A STATEMENT BY GERALD ARMSTRONG

April 4, 1995

To good hearts everywhere:

Re: Scientology v. Gerald Armstrong
Marin County Superior Court
Case No. 157680

Dear Friend:

Thank you for this opportunity to tell you about my case.

I am sending versions of this letter to my friends around the
world and other people to whom I've been led who may have an
interest or be able to help.

I do not have a lawyer, I'm not a lawyer, not trained,
unfinanced, and have a May 18, 1995 trial date. I have
immediate costs in the case which I am unable to bear myself. I
am hoping that there are people of good will who see value and
probity in my case and are in a position to help, I am a
Christian. I believe my litigation is ultimately between the
light and freedom of God and the dark nature of the spiritually
enslaved.

The litigation story is long and much more complex and
convoluted than what I will provide at this point. I have
well-organized case files and documentation if an attorney or
law firm has an interest in becoming further involved. I refer
in this letter to a number of documents, (A) through (Q), which
I am not sending with this letter, but which I will forward to
anyone interested upon request.

I was inside Scientology from 1969 through 1981, worked most of
those years with its leader L. Ron Hubbard, held positions in
the organization's intelligence, legal and public relations
bureaus, and during the last two years did the research for a
biography of Hubbard. I left the organization at the end of
1981 with a knowledge of massive fraud, of its antisocial core
nature, its criminal intelligence operations against labeled
enemies, and its victimization of its own members.

I had the good fortune to be deprogrammed while still inside
Scientology by my study of its own documents and Hubbard's
personal archive. It has come to me gradually, but clearly that
I was guided throughout my Scientology experience and life by
God, and that, although it is not understandable to some people
and often viewed as corny, I have been given a purpose by Him
for His glory.

After I left, and because of the threat it considered my
knowledge, Scientology declared me "fair game," and has
harassed me pursuant to its fair game policy ever since,
Hubbard's "fair game" policy calls for people targeted as
"enemies" to be "deprived of property or injured by any means
by any Scientologist .... tricked, sued or lied to or
destroyed."

The organization sued me in 1982 (Scientology v. Armstrong, Los
Angeles Superior Court No. C 420158), and I filed a
cross-complaint for fraud and intentional infliction of
emotional distress. Scientology's suit against me, in which I
was represented by another major target of fair game, Boston
attorney Michael Flynn, went to trial in 1984 and resulted in
the famous and internationally cited decision of Judge Paul G.
Breckenridge, Jr. (A)

Scientology continued its fair game operations against Flynn
and me until December, 1988 when he and the organization
arranged a "global settlement," which included the settling of
the lawsuits of his approximately fifteen anti-Scientology
litigant clients, payments to several witnesses without
lawsuits, and settling of his own cases against Scientology.

The "agreements" each of the "settling" people signed contained
clauses requiring silence concerning their experiences in and
knowledge of Scientology and a $50,000 "liquidated damages"
penalty for any statement made about such experiences or
knowledge. Flynn and the other lawyers involved also signed
"agreements" to not represent or assist anyone, including their
own settling clients, in future litigation involving
Scientology.

Before I saw or knew of the "settlement agreement" I was to
sign I had agreed to a monetary figure for the dismissal of my
cross-complaint. And although I was shocked and heartsick when
I read the "settlement agreement" Flynn presented to me for
signing, I did sign it for these reasons:

1. I was positioned in the global settlement as a deal-breaker,
on whom all the other settling people depended to have
Scientology cease its fair game attacks and threats on them.

2. Flynn claimed that Scientology had tried to assassinate him,
had ruined his marriage, sued him thirteen or more times,
threatened his family and career; and he was desperate to get
out of the litigation. I had worked with him in Boston in 1985
and 1986 and was personally aware of fair game attacks on him.

S. Flynn stated to me that the non-disclosure conditions, which
I protested as being impossible to perform since they covered
then 17 years of my life, were "not worth the paper they're
printed on;" that I couldn't "contract away my Constitutional
rights."

4. Flynn said that "global settlement" and the "agreements"
were necessary to give Scientology the opportunity it said it
wanted to clean up its bad acts and cease fair game. I
understood forgiveness and wanted to forgive everyone involved.

5. I felt abandoned by Flynn, who had been my attorney,
employer and good friend; I was isolated and heartbroken. Flynn
had lost heart.

6. I was already beginning to sense that my life was guided by
God, and I accepted the fact that if I was later attacked by
Scientology, or in all things, I would try to do what I was
called to do. I had a glimpse at the time of the settlement
that some time in the future I might be alone but for Him.

The "agreement" I signed (B) also allowed Scientology to
maintain its appeal from the Breckenridge decision, required
that I not oppose the appeal or any subsequent appeals, and
required my delivery to Scientology o[ all evidence or
Scientology-related materials assembled in my case.

There is no doubt that I had been profoundly affected by my
years in Scientology and my years under attack after I left.
Nevertheless, following the settlement I got on with my life,
wrote, drew, took up running and took care of my deteriorated
health. Scientology, however, could not leave me alone, but
took the opportunity to continue its fair game, publishing
attacks on my character, filing false affidavits about me in
court, and threatening me with lawsuits if I responded. The
organization, through the silencing of knowledgeable witnesses,
and the intimidation and silencing of knowledgeable attorneys,
was attempting to rewrite the Breckenridge decision, and
history, both its and mine.

Although saddened by the attacks and threats I did nothing
until the fall of 1989 when, following a series of threatening
calls from a Scientology lawyer, it became clear to me that my
silence was being used to obstruct justice and hurt other
victims of the organization. After researching my rights and
responsibilities, the first action I took was to file a
petition in the Court of Appeal for permission to respond in
the appeal from the Breckenridge decision. My petition was
granted, I filed a respondent's brief, and the decision was
affirmed in 1991. Scientology v. Armstrong (1991) 232
Cal.App.3d 1060, 289 Cal.Rptr.917. (C)

I wrote two declarations, executed March 15, 1990 and December
25, 1990 detailing Scientology's post-settlement acts, and
filed them in the Court of Appeal in the organization's appeal
from the Breckenridge decision. (D and E)

In August, 1990, at the time of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and
the US buildup in Desert Shield, I prayed to God for guidance
in the distress I felt in these events and the general human
condition. The answer I received was to give away my worldly
wealth and take only what I needed. After pondering this
message I conveyed my interest in a house I owned at the time
and forgave all debts owed to me.

My description of these events and my spiritual understanding
and development at the time are contained in a declaration I
executed in 1994. (F) I wrote this declaration to be filed in a
"fraudulent conveyance" lawsuit Scientology filed against me in
1993 (Marin Superior Court No. 157680) in which the
organization claimed that my renunciation was for the purpose
of rendering myself judgment-proof.

Following my renunciation it came to me that I would go
wherever in life my help was asked for, and I have tried to do
that, under God's guidance, ever since. While in Canada in
June, 1991 I received a call from a man in South Africa who was
involved in litigation with Scientology and who said that he
had not found anyone else in the world willing to testify about
the organization's nature and practices. I did go to South
Africa, but did not testify because the trial was postponed.

In the same period I received another call for help from a
former Scientology attorney, Joseph Yanny of Los Angeles, who
had left the organization's employ and become a target of its
"fair game." (F contains this history in detail)

When I returned to the US in August, 1991 I was asked for help
by attorney Ford Greene of San Anselmo who was involved in
Scientology litigation and desperately needed the kind of help
I could give to survive. I've worked as his sole office support
ever since. I have also since then been the target of
Scientology's litigation machine and a massive campaign of what
it calls "black propaganda" to destroy my credibility.

Scientology brought a motion to enforce the settlement
agreement in October, 1991 in LA Superior Court, which was
denied. In February, 1992 it then filed a breach of contract
lawsuit in Marin Superior Court, Scientology v. Armstrong, No.
152229. This case was transferred to Los Angeles and given
number BC 052395. (G is Scientology's second amended complaint;
H is my answer)

Scientology brought a motion for a preliminary injunction which
was granted in part May 28, 1992, prohibiting me from assisting
claimants against Scientology, but denying the motion as to all
other prohibitions in the settlement agreement. I appealed (I
is my opening brief) and May 16, 1994 the court of Appeal
affirmed (J) the preliminary injunction although declining to
address the legality of the underlying settlement agreement.

From 1992 through July, 1994 Scientology tried very hard to
have me found in contempt of court and jailed for what it
claimed were violations of the preliminary injunction. All of
the claimed violations, some of which were manufactured by
Scientology, were discharged after an evidentiary hearing July
28, 1994 by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Diane Wayne. (K)

Scientology filed two more lawsuits in July, 1993, Los Angeles
Superior Court No. BC 084842, another breach of contract case,
and Marin Superior Court No. 157680, the fraudulent conveyance
case. All three cases have now been consolidated in Marin with
one number 157680.

The organization brought a motion for summary adjudication of
three causes of action, which was granted as to two, this past
January 27. (L) I sensed even before losing the motion that my
attorney Ford Greene wanted out of the case, and following the
ruling he let me know and then substituted out. There is much
more to the circumstances of our relationship and his
representation of me, but essentially he lost heart. (M is my
opposition to the summary adjudication motion) Ford's main
approach in the opposition was that I was permitted to file the
subject declarations and make the public statements, which
Scientology claimed were breaches of the settlement agreement,
by the "absolute" litigant's privilege.

Because Ford was unable to find someone else to do the
paralegal work in his office I continued as his assistant, but
that has now changed because I cannot at this time both work
full time for him and do the work necessary in my case.
Scientology has filed two more massive motions for summary
adjudication, my oppositions to which must be filed by April 7.
(N is Scientology's motion seeking a permanent injunction, O is
the order Scientology proposes) Two of the "breaches" on which
Scientology bases this motion are for an "interview planned but
prevented" by Scientology at FAX in Northern California, and an
"interview" not prevented on WORD Radio, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, two Christian stations.

Needing to survive in life, I recently approached the two major
beneficiaries of my 1990 renunciation, my friends Michael
Walloon and Michael Douglas, to ask for a loan. Both of them,
and their respective wives, however, have also lost heart, are
frightened by Scientology, and said they would not support my
cause in any way. Michael Douglas said that he had been
contacted by Scientology and told that if he even loaned me a
small amount of money they would cause him trouble, and he and
his wife were afraid that meant being sued.

Throughout the post-settlement period I've stayed in touch with
Michael Flynn, my attorney, long time friend, and central
figure in the circumstances prior to and during the settlement,
but he too has been intimidated. He says that although he views
Scientology as evil he has a contract with it which prevents
him from helping me in any way, and he believes that the courts
cannot deal with the organization's abuse of the system.

In this past month, Scientology has sought to overwhelm me with
mountains of legal paper, court demands and deadlines, and with
threat, betrayal, exhaustion, loneliness and hopelessness. It
has engaged me in a spiritual battle, wherein, while I was
almost destroyed, I was permitted to confront raw evil and
given the opportunity to triumph for all the good hearts
everywhere. I have spent much of this period in prayer, looking
to God as my only source of strength and hope. I believe He has
drawn me to Him through this crisis and through the removal of
all other sources of support, and I seek with all my heart to
do His Will.

Also during this period, it has become clear to me what the
issues and true defense are in this case. It is a religious
liberty case. What Scientology is seeking to have the courts
order is in violation of and barred by both the Establishment
and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.

What if an individual who was a member of a Christian church
had been declared by the "church" leaders "fair game;" if these
leaders had carried out a public campaign to assassinate his
reputation; if he had been assaulted by private investigators
hired by the "church's" board of directors; if an attempt was
made to involve him in a highway "accident," if he had been
spied on and harassed for weeks on end by these private
investigators; if the contents and substance of his
"confessions" or pastoral counseling had been divulged publicly
and used against him; if he had been sued by the "church:" if
the "church" had filed false criminal charges against him and
attempted to have him jailed; if "church" officials had
attempted to entrap him; if the officials had secretly and
illegally videotaped him; and so forth?

And what if the member had sued the "church" and the "leader"
for the emotional distress resulting from these torts and
abuses? All of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph were
carried out by Scientology against me and formed the basis of
my cross-complaint.

Is it conceivable that as a condition of settlement of the
Christian church member's lawsuit he must remain silent about
his religious experiences, about Christ, Christianity, the
Bible, God? Is it conceivable that the member could be
compelled to pay $50,000 each time he thereafter said anything
about his religion, Christ, Christianity, the Bible or God? Is
it conceivable that a court in this country could order the
member jailed if he communicated about these things? Is it
conceivable that the church member could not even discuss with
other Christians their experiences of Christianity; and is it
conceivable that he could be penalized $80,000 and jailed for
each time he discussed the experiences of other Christians with
them? Is it conceivable that in the face of continuing attacks
by the Christian "church" leaders after the "settlement" the
member must still remain silent about his "religion" and his
"religious experiences?"

No Christian church would consider imposing such conditions in
a "settlement." No court would consider enforcing such
conditions against a Christian. Why then do courts enforce such
conditions at the insistence of Scientology against people it
has abused? The answer is that our courts are often deceived,
confused and blinded by evil, and as a result give evil
favorable, special treatment; and to the detriment of goodness
and justice.

Scientology is anti-Christian and anti-God. It professes in its
publications to the uninitiated and the media to accept
Christians and to acknowledge Jesus Christ. Inside the
organization, however, it "preaches" that Christ and God are
"implants," false ideas electronically installed in humans to
effectuate their control. It claims that Scientology is the
only way for freeing people from the enslavement of the
Christian Church. (P and Q are two "bulletins" by Hubbard which
vilify the Church, Christ, God and mock the Holy Scriptures)
Anyone inside the organization who considered Christ, the Holy
Spirit or God real, who prayed, or believed God played any part
in his or her life, was considered "psychotic" and
"dramatizing" an implant.

In this aspect of his "theology" Hubbard blasphemes the Holy
Spirit, the one unforgivable sin. People drawn into Scientology
and brought to this blasphemy are in grave spiritual danger.
Mark, 3:29. I believe I cannot, under this nation's
Constitution, be prevented by "contract" from speaking the
truth about the danger of Scientology to those who wish to talk
to me.

I believe that the subject settlement agreement is evil, that
honoring it does no one any good, and that having it adjudged
illegal will free not only me but many others now and in the
future.

I believe I should affirm that although I have been troubled,
and have been led along a strange life path, I am not crazy and
I am not obsessed with Scientology. I have talents and a life
beyond my battle with Scientology, and I pray for an end to the
conflict, and the peace and time to pursue other things.

I also believe I should profess that I do not think I am
special or sinless. I am a very imperfect vessel. I have a
human nature and have done many foolish, human things, but I
have also been saved by God's Grace from all that.

Scientology is a pernicious, neo-Satanic cult waging a
"religious war" to crush my religious and other human rights,
and the rights of anyone else it sees as an obstacle on its
road to total power. I am asking for financial, legal and
spiritual support to win this war.

Please forward this letter to anyone you think is appropriate.

I am grateful for any help of any kind anyone can give, and I
welcome all calls.

Thank you again.

Yours faithfully,

Gerry Armstrong
715 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
San Anselmo, CA 94980
Phone & Fax (415)456-8450