Contacts with Scientology

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Dear Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner,

Please confirm if you or any of your officals have had any meetings with the Church of Scientology or any its connected entities. If meetings have taken place please provide any connected paperwork which may include minutes or actions arising from said meetings. Please also include any email correspodence connected to contact with the Church or its entities for the 5 years starting from the date at which you recieve this letter. Please also provide details of any gifts, donations or hospitality
provided to the authority members or your employees or representatives, or
any charity you may nominate by Scientology
organisations, over the past 5 years.

By 'Scientology organisations', I mean organisations which promote,
recruit members for, or raise money for, Church of Scientology
Religious Education College Incorporated.

To the best of my knowledge a list of such organisations would
include:

Jive Aces / Church of Scientology Inc / Greenfields School /
Greenfields Educational Trust / Hubbard Foundation / Aassocation for Better Living and Education (ABLE) / Applied
Scholastics / Narconon / Criminon / The Way to
Happiness Foundation / Church of Scientology
Religious Education College Inc (COSREC) / Office of Special Affairs (OSA) /
Sea Org / Youth for Human Rights International / Citizens
Commission on Human Rights (United Kingdom) Ltd /World Insitute of Scientology Enterprises/Drug Free World

Yours faithfully,

Tony Ortega

Kevin Payne, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

Dear Mr Ortega,

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Kevin

Kevin Payne

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Dear Kevin Payne,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Yours sincerely,

Tony

Kevin Payne, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

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