From the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C.
DATE: September 19, 196[?] [probably 63]
[?]RECTOR, FBI
[?]ROM : SAC, SEATTLE (62-0-8198]
SUBJECT: FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, aka
SCIENTOLOGY
L. RON HUBBARD, Founder
Hubbard Association of Scientologists
International
INFORMATION CONCERNING
On September 13, 1963, [BLACKED OUT] advised that on September 11, 1963,
[BLACKED OUT] Seattle, head of a religious mystical church was shot to
death before members of his group in the Seattle headquarters in the
Church of Scientology of Washington State. [BLACKED OUT] Seattle,
surrendered to the Seattle Police Department. He was charged with the
premeditated killing and his apparent motive was his belief that his
wife's estrangement from him resulted from the instructions given to
this group by [BLACKED OUT]
Literature and correspondence in possession of the deceased [BLACKED OUT]
indicated that this group was affiliated with the Founding Church of
Scientology, aka Scientology, L. RON HUBBARD, Founder, Hubbard Association
of Scientologists International, whose headquarters in the United States
are at 1017 North Third Street, Phoenix, Arizona and whose international
headquarters are at 163 Holland Park Avenue, London W. Levin. Among the
possessions of the deceased was the enclosed pamphlet entitled
"Brain-Washing, A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Phycopolitics
[sic]", a copy of which is enclosed for the Bureau's information.
[BLACKED OUT] advised that it was apparent from the prepared lectures of
the deceased that this pamphlet was used in instructing his group.
2 - Bureau (REG)
2 - Seattle (62-0-8198)
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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.