      HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex



   HCO POLICY LETTER OF 17 JUNE 1970RB

       RE-REVISED 25 OCTOBER 1983



Remimeo			

Applies to all

  SHs and

  Academies

HGCs

Franchises



      Keeping Scientology Working Series 5R



             URGENT AND IMPORTANT



              TECHNICAL DEGRADES



   (This PL and HCO PL 7 Feb. 65 must be made

    part of every study pack as the first items

    and must be listed on checksheets.)



Any checksheet in use or in stock which carries on it any degrading 

statement must be destroyed and issued without qualifying 

statements.



Example: Level 0 to IV checksheets SH carry "A. Background Material 

- This section is included as an historical background but has much 

interest and value to the student. Most of the processes are no 

longer used, having been replaced by more modern technology. The 

student is only required to read this material and ensure he leaves 

no misunderstood." This heading covers such vital things as TRs, Op 

Pro by Dup! The statement is a falsehood.



These checksheets were not approved by myself; all the material of 

the Academy and SH courses IS in use.



Such actions as this gave us "quickie grades," ARC broke the field 

and downgraded the Academy and SH courses.



A condition of TREASON or cancellation of certificates or dismissal 

and a full investigation of the background of any person found 

guilty will be activated in the case of anyone committing the 

following HIGH CRIMES:



1. Abbreviating an official course in Dianetics and Scientology so 

as to lose the full theory, processes and effectiveness of the 

subjects.



2. Adding comments to checksheets or instructions labeling any 

material "background" or "not used now" or "old" or any similar 

action which will result in the student not knowing, using and 

applying the data in which he is being trained.



3. Employing after I Sept. 1970 any checksheet for any course not 

authorized by myself or the Authority, Verification and Correction 

Unit International (AVC Int).



(Hat checksheets may be authorized locally per HCO PL 30 Sept. 70, 

CHECKSHEET FORMAT.)



4. Failing to strike from any checksheet remaining in use meanwhile 

any such comments as "historical," "background," "not used," "old," 

etc., or VERBALLY STATING IT TO STUDENTS.



5. Permitting a pc to attest to more than one grade at a time on 

the pc's own determinism without hint or evaluation.



6. Running only one process for a lower grade between 0 to IV, 

where the grade EP has not been attained.



7. Failing to use all processes for a level where the EP has not 

been attained.



8. Boasting as to speed of delivery in a session, such as "I put in 

Grade Zero in 3 minutes." Etc.



9. Shortening time of application of auditing for financial or 

labor-saving considerations.



10. Acting in any way calculated to lose the technology of 

Dianetics and Scientology to use or impede its use or shorten its 

materials or its application.



REASON: The effort to get students through courses and get pcs 

processed in orgs was considered best handled by reducing materials 

or deleting processes from grades. The pressure exerted to speed up 

student completions and auditing completions was mistakenly 

answered by just not delivering.



The correct way to speed up a student's progress is by using two-

way comm and applying the study materials to students.



The best way to really handle pcs is to ensure they make each level 

fully before going on to the next and repairing them when they do 

not.



The puzzle of the decline of the entire Scientology network in the 

late 60s is entirely answered by the actions taken to shorten time 

in study and in processing by deleting materials and actions.



Reinstituting full use and delivery of Dianetics and Scientology is 

the answer to any recovery.



The product of an org is well-taught students and thoroughly 

audited pcs. When the product vanishes, so does the org. The orgs 

must survive for the sake of this planet.





L. RON HUBBARD

Founder



Adopted as official

Church policy by

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY

INTERNATIONAL



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