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 Clark 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."

"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:

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

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

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]

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:

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 -

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

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)

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:

[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]

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:

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]

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)

[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. [LINE BLACKED OUT] [PARAGRAPH BLACKED OUT] - 2 -