Ed Walters Declaration
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FACTnet's file was a bit garbled.
If anybody knows the correct date, let me know.
This declaration doesn't seem to be around
on many of the usual sites.
AFFIDAVIT OF EDWARD WALTERS
I, Edward Walters, hereby depose and state under
pains and penalties of perjury:
1. I have personal knowledge of the facts sworn to
herein and if called as a witness to testify
thereto could do so of my own personal knowledge.
2. I was a member of the Church of Scientology for
approximately nine (9) years from 1970 through
March of 19 79.
3. My position in the Church of Scientology was
that of Case Supervisor, a Class VIII Auditor and
I was generally considered one of the highest
"tech" people, knowledgeable about Scientology
policy in the U.S.,
I was also directly responsible for the handling
of preclear folders.
4. While a member of the Church of Scientology, I
had frequent contact with Susan Reed, the
Assistant Guardian, Matty Reese, the Assistant
Guardian Public Relations Officer, and Chuck
Reese, Assistant Guardian of Intelligence. Susan
Reed often told me to be aware of "evil" and
"suppressive" groups and organizations which were
out to stop Scientology. She said "evil groups
were as I remember, the United States Government,
the American Medical Association, the Better
Business Bureau, doctors, lawyers, and police
agencies of any kind. She stated that the
Guardian's Office was responsible for stopping
these attacks against Scientology by any means
available including electronic surveillance,
infiltration, burglary and theft. The above named
Guardian's Office personnel would tell me of the
"wins" that they would have in their covert
operations to stop or destroy those groups
'or individuals whom they considered to be
suppr~ssive. At this time Susan Reed introduced me
to a fellow in her office and who told me his name
was Randy.. Randy said he was an intelligence
agent working directly under Mary Sue and L. Ron
Hubbard, and that he worked on the most sensitive
and most secret of all Scientology's covert
operations. He also stated that there was a need
to do away with "suppressives" and groups
attacking Scientology in whatever way necessary,
including burglary, larceny, and "framing". He
informed me how the Guardian's Office technology
worked. For instance, he said that the Guardian's
Office would plant dope on some "SP", then call
the police and have the fellow arrested. The
Guardian's Office would circulate word of the
fellow's arrest and whatever the fellow said about
Scientology would not be believed. It was in this
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way that they framed some of the SP's. He then
told me that if Susan Reed wanted me to contact
him that I should call the Los Angeles Guardian's
Office and ask for either "Randy", "Bruce",
"Raymond" or "Bruce Raymond". He then told me I
was not to reveal what he had told me or who he
was to anyone and that grave consequences could
result to me if I divulged any of this.
5. On several occasions I overheard phone
conversations between the above named individuals
and people in the United States Guardian's Office
in Los Angeles with respect to illegal acts and
covert operations requested to be done by the
United States Guardian's Office in Los Angeles.
6. I know from my own personal experience that the
Guardian's Office of each local'Org is controlled
by and reports to the United States Guardian's
Office in Los Angeles. The United States
Guardian's Office in Los Angeles is operated by
the Church of Scientology of California and is
controlled by Mary Sue Hubbard and L. Ron Hubbard.
I also know that there is a direct telex
connection between the United States Guardian's
Office and the Clearwater headquarters of the
Church of Scientology and that this telex
connection is used by the United States Guardian's
Office to consult with Mary Sue and
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L. Ron Hubbard, of Clearwater, Florida. The
United States Guardian's Office in Los Angeles
consults on a periodic basis with officials in
Clearwater, Florida but would always consult with
them in matters of special importance to the
Church of Scientology.
7. I know from my experience and observation that
the Guardian's Office has systematically, through
the years, used "pre-c!ear" data as a tool against
a pre-clear who would threaten to go to
authorities or see a lawyer to sue or get his
money back. I observed Matty and Chuck Reese of
the Las Vegas Guardian's Office do this for many
years and at tires, the had told me how "we
stopped" or "we showed that lawyer what a client
he really has and he backed off right away", etc.
8. While Case Supervisor in 1978 at the Celebrity
Center Mission in Las Vegas, Bruce Hamilton of the
Las Vegas Guardian's Office came to see me and
asked me to go through my PC files and to provide
him with any information which had been disclosed
in auditing sessions which I thought would be
helpful to control the person and would be
"helpful to his cause". When I disagreed with
these "gestapo type tatics" he told me that these
orders came "directly from Los Angeles" or "this
comes directly from Clearwater", and that if I
didn't comply, it would be "treason".
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9. On a number of occasions I had been requested
by individuals in Clearwater, Florida to forward
preclear folders to them or people who were
undertaking auditing. In accordance with these
requests I have sent a number of pre-clear folders
to the Clearwater headquarters and have received
written receipts for them. I have a number of
these receipts in my custody at this time.
10. I was a member of the Las Vegas Org throughout
the period that La Venda Van Schaick was a member
of the Church of Scientology in Las Vegas. I have
personal knowledge of the solicitation techniques
used on new members ("raw meat"). I have personal
knowledge of the "Church" policy throughout the
period 1971-1979 both in Las Vegas and throughout
the U.S. with regard to the Church's "religious
front" and with regard to the making of
representations to raw meat to induce them to pay
money or to join the organization. In Las Vegas
and throughout the U.S. it was "Church policy"
between 19711979 to state to everyone that the
Church of Scientology was a law-abiding
organization that operated only on scientific
principles based on scientific validation of
thousands of case studies over a period of 30
years by L. Ron Hubbard, a nuclear physicist, a
combat veteran,
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who healed war wounds with Dianetics. The
scientific basis of Scientology, per policy, was
held out to be more scientific than physics, etc.
The representations made to people such as La
Venda Van Schaick were made orally, in writing in
small advertising flyers such as "What is
Scientology" and through the sale of books and
publications such as "Dianetics, The Modern
Science of Mental Health". I was trained and
others in the Org, called "body-routers" and
"registrars" were trained to tell people that
Scientology was a "science" not a "religion"
and that "Religion" was only used to deal
with the Government, taxes etc.
11. It was common knowledge in the "Church" and it
was "Church Policy" to use the "religious front"
to deal with the Government, but to solicit new
recruits and train members based on "scientific
technology" devoid of religious significance or
context. Representations made to induce people
like La Venda Van Schaick to pay money and become
members were uniformly made, per policy, in the
context of "scientifically guaranteeing" them
higher I.Q., cure of psychosomatic disease,
increased educational and career opportunities,
working with Hubbard, earning a salary, receiving
courses and training, room and board, health care,
etc. It was
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"Church policy" not to inject "religion" into the
foregoing representations. It was common knowledge
to everyone in Scientology that I dealt with
between 1971-1979 in Las Vegas including Barbara
Glass and Robert Harvey, that (1) religion was
used as a "front"; (2) that courses and books were
sold to "make money" based on specific promises or
guarantees which had no religious context; and (3)
that elaborate plans were used to create the
impression with the Government that Scientology
was a religion pursuant to a policy called "The
Minister's Mock-Up", based on the "religious image
check sheet". This policy required someone in the
Church to wear a "minister's costume" whenever the
Church dealt with the Government. Between
1971-1979, I know of three instances where this
was done: once when someone from the D.A. 's
office came to the Org, once when a newspaper
reporter came to the Org, and once when a magazine
was preparing an article.
12. It is written "Church policy" to use the
religious front for the Courts, the Government,
lawyers, accountants, etc. In fact, the very
effort presently made by Scientology lawyers in
the Courts throughout the U.S. is based on Hubbard
"tech" to present Scientology as a "religion".
This is 180ø opposite to what in reality happens
in the Org when Scientology is being "sold". If
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we tried to sell Scientology as a "religion" on
the street or to members for more courses, we
would have been laughed out of town, and wouldn't
have received a nickel. There is no religious
context to the sale of Scientolo~ courses and
books. After the F.D.A decision in the early
1970's, we were told to start putting "stickers"
in the books which had something to do with a
"religious disclaimer". However, it was Church
policy to tell everyone that the "stickers" were
just for the Government and didn't change
anything. Scientology "tech" was an exact science,
to be sold as such and not as a "religion".
13. The Church of Scientology of California
totally controls every Scientology corporation in
the U.S. primarily through the Guardian's Office.
All directors of the corporations must resign in
advance, and all policies issued by California
must be rigorously adhered to, including but not
limited to the policy of using religion as a
front, but soliciting people and
money based on the scientific basis and principles
of the organization.
14. The Church of Scientology has a very specific
and deceptive policy of obtaining signatures on
various forms, waivers, releases, etc. Often these
forms are
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signed just before or after auditing sessions,
and the individual is told that it is just for the
Government, or the individual does not even know
what he is signing, or numerous documents are
placed in front of an individual and signed
without being read. This was a common practice.
Signed under the pains and penalties of perjury
4th day of January, 1982. (?)
Edward Walters
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Larry T.
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> by individuals in Clearwater, Florida to forward
> preclear folders to them or people who were
> undertaking auditing. In accordance with these
> requests I have sent a number of pre-clear folders
> to the Clearwater headquarters and have received
> written receipts for them. I have a number of
> these receipts in my custody at this time.
>
There are a lot of people in this world who if they busted a Scientologist
in the act of Fair Gaming an alleged SP would call the police and have them
arrested for their crimes, regardless of what L Ron Hubbard's policies say,
which mean nothing to a person out looking to solve a crime.
Paulette Cooper is THE stellar example HANDS DOWN of what someone could have
done in advance to get to the cops with the evidence to have the Church of
Scientology stopped in its tracks from harming any kind of "alleged SP". The
Church of Scientology's OSA department [formerly called the Guardian Office]
holds this as their greatest fear.
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Larry
(SNIP)