Never public: L. Ron Hubbard Jr.'s devastating 1972 takedown of his father and Scientology - 2018-11-03

Never public: L. Ron Hubbard Jr.'s devastating 1972 takedown of his father and Scientology November 3, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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We were inspired last week when author Alec Nevala-Lee chose the date of his book release to make public for the first time a really amazing document from Scientology's early history. And since we had a book of our own come out this week, we thought we'd do the same.

In the summer of 1972, a really curious thing happened. The year before, journalist Paulette Cooper had written her harsh expose, The Scandal of Scientology, and she then helped her friend Robert Kaufman, a former Scientologist, publish his own tell-all about the church, Inside Scientology. They were both then stunned when someone came forward to help Kaufman promote his book — it was L. Ron Hubbard Jr., son of Scientology's founder.

At that point, Kaufman was hoping his publisher would put out a second edition, and he thought it would be a good idea for Ron Jr. — known as "Nibs" to the family — to write a foreword to it. And so, for several weeks in the late summer of 1972, Nibs worked with Paulette to produce a 63-page manuscript about the origin of Scientology.

Kaufman's second edition never happened, and the essay Nibs wrote with Paulette's help was never published.

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{{cite news | author = Tony Ortega | title = Never public: L. Ron Hubbard Jr.'s devastating 1972 takedown of his father and Scientology | url = https://tonyortega.org/2018/11/03/never-public-l-ron-hubbard-jrs-devastating-1972-takedown-of-his-father-and-scientology/ | work = Underground Bunker | date = November 3, 2018 | accessdate = November 3, 2018 }}