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Hubbard realized that Phelan wasn't there to do a favorable
article about him and asked him to leave.
Ingram then asked Phelan for the name of the person who
had assigned him to write the Saturday Evening Post story
about Hubbard. Phelan stated that, because it was so long
ago, he couldn't recall. However, when he was describing the
interview of Hubbard, he vividly recalled numerous minor
details about Hubbard, the mansion and even the type of
buckles on Hubbard's butler's shoes.
Ingram then asked if he had ever been assigned to write
a story on behalf of the FBI, CIA or FDA. Ingram reminded
Phelan about the previously mentioned FBI documents that
identified reporters Ralph McGill and Harold Martin. Phelan
answered that that had never happened. He then stated that
the previously mentioned incident regarding J. Edgar Hoover
and Dr. Martin Luther King was the closest he had ever come
to being approached to assist the government.
Ingram asked Phelan if he thought that he had
unknowingly been used to write a story or interview anyone by
his superiors at the Saturday Evening Post on behalf of the
CIA, FBI or FDA. He answered that never happened to him and
told Ingram that he felt unconfortable with the type of
questions Ingram was then asking. Phelan stated that he felt
that he didn't know who Ingram's client was or why Ingram was
even interviewing him. He stated that Ingram's questions had
now turned accusatory and felt that he might be the target of
some type of investigation.
Ingram then showed Phelan a photocopy of a letter dated
September 10, 1963. (addendum #5). The letter is typed on
Saturday Evening Post letterhead and is from Steven M.
Spencer to Mr. Gilbert Goldhammer, at the Food and Drug
Administration in Washington, D.C. The letter was obtained
from the FDA under the Freedom of Information Act and
portions had been vetted prior to its FOIA release. The
letter states in-part as follows:
"Dear Mr. Goldhammer:
"We have recently received a letter with a number of
enclosures from (portion vetted) complaining about the
activities of the "scientology group" in Florida. (portion
vetted) says that the United States government has officially
requested him to assist in building a criminal case against
L. Ron Hubbard and the cult through Inspector Haley, Chief
of the Miami Division of the FDA. "I have gareed to assist, "
(portion vetted) says, "with the proviso that, if I can
secure a sponsor to finance the complete project privately,
evidence and competent witnesses will be delivered to Food &
Drug to suuport the charge of practicing medicine without a
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