FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI #163
SAC, Little Rock (62-0) 11/29/65
Director, FBI (62-94080)
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SCIENTOLOGY
INFORMATION CONCERNING
CENTRAL RESEARCH MATTER
Reurlet 11/16/65.
For your information, Lafayette Ron Hubbard, the head of the Academy of
Scientology and the founder and president of the Hubbard Dianetic Research
Foundation, Inc., created these organizations for the purpose of
furthering his theory of "Scientology," an alleged science which instills
self-confidence and assists individuals in removing mental problems. It
has been described as the treatment of psychosomatic ills through
"dianetic therapy" which is allegedly a system of healing involving no
drugs or surgery.
The April 24, 1951, issue of the "Washington Times Herald" contained an
article indicating that Hubbard's wife, in suing him for divorce, had
claimed that he was "hopelessly insane." According to this 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."
(Ibid.)
In January, 1963, the Food and Drug Administration directed a raid against
the Academy Scientology in Washington, D.C., in which machines used by the
Academy in the practice of scientology were seized. It was alleged that
these machines, known as "Hubbard Electrometers," were falsely advertised
as being effective in diagnosing and treating various types of illnesses.
(Ibid.)
Hubbard and his organizations have not been the subject of a Bureau
investigation, and Bureau files contain no information relative to
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Letter to SAC, Little Rock
RE: [BLACKED OUT]
62-94080
_NOTE:_
Little Rock furnished Bureau pamphlet "What Every One Should Know About
Scientology" received from [BLACKED OUT] who had telephoned the Little
Rock Office inquiring about Scientology inasmuch as his granddaughter,
[BLACKED OUT] had apparently become involved with the Academy of
Scientology in Washington, D.C. Files of the Little Rock Office contain
no information regarding scientology and the above resume is being sent to
that office and a copy furnished to Washington Field since it received a
copy of Little Rock's letter.
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