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out to Los Angeles I also learned that many of the things
that are done by the Office of Special Affairs are not
known to the general membership of the Scientology. A lot
of the activities are kept in secret.

Q What exactly is the purpose of the Office of
Special Affairs?

A That is a little bit of a difficult question
because there is a stated purpose and then there is an
actual purpose.

Q What is the stated purpose?

A The stated purpose if to handle the legal and
public relations of the Church of Scientology as it
perceived by the public.

Q What is the actual purpose?

A The actual purpose is to investigate and to
impede the forward progress of any tries to stop
Scientology or to criticize Scientology.

Q That’s the actual purpose?

A That’s the actual policy of the investigation
division of the Office of Special Affairs, yes.

Q Does that policy have a name, or did it have
name that you learned?

A It’s actually the stated, it’s like the product
of the Office of Special Affairs. It’s like, what it
does. Every single department in Scientology has like,