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HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
HCO POLICY LETTER OF 5 MARCH 1965
Issue II
Remimeo
POLICY: SOURCE OF
According to Webster's New World Dictionary:
POLICY: Political wisdom or cunning; diplomacy; prudence; artfulness.
Wise, expedient or crafty conduct or management. Any governing
principle, plan or course of action.
The last definition is the one we use.
According to the World Book Encyclopaedia Dictionary, the one we most
use (published by Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, Merchandise
Mart Plaza, Chicago, 54, Illinois, USA):
POLICY: A plan of action; way of management. Practical wisdom;
prudence. Political skill or shrewdness. Obsolete-the conduct of public
affairs; government.
The sense in which we use policy is the rules and administrative
formulas by which we agree on action and conduct our affairs.
A "policy letter" is one which contains one or more policies and their
explanation and application.
It is issued by the Hubbard Communications Office, is written by L. Ron
Hubbard or written (more rarely) for him, has the agreement of the
International Board and is basic organizational law in organizations.
A "policy letter" is not Scientology org policy unless written or
authorized by L. Ron Hubbard and passed as a resolution or covered by
blanket resolution of the International Board and issued or published by an
HCO. It is not policy if any of those steps are missing.
The International Board is composed of three Board Members, L. Ron
Hubbard, Chairman, Mary Sue Hubbard, Secretary, and Marilynn Routsong,
Treasurer. It is the controlling board of Scientology.
The Chairman, Hubbard Communications Office and HCO Secretaries and
staffs compose Division I of the International Board and all orgs.
The Secretary and all Organization Secretaries (US and Saint Hill) or
Association Secretaries (Commonwealth and South Africa) and their staffs
compose Division 2 of the International Board and all orgs.
The Treasurer, Assistant Treasurers, all accounting executives, and
assistants for Materiel and their staffs compose Division 3 of the
International Board and all orgs.
Policy for all divisions and orgs is made as above.
There are no other boards or board members, individual board members,
officers or secretaries with the power of issuing policy. Boards issue
Resolutions. Individual board members or officers can issue directives,
general orders, and orders. These expire if not re-issued as policy.
Other officers issue Administrative Directives in place of policy
letters but these may only forward policy.
Secretarial Executive Director orders apply mainly to personnel or local
conditions, expire in one year if not stated to expire earlier, may only
last one year in any event.
Policy letters apply broadly to all orgs and Scientologists without
exception.