# Ron "indemnifies" his henchman over kidnapping,
Feb 1951

### Background

A key figure in the kidnapping of Alexis and Sara Hubbard (see "Ron kidnaps his daughter under an alias, Feb 1951" and Sara Hubbard's affidavit) was Frank Dessler, Dianeticist and fanatically loyal follower of L. Ron Hubbard. Since the infamous Lindburgh case in the 1920s, kidnapping had been a capital Federal offence. This naturally caused Dessler some concern. He asked for, and received, a signed letter from Ron "indemnifying" him of any criminal offences committed on Ron's orders. (It is very doubtful whether this would have been seen as mitigating the crime, had Hubbard and Dessler been caught.)

This document is also interesting in another respect, in that it acknowledges Hubbard's paternity of Alexis; in 1971, he disowned her, telling her through an agent that she was the illegitimate daughter of Jack Parsons, the rocket scientist and satanist whom he had known in the late 1940s. His memory was obviously a little faulty!

### Transcript

To Whom It May Concern Frank Dessler acted under my direct orders and as an agent of the father in all steps he took concerning my child Alexis Valerie Hubbard. Further, he took no steps where I was not present. Sara Northrup bringing any action against Dessler is acting in the spitefulness of revenge because he would not turn against me, his employer, and assist her efforts to gain full and complete control of the Book Dianetics and ownership of the Foundation to the benefit of the Communist Party [and] her lover Miles Hollister. L. Ron Hubbard Signature Witness: John Wm M[aloney]

### The Letter

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