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There's no doubt that Hubbard at the very least edited or modified it,
though it now appears that he may not have written the bulk of it.  The
booklet uses several of Hubbard's neologisms and actually mentions
Dianetics, his "science of the mind" which he launched in June 1950.
The giveaway is the use of the word "thinkingness", a neologism which
Hubbard coined in 1954.  This means that the purported authorship by
Beria is certainly false; he was arrested and imprisoned immediately
after Stalin's death in July 1953 and shot on 24 December 1953.  

Hubbard publicised the booklet in late 1955 as the first stage in a
40-year war against psychiatry which the Church of Scientology continues
today.  Hubbard had been convinced for some years that communists and
psychiatrists were separately conspiring against him to do him and
Dianetics/Scientology down and sent a lengthy series of letters to the
FBI denouncing various of his associates, including his wife, as
communist agents provocateur.  In August 1955 a Scientologist named Edd
Cark was arrested in Phoenix, AZ for practising medicine without a
license (perhaps as a result of a complaint from local medical
authorities).  Hubbard was livid and for the first time denounced
psychiatrists as working for communist - specifically Soviet -
interests.  The two separate prongs of attack, he claimed, were in fact
a covert alliance with psychiatrists deeply implicated:

  "Nearly all the backlash in society against Dianetics and Scientology
  has a common source - the psychiatrist-psychologist-psychoanalyst
  clique ... I could tell you about three actual murders. I could tell
  you about long strings of psychotics run in on the Foundation and the
  Association, sent in to us by psychiatrists who then, using LSD and
  pain-drug-hypnosis, spun them and told everyone Dianetics and
  Scientology drove people insane ... The public utterly LOATHES
  psychiatry. You waste time if you try to defame psychiatry to the
  public ... Psychiatry stands in the public mind for ineffectiveness,
  lies and inhuman brutality."

  [Hubbard, Professional Auditor's Bulletin no. 62, "Psychiatrists", 30
  September 1955]

Later he switched things around and claimed that communists and neo-Nazi
elements were actually working for a secret worldwide psychiatric
conspiracy masterminded by the Bank of England, which remains
Scientology's position to this day.  (Shades of Lyndon LaRouche?)

Hubbard announced to his followers that psychiatry had begun a war
against Scientology and would suffer the consequences.  To support his
claims he produced the "Brainwashing Manual" to demonstrate to his
followers the magnitude of the conspiracy they were up against.  He
first referred to it at the end of September 1955 in an internal
Scientology news sheet:

  "I could tell you about the strange politics and ambitions of
  psychiatry, so well covered in the book Psychopolitics, and give you a
  proper riddle as to why we, a small group, the only ANGLO-SAXON
  DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF THE MIND AND SPIRIT, have been subjected
  to so much attack and finance."

  [Hubbard, Professional Auditor's Bulletin no. 62, "Psychiatrists", 30
  September 1955]

On 13 December 1955 he provided more background information to
Scientologists:

                     "BRAINWASHING MANUAL

  The brainwashing manual which came into our possession so
  mysteriously is being released, not with any intent to unmock
  psychiatry, but as a necessary piece of information for auditors
  who are confronted with the problems of brainwashing. Some of these
  cases are now turning up, and unless the basic philosophy of the
  brainwasher is understood, they are more difficult to handle. SLP
  Issue 6 or 7 will very undoubtedly handle brainwashing - 7 by the
  way is not yet released, but 6 will do until it comes along.
  Therefore there is no point in writing an additional manual to
  handle this as a specific problem.

  Some of the mystery concerning the manuscript on brainwashing
  which came into our hands in Phoenix was resolved when it was
  discovered that a book called Psychopolitics (spelled with a K) is
  in the Library of Congress. It is in German. It was written by a
  man named Paul Fadkeller, and was published in Berlin in 1947.
  Although I may be misinformed, and I definitely do not read German,
  this book is probably the Russian translation.

  It is simply our intention to make the book available for 50 cents
  a copy to people in Dianetics and Scientology so that they can be
  informed as to the actual character of brainwashing and the
  mechanics of it. To that degree it is a technical book. There is no
  intention of handing it around into official quarters since I am
  sure official quarters must know about it since the book is
  apparently on file at the Library of Congress, and naturally if it
  is on file at the Library of Congress, officialdom must know about
  it. Thus there is no point in beating the drum concerning it.

  If I am asked by press or persons in authority concerning our
  release of this, which I may well be, I will have to reassure them
  that there is no political significance attached to it. We couldn't
  be less interested, but brainwashing happens to be a facet of the
  human mind and it has been necessary to make available to our own
  people any and all texts which exist on the subject. We probably
  should get hold of the book at the Library of Congress and
  translate it in full, but we do not have the money or the time to
  do this just now. Thus Don has been asked to mail a copy of the
  manual as printed to our various professional members, and to make
  other copies of it available through Box 242 Silver Spring,
  Maryland, for 50 cents a copy. This is certainly reasonable enough.
  I don't think there is any point of any kind in placing it in
  official hands, as I have said, since even the U. S. Army and Air
  Force must be fully cognizant of brainwashing, since, as I have
  noted, a copy of it is on file at the Library of Congress. It could
  also be noted at the same time that there is a general movement
  among psychiatry to correct their own profession and to do
  something to those psychiatrists in it who are hurting and killing
  people with electric shock and surgery, and thus this is no concern
  of ours.

  I repeat, our interest in this is professional not political.
  Brainwashing has become so much of a subject that it is very well
  for anybody having to do with the field of the human mind to be
  able to understand the intentions behind it and how it is done.
  This is the only work we have on the subject. If there are any
  political repercussions to be expected by us, I would consider that
  we are being very self-conscious, since obviously if there were any
  political repercussions to be expected, they would have come before
  this since, as I say, this book has evidently been in very wide
  circulation already and is on file at the Library of Congress so
  far as we know. I think the general reaction of the public is that
  they couldn't care less."

  [Hubbard, Operational Bulletin No. 8, "Handling Press", 13 December
  1955]

At least some of this is false.  The Library of Congress does not have
and appears never to have had a German-language copy of the
"Brainwashing Manual" or indeed anything by a Paul Fadkeller.  The only
copy of the booklet in the library was published in 1991 by the
Foundation of Human Understanding, Grants Pass, OR; its call number is
92166543.  

However, Germany's national library, the Deutsche Bibliothek, does have
a publication entitled "Psycho-Politik: Zur Demokratisierung,
politischen Erziehung und Säuberung" by Paul Feldkeller, published in
Berlin by Chronos-Verl in 1947.  The call number is DBF D 49/1143.  (It
was republished as "Wörterbuch der Psychopolitik" in 1967).  Babelfish
translates the original title as "Psychopolitics: on democratization,
political education and cleaning".  This is evidently what Hubbard was
referring to but whether it bears any relation to the Hubbard version is
another matter (obviously it's something I can't check personally).
It's wellnigh certain that Hubbard at the very least edited the English-
language version, as it contains specific references to Dianetics; since
Dianetics didn't exist until 1950 the 1947 version could not possibly
have included references to it.

Just to confuse matters still further, there's a German website at
http://www.psychopolitik.de/ which features a German translation of the
(supposed) English translation of the German translation of the original
Russian "Brainwashing Manual"!  The easy way to identify versions of the
booklet derived from the English edition is to look for the
introduction, often attributed to "Charles Stickley" of Columbia
University.  This is probably a pseudonym invented by Hubbard; a check
on scholarly papers, books, society and university records, and Who's
Who entries for 1955 reveal no sign of Charles Stickley.  Even the
resources of the FBI were unable to uncover Stickley.  The introduction
certainly reads like Hubbard: compare his September 1955 claim that
Scientology is the "only ANGLO-SAXON DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF THE
MIND AND SPIRIT" [capitalisation sic] to "Stickley's" assertion, also
dated 1955, that "Dianetics is the only entirely American development in
the field of the human mind."  

Other versions of the booklet are attributed to Kenneth Goff - see
http://home.eznet.net/~rmack/jubel/psychopolitics.htm for an example.  
There are significant textual differences between this and the Hubbard
version of the booklet.  Page 3 paragraph 5 of the Goff edition reads:

  To achieve these goals the psychopolitician must crush every "home-  
  grown" variety of mental healing in America. Actual teachings of
  James, Eddy and Pentecostal Bible faith healers amongst your misguided
  people must be swept aside.

Page 3 paragraph 5 of the Scientology edition reads:

  To achieve these goals the psychopolitician must crush every "home-
  grown" variety of mental healing in America. Actual teachings of
  Freud, James, Eddy and others amongst your misguided peoples must be
  swept away.

There is also a different introduction, supposedly penned by Goff. It
states:

  "From May 2, 1936, to October 10, 1939, I was a dues-paying member of  
  the Communist Party, operating under my own name, Kenneth Goff, and
  also the alias John Keats. In 1939, I voluntarily appeared before the
  Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C., which was
  chaired at that time by Martin Dies, and my testimony can be found in
  Volume 9 of that year's Congressional Report."

His testimony reportedly does *not* appear in the Congressional Report
and the real Goff died of a heart attack in 1943.  Yet "Goff" also
refers to Dianetics - which did not exist until 1950 - and says in the
introduction:

  "Another example of the warfare that is being waged can be seen in the
  attempt to establish a mental Siberia in Alaska, which was called for
  in the Alaskan Mental Health Bill. A careful study of this Bill will
  make you see at once that the land set aside under the allotment could
  not be for that small territory, and the Bill within itself
  establishes such authority that it could be turned into a prison camp
  under the guise of mental health for everyone who raises their voice
  against Communism and the hidden government operating in our own
  nation."

There simply is no way that the real Goff could have known anything
about this, as the Alaska Mental Health Bill (H.R. 6376) did not exist
until 1955.  Furthermore, the "Goff" version claims that the Russian
original dates from 1936 - so how could it refer to events up to 19
years in the future?

The most probable explanation is that this version is a further
adaptation of Hubbard's, which itself probably was an adaptation of a
translation from the German original.  At the time Hubbard was in bed
with a variety of right-wing organisations, including openly racist and
anti-semitic elements - he was a public supporter of South African
apartheid and the forced resettlement of that country's black
population.  He distributed copies of the booklet to those he felt were
potential allies against communism.  The attribution to Goff, a former
Communist, is presumably an attempt by right-wingers to bolster the
booklet's credentials.  The added reference to "Pentecostal Bible faith
healers" suggests that this version originated with right-wing
fundamentalist Christians, which seems distinctly possible when you
consider that today the booklet is distributed by organisations such as
Christians United for Responsible Enlightenment of Society (CURES) and
Christian Bible Study as a dire warning (as if it were still the 1950s!)
of the peril of the Red Menace.

On 16 December 1955 Hubbard sent copies of the "Brainwashing Manual" to
the FBI and Scotland Yard:

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The Hubbard Association of Scientologists International (Incorporated in
the State of Arizona, U.S.A. and registered in England) BRUNSWICK HOUSE,
83 PALACE GARDENS TERRACE, LONDON, W.8. CABLES: SCIENTOLOGY LONDON. TEL:
BAY 5780 AND 4294

16th December, 1955.

Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
U.S.A.

Gentlemen:

We are enclosing our printing of what appears to be a Communist manual
on Psychopolitics.

This was compiled from Communist sources for use of our research
department and people.

It may that we will also use this in anti-Communist campaigns.

As there is evidently a copy of Psychopolitics in full view in the
Library of Congress, you evidently do not classify this subject..

We have been seriously hurt by Communists and Communism and we see
nothing wrong in our using their tactics against them.

Should you run into this manual on how to brainwash people you will now
be able to recognize it as printed and distributed by an anti-Communist
group for their research.

Yours very truly,

[signed] L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard

LRH:mvt

L. RON HUBBARD - MARY SUE HUBBARD - RALPH SWINSON - KENNETH BARRETT -
WM. BURKE BELKNAP, JR.

Resident in Great Britain authorised to accept service of processes and
notices: GEO. WINCHELOW, 20 CHEPSTOW VILLAS, LONDON W.2

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On 19 December 1955, he provided further information to Scientologists
about the antecedents of the manual (perhaps to assuage scepticism from
his own supporters):

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                      BRAINWASHING MANUAL

                            HISTORY

  In our studies of brainwashing it has been necessary to procure
  what information existed on the subject. Fortuitously, in Phoenix
  there came into our hands two manuscripts on the subject; as well
  as I can recollect, they were left there at the front desk with the
  request that they be mailed back to their owner. We are not sure
  exactly from whom these came, but we understand now that this is
  unimportant since the subject is broadly rather well known in a
  book on Psychopolitics. It is to be found in the Library of
  Congress. It is in German, but we suppose it is the same manual. As
  we needed this material for research, we read it off onto a tape,
  compiling the two manuals and removing from them some of their very
  verbose nomenclature, substituting for it more common English
  terms, and we have had a few copies of this struck off for use in
  our research.

  It is necessary if one is confronted by a case of brainwashing to
  understand the motives and general procedures of the people who did
  it. I must say an inspection of this manual does not make for much
  respect for the motives of people who brainwash other people. In
  the early pages of this manual, there is a letter from the person
  who purportedly gave these manuals to the organization, "Charles
  Stickley", supposed to be a professor at Columbia University in New
  York City. This letter, included in the manuals as printed, makes
  it definitely and adequately clear that these manuals were
  reprinted for study by research workers. However, in handing out a
  copy of one of these manuals to one of our own people who had not
  heard of it, he made several wrong estimates of the manual itself.
  At first he thought it was a piece of communist propaganda. Then he
  thought it was something the organization had composed. Then on
  further inspection, he did not know what to think and it had to be
  pointed out to him very specifically that this was a synthesis of a
  Russian instruction book on the subject of brainwashing, and it had
  to be pointed out to him that it was reprinted for the benefit of
  people working to remedy and heal brainwashing. It had to be
  pointed out to him additionally that there was a cover letter in it
  which explained these things. Thus if you have one of these copies
  and it gets away from you which it might, you may find it necessary
  to explain exactly what it is.

  We certainly have the right to have in our possession materials
  covering something as intimately connected to mental research as
  brainwashing. We have the right to know why and where and who.
  Furthermore, this material is evidently well known to various
  governments and is not classified, since the subject
  "Psychopolitics" (which is the technical name for brainwashing) is
  to be found in the major libraries of the world.

  In the original text of this book there was a warning to
  psychopolitical operatives that they must stamp out Dianetics,
  Christian Science, and practical psychology, as these alone
  represented a menace to the brainwashing programmes. This reference
  in the text to Dianetics (which has been known to the Russians
  since 1938) makes the matter very much our business, quite aside
  from research. Yet if most of the vagaries and upsets from which we
  have been suffering have stemmed from a desire on the part of some
  political group attempting to accomplish a political coup and in
  the road of which we have been standing, then we certainly have the
  right to know why we have been knocked around by press and
  governments to the degree that we have been. Hardly a word uttered
  against Dianetics and Scientology has had any truth in it. The
  prevalent official but not the public opinion regarding Dianetics
  and Scientology is that they are phony sciences, tricked up to
  hoodwink people. Contrast this with the fact that in Dianetics and
  Scientology alone in all the world of mental healing lie the
  answers to increased intelligence and ability, and not very
  incidentally, in Dianetics and Scientology and in Dianetics in
  particular, we have the total antidote for the eradication of
  brainwashing. In other words we could unbrainwash them with
  Dianetics as fast as they are being brainwashed, given enough
  staff. Furthermore we can put troops and persons in a condition
  where they cannot be brainwashed. This we can do in Scientology.

  Thus if brainwashing is being counted upon heavily to accomplish a
  great deal inside and outside the nations under attack, there would
  be only one organization which would be standing thoroughly in the
  road of that programme, and if that programme inside a country had
  advanced to a point where officials could be influenced, then you
  would discover of course this odd official opinion of Dianetics and
  Scientology, that they are quack sciences.

  We are not planning to use this reprinted manual for purposes of
  propaganda. However, to prevent any misunderstanding from
  occurring, the highest police in England and America have both
  received copies and have been told that this is a reprint manual,
  and that we do not wish to cause them any extra labor in case
  another one of them falls into their hands. Actually, however, it
  is my belief that they have had the original, which is to say the
  communist version of these manuals, in their possession for years,
  and have simply been unable to credit it or unable to do anything
  about it. Thus our reprinted version should come as no shock to
  them.

  It has been my experience with Anglo-Saxon governments that where
  idea propaganda line attacks were concerned they couldn't care
  less. They do not believe that propaganda is effective. Otherwise
  they would themselves engage in more propaganda activities. The
  Anglo-Saxon traditionally depends upon force in order to accomplish
  his ends.

  This is one of the reasons why communism has made such vast
  progress across the face of the world. It is an idea advancing
  against arms, and the arms of course will never be able to stop an
  idea. An idea will be necessary to stop the idea. We may very
  unfortunately be those persons in possession of the idea that will
  stop the other idea. Certainly the way things are going, if we
  don't use our ideas to stop the incoming ideas across the face of
  earth, we are going to wind up one of these days in the middle of a
  total communism, living in a totally brainwashed society, the way I
  look at it.

  [Hubbard, Operational Bulletin No. 9, "The Turn of the Tide", 19
  December 1955]

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The FBI were not overly impressed by it.  In a report sent to J. Edgar
Hoover (who maintained an unhealthy fascination with the activities of
Hubbard for over 30 years), an agent tasked with assessing the booklet
commented that its authenticity seemed doubtful given its mysterious
origins and lack of adherence to the usual Marxist style:

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1 - Section tickler
2 - Original and copy
1 - Yellow file copy

SAC, Los Angeles April 17, 1956

Director, FBI

COMMUNIST STRATEGY
"BRAIN-WASHING, A Synthesis
of the Russian Textbook on Phycopolitics [sic]"
INTERNAL SECURITY - C

Reurlet dated April 6, 1956

Captioned booklet has been read and reviewed by Central Research
Section. Several copies of this booklet have been previously received at
the Bureau from various individuals, including L. Ron Hubbard, author of
Dianetics, The Modern Science of Mental Health."

Hubbard has identified this booklet as being issued under the Hubbard
Dianetics Research Foundation, Box 242, Silver Spring, Maryland. The
stated purpose of the Foundation is to "study and conduct research in
the field of human mind and of human thought in action through the
medium of dianetics," which may be likened to psychotherapy with certain
differences as to method and theory.

The authenticity of this booklet seems to be of a doubtful nature since
it lacks documentation of source material and communist words and
phrases. Also, there are no quotations from well-known communist works
as normally would be used in a synthesis of communist writings. In
addition, the author himself admits that he cannot vouch for the
authenticity of this booklet.

By definition, psychopolitics is the art and science of asserting and
maintaining dominion over the thoughts and loyalties and individuals,
officers, bureaus, and masses, and the effecting of the conquest of
enemy nations through "mental healing." In order to achieve success,
psychopolitics makes use of such techniques as electric shock, drugs and
hypnosis. It is to be noted that these techniques are in general use in
reliable mental instititions [sic] in this country.

JMS:mjh
(4)

[page 2]

Letter to SAC, Los Angeles

In the editorial notes in this booklet, the author expresses a concern
over the fact that there is "no law against driving anyone insane." He
also expresses concern over the use of a new drug, LSD, "one-millionth
of an ounce of which can create insanity." In addition, the author calls
for legislation which would take the treatment of mental patients out of
the hands of "European Indoctrinated practitioners." According to the
author, treatment of the insane should be placed in the hands of
ministers. It appears from these statements that the author is
expressing primarily a dissatisfaction with methods of treatment of
mental patients in this country.

[TWO LINE PARAGRAPH BLACKED OUT]

The April 24, 1951, issue of the Washington _Times-Herald_ reflected
that the wife of L. Ron Hubbard, "dianetics founder," charged that
Hubbard was "hopelessly insane" in her petition for divorce filed April
23, 1951, in Los Angeles.

[TWO LINE PARAGRAPH BLACKED OUT]

NOTE: L. Ron Hubbard has corresponded with the Bureau on several
occasions and his recent letters have been unanswered. [REMAINDER OF
NOTE BLACKED OUT]

- 2 -

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The Bureau concluded that it was a waste of their time to pursue the
matter any further:

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STANDARD FORM NO. 54
Office Me____dum - UNITED _______ OVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (62-94080)
DATE: 10/8/56
FROM : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (105-4760)
SUBJECT : THE HUBBARD DIANETIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION INTERNAL SECURITY - X

Re Bulet dated 9/4/56

Inasmuch as the Bureau, Baltimore, Denver, and Kansas City advised that
they had no subversive information regarding "The Hubbard Dianetic
Research Foundation" or LAFAYETTE RON HUBBARD, the pamphlet entitled
"Brainwashing" "A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Psychopolitics"
is being returned to [BLACKED OUT] and no further investigation is being
conducted by this Office.

2 - Bureau (62-94080)(Reg.)
2 - San Francisco (1 - 105-4760)

PWM/jr
(4)

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All the same, this didn't stop Hubbard from blitzing religious
organisations and right-wing groups with copies of the booklet, claiming
that he had been authorised to do so by the FBI.  The Christian
Scientists wrote to the Bureau to ask about it:

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[LETTERHEAD INFO BLACKED OUT]

[ADDRESS BLOCK BLACKED OUT]

February 3, 1956

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania Avenue at 9th NW
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Recently we received in the mail a copy of the pamphlet entitled _Brain-
Washing: A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Psychopolitics._ This
was sent to us by an organization entitled The Hubbard Dianetic Research
Foundation, Box 242, Silver Spring, Md.

According to a letter received from the same organization, a copy of the
pamphlet had been sent to the FBI, and this resulted in an urgent
"governmental request" that all copies of the pamphlet be recalled. A
subsequent letter stated that "authorization" had now been received to
release the book to "trusted members" for "research purposes."

This Church has no connection with the above-named foundation or with
the subject known as "Dianetics", nor have we had any prior knowledge of
this publication. We note that among its contents are various references
to Christian Science, but we have no means of evaluating the contents of
the book beyond judging it as any well-informed, intelligent citizen
might do. We never heard of the "editor, Charles Stickley.

It occurs to us that, since the name of your organization has been
invoked by the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, you might wish to
have the above information. If you can do so with propriety, we should
be glad to receive any information from you that would throw light on
the authenticity or lack of authenticity of this alleged document. This
would be especially helpful inasmuch as it is possible that we may have
future inquiries about it, in view of the references to Christian
Science it contains.

Very truly yours,

[SIGNATURE BLOCK BLACKED OUT]

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The "Brainwashing Manual" had nonetheless managed to become a favourite
myth of the anti-Communist right, rather like the Coso Artefact for
creationists.  Even the veteran Republican senator Strom Thurmond got in
on the act.  Numerous copies were sent to the FBI in subsequent years,
as the following exchange of memos shows:

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OPTIONAL FORM NO 10
5010 104
UNITED STATES GOV[__]MENT
Memorandum

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI ----- DATE: 6/7/61
Attention: Central Research Section

FROM : SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY (100-0)

SUBJECT: DOCUMENT CAPTIONED "BRAIN-WASHING -
A SYNTHESIS OF THE TEXT - BOOK ON
PSYCHOPOLITICS"
IS - R

Transmitted herewith for the Bureau is one Photostat of an 18-page
document captioned as above.

This Photostat was furnished SA [BLACKED OUT] at the Tulsa RA by
[BLACKED OUT] advised SA [BLACKED OUT] that the copy of this document
from which the Photostat was made was obtained by him from [BLACKED OUT]
who was formerly [BLACKED OUT] It was [BLACKED OUT] understanding that
[BLACKED OUT] had obtained the document from [BLACKED OUT] who in turn
had secured it from her husband, who operates the [BLACKED OUT] Houston,
Texas. It was [BLACKED OUT] had smuggled it from Russia or one of the
Iron Curtain countries during the course of conducting his business of
[BLACKED OUT]

Oklahoma City indices were checked but no information pertaining to the
above-named individuals, CHARLES STICKLEY or "Book on Psychopolitics"
was located. The Bureau's attention is invited to information beginning
paragraph two appearing under the "Editorial Note" on page one which
states in part as follows:

"This book is a synthesis of information gathered through observation,
discussion, investigation and experience over the last ten years.

"I cannot entirely vouch for its authenticity. Disclosure of the sources
from which it is drawn would undoubtedly lead to great difficulties for

C
2 - Bureau (Enc. 1)(RM)
1 - Oklahoma City

HBM:dc
(3)

[although the document clearly continues on to one or more pages, these
pages appear to be missing from my copy of the file]

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1 [____]itson

SAC, Oklahoma City (100-0)

Director, FBI (62-94080)

DOCUMENT CAPTIONED "BRAIN-WASHING -
A SYNTHESIS OF THE TEXT - BOOK ON
PSYCHOPOLITICS"
INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA

Reurlet 6-7-61 furnishing copy of captioned document.

For your information, the document has been given wide distribution
since its publication in 1955. It is distributed by the Hubbard Dianetic
Research Foundation, Inc., Box 242, Silver Spring, Maryland. Various
copies of the document have been received by the Bureau from individuals
from coast to coast and even from Australia, together with inquiries
concerning its authenticity.

The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc., was founded by one L.
Ron Hubbard who is connected with the Hubbard Association of
Scientologists International, The Academy of Scientology and The
Founding Church of Scientology, 1812 19th Street, Northwest, Washington
9, D.C.

The April 24, 1951, issue of the "Washington Times Herald" contained an
article with a Los Angeles, California, date line [sic] indicating that
Hubbard's wife, in suing for divorce, claimed he was "hopelessly
insane." Individuals who have been connected with the organizations
headed by Hubbard or who have been in contact with him have indicated he
is a "crackpot," and of "doubtful mental background." No investigation
has been conducted by the Bureau concerning Hubbard.

NOTE: Oklahoma City Office forwarded to Bureau captioned document which
could be construed as a text on brainwashing which elaborates on a
purported address by "Beria" to American students at "Lenin University"
at an unspecified date. The document contains some reasonable statements
and also much that is incomprehensible. The author of the document, one
"Charles Stickley," does not claim that it is a textbook, but states it
is a "synthesis of information gathered...over the last 10 years."

LW:mhd (5)

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[illegible form info]

UNITED STATES GOVER[___]NT

TO : Mr. DeLoach

DATE: 9-1-61

FROM : M.A. Jones

SUBJECT: INQUIRY FROM [BLACKED OUT]
[BLACKED OUT]
SENATOR STROM THURMOND, RE
BOOKLET "BRAIN-WASHING, A SYNTHESIS
OF THE RUSSIAN TEXTBOOK ON PSYCHOPOLITICS"

_BACKGROUND_

You will recall that by letter to you (Mr. DeLoach) dated August 29,
1961, [BLACKED OUT] enclosed a copy of captioned booklet and advised
that he had been informed that the booklet's contents originated with
the FBI. He asked if you (Mr. DeLoach) could vouch for its authenticity.

_INFORMATION IN BUFILES_

Captioned booklet has been brought to this Bureau's attention numerous
times in the past. Some copies indicate the author to be Charles
Stickley, New York City. Some are allegedly issued by [BLACKED OUT]
while others are allegedly issued by L. Ron Hubbard of the Hubbard
Dianetics Research Foundation, Box 242, Silver Spring, Maryland.

The Bureau has not information concerning the "Communist Manual of
Instructions of Psychopolitical Warfare" on which the above booklet is
allegedly based. A review of this booklet by the Central Research
Section of the Bureau reveals that the authenticity of the booklet seems
to be of doubtful nature since it lacks documentation of source material
and communist words and phrases. Also, there are no quotations from
well-known communist works as normally would be used in a synthesis of
communist writings.

[PARAGRAPH BLACKED OUT]

GCL:kmd
(4)

[page 2]

Jones to DeLoach memo
Re: Inquiry From [BLACKED OUT]

Bufiles contain no identifiable data concerning [BLACKED OUT]

The wife of Hubbard, in filing a petition for divorce in Los Angeles in
1951, described him as being "hopelessly insane." (62-94080-27)

Nothing is contained in Bufiles which would furnish any basis whatever
to justify the allegation that the contents of the above-described
booklet originated with the FBI.

_OBSERVATIONS_

Captioned document is apparently a thinly-veiled attack upon mental
health programs along the line that such programs are a part of the
world-wide communist conspiracy. It is apparently being circulated by
persons of highly questionable background and, in some instances,
sanity.

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