From the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C.
1 - Mr. Brown
December 14, 1960
L. RON HUBBARD
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No investigation has been conducted concerning either Hubbard or [BLACKED
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however, our files do reveal the following information which may relate
to L. Ron Hubbard.
The December 5, 1950, issue of "Look" magazine contained an article
entitled "Dianetics - Science or Hoax?" which revealed that L. Ron Hubbard
was an obscure writer of psuedoscientific pulp fiction prior to the
publishing of his book entitled "Dianetics." Hubbard's book asserts that
"the creation of dianetics is a milestone for Man comparable to his
discovery of fire and superior to his inventions of the wheel and the
arch...the intelligent layman can successfully and invariably treat all
psychosomatic ills and inorganic aberrations," according to Hubbard.
"These psychosomatic ils, uniformly cured by dianetic therapy, include
such varied maladies as eye trouble, bursitis, ulcers, some heart
difficulties, migraine headaches and the common cold." According the
article, Hubbard's book has "outraged scores of psychiatrists,
biochemists, psychologists, physicians and just-plain-ordinary scientists,
who look upon the astounding claims and the growing commercial success
of this strange new phenomenon with awe, fear and a deep disgust.
Hubbard's greatest attraction to the troubled is taht his ersatz
psychiatry is available to all. It's cheap. It's accessible. It's
a public festival to be played at clubs and parties."
ORIGINAL AND 1 TO CIA
Request Received: 12/8/60
JWB:jes
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L. Ron Hubbard
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The April 24, 1951, issue of the "Washington Times Herald" contained an
article with a date line Los Angeles, California, indicating that
Hubbard's wife, in suing for divorce, claimed he was "hopelessly insane"
and had subjected her to "scientific torture experiments." According to
the article, "competent medical advisors recommended that Hubbard be
committed to a private sanitarium for psychiatric observation and
treatment of a mental ailment known as paranoid schizophrenia." It was
alleged in this article that the Hubbard Association of Scientologists
International was one of the organizations headed by Hubbard. He was
also President and founder of the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc.
(HDRF). The article further related that the HDRF dealt with a "medical
science of mental health" and did more than a million dollars business
in 1950.
Individuals who have been connected with the organizations headed by
Hubbard or who have had contact with him and the organizations, have
indicated the Hubbard is a "crackpot" and of "doubtful mental
background."
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For L. Ron Hubbard's Navy war records, here is Ron the War Hero.
For further information on the Scientology organization's ideals and for copies of their once-secret documentation, here is Operation Clambake.