From: Gerry Armstrong <gerry@gerryarmstrong.org>
Subject: Re: Asking $2000 for Hubbard letters
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 13:30:37 +0200
Message-ID: <9kopivsjklpklm0ufs5tifuoseadb9uliq@4ax.com>

On 3 Aug 2003 00:51:21 -0700, Warrior <warrior@xenu.ca> wrote:

> From eBay ad:
>
> "L. Ron Hubbard, founder and driving force behind Scientology,
> is here represented in a series of twenty-four (24) personal
> letters-- type written and hand signed, in ink. Dating from 1973
> to 1980 and written to an early member of the Church and
> personal friend--as is evident by the words Hubbard uses to
> greet her, thank her for her generous gifts and personal remarks.
> All letters are authentic and guaranteed genuine. Each Hubbard
> signature is in ink, of different sizes with distinct stylistic
> differences one signature to another...Not Auto Pen! There are,
> in addition 6 personal and signed letters to the same recipient
> from Yvonne Jentzsch (Comannder at the Celebrity Center in
> Hollywood, Cal.) on her personal letterhead stationary. 5 signed
> letters, on personal letterhead, from Hubbard's daughter Diane
> Hubbard Horwich. 2 signed letters, on personal letterhead, from
> Mr. Hubbard--Mary Sue Hubbard. A great collection of letters with
> both friendly greetings as well as discussion of Scientology methods,
> etc. A unique collection!"
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2185903041&category=14433
>
> Warrior - Sunshine disinfects
> http://warrior.xenu.ca

The following letter sent to eBay and the seller:

Re: "Hubbard" letters for sale.

Item No. 2185903041 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2185903041&category=14433

The letters from L. Ron Hubbard between 1973 and 1980 are almost without a doubt NOT authentic and cannot and must not be "guaranteed genuine."

Hubbard had a Scientology staff unit set up called the "Standing Order Number One Unit," or" SO#1," to write precisely the kind of letters described in this eBay ad, and to forge Hubbard's signature on them precisely as described in the ad.

SO#1 used exactly the Hubbard stationery shown in the picture on eBay, and signed these letters as shown in the signature image.

During the years 1973 through 1980, Hubbard received almost no personal correspondence, but it was almost without exception handled by SO#1. This even included correspondence from Hubbard's family members, his old lovers, and people who had known him from before he invented Dianetics in 1950. Certainly the correspondence of someone who was "an early member of the Church and personal friend" of Hubbard was handled by SO#1, and the letters purporting to be from Hubbard were written by SO#1, and Hubbard's signature was forged on such letters by SO#1.

The fact that "each Hubbard signature is in ink, of different sizes with distinct stylistic differences one signature to another" supports the conclusion that these are SO#1 forgeries, because that was how SO#1 performed their forgery job.

Standing Order Number One, and the SO#1 Unit, is a very cruel fraud that Hubbard and certain Scientologists perpetrated upon thousands of unsuspecting people like the addresses/recipient of these SO#1 letters. Standing Order Number One stated that "All mail addressed to me (Hubbard) shall be received by me." This "standing order" was an utter lie. Hubbard was declared in 1984 in the case of Scientology v.

Armstrong, Los Angeles Supeior Court No. C 420153 to be a pathological liar.

http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/a1/breckenridge-decision.html The judgment containing this declaration was affirmed on appeal.

http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/a1/appeal/283cal.rptr.917.html

I was familiar with SO#1's function and activities throughout the period from 1973 through 1980, and had access to the SO#1 files during 1980 and 1981 when I had the job of doing the research for Hubbard's biography. I can competently testify to all the facts contained in this statement if required. My history in relationship to Hubbard and Scientology is provided in a great deal of sworn testimony on my web site. http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/index.html

I have no reason to believe that the letters from Yvonne Jentzsch or from Dian[a] Hubbard Horwich are not authentic, but I have every reason to believe that the letters from L. Ron Hubbard are SO#1 forgeries. The Hubbard letters should be withdrawn from sale on eBay so as not to continue to perpetrate this fraud upon other unsuspecting Hubbard and Scientology victims.

Gerry Armstrong c/o Dialog Zentrum Berlin Heimat 27 D-14165 Berlin-Zehlendorf Germany Tel: +49 (0) 30-84723958 Fax: +49 (0) 1212-5-205-27-015