TO:     Ace of Spades                                  13 July 1996
FROM:   Randy McDonald

cc: Mookie          Little John         Ace of Hearts
    Terpsichore     Darwin              Ace of Clubs
    Elf             Aquarius            Ace of Diamonds
    JD

Dear All,

One month later, and it is over. The notice came by snail mail.

I am enclosing all the correspondence on this Boschesque saga.

The Comm Ev made the term 'kangaroo court' obsolete, and an insult
to Aussies. (Besides, my wife is one, and they are damned good
people.)

So, let's just say that I've been miscaviged. It should rank down
there with disemboweling.

You've all been quite patient with me, and would be well within
your rights to put a billboard up in Times Square saying, "We
told you so!"

And now, as I promised, I enclose the document relinquishing all
my rights in any and all correspondence or reports regarding RTC
and its executives and staff, the Church of Scientology, and any
and all related matters.

I trust your judgement implicitly.  I believe that this now must
move out of its HCO phase and into a Dissemination phase. ARS is
still like a frontier saloon, so my opinion is that it is not
currently the forum for this information. The idea of a newsletter
proposed by one of you sounds interesting. But of course I
can't be connected with it in any way. I know how creative you
are, so I know you will keep things sparking.

It's also my opinion that, at least for a while, an effort should
be made to keep the information confined to Scientologists, and
not allow it to go far and wide. Perhaps if enough Scientologists
become apprised of what is going on in their Church management,
and what is being done to LRH's tech, enough of a hew and cry
will be raised to actually get something effective accomplished.
I know several of you believe me to be hopelessly Pollyana on this
count. Maybe I am. But I believe that if the facts were known
broadly enough within the Scientology community, things would
change dramatically. The logistics involved in getting the facts
known, and keeping it within that community, though, are daunting.

And I already have indications, from several phone calls and the
letter from Rueben Hart, that some of this information has already
found circulation outside of Scientology. How broad, I don't know.
Monitor the lines, and adjudicate your actions based on how other
fronts are moving.

You won't hear from me for a while.

I feel honoured beyond expression by your faith and allegiance.
Keep the ramparts manned.

Randy