DECLARATION OF GERALD ARMSTRONG
1. I am making this declaration to bring to the Court's
attention activities in which L. Ron Hubbard, Mary Sue Hubbard
and/or Scientology, hereafter referred to as LRH, MSH and
Scientology respectively, are presently engaged relevant to the
"Temporary Stay Order" granted by the Court and annexed hereto as
Attachment A. It is hoped that this declaration will assist the
Court in evaluating what is the actual intention of MSH and
Scientology in seeking such a stay and the perverted use to which
any order by the Court may be put.
2. The following narrative describes recent actions taken
against my wife and me by LRH, MSH and/or Scientology. I remain
convinced that these parties seek my destruction and are trying
to frame me and drive me insane.
3. On June 21, 1984 I flew with my wife to London,
England. The purpose of my trip was to testify in the English
Court in a case involving the custody of two children. The
solicitor who had originally requested me to testify and with
whom I dealt while in London is Arthur Weir, Esq. of the firm of
Tweedie and Prideaux.
London and informed me that Scientology knew of my trip and that
the organization was planning an operation against me to occur
while my wife and I were in London. Prior to our trip I alerted
Mr. Weir and Julia Dragojevic, my attorney in the instant case,
of this possible intelligence action. My wife and I decided to
still go to London because we felt that not going would only
allow Scientology to continue to control our lives by threat and
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intimidation.
5. I testified in the custody case on June 25 and on
Tuesday, June 26, two incidents occurred which indicated to my
wife and me that an operation of some sort was being carried out
against us. At approximately 10:00 a.m. the receptionist of the
hotel in which we were staying asked me to take a telephone call
in reception. We were staying on the fifth floor and had no
telephone in our room. I walked down to the first floor to take
the call. The caller, a woman, simply confirmed that I was Gerry
Armstrong and then hung up. I waited about fifteen minutes for a
call back which didn't come. I knew then that Scientology
operatives had discovered and confirmed where my wife and I were
staying in London. Later in the day we spotted a man on top of
a building across the street from our hotel watching our room. I
knew then that we were being surveilled but did not determine the
purpose of the surveillance until the day of our departure from
London.
6. I alerted Mr. Weir to the phone call and the
surveillance but there was nothing else to be done at that time.
The biggest effect caused was to make my wife's and my stay in
London worrisome and tense when it could have been pleasant.
7. On June 29 when my wife and I were checking in at
London's Heathrow airport for our return flight to the U.S., we
were accosted by three men, one of whom called my name and thrust
at me the Temporary Stay Order, Attachment A. It was then 11:20
a.m. Our plane was due to depart at 11:55 and was already
boarding. There was no actual reason for the Temporary Stay
Order to be served on me at the airport in London since it has
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for some time been the arrangement for any service of pleadings
etc. to be made on my attorney of record in my stead. The only
purpose of such service at that time and the harassment that
followed would be an effort to make us miss our flight back to
the U.S.
8. The man who did all the talking of the threesome was in
his 40's about 5'10", very overweight and with an offensive odor.
He identified himself as John Ingram, a private investigator.
One of the other men was grey haired, probably in his 50's also
around 5'10" and more distinguished looking than Ingram. The
third man was probably in his early 20's, about 5'5" wearing a
motorcycle jacket and carrying a helmet. My wife identified him
as having followed us all the way from downtown London in the
train to the airport. These two men would not give their names,
but admitted that they worked for Ingram.
9. I had heard about Ingram on the previous Saturday from
a former Scientologist, Jon Atack. Mr. Atack had told me that
Ingram was retained by Scientology in the U.K. and had been
involved in harassment of people who had split off from the
organization. Ingram is not the same person as Eugene Ingram or
Ingraham, another private investigator employed by Scientology in
the U.S. to carry out their covert operations and harass
individuals.
10. At Heathrow airport, Ingram was abusive and pushy. He
and his cohorts followed my wife and I through the airport as we
went through the check-in procedure. Ingram kept questioning me and
accusing me about being in contempt of court and about an
alleged meeting on Tuesday evening, June 26 at the Olde Cock
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Tavern in London. Ingram's statements ran as follows:
"Who did you meet at the Olde Cock Tavern on Tuesday
evening?"
"Who was the man you met at the Olde Cock Tavern?"
"You're in contempt of court."
"Who did you give the sealed documents to?"
"You violated the court order."
"You were seen giving the sealed documents to a bearded
man on Tuesday evening in the Olde Cock Tavern."
"Who was the person you gave the sealed documents to?"
"Two private investigators observed you on Tuesday
evening in the Olde Cock Tavern giving the sealed
documents to a bearded man, an Arab. You're in
violation of this court order. You're in contempt of
court."
11. I told Ingram that he was (variously) mad, working for
terrorists, a liar, harassive, trying to frame me, and full of
fecal matter.
12. There is absolutely no truth to Ingram's statements or
accusations. I had no sealed documents in London, nor any way to
obtain sealed documents. I had met no Arab in London. I had
given no one any documents while in London except a copy of Judge
Breckenridge's intended Judgment and this to no bearded man, no
Arab and nobody in the Olde Cock Tavern.
13. I had been in the Olde Cock Tavern restaurant on
Monday, June 25 for lunch with my wife. This establishment is on
Fleet Street, right across from the English Court where I was
then testifying. When the Court broke for lunch my wife and I by
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chance ate at the Olde Cock Tavern. We ate alone and did not
pass documents to anyone. On Tuesday evening, June 26, my wife
and I, because we had had a good meal there the day before and
because it is near the hotel where we were staying, decided to
have dinner at the Olde Cock Tavern. Upon arriving in front of
the establishment, however, we found a sign stating that the
restaurant was closed except for a private party which had
reserved it for the evening. We therefore did not enter the Olde
Cock Tavern on Tuesday evening.
14. At a minimum the actions of these private investigators
hired by LRH, MSH or Scientology are harassive and designed to
intimidate my wife and me. More likely these actions are part of
a larger plan to entrap or frame me and so bring about my
destruction which these people seek. Entrapment and frame-ups
are standard Scientology intelligence actions. Allegations of
contempt of court are designed to break me financially by forcing
me to defend myself legally. The actions of LRH, MSH and/or
Scientology keep me convinced that I have no future after
Scientology and that my life and my wife's life are just as much
in danger now that the case has been won as before the litigation
began. LRH, MSH and Scientology are vindictive and will stop at
nothing to get revenge.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is
true and correct.
Executed this 1st day of July, 1984 at Cost Mesa, California.
