Testimonial letter from John Dickinson Adams
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 John Dickinson Adams PhD. It is "Exhibit A-581" 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 2 pages.
 Lake Tahoe To whom it may concern: I am an academic vacationing from Massachusetts i at Lake Tahoe, and wish to express my feelings concerning the Indian philospher, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Firstly, I am a 12th generation American imbued with the New England principles of fair play and recognition of exceptional people who wish residence in our country. For the past twenty years I have had a notable career in American publishing, and have achieved a reasonable prominence. As always, I am devoted to the dictum of enhancing the quality and substance of life in my native land. Rajneesh’s very special contribution to our Culture is in the form of melding the spirit of the East with the energies of the Western World. His writings portray this , and have been of incredible value to Americans everywhere. If Rajneesh is refused entry into this country on a permanent basis, I certainly will be in the vanguard of citizens protesting the treatment. Though this letter is brief, I do plan to bring the Rajneesh immigration matter to the personal attention of Senator Kennedy (Mass) and Senator Leahy (VT) immediately upon my return to Bos ton. Rajneesh’s stature as an exceptional contributor to the culture and humanity of our land earns him the privilege of Welcome. Sincerely, |
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