STATEMENT OF PATRICIA RYAN

                     August 19, 1985


WHILE I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON "CULTS," I AM AND HAVE BEEN A FIRST-
HAND WITNESS TO THEIR EFFECTS.  MY FATHER, CONGRESSMAN LEO RYAN,
WAS MURDERED WHEN HE DARED TO CHALLENGE AND CONFRONT JIM JONES'
REIGN OF TOTALITARIAN MIND CONTROL.  MY SISTER SHANNON IS
CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN THE RAJNEESHEE "CULT" WHERE, SIMILAR TO
JONESTOWN, A SENSE OF SELF IS INTENTIONALLY SUBVERTED AND
DISSOLVED, AND EVERYTHING ONE DOES OR SAYS IS AT THE WHIM AND
CONTROL OF A SINGLE MASTER -- A SELF-PROCLAIMED MESSIAH.

"CULTS" PREY ON THE WEAK AND VULNERABLE, AND PROVIDE EASY FORMULA
ANSWERS TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING MEANING IN THEIR
LIVES.  THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS MIND-CONTROL METHODS, THEY
INTENTIONALLY WEAKEN FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.  THEY WEAKEN THE
INTEGRITY AND AUTONOMY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.  THEY WEAKEN RESISTANCE
TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCES, AND THEY CREATE IN THE INDIVIDUAL A STATE
OF DEEP DEPENDENCY--OPENING THE DOOR TO INDOCTRINATION.

MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS CLAIM TO BE RELIGIOUS SECTS LARGELY
FOR THE RESPECTABILITY AND LEGAL AND FINANCIAL PROTECTION AND
BENEFITS AFFORDED TO RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.  AS A RESULT THE
LARGER "CULTS," OF WHICH THE UNIFICATION CHURCH IS A PRIME EXAMPLE,
ARE ABLE TO EMPLOY AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF LAWYERS, BUSINESS
ADVISORS, EXPENSIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS FLACKS, SPIES, AND STRONG-
ARM GUARDS TO INTIMIDATE ANYONE WHO THREATENS THEIR MISSION.

THE PRACTICES OF THE UNIFICATION CHURCH, THE PEOPLE'S TEMPLE, THE
RAJNEESHEES, AND MANY OTHERS ARE SIMPLY VARIATIONS ON A VERY OLD
THEME.  THOUGH DIFFERENT IN METHOD AND INTENSITY, THE RESULT IS
TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH SELF-EXPRESSION AND DISSENT ARE
BOTH IMPOSSIBLE AND DANGEROUS.  IN THESE "CULTS," AS IN NAZI
GERMANY, SAFETY AND SECURITY RESTS IN TOTAL CONFORMITY.  THE
INDIVIDUAL DISAPPEARS AND IS REPLACED BY A DESIRE ON THE PART OF
THE "CULT" MEMBER TO BE ALL, GIVE ALL, AND DO ALL FOR THE "CULT'S"
SINGLE LEADER--BE HE MASTER, GURU, MESSIAH OR DICTATOR.

IF YOU LOOK BACK AND REMEMBER THE EARLY DAYS OF JIM JONES WHEN HE
WAS PUTTING HIS CHURCH TOGETHER, HE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO
CONVINCE AND COURT LOCAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS, POLITICIANS, AND THE
PUBLIC, THROUGH THE MEDIA, THAT HE WAS, INDEED, LEGITIMATE.  AS
WE NOW KNOW, THIS "LEGITIMATE" MESSIAH CAUSED [sic] THE DEATHS OF
913 PEOPLE. AS REVEREND MOON YET ANOTHER "LEGITIMATE" MESSIAH IS LET
LOOSE ON AMERICAN SOCIETY TOMORROW, WE SHOULD RECALL THE WORDS
POSTED OVER THE THRONE OF JIM JONES:

"THOSE WHO DO NOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT."