Testimonial letter from Christopher George

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This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.

This letter is from Christopher George. It is "Exhibit A-604" in the Noles collection.

The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.

12670 PIERCE STREET
PACOIMA, CALIFORNIA 9133(?)
(213) 899-2521
THE CRONIN COMPANY
20 july 1983

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Attention: District Director;

In concert with the principals of a higher cause and order of things, and in conjunction with my affiliation with The Cronin Co., a suporter of our country in defense products, and entertainment, I as a recognised entertainer in film and television, wish to fully express my support for Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a true Master of the highest order of religon and a great contributor to my life through silent communication.

It is my wish, with all my energy, that you extend this great man the full residency that has been applied for.

Thank you;

[signed]
Christopher George
ENGINEERING DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT • ELECTRO-CHECK SALES CORPORATION
PERCEPTION DATA COMPANY • GLENDALE TRUCK & EQUIPMENT CORPORATION • RHG INVESTMENTS


Regarding "In concert with ... and in conjunction with" above, the name "Cronin" certainly pops up in a few letters, four seen so far, two written by Cronin himself and two by associates. We may be amused by the illicit possibilities here but just as likely Cronin was simply giving the organizers two letters to choose from and his associates were exercising their right to petition the gov't about something important to them. And, that Cronin was connected or "in concert" with four letters likely reflects nothing more illicit than having his fingers in so many business pies. As American as apple pie, one might say. See also Cronin's first letter for more on this.


(Please note: We assume that the above letter is still copyrighted, but we regard its historical interest to constitute a Fair Use exception for publication in this wiki.)