I finally got a copy of the article, here are some translated
extracts.

FRONT PAGE:


 "The Newspaper of the Capitol

 OSLOPOSTEN
 Circulation: 230,000
 Date October 15 1999

 [front page, main article]

 - Taxi-2- drivers
 BEING SELECTED BY
 SCIENTOLOGISTS

 Taxi-2 hires the disputed headhunter company U-MAN to find
 drivers for 59 vacant jobs in Oslo. The company is accused
 of having close ties with the Church of Scientology. -The
 strategy is to get Scientologists in to work and social
 life, claims the IT Manager Andreas Heldal-Lund who since
 1996 has been having a war going against the movement via
 Internet."

PAGE 4:

 [Fact box with info on Xenu etc. Info on owners of U-MAN]

 "MEET ME IN COURT!"
 Andreas Heldal-Lund is an IT Manager and lives in Stavanger.
 Since 1996 he has been having a war against the movement
 via Internet
 Heldal-Lund claims that U-MAN is part of [CoS's] deliberate
 strategy to establish so-called 'comm-lines' into society:
 - The strategy is to get Scientologists into business and
 organizations, claims Heldal-Lund.
 - I'm concerned how the sensitive information is handled,
 he adds to Osloposten.
 He claims that U-MAN Norway:
 - U-MAN Norway is owned by high ranking and known 
 Scientologists. Internally the company is run by using 
 Scientology principles. The test used is judged by several
 specialists to be worthless.
 - I take it for granted that U-MAN take me to the courts, if
 it is their opinion that I lie about this, says Heldal, who
 systematically sends out letters to customers of U-MAN where
 he informs them about the Scientology connection.

[End of fact box, I guess. The following part is about Magne Berge - Mike]

 - I worked for ca nine months for U-MAN at the end of the 
 eighties. I was told that we had to keep it a secret the
 fact that U-MAN was a pure Scientology company, says 
 defector to Osloposten.

 DEFECTOR
 - The purpose was to recruit more Scientologists, and get
 a better position in society and in the industry, continues
 Berge.
 He broke with the movement after 5 years. He had then built
 up a 300,000 kroner [40,000 USD] debt because of courses in
 self development. 
 But Berge sued the movement and won on all charges. In 1997
 he was awarded 600,000 [80,000 USD] in compensation. 

[a small piece with an interview with the owner of the taxi 
company]

 IN BAD WEATHER
 Several different incidents strengthen the accusation about
 the connection between U-MAN and the Church of Scientology.

 After two years of investigation, Belgian police raided ten
 "churches" and several U-MAN offices. Documents were 
 seized and offices sealed.
 In a document  seized by Greek authorities during a raid in
 the Church of Scientology's offices in 1995 instructions
 are given from USA.
 There the lawyer of U-MAN in Greece is told to start 
 investigation of an orthodox priest who is a known
 critic of the sect.

[END SO FAR]

U-man and Scientology

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