precluded the Grand Jury. 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, 13 May 1977 In a letter, Gregory Willardson instructs Cindy Raymond to take control of Michael Meisner's guards. He complains that they cannot involve any more Information Bureau personnel in this matter. Page four of that exhibit includes a weekend guard schedule for "Herbert" (Meisner). It lists the following individuals as guards: Jim Douglass, Chuck Reese, Peeter Alvet, John Lake, George Pilat, and Gary Lawrence. 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, 15 c. May 1977 Richard Weigand is removed from the post of Deputy Guardian for Information U.S., and Brian Andrus is put on the post. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: The Stipulation elsewhere says that Hermann was removed in mid-March1977 [see database entry for 15 March 1977] and replaced by Brian Andrus. But there it says the post he was removed from (and replaced by Andrus on) was "Southeast U.S. Secretary," not Deputy Guardian for Information U.S. 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, 16 c. May 1977 Michael Meisner is informed by Brian Andrus about the guilty plea entered by Gerald Wolfe on 13 May 1977 [see]. 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, 18 c. May 1977 "By the third week of May," in part due to Michael Meisner's cooperation, his watch is relaxed and his guards begin to take him out of the apartment. Brian Andrus shows Meisner a program written by DG I WW Mo Budlong which approves the final plan for handling the cover-up. Andrus tells Meisner that Budlong has decided that Meisner cannot surrender to the FBI in D.C. until the IRS has granted the Church of Scientology of California's request for tax exempt status. OUTPOINTS: ADDED INAPPLICABLE CONDTION: WTF does IRS tax exemption for CSC have to do with Meisner's predicament? 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, 22 May 1977 The Certificate of Revocation for HASI, Inc. is mailed back from the postal service in Silver Springs, Maryland to the Arizona Corporation Commission as "Moved--Not Forwardable." SOURCE: Microfiche record from Arizona Corporations Commission Sunday, 29 May 1977 While Michael Meisner is out with his only guard--John Matoon--he escapes by jumping into a taxicab. He goes to the Greyhound Bus Station and takes a bus to Las Vegas. Meisner dioes not have much money, but "having been there [to Las Vegas] previously, he knew a motel he could afford." He has escaped from his guard because he wants "time to think about his predicament and to determine an appropriate course of action." The Stipulation asserts that at the time, Meisner is still committed to Scientology, and does not want to leave the organization precipitously. 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, 30 May 1977 Michael Meisner telephones Cindy Raymond in L.A. and asks to speak to either Brian Andrus or Jim Douglass. Since Andrus is unavailable, Douglass speaks to Meisner. Meisner refuses to say where he is staying in Las Vegas until he first speaks to Henning Heldt. Therefore, a telephone call is scheduled for 8:30 that evening. Heldt pleads with Meisner to return to L.A. While Meisner initially refuses, he agrees to meet with Douglass the next day in Las Vegas. Cindy Raymond immediately notifies her new superior, Temporary Deputy Guardian for Information US (T/DG I US) Brian Andrus, of Meisner's telephone call to her and of Heldt's telephone discussion with Meisner that evening. She concludes that "'[t]he only thing I can think of is that we work a cover story that he is trying to blackmail the Church for money by pretending that the Church harbored him for the last months making the Church a party to the crime.'" 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, 31 May 1977 Michael Meisner meets with Jim Douglass at a prearranged crowded location. They discuss Meisner's concerns, and Douglass urges Meisner to return with him. Meisner refuses. 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, 31 May 1977 Brian Andrus orders Cindy Raymond to find a "'secured'" place for Michael Meisner to stay if and when he returns from Las Vegas. He suggests "'a place where he [can] be locked in a room that has no or a very small window'" and where he will have "no outside 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. Wednesday, 01 June 1977 The Guardian's Office has learns (?) where Michael Meisner has been staying in Las Vegas, and he is confronted by information Bureau official Chuck Reese, who insists that Meisner return with him to L.A. Reese tells Meisner that Richard Weigand has been removed from the post of Deputy Guardian for Information in the United States, and has been temporarily replaced by Brian Andrus, who had been Meisner's case officer. Miesner speaks to Henning Heldt, who promises to meet with Meisner that evening if he returns to L.A. Meisner, still troubled and confused, agrees, nonetheless, to return. That night, Meisner and Heldt meet at Canter's Restaurant in L.A. Heldt assures Meisner that he understands Meisner's feelings. He tells him that both L. Ron Hubbard and Mary Sue Hubbard are working on his case and will do everything to help him. He explains that while Meisner will have to continue to be guarded, he should consider his guards his friends and not his enemies. Meisner agrees to remain with the Guardian's Office. He is driven to his Descanso Drive apartment by Heldt and Reese. When he arrives, Meisner is met by Jim Douglass, who has been waiting to guard him. Meisner describes the situation as an "armed truce." OUTPOINTS: OMITTED DATA: Just HOW did the Guardian's Office "learn where Michael Meisner has been staying in Las Vegas?" Completely glossed over. 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, 01 June 1977 Michael Meisner is moved "by his guards" to in apartment located at 327 South Verdugo in Glendale, California. During the entire month be continues to be guarded by at least one person. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: He doesn't go to the Descanso Drive apartment until late in the evening of 1 June, according to an earlier statement in the Stipulation. So how do they move him that same night. Besides, he was only met by one guard at Descanso, Jim Douglass. 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, 01 c. June c. 1977 Quoted from AP story: "One of the last sightings of Hubbard by any outsider was apparently in 1977, on a California ranch owned by the church. Anne Rosenblum, a former official in the St. Louis branch of the church who has since abandoned Scientology, said that when she encountered Hubbard at a ranch near La Quinta, he had grown obese and had graying, shoulder-length hair." NOTE: Date is estimated from the language of the story. The year is the only certain (?) part. SOURCE: AP story of 9 December 1982, on file Friday, 03 June 1977 The United States Secretary at WorldWide Hermann Brendel sends Gregory Willardson, who has "been elevated to the post of Deputy Guardian for Information U.S.," a list of "the vital products needed from B1 [Information Bureau] US." He states that these have been "taken from CSG [Mary Sue Hubbard] and GWW [Guardian WorldWide Jane Kember] orders." 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, 10 June 1977 Gerald Wolfe testifies before the "October 1976" Grand Jury. 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, 10 June 1977 Gerald Wolfe is sentenced by United States District Judge Thomas A. Flannery to a term of probation, and is required to perform one hundred hours of community service. Inasmuch as he resides in Minnesota, the case is transferred both for probation supervision and jurisdiction to that state. 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, 10 June 1977 Immediately following his sentencing by Judge Flannery, Wolfe is served with a subpoena to appear that same afternoon before the United States Grand Jury for the District of Columbia which has been investigating entries into the United States Courthouse. At approximately 1 p.m., Wolfe appears before the October 1976 Grand Jury. He is represented by attorney David Schmidt, Esq. Wolfe is sworn by Grand Jury Foreperson Mildred Chaplin. The record is transcribed by an official Grand Jury reporter, Ms. Judith Bracegirdle Warner. The Grand Jury is investigating to determine whether violations of statutes of the United States and the District of Columbia have been committed. It is attempting to identify the individuals who had committed, caused the commision of, and conspired to commit such violations. lt is material to its investigation for it to determine the reasons for the presence of Wolfe and one "John M. Foster" in the US Courthouse on May 21, 28 and June 11, 1976. The Grand Jury is seeking the reasons for Wolfe's use on May 28 of an identification card bearing the last name "Haake," and his use on June 11, 1976, of counterfeit IRS credentials bearing the name of "Thomas J. Blake." It is also material for the Grand Jury to determine whether, while in the Courthouse, Wolfe and the individual using the name "Foster" had entered the office of any Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and, if so, whether they had unlawfully taken any documents or files located therein. Moreover, the Grand Jury wants to learn whether Wolfe and "Mr. Foster" had photocopied any documents which were the property of the Office of United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and the United States of America, on photocopying machines within that office. The Grand Jury seeks to learn from Wolfe the true identity of the individual who had entered the Courthouse with him and used the name "John M. Foster." It also is inquiring into the manner in which Wolfe and "Mr. Foster" had obtained the counterfeit and forged IRS credentials which they had used to enter the Courthouse. Finally, the Grand Jury is attempting to determine whether any other individual in the District of Columbia or elsewhere had conspired with, aided and abetted, or caused the defendant Wolfe to obtain his counterfeit IRS credentials, or assisted him in entering the United States Courthouse. During his testimony under oath before the federal Grand Jury, Wolfe "knowingly made...false declarations regarding the above-mentioned material matters." 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, 10 June 1977 Immediately following his Grand Jury appearance Gerald Wolfe goes to the office of the Church of Scientology at 2125 S Street, N.W., in Washington, D.C. where he is debriefed "by Guardian's Office officials." OUTPOINTS: OMITTED DATA, CONTRARY FACTS, DROPPED OUT TIME: Who are the "Guardian's Office officials" who debrief Wolfe? Also, it says this happened "immediately after his Grand Jury appearance" on 10 June 1977. But the Stipulation says his debrief is sent "the next day," then describes that as being 12 June 1977 [see]. So there is a missing day. 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, 11 June 1977 In Moscow, Los Angels Times correspondent Robert C. Toth is arrested and detained on a charge of illegally obtaining papers that disclos "state secrets." The papers have been given to Toth by a Soviet scientist, Valery G. Petukhov. Petukhov's theories assert that certain particles of living cells "are emitted" when such cells divide, that they can be "detected and measured and that these radiating particles can carry information," and that their function could "explain the basis for telepathy" and related phenomena. He has told Toth that his experiments have succeeded, and they have met at a pre-arranged a rendevouz. Toth is given a manuscript that contains over twenty typewritten sheets, complete with charts and photos of charts. It looks like a complex, comprehensive scientific paper, well-documented, appropriately technical. But Toth never manages to get a real look at the papers because five plainclothesmen pull up in a Fiat and pul Toth inside. After he is taken in for interrogation, he is released into the custody of Vice Consu Lawrence C. Napper, of the U.S. Embasy. SOURCE: "Amplified Mind Power Research In The Former Soviet Union," by Martin Ebon Sunday, 12 June 1977 A transcript of Gerald Wolfe's debrief is sent to the Guardian's Office in L.A., and excerpted by legal Bureau official Paul Klopper in a memorandum to his superior, Deputy Guardian for the Legal Bureau Mary Rezzonico. The memorandum, entitled "Silver Hearing and Grand Jury" summarizes the sentencing proceedings before Judge Flannery and the 10 June 1977 [see] testimony of Wolfe before the "October 1976 Grand Jury." According to the routing on the letter, copies of it and the debrief are sent to CSG Mary Sue Hubbard, the DG US Henning Heldt, the DGI US Brian Andrus and the Guardian WorldWide Jane Kember. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS, DROPPED-OUT TIME: Although the date is given as 12 June 1977, the Stipulation also says this occurred "the next day" after Wolfe's debrief, which the Stipulaton asserts took place "immediately after" his Grand Jury appearance, which was on 10 June 1977 [see]. 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, 12 c. June 1977 Pursuant to the order of Henning Heldt, Mary Rezzonico and Brian Andrus give Michael Meisner a copy of Gerald Wolfe's debrief to read so that he can "start adjusting his cover-up story to that given by the defendant Wolfe in the Grand Jury." Meisner reads the Wolfe's Grand Jury debrief at his appartment on South Verdugo. (In his directive to Rozzonico and Andrus, Heldt also orders them to research any possible fugitive charge against Meisner and to increase security.) OUTPOINTS: OMITTED TIME: No exact date is given for this. It could have happened on 13 June, or even 14 or 15 June 1977. The context seems to place it on 12 June. 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, 13 June 1977 Henning Heldt and Brian Andrus visit Michael Meisner in order to show him a handwritten letter from Mary Sue Hubbard. Heldt reads the letter to Meisner (?) in which Mary Sue Hubbard allegedly warns Meisner that if he escapes from his guards again he will be on his own. OUTPOINTS: ADDED INAPPLICABLE LETTER, ADDED INAPPLICABLE HELDT, CONTRARY FACTS: There is NO reason for such a letter coming from Mary Sue Hubbard. It is unnecessarily inflammatory. There is NO reason for Henning Heldt to personally go READ IT TO Meisner. That is unnecessarily inflammatory. And just three days later, according to the Stipulation, Brian Andrus "informs" Mary Rezzonico that Meisner has expressed "mild pleasure" over recent events, specifically Wolfe's sentencing and Grand Jury testimony debrief [see database entry for 16 June 1977]. So where and why do these Heavy Hussar tactics fit in to that picture? It's as though this HAS to be stuck in here to help set up and justify Meisner's leaving--which comes exactly one week later [see database entry for 20 June 1977]. 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, 15 c. June 1977 "By mid-June," Michael Meisner has decided that if the watch over him is ever relaxed, he will immediately leave the Guardian's Office, surrender to the Federal authorities, plead guilty, and cooperate in the ongoing investigation. Thus, he feigns cooperation with his captors and his superiors in the Guardian's Office in the hope that eventually his guards might be removed. As a reward for this cooperation, Meisner's watch is relaxed. OUTPOINTS: OMITTED DATE: No exact date is given, just "mid-June." Take your pick of days. 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, 16 June 1977 Brian Andrus "inform[s] Mary Rezzonico" (see Outpoints, below) that "Herb [Michael Meisner] was given the news. His reaction was mild pleasure. He uplifted his eyebrows and said something like 'not bad.' He learned the news by reading the [Gerald Wolfe Grand Jury] hearing debrief." According to Andrus, Meisner complained that "he didn't feel that anyone was concerned or really looking out for his own wellfare." Andrus had assured him that he would keep him informed of all new developments and would see him again soon. OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTSÜAGAIN!: The Stipulation says that BOTH Andrus AND Rezzonico had given Wolfe's Grandy Jury debrief to Meisner! [See database entry for 12 June 1977.] Now, in practically the next breath, it says that Andrus is REPORTING to Rezzonico about how Meisner received it! 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, 17 June 1977 Brian Andrus meets once again with Michael Meisner. He discusses with him the potential legal defenses prpared by the Legal Bureau, and leaves the meeting feeling that "Herb [i]s again in better shape communication and duplication wise." Andrus informs the "Temporary Deputy Guardian for Information in the United States" (unnamed) 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. Friday, 17 June 1977 Beginning on the evening of Friday, June 17, Michael Meisner is no longer guarded at night. His guards leave his apartment at night and return at 9 a.m. the next morning. 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, 20 June 1977 At 6 a.m. Michael Meisner, taking a few clothes with him, leaves his apartment on South Verdugo in Glendale, California, for the purpose of surrendering to Federal Authorities. In order to elude any potential follower, Meisner takes two buses to a bowling alley, from which he places a collect call to Assistant United States Attorney Garey Stark in Washington D.C. Meisner identifies himself to the operator as "Gerald Wolfe" because he fears that the Guardian's Office might have placed a covert operative in the United States Attorney's Office. When Stark answers the telephone, Meisner identifies by his real name, informs Stark that he is ready to surrender, plead guilty for his participation in the criminal activities of the Guardian's Office, and cooperate with the United States. Stark directs Meisner to stay at the bowling alley and wait for Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. Approximately two hours later, three agents of the FBI meet Meisner at the bowling alley. Meisner surrenders to the agents and is taken by them to Los Angeles airport, where he is placed on an airplane to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Upon his arrival in Baltimore, he is met by FBI Special Agents Robert S. Tittle and James S. Kramarsic. He is kept that night in a motel. 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, 20 June 1977 Gregory Willardson informs Henning Heldt (in a letter) that "Herbert [Michael Meisner] was found missing today." He says that Brian Andrus has found a note in Meisner's apartment stating that Meisner will call in a week, that he is not going anywhere where he can be located, and that there is no purpose in discussing his motivations. Willardson informs Heldt that Meisner had last been seen by his guard on Sunday, June 18 at 6:00 p.m. (!See Outpoints, below) He speculates that Meisner is hiding somewhere in L.A., probably doing legal research in a library regarding his possible legal defenses in the D.C. case. He adds that a Guardian's Office official (unnamed) has been to Meisner's apartment to remove any documents connecting Meisner to Scientology, and to wipe out all possible fingerprints. A copy of the letter is sent to Mary Sue Hubbard, Cindy Raymond ("BI DC Scene Co-Ord (Natl Sec)") and Mary Rezzonico (as "BI DC Scene Co-Ord (DG L)") OUTPOINTS: CONTRARY FACTS: June 18 is Saturday, not Sunday, as stated. 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, 20 June 1977 Mary Rezzonico notifies Mary Sue Hubbard that Michael Meisner has escaped. Rezzonico speculates that Meisner had become concerned about additional fugitive from justice charges. She says that Gregory Willardson has agreed to have all those individuls in D.C. who might be affected by Meisner's appearance briefed on what to do if Meisner should return there. She also says that Henning Heldt ("DG US") has "suggested the possibility of creating some confusion with some phone calls and a false arrest set-up -- leading the government to believe that Patsy [Mr. Meisner's wife] would be meeting her ex-husband at soae clandestined [sic] meeting -- then have her and Greg Taylor [another Guardian's Office Official who resembled Mr. Meisner] meet." Thus, the FBI would, presumably, arrest the wrong person. 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, 20 June 1977 In a letter, Gregory Willardson orders Cindy Raymond and Brian Andrus to "[c]ontinue to fully work out Herb's [Michael Meisner's] cover story per the program eventualities so that we are prepared." He also directs that Meisner's wife [Patsy] be ordered not to follow her husband's instructions should he contact her. Furthermore, Guardian's Office personnel are to continue checking all libraries in L.A. on the assumption that Meisner is doing research. Willardson orders the removal of all incriminating documents from the Guardians Office and their placement in the "Red Box." OUTPOINTS: ADDED INAPPLICABLE SELF-INCRIMINATING CRAP: The Stipulation of Evidence, I swear, tries to have us all believe the following, which has no equal in all written history for rank stupidity: "Government Exhibit No. 219 is the directive regarding 'Red Box.' It orders that '[a]ll the Red Box material from you (sic) areas must be centrally located, together in a movable container (ideally a briefcase), locked, and marked.' Appended to that document is the 'Red Box Data Information Sheet' which defines 'what is a Red Box?' Under that definition, 'Red Box' includes: a) Proof that a Scnist is involved in criminal activities. b) Anything illegal that implicates MSH, LRH. c) Large amount of non-FOI docs. d) Operations against any government group or persons. e) All operations that contain illegal activities. f) Evidence of incriminating activities. g) Names and details of confidential financial accts." I feel that no further comment can possibly embelish this creative writing assignment. 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, 21 June 1977 Michael Meisner is taken to the office of Assistant United States Attorney Garey G. Stark. At the insistence of the Assistant United States Attorney assigned to the investigation, Meisner confers with an attorney appointed to him by United States Magistrate Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. After conferring with his court-appointed attorney, Meisner agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a five-year conspiracy felony pursuant to 18 U.S. Code, Section 371, without any other condition except that he will fully cooperate with the Grand Jury investigation. Meisner is warned that any false testemony he makes will be prosecuted as perjury. Meisner requests and is granted protective custody by the United States Marshall Service. He has been in the Marshal Service's protective custody since June 2l, 1977. 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, 21 June 1977 Brian Andrus contacts Michael Meisner's wlfe Patsy and briefs her about her husband's unautthorized departure from his apartment. She is ordered to notify Andrus immediately upon being contacted by Meisner. She is directed "not to take any instructions from him, but to simply ack[nowledge] him and contact me." 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, 21 June 1977 In a letter, Mary Sue Hubbard explains to Mary Rezzonico that she believes Michael Meisner's escape has resulted from a refusal on his part to recognize the need to plead guilty on the fugitive from justice charge. She feels that that charge, with it's five years and/or $5,000 fine was too heavy for Meisner to bear. She speculates that Meisner has probably gone somewhere where he can do legal research to prepare his case. However, she concludes that she does not think that he will remain in the L.A. area, but that he is more likely to go to San Francisco, or possibly Berkeley. Following her receipt of Mary Sue Hubbard's letter, Rezzonico notifies DG I US Gregory Willardson, and B-1 CO-ORD US Cindy Raymond as well as NAT'L CASE OFF (SEUS SEC) Brian Andrus of Mary Sue Hubbard's "directive." (?) OUTPOINTS: ADDED INAPPLICABLE SPECULATION: There is absolutely NOTHING on which Mary Sue Hubbard can, should, or would base such idle guesswork as that presented here about San Francisco and Berkeley. There is NOTHING in Meisner's background that would link him to that part of the country. (If he's looking for law libraries, how about D.C., which he is FAMILIAR with? And note well that D.C. is exactly where he is on this date, in the offices of US Attorney Garey Stark [ooo, which just happens to be right next to the D.C. Bar Assoc. legal library, where Meisner was confronted by the FBI in the first place!]. Meisner is busy copping his plea and feathering his bed. Mary Sue's speculation is one of the strangest comments in the entire Stipulation. San Franciso? Why San Francisco? But it gets stranger... See other database entry for this date, then for 29 June and 3 July 1977. Yes, much, much stranger... 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, 21 June 1977 Mary Sue Hubbard instructs Gregory Willardson not to "waste time or resources" searching for Michael Meisner in the Los Angeles area. She says that she believes that he is more likely to be in a city or community such as San Francisco or Berkeley where there are good libraries available. She further informs Willardson that she has already instructed Mary Rezzonico to prepare a program to handle the present situation. Willardson notifies Rezzonico in her capacity as "DC Scene Co-Ord[inator]" that Mary Sue Hubbard has ordered that the Information Bureau "not waste resources" looking for Meisner, since he might be anywhere. Willardson also notifies Mo Budlong by telex that Meisner has "blown again" and that "no real avenues are open to locate [him]." He tells him that Meisner's apartment was "cleaned out and wiped down," and that "all his GO associates are to be briefed." He states that a "[P]lan is in the works to remove sensitve GO data shud [sic] It become necessary in future". OUTPOINTS: ADDED INAPPLICABLE SPECULATION: This is the SECOND time on the SAME DAY that Mary Sue Hubbard allegedly speculates (in a different letter, yet), out of thin air, that Meisner is in the San Francisco area. There is absolutely NOTHING on which Mary Sue Hubbard can, should, or would base such airy-fairy guesswork. There is NOTHING in Meisner's background that would suggest that he would go to that part of the country. Meisner, on this date, is ACTUALLY cozying up to the feds in D.C. This statement by Mary Sue comes out of the blue, and is one of the strangest things in the Stipulation. Oh, but the strangest part, the uncanniest part, the creeping flesh part is yet to come. Stay tuned, fans of the occult; don't touch that dial. See database entry for 29 June and 3 July 1977. Yes, stranger... 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, 22 June 1977 Brian Andrus, in a letter, informs Gregory Willardson about having contacted Michael Meisner's wife Patsy [see database entry for 21 June 1977], and his instructions to her. 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, 22 June 1977 In a letter, Cindy Raymond updates the information which Gregory Willardson had telexed to Mo Budlong the day before [see database entry for 21 June 1977]. She informs him that "[w]e are working on a plan to create another false arrest scene type of action along ops [operations] lines" to sidetrack the ongoing Grand Jury investigation in the District of Columbia. 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, 22 June 1977 Gregory Willardson agrees with Mary Sue Hubbard that Michael Meisner is "probably on the west coast somewhere" and that there are "too many possibilities to make a check worthwhile." He points out that the Information Bureau's checks of the local libraries in Los Angeles had been negative. 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, 29 June 1977 Gregory Willardson informs Mary Rezzonico that he has met with Cindy Raymond and Brian Andrus to "'iron out some bugs on Herb's [Michael Meisner's] story.'" He indicates that he has directed Andrus and Raymond to continue to work over the next few days on the "basic story." He expresses concern that Meisner has not called the Guardian's Office since his excape on 20 June, and that the situation "'could potentially leave us open to crossing up stories or facts to both Herb's and our defendant (sic--see Outpoints, below)." He concludes, however, that he is convinced that Meisner has not surrendered to the authorities and is still with the Guardian's Office. OUTPOINTS: OMITTED DATA, ADDED ODDITY: Who is "our defendant?" Is he talking about Wolfe? What a strange way to differentiate between Meisner and whoever the mysterious "our defendant" is. 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, 29 June 1977 Gregory Willardson notifies Henning Heldt that he has "just got word from Herb [Michael Meisner]." Willardson has just been informed that Brian Andrus has received a letter from Meisner postmarked (no date given) San Francisco. The letter, which, in the language of the Stipulation, "had been sent by Mr. Meisner after his surrender to the federal authorities and after the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia had decided to obtain a search warrant for Guardian's Office premises," states: "Brian - I know you don't understand what's going on, but I still need time to myself. I'm making enough to by on (sic) so there's no problems. I'll be in touch in a couple of weeks. Herb." Willardson concludes that "as CSG [Mary Sue Hubbard] predicted" Meisner has been doing legal research in the San Francisco area. He suggests that the Guardian's Office send a "missioniare" to "scout the legal libraries and perhaps law schools to locate him [Meisner]." A copy of this letter is sent to CSG Mary Sue Hubbard, National Secretary Cindy Raymond, and Southeast Secretary Brian Andrus. OUTPOINTS: ADDED INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCE: Lo! And Behold! Mary Sue Hubbard's 21 June 1977 [see] DOUBLE PREDICTION MAGICALLY COMES TRUE! On that date, she had looked into her InKreDiBle KriStAl bALL[tm] (kept, no doubt, in her "Red Box,") and through the swirling haze therein, saw that Meisner was likely in the San Francisco area--without benefit of a single logical fact to base such a wild guess on. (Of course, THEN, he WASN'T in the San Francisco area: he was in Washington D.C. cozying up to the feds and turning State's evidence.) But now, in an AMAZING coincidence, the feds somehow accomodatingly MOVE HIM TO SAN FRANCISCO SO HE CAN SEND A LETTER POSTMARKED FROM THERE, PROVING MARY SUE HUBBARD'S UNCANNY POWERS OF PREDICTION! Are you buying this, dear reader? Are you bending over and taking it quietly, a grim smile on your face? It was good for Garey Stark; is it good for you, too? 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 c. July 1977 Gerald Armstrong, according to his testimony, is assigned to the RPF by LRH. [NOTE: He ostensibly remains there until 01 c. December 1977 (see).] SOURCE: CONTRARY FACTS, ADDED CONFUSION: In another assertion, Armstrong claims that his assignment to the RPF occurred around sometime in July 1976--NOT 1977. Although this could be the result of OCR error or typo, it could just as well be intentional confusion inserted into the record. SOURCE: Declaration of Gerald Armstrong, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in RTC v. Grady Ward, No. C-96-20207 RMW; RTC v. Keith Henson, No. C-96-20271 RMW; and RTC v. Dennis Erlich, et. al, No. C-95-20091 RMW Sunday, 03 July 1977 Mary Sue Hubbard, in a handwritten letter, tells Henning Heldt: "I frankly wld [would] not waste Bur 1 resources looking for him [Michael Meisner] but wld instead utilize resources to figure out a way to defuse him shld [should] he turn traitor." Heldt immediately notifies Gregory Willardson of Mary Sue Hubbard's directive not to look for Meisner. He instructs Willardson to "producc a plan or plans in report form early this week" to carry out Mary Sue Hubbard's directive. OUTPOINTS: ADDED UNHAPPY ENDING: And so ends the Stipulation of Evidence. The next day is Independence Day, 1977, celebrating the freedoms that are the heritage of the United States of America. Just five days later, for the first time in American history, the FBI assaults a church with axes and chain saws, and in the process destroys The Guardian's Office and Scientology. 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, 08 July 1977 FBI raids Cedars complex and Fifield Manor, and Washington, D.C. office--06:00 hours Pacific time. 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.; Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 21 Sunday, 10 July 1977 New York Times July 10, 1977, "The Scientology Spy Caper": "Government agencies which have been accused of investigating dissenting organizations by eavesdropping, infiltration and surreptitious entry may have been themselves victims of the same tactics, according to an affidavit by a former official of the 4-million-member Church of Scientology. Last Friday morning, F.B.I. agents raided church offices in Washington and Los Angeles to try to recover hundreds of documents allegedly stolen by scientologist spies from Government files. "Most of the branches and subsidiaries of the organization now enjoy tax exemption, but the Internal Revenue Service contested that status for years. In 1974, according to the church official, scientology strategists called for an all-out counterattack on the tax agency, and planted an operative in a job there and another in the Justice Department. Since then, the spies have allegedly copied Internal Revenue documents, Justice Department files and even bugged an Internal Revenue Service conference room, apparently to gain an advantage in their legal dispute with the government." SOURCE: New York Times July 10, 1977 Sunday, 17 July 1977 LRH allegedly flees La Quinta with Diane Reisdorf, Claire Rousseau and Pat Broeker. They end up in Sparks, Nevada, where LRH stays through December 1977, allegedly in hiding from authorities because of possible repurcussions from the FBI raids. SOURCE: Bare Faced Messiah, Chapter 21 Wednesday, 03 August 1977 First day of "U.S. SENATE, SELECT COMMITTEE oN INTELLIGENCE, AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES," Washington, D.C. Subject of Committee: "PROJECT MKULTRA, THE CIA'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION." SOURCE: Transcript of Opening Remarks by Senator Inouye, available on the internet Sunday, 07 August 1977 An article by J. Wilhelm, "Psychic Spying?" appears in The Washington Post, Outlook Section, August 7, 1977. [NOTE: This article provides the first public look at parapsychology being used in intelligence. The information released in it is carefully controlled, and just the right derisive slant is put on it. The timing is beeyootiful, ain't it? Oh, by the way: not a single mention of Scientologists being involved with the CIA in developing the remote viewing program.--Ed.] 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, 09 August 1977 CIA Director Stansfield Turner reveals publicly that CIA has had operational interest in parapsychology: J. O'Leary, "Turner Denies CIA Bugging of South Korea's Park," The Washington Star, 9 August 1977. [NOTE: But Scientology has N-O-T-H-I-N-G to do with it! DO YOU HEAR ME! NOTHING!--Ed.] 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 Saturday, 20 August 1977 The Kennedy subcommittee is holding hearings, with testimony from Dr. Charles Geschickter, who has served CIA's Technical Services Staff both as researcher and funding conduit, testing knockout drugs, stress-producing chemicals, and mind-altering substances on mental defectives and terminal cancer patients. [NOTE: Hey, Senator Ted! Any word on the CIA-sponsored remote viewing projects going on right now, run by Scientology OTs? Anything? No? Nothing? Why not, Senator Ted? You mean, there is NOTHING in all the Guardian's Office evidence about Ingo Swann, Pat Price, and Hal Puthoff being connected with intelligence agencies when they were doing their OT levels? How come?--Ed.] SOURCE: Book: "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate," by John Marks, Chapter 13; NOTE: Source CIA documents are cited in the book. Thursday, 20 October 1977 The Washington Post, October 20, 1977, "Dole Relents; Ruff to Get HEW Post": "The Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Charles F.C. Ruff, the last of the four Watergate special prosecutors, to a new position, as deputy inspector general in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare... ." [NOTE: Ruff will soon go on to be overseeing the trial of Mary Sue Hubbard and the GO defendants, and will later defend President Bill Clinton in impeachment proceedings.--Ed.] SOURCE: Washington Post, 20 October 1977 Tuesday, 01 c. November c. 1977 A Senate subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, chaired by Senator Ted Kennedy, focusses on the CIA's testing of LSD on unwitting citizens. Only a mere handful of people within the CIA reportedly knew about the scope and details of the program. Testifying before the subcommittee is CIA's Dr. Sidney Gottlieb. The subcommittee learns about the CIA Operation MKULTRA through the testimony of Gottlieb. The purpose of the program, according to his testimony, was to "investigate whether and how it was possible to modify an individual's behavior by covert means." Claiming the protection of the National Security Act, Gottlieb is unwilling to tell the Senate subcommittee what has been learned or gained by these experiments. He does state, however, that the program was initially engendered by a concern that the Soviets and other enemies of the United States would get ahead of the U.S. in this field. OUTPOINTS, SMOKING GUN OMITTED DATA: Gottlieb was the head of the CIA's operation that started the remote viewing program with Hal Puthoff, Ingo Swann, and Pat Price--all Scientology OTs. He hides behind "national security" while helping to direct all attention to the inflammatory "revelations' being made about MKULTRA. In all the Kennedy committee "investigations," absolutely NO mention is made about the extensive remote viewing efforts being undertaken at the very moment of Gottlieb's testimony. That it is still an active and heavily pursued program is later proved by the enormous sums of money put into it under the changed names of "GRILL FLAME," etc. Meanwhile, Scientology is being methodically dismantled down the street. SOURCE: Article: "Mind Control" By Harry V. Martin and David Caul, available on the Internet Thursday, 03 November 1977 Congressman Leo J. Ryan delivers a presentation in the House of Representatives: "THE EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS CULTS ON THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THEIR CONVERTS" SOURCE: Transcript, posted in newsgroup alt.religion.scientology Friday, 04 November 1977 Former CIA Director Richard Helms appears in federal court in Washington, D.C. for sentencing on two misdemeanor counts of perjury before a Congressional Committee. Judge Barrington D. Parker read him a stern lecture: "You considered yourself bound to protect the Agency whose affairs you had administered and to dishonor your solemn oath to tell the truth ...[unreadable] public officials embark deliberately on a course to disobey and ignore the laws of our land because of some misguided and ill-conceived notion and belief that there are earlier commitments and considerations which they must observe, the future of our country is in jeopardy. "There are those employed in the intelligence security community of this country...who feel that they have a license to operate freely outside the dictates of the law and otherwise to orchestrate as they see fit. Public officials at every level, whatever their position, like any other person, must respect and honor the Constitution and the laws of the United States. "You now stand before this court in disgrace and shame," he says. And then he imposes his sentence: a $2000 fine--the maximum--and two years in jail, to be suspended. SOURCE: Article: "The Department of Dirty Tricks;" by Thomas Powers; Atlantic Monthly, August 1979; Volume 244, No. 2; pages 33-64. Monday, 05 c. December 1977 Approximate date when Gerald Armstrong is released from the RPF in Clearwater. Regarding this event, he says: "Shortly after 'graduating' I was transferred to the Commodore's Messenger Organization unit in Los Angeles. There I was ordered to retrieve Tonja [Burden] from her parent's home in Las Vegas after she escaped from the RPF in Clearwater... ." SOURCE: A text file: "corydon.txt," a version of Bent Corydon's book, "Messiah or Madman," as found on the Internet Wednesday, 14 December 1977 Quoted from Gerald Armstrong in the referenced source: "On Decemher 14, 1977, my wife and I went to get Tonja back. "She was shocked that we had tracked her down so quickly and she was terrified by us. Terri had been her senior for some years in the CMO, and I bad been her senior in the RPF, and we both intimidated her. "She said over and over that she did not want to go back. Tears welled up in her eyes. But Terri and I would not be swayed from our purpose. We talked to her mother and father, and intimidated them with veiled threats of what might happen, how it would be better for all if Tonja came back. We also insisted that Tonja coming back and "routing out properly" was the most ethical thing to do. "The truth was that our purpose was to get Tonja back, have her sec checked and get her to sign waivers, releases and promissory notes, so she would be rendered harmless to Hubbard and the organization. Tonja was, in fact, considered a significant threat because she had worked so closely with Hubbard and potentially knew a great deal about his control of the organization and G.O. intelligence operations. "After several honrs, and still against her will, Tonja succumbed to our tactics, and we drove with her to Los Angeles. There we turned her over to the Los Angeles RPF where she would be sec checked and made to sign the required documents. "What I did to Tonja, coercing her back to Los Angeles to subject her to sec checks and forcing her to sign documents and signing myself a false statement against her, was cruel and shameful and only shows the desensitization I had gone through." SOURCE: Gerald Armstrong as quoted in a text file: "corydon.txt," a version of Bent Corydon's book, "Messiah or Madman," as found on the Internet Friday, 23 December 1977 There is ostensibly a letter dated Dec. 23, 1977, about Hubbard's health and attempts to avoid service of lawsuits--which later becomes a sealed document, in an Armstrong case, that the US Government wants. There is no indication who wrote it, but it is implied that it is either by LRH or MSH. 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