Testimonial letter from Lynn Frazier
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 Lynn Frazier. It is "Exhibit A-2232" 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.
 ArkansasRep TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I am the Acting General Manager of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and am writing in support of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, The man has published more than 350 books which have widely influenced the disciplines of psychology, religion, and philosophy to say nothing of individuals like myself. His followers whom I know are highly educated and highly intelligent people who think for themselves. The community in Oregon is greatly contributing to the economic well being of the State. We pride ourselves in our religious freedom. I hope that we do not let those who are prejudiced jeopardize that freedom, Sincerely yours, |
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