DECLARATION OF  THOMAS DE MOVAL  ARMISTEAD 

I, Thomas De Moval Armistead, am over the age of 18, and if Called to the stand, and under sworn oath, I could competantly testify as follows: 
1 . I first became involved with Scientology in 1967, in East Grinstead Sussex, England. In 1968, I joined staff with the world Wide Organization at Saint Hill, England. I worked in several different capacities and ended up in the Franchise Office, a branch of the Church of Scientology world Wide. In approximately 1 9 7 4 , I left the Franchise Office to participate in a Church sponsored musical group for approximately nine months. I then engaged in Scientology training and processing as a parishioner, except for a brief period when I worked for the Hubbard College of Scientology as a part time staff auditor. I returned to the United States in 1976 and soon thereafter continued my participation in the Church of Scientology, taking c o u r s e s a t the Church of Scientology ASH0 Foundation. I then worked as a volunteer for the Guardian’s Office Social Coordination Bureau for a period of approximately five years. 
2 . In or about the first part of September 1983, I received a call from Brad Ballentine, who at that time was working for the Church of Scientology, in Special Activities, to the best of my knowledge. During this phone conversation with Brad he asked me to meet with him, to which I agreed. A few days later we met at a restaruant in Los Angeles called “Eating High”. Also at that meeting was one o f Brad’s juniors, a gentleman by the name of Jeff. I do not recall his last name at this point in  time.  
3 . The two of them explained to  me  that the Riverside  Mission 
 
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had splintered, a fact that, I was already aware of, and that they needed someone to go into the mission to find out what was going on there. Then they asked if I had an interest in doing this for them. Being that I was interested, for my own sake, in what was happening at the Riverside Mission, I agreed to do so. They further explained that I would go in on the pretense that I was a Scientologist who was confused and in doubt about the current situation within Scientology and that I wanted some information. They instructed  me  to go to the Riverside Mission to try to buddy up with Bent Corydon and find out whatever information I could, specifically in regards to their legal situation and strategy. Jeff did say that in regards to their legal case, I was not to influence them or give them advise,  but merely encourage conversation on the subject in  hopes that Bent 
would divulge some vital information. 
4. Shortly after the meeting with Brad Ballentine and Jeff, I was  taken  to the Mission and introduced to Bent Corydon by a girl who was known at the Riverside Mission, and at that time was trusted. I then proceeded to do  as  instructed. The impression I got from the  meeting with Brad and Jeff  was that this project was to consist of only a few trips into the Mission, but I later learned that this was not to be the case. 
5. On or about September 15, 1983, I received a call from Jeff who was wanting to set up a time in which we could get back together. On the 18th  I  called Jeff to set up the time to meet. On the 19th Jeff called and wanted me to once again go into the Mission, to speak with Bent and to get copies of documents that I had told them about. On Thursday, September 22nd, I went to the Mission and spoke with  Jeanne Hansen  and Eilleen Wimbush. I managed to get the docu-2 

ments that Jeff requested, which I provided to him. One document that I recall copying was the Jim Dincalci debrief. 
6. Once again, on or about the 11th or 12th of October, 1983, I was sent to the Mission to get copies of documents that Jeff requested. I  was  able to get them and I mailed them to Brad, as requested. 
7. Starting sometime in late October 1983, I noticed that my intended function was beginning to change from just listen and observe, to actually doing things, such as the obtaining of documents as I mentioned earlier. Also as I mentioned previously I began to realize that this mission was not going to be  a  short project of going in once or twice. During this time and up to the end of the project, I was asked to visit the Mission at least once or twice  a  
week. 

8. An escalation of the project occured again towards the end of 1983 when Jeff was called to another area, or at least that is what I was told. Upon Jeff’s departure, the project was turned over to a gentleman named Paul. I do not recall his last name. Paul ’ 8 attitude towards the project seemed to be considerably less cautious and requests to do things which were designed to sabotage the Riverside Mission began coming  my way.  He seemed very dedicated to find some way of closing the Mission, as his requests of me seemed to demonstrate. This attitude was even.more prevalent after the  release 
 of L. Ron Hubbards “Ron’s Journal 38”, which  was  designed to disuade People from joining the independant centers. He told me that the “RJ-38” tape would handle the majority of the people and that his office would pick up the pieces. 
9. On or about March 5, 1984, Paul told me of a project that 

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 had been started against the Riverside Mission, which I was to be 
made a part of. He told me that they planned to wipe out the Mission 
financially by swamping them with small claims court actions, for 
the return of donations. He said that this project, referring to the 
project that I had been involved in and the attempt to destroy the 
Riverside Center would be over soon, as they were going to close the 
Center within 90 days with the small claims actions. He said that 
the project was also designed to "Cave-in" (a Scientology term 
meaning to destroy someone emotionally) Marc Chacon, as they knew he 
was the only one working on the lawsuit and that by overworking him 
it would cause him to leave the center.  
 10. Paul told me that I was to visit the Center on various 
occasions, locate Marc, and start making the following comments:  DO 
 you see any light at the end of the tunnel; You're not looking very 
good, you seem tired;  don’t you  hate getting up so early for court; 
to point out that he  was  overworked and underpaid. I did call on 
Marc several times regarding the small claims suits.  
 11. On one particular occassion  Marc  Chacon made a comment to 
the effect that he hated getting up in the morning. When I reported 
this to Paul, his response was "He hasn't seen anything yet. We have 
discovered over a $100,000.00 in potential refunds and we are going 
to hit them hard." He said that Marc Chacon  was  having to handle 
all of them and that he is wearing'down. He wanted me to suggest to 
Marc that perhaps there were many more suits coming. He went on to 
say that within a short period of time, we should have Marc Chacon 
out of there, referring to the Mission, he would be caved-in. Paul 
also said that this project should be over soon, as we will have the 
 
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Riverside Mission closed down very rapidly. 

12. I also recall Paul saying that they were going to send in a big guy to harrass Marc, by serving him at inopportune times, as well as at home. He said that this guy used to be the ethics officer at the Mission. 
13. On March 9, 1984, Paul called and instructed me to start hitting Marc Chachon on his family life. I was to tell him things like: Isn’t it hard to support a family; isn’t your wife angry that she has to support you; is she getting upset over the fact that you spend so much time at the mission and that you get paid so little. I was also to ask Marc what his wife thought about the divergence of the Mission and the fact that Marc was attacking L. Ron Hubbard. 
14. It was about this time that Paul really began to harp on -me to find out the Riverside Center’s strategy in regards to the lawsuit. I was to question both Marc Chacon and Bent Corydon on how the case was going. He was referring to the Superior Court case, 

not the small claims actions. Almost every time he called, which was about two or three times a week, he asked me about their plans and despite any disagreement in regards to getting involved with their legal case, he refused to take no for an answer and insisted that I get him the information he wanted. At this point I told Paul that when I first came onto the project, Brad Ballentine and Jeff didn’t want me to get involved with their legal strategy.  His 
 response was that I was not to influence or advise, but merely en-courage conversation in regards to their legal strategy. 
15. At one point, during the time the special unit was haras-Marc Chacon and the Mission with the small claims suits, I at-sing 

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 tempted to call Paul at his office but since he was not in I left a 
message with the girl who had answered the phone. When Paul found 
out that I had left a message with someone else, he was upset that I 
had risked his security that way. He said the person you left a 
message with could have been an FBI or  an  IRS agent and instructed 
me to never do it again. During one of my subsequent visits to Los 
Angeles to meet with Paul, Paul pointed out a girl to me and said 
that she was the one you left the message with, she works for me. He 
told  me  that she was the one who was going to small claims court 
each day and that she was the one who was reporting back on how  Marc 
 Chacon was looking. On another occasion, Paul told me "You should 
have seen how bad Marc Chacon looked in court today".  
 16. During the phone conversation with Paul on March 5, 1984, 
He, in addition to the attack on Marc Chacon, wanted me to befriend 
Jeanne Hansen and get involved in the Starway Program with her. This 
was a result of some intelligence I gave Paul regarding Jeanne, that 
Peter Green had given a talk on the Starway Program and that she was 
involved. I was to join Starway and then get Jeanne to have Starway 
meetings during times that the Mission needed her the most. I was 
to then point out how much better Starway was than working at the 
'Mission. This was intended to estrange her from the Mission, thus 
putting the Mission in a bad position. One thing Paul said after I 
had informed him about Jeanne's involvement with  Starway, was that 1 
 was that I was to do nothing until he got approval for this program 
from the higher ups. It was after that, that he instructed me on 
what to do.  
 17. During one of my conversations with Jeanne Hansen I asked 
her what condition the Mission's finances were in, which was one of 
 
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the main subjects I was to get information on. In her response she mentioned something about making payments on the parking lot and of course some other things. When I reported back to Paul he was extremely interested in the parking lot. He said “4 bet that the Mission has to have the parking lot in order to legally operate the Church” and that he was going to look into the parking lot as they I meaning special activities, could possibly gain control of the parking lot thus prevent them from operating out of the building. He said never to mention the parking lot to the people at the Riverside Mission again. I have no idea what became of his looking into the parking lot. 
18. Another of the assigments that Paul gave me was to get him a floor plan of the Mission. When I did so and presented it to him he commented that this was just the public areas. He said that he wanted to know where Bent’s office was in respect ot the front of the building and where the people that were staying at the Mission were located. He said that he knew that there were people staying at the Mission because there were cars parked in the lot over night. I explained to him that I did not know the building very well, that when I went up to Bent’s office I was led there and that I was not able to tell him where it was. I went on to say that he certainly could contact people that had worked at the Center before and that they could tell him what he wanted to know, to which he . responded something to the effect of, Oh that’s right and stopping asking me for additions to the map. 
19. Toward the end of my involvement on the project Paul told me that Bent Corydon’s wife, Mary Corydon, had told her sister-in-7 

law that Bent was’going to  New  Zealand and that the sister- in- law had in turn told her. frind. It was her friend that had contacted a Scientology Organization and informed them that Bent was going to New Zealand. Paul then said that they had gotten someone to call Bent and make an offer he couldn’t refuse to get him to Denmark and that they would have a surprise waiting for him at the airport. 

20. That very next sunday I talked with Paul and he asked me i f I knew when Bent was leaving. I told him that Bent had already left. At this Paul exploded, saying that this could not be possible. He said, “Now keep this under your hat. We have two investigators 
t r a i l i n g Bent” and “He i s s t i l l d r i v i n g h i s c a r a n d h e i s s t i l l a t home”. I told him that I was sure that Bent had already left for New Zealand. He said that he would look into it. 
21. Later that Sunday, Paul called me again and asked that I Call Bent at his house to see if he was in fact gone. I refused to do so, as I knew that he had already left. Again he became furious and hung up. Againthatafternoon, Paulcalledtotellmethat I 

 was  right, and that the private investigators had determined that the car they were following was not being driven by Bent. He later told me that he had fired the two private investigators. 
22. At one of our meetings, Paul handed me a sheaf of crisp, unfolded issues entitled “Smash the Squirrels”. He said these were Published by unknown persons in the field who hated squirrels. However, I got the definite impression that he was more involved in their production than he wished to say publicly. 
23. I know that there were numerous things that Paul had asked me to do during the 4 or 5 months I was working with him, but the above examples are a few I distinctly remember, either because they 

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 stand out as being offensive to me at this point or I had made  
 notes in my appointment book which I used to recount many of the 
 
 dates and exact requests. I do know that Paul called me at least  
 two to three times a week and every time we spoke he would ask me 
 
 about the same four subjects: the small claims court proceedings 
 
 and how Marc Chacon was reacting, the Superior Court case and any  
 strategy that I had uncovered, the condition of the Mission  
 finances and finally the names of any new person that came to the 
 
 Mission. I do remember telling him that Neville Glazier, Ronny  
 D'Armon, Hannie Arink, Roger Sorkin, and a couple from Orange  
 County, whose names slip my mind at this point, all had come to  
 the Mission. 
 
 24. My involvement with the project ended on April 25th,  
 1984, when Ken Hoden also of the Special Activities Unit told me 
 
 that I was off the project. 
 
 I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true  
 and correct. Executed in Riverside, California on July 19, 1984. 

 Thomas De Moval Armistead  

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