FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI #87
DATE: September 19, 196[?] [probably 63]
DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM : 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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