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1) G e n e r a l   o v e r v i e w / i n t r o d u c t i o n :   M i s s i o n   s t a t e m e n t ,   o v e r v i e w ,   r e s e a r c h   s p e c i f i c s I n t r o d u c t i o n   t o   S c i e n t o l o g y   a n d   L R H K e e p i n g   S c i e n t o l o g y   W o r k i n g ,   f u n d a m en t al s S c i e n t o l o g y   i n   m e d i a   a nd   I n t e r n e t   ( +   f o r u m s ,   W i k i p e d i a ) S c i e n t o l o g y :   I t s   t r u e   h i s t o r y   e x p o s e d ? S c i e n t o l o g y   Q & A   ( F A Q ) E x t e r n a l   l i n k s M a t e r i a l s   w a n t   l i s t R e c o m m e n d e d   l i s t   o f   m a t e r i a l s 2) R e s p o n s e s   ( w i t h   a n n o t a t i o n s ) : A p p r e c i a t i v e   r e s p o n s e s   t o   m y   p a g e s C r i t i q u e   r e c e i v e d   ( 1 )   f r o m   c h u r c h g o i n g   S c i e n t o l o g i s t s C r i t i q u e   r e c e i v e d   ( 2 )   f r o m   o u t - o f - c h u r c h   S c i e n t o l o g i s t s C r i t i q u e   r e c e i v e d    ( 3 )   f r o m   a n t i - S c i e n t o l o g i s t s 3) T o p i c s   o f   p a r t i c u l a r   i n t e r e s t : (a): G e n e r a l   t o p i c s H o l y   S c r i p t u r e s   v s   S c i e n t o l o g y L R H   v s   D i c t i o n a r i e s L R H   v s   t h e o r y   o f   e v o l u t i o n L R H ' s   w o r k s   o f   f i c t i o n (b): O r g a n i z a t i o n a l   t o p i c s A   p r i n t i n g   h i s t o r y   o f   t h e   m a t e r i a l s   o f   S c i e n t o l o g y S c i e n t o l o g y   M e m b e r s h i p :   H A S I   v s   I A S L R H   v s   p r i c i n g   p o l i c i e s T h e   c o p y r i g h t s   i s s u e   a n d   l i c e n s i n g (c): T e c h n i c a l   t o p i c s H i s t o r y   o f   G r a d e   C h a r t :   a )   G e n e r a l H i s t o r y   o f   G r a d e   C h a r t :   b )   D e t a i l e d ‘ C l e a r ’   d e f i n e d N E D   f o r   O T s T h e   ‘ P r i m a r y   R u n d o w n ’ 4) C o n t r o v e r s i a l   t o p i c s : M i s t a k e n   i d e a s   o f   ‘ E t h i c s ’   c l a r i f i e d T h e   F a i r    G a m e   L a w P r a c t i c e   o f   D i s c o n n e c t i o n S e c u r i t y   C h e c k i n g F r e e l o a d e r s   v s   E x - s t a f f   m e m b e r s T h e   ‘ R e h a b i l i t a t i o n   P r o j e c t   F o r c e ’   ( R P F ) 5) C h a n g e s   i n   t h e   f l o w   o f   ‘ i n f o r m a t i o n ’: (a): A l t e r a t i o n s   ( L R H   o r   n o n- L R H ? ) L R H   v s   A l t e r a t i o n s N o n - L R H   t u r n s   i n t o   L R H ?   &   P r o p o s a l   t o   s o l u t i o n T h e    ‘ C r a m m i n g   S e r i e s ’   -   L R H   o r   n o t   L R H ? B a s e d   o n   L R H   p u b l i c a t i o n s (b): G e n e r a l   o v e r v i e w L R H   v s   A   N e w   O r d e r   ( i n t r o d u c t i o n ) → A d m i n i s t r a t i v e   a n d    o r g a n i z a t i o n a l   m a t t e r s S e t u p   o f   t h e   p r i n t e d   m a t e r i a l s   ( 1 9 7 3 - 8 6 ) T h e   R T R C ,   t h e   u n i t   t h a t   w r o t e   L R H   i s s u e s   ( 1 9 7 3 - 8 2 ) T h e   d a w n i n g   o f   R T C   a n d   n e w   m a n a g e m e n t   ( 1 9 8 2 - 8 3 ) → T e c h n i c a l   m a t t e r s I n t r o d u c t i o n   t o   t h e   e v e n t   o f   l o s i n g   a   B r i d g e ) A n a l y s i s   o f   H C O B   “ T e c h   C o r r e c t i o n   R o u n d - u p ” L o s t   B r i d g e :   T e c h   c h a n g e s   d u r i n g   1 9 7 8 - 8 2 T h e   h i s t o r y   o f   t h e   o r i g i n a l   O T   V I I I ‘ G o l d e n   A g e   o f   T e c h ’   ( G A T )   a n a l y s i s D r i l l i n g   i n   S c i e n t o l o g y (c): T h e   m a t t e r   o f   D a v i d   M a y o S t o r y   o f   D a v i d   M a y o ‘ S O   E D   2 3 4 4   I n t’   a n a l y s i s T r a i n i n g   d r i l l s   ( T R s ) M a y o   r e f e r e n c e   l i s t 6) C o n s p i r a c i e s   -   I n   L .   R o n   H u b b a r d ' s   f o o t s t e p s S c i e n t o l o g y   v s   a   N e w   W o r l d   O r d e r → W h e r e   i s   L .   R o n   H u b b a r d ?   ( c h r o n o l o g y   o f   S c n   h i s t o r y ) W h e r e a b o u t s   o f   L .   R o n   H u b b a r d   c h r o n o l o g y T h e   e r a   o f   a d o r a t i o n ;   P r e s e n t a t i o n   o f   L .   R o n   H u b b a r d L .   R o n   H u b b a r d   i n t o   a r t i s t r y :   M u s i c   &   F i l m → W h e r e   i s   h i s   w i f e   a n d   f a m i l y ? S t o r y   o f   M a r y   S u e   H u b b a r d T h e   l a s t   s t a n d :   T h e   G u a r d i a n   O f f i c e 7) S c i e n t o l o g y   u n d e r   a t t a c k (a): A   p r e m e d i t a t e d   s e r i e s   o f   o c c u r r e n c e s ?   ( ’ 8 0 s   c o n s p i r a c y ) I n t r o d u c t i o n   &   R o n   D e W o l f G e r r y   A r m s t r o n g   ( ‘ a f f i r m a t i o n s ’ ) R u s s e l l   M i l l e r    ( ‘ B a r e - F a c e d   M e s s i a h ’ ) A   r e l i g i o n   c r e a t e d   f o r   t h e   m o n e y ? (b): B a t t l e s   f o u g h t   a n d   t h e   i n t e r n e t   ( 2 0 1 6 -   ) L e a h   R e m i n i :   S c i e n t o l o g y   a n d   t h e   A f t e r m a t h   ( T V   s h o w )

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The whereabouts of L. Ron Hubbard chronology  (page 2)

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Sec Checking (1):  Integrity Processing/Confessionals  (Dec 72-Jun 76)

It coincides rather nicely with the exact time period that L. Ron Hubbard boarded a plane and was not seen during about 10 months. Fact is that Integrity Processing Series #1 actually matches that very day (4 December 1972). Now, is this a situation of the cat has left the house and thus the mice are playing on the table? After all Sec Checking as a practice had been abolished since 1968 by HCO PL 26 Aug 68 “Security Checks Abolished”. And in December 1972 there was no valid reference in existence that condoned the practice! At least not until November 1974 with the release of HCO PL 13 Nov 74 “HCO May Do Confessional Lists” that at the same time cancelled the HCO PL that had previously in 1968 abolished Sec Checking. There is an obvious chronological inconsistency present in all these happenings.

One of the problems with this Integrity Processing is that at the time it was marketed not as Sec Checking, but as being something else, something new. Only to admit a little over 4 years later that “‘Sec Checking,’ ‘Integrity Processing’ and ‘Confessionals’ are all the exact same procedure and any materials on these subjects is interchangeable under these titles.” (from HCOB 24 Jan 77 “Tech Correction Round-up”).

See, none of these new references from 1972-76 had even been signed as having been written by L. Ron Hubbard. It was either copying its information from HCOBs issued during 1960-64 by L. Ron Hubbard, or it was indicated “Compiled from LRH briefings and materials by Lt. Brian Livingston, Training & Services Aide”. A notice that only appeared in the retyped version of these references which were reissued 2 months later in January 1973. An higly unaccostumary happening that hadn't been seen before.

Reported technical developments in the period 1972-76

• Published printed materials 1972-76
• Taped lectures 1972-76
          (Includes:  ‘New Vitality Rundown’ (NVRD) (Oct-Nov 75))

 
Published printed materials 1972-76

In ‘The Technical Bulletins of Dianetics and Scientology: Volume X, 1972-1976’ (1991 release) we find various entries at each year in where a brief summary is given of developments and what had been going on that particular year. Such summaries (about the same text) are also found in chapter 42 in ‘What Is Scientology?’ (1992 edition). These notices do not appear in the 1976 release of these same volumes, and not either in the 1978 edition of ‘What Is Scientology?’ for which reason I can not directly compare or refer to them. Various selections have been extracted from these summaries in the below analysis.

 
Taped lectures 1972-76

The book ‘What Is Scientology?’ (1978 edition) lists various tapes from 1972-75 that have not been published and basically are not publicly available. There is in addition a cassette from 1976 that was prepared as a personal message to each individual Scientology organization, this appears published and is available on cassette format. This is an odd recording, it starts with a musical composition made with help of a synthesizer. The tape gives the impression to be a clever compilation.

The new and completely reworked 1992 edition of this ‘What Is Scientology?’ has chosen to skip the mention of various tape lectures. Noteworthy is the disappearance of listing of 5 tapes from the Flag Executive Briefing Course (FEBC) from 1971. All 12 lectures were listed in the 1978 book on page 318. The 1992 release of the book however skips to list the lectures #8 to 12. It is not really clear to me why this is? What harm would it do to have them listed as they were already in the 1978 book? Why not continue to at least acknowledge their existence? In addition all 12 of these lectures have been on sale during the early ’80s pretty much to any public Scientologist. They were not advertised as such, but if requested you actually could buy copies on reel to reel. This included also the complete set of the Class VIII Course lectures 1-19 from 1968. These however are listed all of them in the 1992 book although today and already back then were considered only for those doing the course, thus confidential. As a side note extensive quotations from these Class VIII Course lectures have appeared for example in the periodical Source.

8 Mar 72 to 13 Nov 72    A miscellaneous mixture of 30 tapes. Various of these are about study matters and Primary Rundown. Others are dealing with Photography and film.          23 Sept 73 to 31 Oct 73    Miscellaneous mixture of 6 tapes about various subjects.     6 Mar 74 to 31 Aug 74    Collection of 9 tapes music related, choreography and talks to Apollo Stars.     29 Oct 75 to 24 Nov 75 8 Dec 75     Collection of 22 tapes about the Special Rundown. A talk.     Dec 76 Ron's Journal 28.     (the listing of these lectures as published in ‘What Is Scientology?’ (1978 edition) can be consulted here, pop-up window)

Then we find that the 1992 release of the same book also here decided to not list a variety of them. The only ones that we do find that are still listed are the Special Rundown lectures and Ron's Journal 28.

Even if one would consider a particular confidentiality factor for specific tapes, then what to say about these “Collection of 9 tapes music related, choreography and talks to Apollo Stars.” dating to 1974? What would be so confidential about these? Nonetheless they have been exempted from mention in that tape list since the 1992 release of ‘What Is Scientology?’. Either way we have not been supplied with any explanation about these occurrences.

‘New Vitality Rundown’ (NVRD)  (Oct-Nov 75)

“NEW VITALITY RUNDOWN (NVRD).  This was also called the ‘Special Rundown’ when it was being developed in ’75 and I trained a group of auditors on it at Flag. It has never been exported from Flag. It handled cases that had not progressed well due to suppression or other factors.” (from ‘LRH ED 301 Int’, 17 Dec 78 “Ron's Journal, 1978—The Year of Lightning Fast New Tech”)

	Sound snippet 1
	Sound snippet 2
	(taken from a lecture given by him on 11 Nov 1984)

Then ‘What Is Scientology?’ (1978 edition) lists on page 319 those 22 tapes that make up the Special Rundown. (for list of tapes 1972-76 consult here, pop-up window)

Pierre Ethier (Class XII Auditor, since early ’90s) notes on his website: “The same people are also content to tell the world that the ‘last technical lecture from LRH dates from 1972’, utterly oblivious of the fact that in late 1975, LRH gave a series of 22 lectures on the Flag Only ‘Special Rundown’ (later to be called ‘New Vitality Rundown’ or NVRD), to a group of over 40 Tech People.”.

Then the year 1996 comes with a surprise in the form of the release HCOB 7 Mar 96 “Handling a Read”. This is a Remimeo release, meaning free for distribution and copying. It was distributed through including it in various course packs and other ways. Notices found in this release tell amongst other: “Excerpted from LRH lecture on 12 November 1975, New Vitality Rundown Lecture 14. The lectures are restricted to Flag auditors only, but the following data is applicable to all metered auditing and is therefore issued broadly as an HCOB.”. It is not really clear to me why this had to be released as late as 1996. When I go through the HCOB it gives strongly the impression to be L. Ron Hubbard's way of lecturing. But can it be dated positively at 1975? Some questions remain to be answered. Just because some little piece of information surfaces at some place, it does not automatically mean that everything that comes along with it or has been part of some tale, that this has to be accepted as authentic as well.

‘Snow White Program’  (Apr 73)  & ‘Operation Freakout’  (Apr 76)

• Ethics and justice A.D. 1970
• ‘Snow White Program’ (Apr 73)
• Operation ‘Freakout’ (Apr 76)

Various operations are said to have been executed by the Guardian Office (for deescription see page “The last stand to safeguard Scientology: The Guardian Office”, see here (separate window). In particular 2 of them have received a bad reputation and appear widely being referred to and presented on the Internet at a variety of places. So these are the ones to briefly address here. The details about these are said to have come to light because of the FBI raids on the Scientology's headquarters in Washington, DC and Los Angeles (including the Guardian Office) on 7 July 1977. A variety of these papers were entered into court which made them accessible to the public. We find scannings of these actual documents on the Internet although some of these are of rather poor quality and hard to decipher.

The Guardian Office as time went by would have gotten involved with illegal activities may be not as early as 1973, but various occurrences may have lead to that what happened in the few years following. Different answers can be given for the reason why this would have evolved like that. It simply could have become corrupted all by itself. The publication ‘What Is Scientology?’ (1992 edition), says on page 508 that it “had become entirely autonomous, operating without regard to Mr. Hubbard's policies”. But what if it would have been a carefully calculated infiltration attempt executed by outsiders making then the Guardian Office appear as if being criminal, which then would give government agencies (such as the FBI) a carte blanche to raid the organization. Further developments then would have made it possible to effectively overthrow the Guardian Office, the entity that had been created solely for the purpose of protecting the organization from amongst other infiltration. The time coincidence of all this is rather interesting.

 
Ethics and justice A.D. 1970

Once there was something called fair game that came into being (1965). The reason for that was essentially that the organization was suffering serious attacks. A rapid means of action was sought for. This was all put down by 1968 for various reasons. In brief this is addressed here (separate window).

Ethics is defined as something that is done by the person him or herself. It turns to justice when some other (or group) has to put in ethics on someone else for the sake of some individual or group.

Obviously there is a practical side to all this. One should defend oneself, but one should not be inconsiderate either. Originally issued at the St-Hill organization in England, the ‘Manual of Justice’ was reissued in Denmark in 1972.

In 1966 the Guardian Office had been established. Its duty was basically to protect the Scientology organization. It dealt with external affairs involving information, legal, public relation, and finance. There was also the matter of guarding oneself in regards to infiltration. These were the measures that were taken to counteract the corruption of so to say the technology of Scientology (see HCO PL 1 Sept 69 “Counter-Espionage”). Previously there was no need for such a separate entity such as the Guardian Office, but at this time it was evidently judged that now there was. During the late ’60s the lines were set up of how this Guardian Office would operate and do its duty of guardianship. Various policy letters also were written and issued to make known these lines and also to explain the existence and the duties of this Guardian Office. These are found in various policy letters issued during that time (see ‘The Organization Executive Course: Executive Division 7’ (1974 release), department 20 section on especially pages 490 to 506).

By 1970 things had cooled down and other objectives got once again promoted: “The enemy attacks are yesterday's news. He's dead. Now you HAVE TO OPEN UP YOUR AREA AND GO GO GO!”  LRH  (from ‘LRH ED 120 Int’, 27 Aug 70 “Auditors Association Project in YOUR AREA For Class IV Orgs”).

 
‘Snow White Program’ (Apr 73)

“GUARDIAN'S ORDERS – These are issued by the Guardian's Office to its staffs. They contain policy, programs, orders, directions. They do not retire. They are usually issued by the Controller or Guardian but can be issued by Deputy Guardians and Assistant Guardians if they so state but no Assistant or Deputy Guardian may issue any order on their own–it must be from the Controller or Guardian or in their name and by their authority. They apply to Guardian staffs and are filed by Guardian Offices.”          LRH
(from HCO PL 24 Sept 70 “Issues – Types of”)

There was in fact very good reason for executing such a program. Omar V. Garrison discusses this in great detail in a chapter in his book “Playing Dirty” (Published 1980). The applicable chapter would be “4. The ‘Mystery Ship’ Apollo” (consult here, pop-up window). Efforts may have been made by various government agencies (US in particular) to get the vessel Apollo banlisted in the various ports while spreading rumours and false reports. It in fact forced them to finally go in land and create the Flag Land Base as they had by then been banlisted by all ports in the Caribbean. (see for more details chapter on this page entitled “Why ‘Flag Land Base’? (Sept 73-Nov 75)”, last section “‘Playing Dirty’”).

Who wrote ‘Guardian Order 732’, 20 Apr 73 “Snow White Program”?

	It has been claimed that L. Ron Hubbard had written the program for this during the time that he was unavailable and out of reach to anyone this during 4 Dec 72 to mid-Sept 73. This is amongst other claimed by Jim Dincalci (a Flag Medical Officer) who was one of the persons that is said to have stayed with him during the entirety of this time period (source: Confidential debrief, Jim Dincalci, dated 2 Jan 75). An additional name that comes forward is Paul Preston that is said to have served as steward and body guard for L. Ron Hubbard during this same time period (he was previously a green Beret in the US army with the rank of sergeant and had later joined special forces).
	There is this scanning of this Guardian Order that is found at some places posted on some websites. It reportedly counts 26 pages, however only 25 pages appear available. The missing page, the very last page (page 26) that would have shown the authorship is for some unaccounted for reason not presented! As per HCO PL 24 Sept 70 “Issues – Types of” these Guardian Orders as a rule may not have been written nor devised by L. Ron Hubbard (see quotation at the beginning of this chapter).
	Then there exists an additional Guardian Order issued by Fred Hare (Assistant Guardian): ‘GO 1206’, 22 June 1974 “The Snow White Program”. Fred Hare does attribute the program as written by L. Ron Hubbard as well as choosing the name for the program. Consult here (pop-up window).
	It has to be confirmed though that the assumption of Fred Hare was indeed correct, for which reason this page 26 of the respective Guardian Order must be presented prior to attributing a particular authorship. Within the organization it is rather persistent as if L. Ron Hubbard had written and devised literally éverything, and this therefore is often assumed at forehand, which later rather frequently has been shown to be incorrect. You see, L. Ron Hubbard was just not in the habit of writing Guardian Orders, Flag Program Orders and that sort of thing (GO 1206 wasn't written ‘by’ him and not even ‘for’ him). The occasions that he did are thus very rare. Even for issue-types like Flag Orders it appears that very many of them were actually written by other persons than L. Ron Hubbard, the same goes for Base Orders and Flag Base Orders. I worked in the Mimeo area for a while and this is what I am accustomed to see.

This Snow White Program initiative appears presented unfavourably out on the Internet at various places. It is seen by these as some sort of ‘conspiracy against governments’. In reality as far as I can adjudicate from its targets, the actual plan, the Ideal Scene it aimed to achieve, and the actual situation that the Scientology organization was facing, it was rather a matter of defence and self-preservation. Considering:
	(1)	that nothing directly can be pointed out to be wrong or illegal about the Snow White Program itself;
	(2)	that there is sufficient with reason presented to have and execute such a program;
	(3)	that purposely various of the targets contained in the Snow White Program and/or the program itself are portrayed as something immoral or presented with bad associations/interpretations on various places out on the Internet, when these claims can not actually be substantiated with fact strictly per the written materials and the information available at hand, and;
	(4)	that authorship or co-authorship of L. Ron Hubbard of the Snow White Program can not properly be confirmed from scannings of the printed materials themselves as the last page with the signatures is conveniently absent.
In spite of that it appears introduced at Wikipedia as if (underlining is mine) “Operation Snow White was a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard.” (consult here (last checked: 20 June 2021)). The listed operation targets that we find in this Snow White Program however simply fail to justify that notion. If there were any illegal or criminal actions involved surely the operation targets nor the Guardian Order could be blamed for that occurrence.
Then we find that this same article at Wikipedia lists under “Background” that (underlining is mine) “Around this time L. Ron Hubbard himself wrote Guardian Order 732,[12]”. Ironically the Wikipedia reference given at “12.” links to thís website?! How does thís website support the notion as if L. Ron Hubbard “himself” would have written GO 732?

Is there anyone out there that has all of the pages (including very last page with signatures) of ‘Guardian Order 732’, 20 Apr 73 “Snow White Program” and in better quality? Please contact me!

 
Operation ‘Freakout’ (Apr 76)

May be the name of this particular operation has been inspired by the debut lp (1966) of the Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) of the same name? Well, who knows...!

There are some inconsistencies to be found with this Operation Freakout from 1976 in regards to the actual claimed personal involvement of L. Ron Hubbard with it. The operation itself however, after going over these actual documents, may be found harder (or rather impossible) to actually defend.

The infamous Operation Freakout is said to have been devised on 1 April 1976 by the aforesaid Guardian Office. Its “Major Target” was “To get P.C. incarcerated in a mental institution or jail, or at least to hit her so hard that she drops her attacks.” (P.C. then would be Paulette Cooper). If these documents that surfaced at the FBI raid indeed are authentic then it is rather nasty. It lays out in minute detail how one is to impersonate Paulette Cooper, by having another person dress like here, imitating her looks (hairdo), to then act drunk or paranoid in public, and making believe that this is Paulette Cooper. Further to imitate her voice while making various threats by phone, and putting together a faked message (bomb threat) by cutting and pasting text from particular magazines that Paulette easily could be associated with.

This Operation Freakout first needed an approval (in CSW* form) before it could be executed. The attached CSW noted as data: “PC has been arrested before for Bomb threats against the C of S. We reinforce this background and get her committed.”. The approval for the plan to frame Paulette Cooper came on 5 April 1976. Some additions were added, new CSW attached which got then approved on 13 April 1976. These given approvals are interesting as these are signed with an ‘R’. At various places on the Internet I have seen that it is claimed that this would be L. Ron Hubbard that personally had approved all this. This however is indeed a very silly claim. For (1) approval lines within the Scientology organization follow an exact routing (list of particular persons/terminals indicated in the upper left corner of such a document), and L. Ron Hubbard is not among these 3 terminals that are listed; (2) it is not in the handwriting of L. Ron Hubbard; (3) there is nothing that indicate that L. Ron Hubbard would have been involved with the operations of the Guardian Office in person, also because this was ‘for’ or ‘by’ the Controller or Guardian (see HCO PL 24 Sept 70 “Issues – Types of”); (4) many during that time were imitating the mannerisms of L. Ron Hubbard, by imitating his ways and also writing just an ‘R’ for signature. It is noted that the 5 April 1976 approval note has in fact 2 different persons signing with just an ‘R’! One of these R's in fact appears to be a ‘Randy’.

I would personally judge that this Operation Freakout appears to be of a rather infantile nature. What were some people actually thinking here? If you get involved with such things then sooner or later it will backfire. On the other hand I find it equally infantile to (without proper verification) to just always try to make an association for L. Ron Hubbard's personal involvement for any that may have occurred! One may wonder then why he at various occasions personally had to interfere to get something corrected because some individuals had gone off the rails once again and had started to do something they were not supposed to (for relevant reading material consult here –“Inventing the wheel all over again”–, separate window). People do as people do.

This Operation Freakout by the way, as has been reported, was never actually executed. Only some papers (plans) telling these things had been found when the Guardian Office got raided in July 1977. Either way it would make for a good excuse to actually execute a raid. Various people however seem to believe that it actually was executed. Well, then, please verify your data! Even Paulette Cooper's ‘Harassment Diary’ (1982) makes no mention that she has been subjected to these exact things that this Operation Freakout plan tells about. Per the data at hand it appears so that the raid of July 1977 pulled the documents before they could have been executed, but more likely it had been abandoned. Please note that I have seen many projects/missions and so on, approved or not, being abandoned prior to actual execution. Please let's be a bit realistic about these matters. The papers that are being presented do not show any mission successfully completed and/or any debrief notices! (these are standard mission procedures) If it was executed, these would have been found during the 1977 raid! But they have not...

An L. Ron Hubbard that is drastically changing his working operation? (establishing an unit that wrote LRH issues)  (1973-82)

L. Ron Hubbard had always been writing his own references. But some changes in that were to occur. Besides an L. Ron Hubbard that seems to be withdrawing from the public view, he now also appears to be changing the setup of how he wrote his own references.

Lines were being setup that other people would start to write his references for him!

	“So technical progress has been:
	CLASS VIII - 1968.
	COMPLETE DIANETICS - 1969.
	COMPLETE SCIENTOLOGY - 1970.
	This is quite an achievement.”          LRH (from ‘LRH ED 117 Int’, 26 Aug 70 “Current Cases”)

See, one would figure here that this would have reduced the workload quite a bit. Freeing up time to do other things. But no, suddenly and in this instance of time we go into the direction that other people would start to get involved in writing the references for L. Ron Hubbard that then factually would be published under the name of L. Ron Hubbard.

The question may be should be asked here if it would not be possible that lines were being setup that in some way would make it appear as if L. Ron Hubbard still would be amongst us when he wasn't. This is something that the reader has to figure out for him/herself. What we however have are a whole variety of indications and tales being told as well. Now how do we put these together in such a way that they all add up and start to actually make sense. See, I just couldn't have written these lines if there were not sufficient with indicators.

A redefinition of PTS  or  How the condition turned from handling in auditing to a matter of concern for ethics (Aug 73)

During 1950 and at least 1969, as can be clearly seen from the writings of Scientology, the condition of PTS was without question something that would be dealt with and ultimately was handled in auditing.

HCOB 10 Aug 73 “PTS Handling” changed all of that. It was as if the auditing solution got washed out in this reference. A curious reference as it was published at a time that L. Ron Hubbard wasn't available and no one seemed to know where he was or what he doing. And in that absence such a radical change was pushed through changing the original cure of how a PTS person was evaluated and send to the auditing room.

Restricting the freedom of the auditor (1):  Demand for ordination  (Sept 73)

“It is a science of mind and needs about as much licensing and regulation as the application of the science of physics.”          LRH
(from ‘Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health’; Book Three: Therapy; Chapter I: The Mind's Protection; 1950, 1973 edition, p168)

“The subject owes no allegiance to anyone but itself. It has no commitments to anyone. It has no politics. It belongs to those who use it.”          LRH
(from HCOB 22 May 69 “Dianetics, Its Background”)

	“All Auditors must hold a valid Certificate of Ordination in order to practice auditing, whether for a Church, a Mission or as an independent missionary in the field.
	The Certificate granted upon completion of any training course (HDC or above) does not entitle one to practice pastoral counselling (auditing) unless the individual satisfactorily completes the requirements for Ordination and has in fact been ordained. ...
	Upon proof of ordination, he is granted permission to practice by the local Church.”         Robert H. Thomas, Deputy Guardian US (from HCO PL 24 Sept 73 III “All Auditors - Ministers, Ministerial Board of Review”)

A reference not actually written by L. Ron Hubbard. And a first time ever to have such a restriction on actual auditing taking place.

The era of adoration celebrates its birth  or  The presentation of L. Ron Hubbard through the years  (Sept 73-present)

Pretty much during the first 23 years there had been a particular focus on the subject matter itself. There were no biographies or autobiographies around. The indications are that attempts to forward or promote the person L. Ron Hubbard was counteracted by L. Ron Hubbard himself.

And when this all changed, it changed completely and abruptly. Why is that? The question is thus if there is more than just one story to tell here? There are various areas we can look into.

And where is his family to be found in all this? The Church of Scientology appears to have banned the lot of them. The question is why?

See full overview of these at link here below:  (separate window)
	“The era of adoration celebrates its birth (Sept 73-present)  or The presentation of L. Ron Hubbard through the years”

The establishment of the ‘Rehabilitation Project Force’ (RPF)  (Jan 74)

This is a rather disreputed part of the senior organization of the Church of Scientology referred to as the Sea Organization. So-called a redemption unit. You had done something wrong and here you could make up the damage and improve yourself, at least this is what is being told about it. A problem is that the RPF came about when the Sea Org had made their preparation to abandon ship and going ashore. It had started with the establishment of the Flag Service Organization in September 1973. Considering that the RPF was established January 1974 it rather seriously starts to make you wonder why you are having this RPF if you are going ashore?

You see, at sea, different rules apply in regards to safety. A little mistake from a crewmember could jeopardize the life and safety of every person on that vessel. At sea you simply have to be alert to matters. A ship can actually sink. Prior to the establishment of the RPF you had things like Rocks and Shoals, Mud Box Brigade and Rehabilitation Unit, but these were for use on a ship at sea! The RPF then would be a continuation of these same things, but... while you are onshore? Why? Where is that good for? Were they afraid the shore is going to sink into the sea?

The ‘Primary Rundown’  vs  The incidence of a technical slip  (Apr 72-Aug 74)

The slip being that this action was allowed to go into OBLIVION.

• HCOB 4 Apr 72 “Tech Div Primary Rundown” introduced this new action.
• HCOB 13 Aug 72R (Corrected and Reissued 15 Aug 72) “Fast Flow Training” established what was to be considered Fast Flow Training from there on out.
• HCO PL 31 Aug 74, Issue II “Fast Flow Training Reinstated” acted against the value of the Primary Rundown and the in 1972 established definition of Fast Flow Training. That which this HCO PL set forth was never counteracted. This HCO PL was issued as if written by L. Ron Hubbard, which authorship already 2 years later officially was denounced.

Today the Primary Rundown seems to have been sort of replaced by the later released Key to Life (1981, public release: 1990), and possibly by the Standard Study Tech Drills (as part of the Golden Age of Tech evolution, 1996). Today the Primary Rundown is referred to as something that is announced to be released (since 1995, see any Grade Chart to date), which still has not occurred now 12 years later when I write this. My analysis of the Primary Rundown and anything that relates to it can be consulted here (separate window).

Either way the Primary Rundown dilemma and how it has been dealt with make for a rather strong case concerning the whereabouts of L. Ron Hubbard or in regards to what he was doing or rather not doing.

The significance of GPM's in regards to the reactive mind dismissed  (Jun 75)

“The basis of the reactive mind is the actual Goals Problem Masses (GPMs).”          LRH
(from HCOB 17 Oct 64 III “Clearing, Why It Works, How It Is Necessary”)

This is the matter of that an incomplete definition of the reactive mind had found its way to be included in that which was supposed to be a major technical dictionary: ‘Dianetics and Scientology: Technical Dictionary’ (Jun 75). Whereas it thus far was found fully defined in a minor dictionary: ‘Scientology Abridged Dictionary’ (1965). This latter publication was in use during 1965-80 in which time frame it was printed and reprinted 19 times (lastly in December 1980).

The following year it was then discontinued and accordingly we see the release of a replacement for this minor dictionary issued as ‘Basic Dictionary of Dianetics and Scientology’ (1981), and this has been in use ever since in various forms. The significance here is that GPM's had been removed from the definition of the reactive mind. In addition it had also removed the entry GPM itself. Thus this instance in time signifies that no complete definition of the reactive mind was found in any since then in use dictionary. Which is a shame considering the obvious importance of GPM's in regards to the reactive mind. In essence this could be considered being a technical degrade for reason that it is vital to have a proper and for all complete concept of what the reactive mind presents, this as early on as possible.

“REACTIVE MIND:  That portion of a person's mind which works on a stimulus-response basis (given a certain stimulus, it gives a certain response) which is not under his volitional control and which exerts force and the power of command over his awareness, purposes, thoughts, body and actions. It consists of GPMs, Engrams, Secondaries and Locks.”

“GPM:  Means Goals Problem Mass. A GPM is composed of mental masses and significances which have an exact pattern, unvarying from person to person, whose significances dictate a certain type of behaviour and whose masses, when pulled in on the individual, cause psychosomatic effects, such as illness, pains or feelings of heaviness and tiredness.”
(both quotations from ‘Scientology Abridged Dictionary’ (in use 1965-80))

Vocabulary:

     ..R, ..RA, ..RB (etc) or #R, #RA (etc):
For example: ‘HCO PL 24 Sept 70R’ & ‘HCO PL 24 Sept 70RA’, etc. The given date denotes the first time it has been published in issue-form. The R, RA indication may also follow after an issue-number. The R stands for ‘Revision’ and would refer to that it has been revised since it was first published. If it is revised a 2nd time it is indicated as RA, a 3rd time RB, then RC, and so on.
     audit, auditing, auditor:
The application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor (listener). The goal of the auditor is to make the receiver of the auditing look at incidents and reduce the mental charge which may lay upon them. The auditor may not evaluate and has to adhere to the Auditor's code.
     C/S:
‘Case/Supervisor’.  1. That person in a Scientology Church who gives instructions regarding, and supervises the auditing of preclears. The abbreviation C/S can refer to the Case Supervisor or to the written instructions of a case supervisor depending on context. (BTB 12 Apr 72R)  2. The C/S is the case supervisor. He has to be an accomplished and properly certified auditor and a person trained additionally to supervise cases. The C/S is the auditor's “handler.” He tells the auditor what to do, corrects his tech, keeps the lines straight and keeps the auditor calm and willing and winning. The C/S is the pc's case director. His actions are done for the pc. (Dianetics Today, Bk. 3, p. 545)
     CSW:
‘Completed Staff Work’. An assembled package of information on any given situation, plan or emergency forwarded to me sufficiently complete to require from me only an “approved” or “disapproved.”It (1) states the situation, (2) gives all the data necessary to its solution, (3) advices a solution, and (4) contains a line for approval or disapproval.
     Expanded Dianetics (Ex Dn, XDN):
(1) “its results are freedom from cruel impulses and chronic unwanted conditions and ability to act in an optimum manner without restraint.”;  (2) about the course: “Trains a person to understand and handle irrational behavior in others and chronic unwanted conditions.” (What Is Scientology? (1978), p 10 & 12)
     Free Zone:
Free Zone generally is regarded being those groups (as in plural) that practice Scientology outside of the control of the official Church of Scientology. Various of these groups may have their personal approach about how to use the Scientology technology. See also my note here (separate window). 
    HCO PL:
‘Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letter’. Color flash–green ink on white paper. Written by LRH only, but only so starting from January 1974. These are the organizational and administrative issue line. For more information go here (separate window).
     LRH:
An usual abbreviation for ‘L. Ron Hubbard’.
     LRH ED:
‘L. Ron Hubbard Executive Directive’. Earlier called SEC EDs (Secretarial EDs). These are issued by LRH to various areas. They are not valid longer than one year if fully complied with when they are automatically retired. They otherwise remain valid until fully complied with or until amended or cancelled by another LRH ED. They carry current line, projects, programs, immediate orders and directions. They are numbered for area and sequence for the area and are sent to staffs or specific posts in orgs. They are blue ink on white paper with a special heading. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R)
     org(s):
Short for ‘organization(s)’.
     ‘The Organization Executive Course’:
Subtitled in the 1970-74 release: ‘An Encyclopedia of Scientology Policy’. This is a series of books that contain the HCO PLs, and any references that are primarily dealing with administrative matters. They are divided up division wise. The HCO PLs are printed in green ink on white paper, and the volumes themselves come in green bindings. These books may also be referred to as the ‘green volumes’ or even ‘OEC volumes’. The ‘old green volumes’ then would refer to the 1970-74 release, the ‘new green volumes’ instead to the 1991 release. See a listing of published volumes here (pop-up window).
     preclear (pc):
1. A person who, through Scientology processing, is finding out more about himself and life. (The Phoenix Lectures, p. 20)  2. A spiritual being who is now on the road to becoming Clear, hence preclear. (HCOB 5 Apr 69)  3. One who is discovering things about himself and who is becoming clearer. (HCO PL 21 Aug 62)
     Rundown:
A series of steps which are auditing actions and processes designed to handle a specific aspect of a case and which have a known end phenomena. Example: Introspection Rundown. (LRH Def. Notes)  As a rule this mostly works as a corrective action and not as a mandatory part of the Bridge.
     Sec Check(ing):
Short for ‘security check(ing)’.
     squirrel:
Going off into weird practices or altering Scientology. (HCO PL 7 Feb 65, Keeping Scientology Working)
     ‘The Technical Bulletins of Dianetics and Scientology’:
This is a series of books that contain the HCOBs, and any references that are primarily dealing with technical matters. The HCOBs are printed in red ink on white paper, and the volumes themselves come in red bindings. The references are arranged in chronological release order (per issue date). These books may also be referred to as the ‘red volumes’. The ‘old red volumes’ then would refer to the 1976-80 release, the ‘new red volumes’ instead to the 1991 release. See a listing of published volumes here (pop-up window).