Part 5, 1977 [Part 2 of 2]

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 (sicÑsee 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 areaÑwithout 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.
officeÑ06:00 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 Ôgraduating' 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.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times story of 12 February 1985, on file

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