[SECRET] A Bargain with Xenu

The Dominican government has recently sold the eccentric author L. Ron Hubbard the former presidential yacht. Many in the government are for lack of a better term wary of the man, but one individual, SIM chief Johnny Abbes, knows an opportunity when he sees it.

The two men met aboard to the to-be-renamed vessel and had a rather informal discussion over highly expensive Scotch. The Dominican government he reiterated to Hubbard, could not host him or his organization. It would not be much of an issue, it was stated, but given the legal heat the man was in, it would not be prudent to host him or his organization in the DR.

All being said, Hubbard was free reign to part as much anonymous money in the secrecy-law protected DR banks as he so wished. The two also hashed out a deal wherein DR publishing houses would have exclusive Spanish language translation, production, and distribution rights over his works. So long as he didn't poke north, the Dominican Government would give free reign to his new 'minority religion' and 'benevolent charities' to use the DR as a hub to promote the religion in South and Central America. Hubbard and his high acolytes would be able to visit, no more than once or twice a year, and no threat of extraditing him would be in place.

In exchange, Abbes implied, more than clearly stated, that the SIM would periodically ask for 'favors' from the organization. Be it in his words 'transportation and safety for friends of the DR' and 'use of Scientology assets on occasion for Dominican governmental interests'.

Hubbard, looking about in the richly bedecked vessel bought modestly below market price, could not really contest.