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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.3, N0.37
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
THE MYSTERIOUS "WATERGATE BREAK-IN"
ON CAMPUS
by Herbert
w.
Armstrong
SEPTEMBER 11, 1981
It seems there are rumors being maliciously spread of one or two
"Watergate break-ins" supposed to have taken place on campus.
I am informed that on one occasion a slandering, anonymous typed
letter was being circulated on campus, copies of which were slipped under
office doors during the night. I am informed a former secretary authorized
a check of typewriters in various offices on campus to ascertain on which
typewriter the slanderous letter had been typed.
The man in charge of typewriter maintenance is also custodian of cam
pus keys and is the campus locksmith. He was authorized properly to open
office doors for typewriter inspection to compare which typewriter--if any
--had been used in typing the anonymous letter.
There was no "break-in."
The other rumored "break-in" occurred in the Spanish Department. Mr.
Leon Walker, director of the Spanish Department, was in South America at
the time. Information was received from somewhere that our manager of our
Mexico City office was there on a visa technically illegal. One of our
ministers sought visa information so our Legal Department could correct the
error.
He needed to examine papers regarding the visa in the offices of the
Spanish Department. He called a secretary, office employee and Spanish
language translator in the evening. She said she would go with him to the
Spanish offices, but it was after hours and she did not have a key to the
Office Facilities building. The minister called the man in charge of cam
pus keys, who agreed to let them in the building. The secretary-transla
tor's husband also accompanied her and the minister. (The Legal Department
later found that the visa was in fact legal.)
Later the minister and the secretary-translator's husband were accused
to me of a "Watergate break-in." I called them to question them. The whole
episode had been improperly reported to me, as I learned later. I had
revoked the minister's ministerial status, and sent both him and the secre
tary-translator's husband away. I have since investigated more thoroughly.
It was a case of misguided zeal, but no wrong intent. THERE WAS NO BREAK
IN. Those who spread such a rumor are spreading false rumors to discredit
the minister and the Church.
There is no need to make an announcement of the foregoing. It is fur
nished to you simply to aid in answering Church members that might hear of
the rumor and ask a question of you regarding the same.