Letter to German Ambassador to the U.S. about the German government’s latest findings on Scientology and other recent official vindications

We welcome the vindications contained in the federal government’s replies. The government’s findings are consistent with those of official bodies in Germany and other parts of Europe:

1. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the Ministry of the Interior in Berlin reveal that in 1991, 1992 and 1998, the Kohl administration solicited evidence of “infiltration” by Scientology from state ministries and Chambers of Commerce. The Ministry’s files contained replies from three states only. All government levels in those states reported that nothing to that effect had been found.

2. A January 20, 1999 memorandum by the Schleswig-Holstein Justice and Interior Ministers, also obtained under Freedom of Information, noted: “The results of observation in the other states rather confirm Schleswig-Holstein’s unwillingness... There is no evidence that the Scientology organization has political motives and is acting in a way that indicates it seeks to undermine key parts of the Constitution... even indirect political influence isn’t obviously being planned.” The Schleswig-Holstein cabinet approved the recommendation not to implement surveillance.

3. In September 1999, the then chairman of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Northrhine-Westphalia, formerly a state in favor of surveillance of Scientology, explained in detail why surveillance should be discontinued in an interview in Stern magazine.

4. Chairman of the federal Green party, Renate Kuenast, told Sueddeutsche Zeitung on April 26, 2000, that “The Office observes Scientology, but in the meantime everybody knows that Scientology is no danger for the Federal Republic of Germany.”

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