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Originally Posted by myboynoah
I guess I didn't follow it that closely. I remember The Church purchasing a number of docs, but the purchases were all very public. Then came the discussion of salamanders and heavenly messengers. If that was an effort to conceal, then not a very good one. Then Hoffman started bombing people.
Is the effort to conceal the letter revisionist history, or was it real?
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I was young at the time, but my understanding is that they became public only after the bombings and as they became part of the investigation.
EDIT: I guess I shouldn't say "public" as the contents were public from the outset. But I think there were many who were concerned that the Church's motive in purchasing the document was to "bury" it; the contents then became widely known with the bombings and subsequent investigation. I have no idea if this is a fair accusation, but there are some smart people ( and active members of the church) who feel that there is at least some validity to it. If it's true, I don't really like it, and that's all I meant by the original post.