The Bulletins related to R6 (Routine 6 or level 6 - The research line leading up to the clearing course) were not initially considered to be confidential and therefore the issues were copyrighted individually. The recent posting of the copyright lists on the net makes it possible to build a composite master list of the materials of this period based on the old and new tech volumes, the old OEC volumes, and the master list of currently acknowledged non-confidential materials which is (or was) available at www.scientology.org.
Note that the GPM materials of this era were originaly labled as Routine 3 (R3), meaning that they were run at level 3 (the highest level at that time). In late 1964, the lineup was extended to 4 levels and most of the R3 processes (except R3R) were moved up to level 4 and renamed R4.
Eventually the bridge expanded again and the GPM materials were moved up to level 6 and the designation R6 came into effect. This eventually led to the R6EW solo process but initially R6 was a co-audited successor to the R3/R4 processes.
When confidentiality was first put in around 1965, the entire GPM research line was treated as confidential. This was soon eased up to allow access to the early R3 materials (processes from R3A up to R3GAXX) and the bulletins on these were included in the old tech volumes (1975 era).
By the time of the New tech volumes (1990 timeframe), the remaining R3/R4 materials (R3M etc.) were declassified and included in the volumes. This included things such as the Helatrobus implant platens which are in new tech volume VII. This was supposedly ordered by Ron back in the late 1970s and at that time the tapes that go along with these materials were put back on the SHSBC.
Although the new tech volumes finally made the R4 materials available, they suffer from a different problem which is that they do not include the historical progression of revisions and replacements which can be found in the old tech volumes. So in the cases where one bulletin replaced another, the older version is not in the new tech volumes, and if it used to be considered confidential, then it is not in the old volumes either even if it is of research interest.
The R6 materials of 1964 remain confidential at this time and appear in neither set of tech volumes. Although the names of the corresponding tapes were in the old tech volumes, the bulletin dates and titles have been unknown until the copyright lists were posted recently.
Note that the tapes of this time period are covered in the tape master list which I issued last year.
The BPLs and BTBs were only used in the early 1970s. At that time, many HCOPLs and HCOBs that were identified as not being by RON were reissued as BPLs or BTBs respectively. Any that are labled that way here were HCOBs etc. at the time they were issued.
r. generally means revised (or reissued). Usually only the last revised date is shown (along with the original date) to avoid presenting a long revision history.
In the few cases where something was issued both as an HCOB and as an HCOPL (to ensure its use in both tech and policy), I have listed it as an HCOB.
In the few cases where an HCOPL appears in the old tech volumes as well as in the old OEC volumes, I have listed it as being in the tech volumes and it can be assumed to be in the OEC as well.
During this time period there was a "reissue" series where older HCOBs, etc. were being reissued as policy. These are listed as Reiss. ## (reissue series number) and the original date will be in parenthesis following the title.
Most series designations such as the KSW Series or FSM series were created in the 1970s and were retrofitted to the older policies, hence there are a few high numbered series designations on these older materials.
What are now called Missions were called Franchises in this time period. Later (after the old OEC volumes were issued) the word Franchise was changed to Mission in those policies.
The HCOIL (Info Letters) were mainly issued in the 1962-4 timeframe. Some ended up in the tech volumes, but most did not. These include the "Ron's Journals" which were informative and give one a feeling for the time period (I read some of them years ago) but do not generally contain any electrifying data. The Info Letteres were discontinued in favor of Executive Letters (HCOEL) in 1964. Those in turn were discontinued in favor of LRH EDs in the late sixties. In all cases the issues are blue on while. There were a set of blue volumes issued around the early eighties, but they only covered LRH EDs and not the earlier ILs and ELs.
There were never more than a handfull of documents issued as oddball types such as Tech Advice Letters.
The notation "canc per OEC" means that they are in the cancelled list at the back of the old OEC volume index but did not have an explicit cancellation reference.
Some titles have been abbreviated.
There may be a few errors, especially in marking C (copyright) on the HCOPLs since there were many in random order in the posted list.
I do not have a complete list of BTBs for this timeperiod, but I believe that there were very few. The OEC provided a complete list of BPLs and there were only a handfull.
There are probably other confidential issues besides those which were copyrighted. I would assume that at a minimum there are grade V and CC materials in 1965. And note that the copyright list also includes registration of packs of materials by year and by level which contained materials in bulk.
Sometimes there is a I, II, III, IV etc. used to distinguish multiple bulletins issued on the same date.
: of research I've yet done."
: activities of auditors and organizations across the world.
--C BTB 14 Jan rings causing "rock slams"
: of Saint Hill students and preclears.
: to students on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course.
: "see-through" meter -- the dial being glass both front and back.
PM- HCOPL 24 Jan II Scientology Library and Research, Ltd.
: released 8 December 1964.
: a gold lapel-sized pin of the Scientology symbol.
: level and grade of release.
: shield is a gold banner with the words "Standard Tech" in red.
P-- HCOPL 12 Dec Correction to PL 6 Nov 64 Corp. Structure W.Hem.
PMC HCOPL 31 Dec III Use of "Dianetics," "Scientology," "Applied Philosophy"
: students who had completed the prerequisite auditing steps.
PMC HCOPL 21 Jan R 5 Apr 65 Vital Data on Promo., The Fundamentals of Promo.
-NC HCOB 25 Jan Definition of "Terminal"
PM- HCOPL 13 Mar III The Structure of Organization, What Is Policy?
P-- HCOPL 23 Apr corr. to PL 8 Apr 65 - canc of mail lists to field aud.
-M- SECED 5 May "Free Memberships for Six Months..."
: auditors LRH was personally training to deliver it.
-M- SECED 10 May Get Your Tech Division In, Fully Manned and Functioning!
: is a gold banner with the words "Standard Tech" in red.
: encircled by a gold wreath.
-M- SECED 4 Jun "All Pcs Undergoing Power Processing..."
: to students at its opening on 27 September 1965.
-M- SECED 2 Nov In HCO Policy Letter..."
-M- HCOEL 4 Nov "I Am Worried about Your Foundation..."
: bracelet of the same design.
P-- HCOPL 31 Dec Corr. to 21 Nov 65 Cheque Signing.
The only reference I know of where Ron actually mentions someone becoming sick from R6 materials is in old tech volume VI as HCOPL of 11 Aug 71 "security of data" which was ammended and reissued 28 Mar 74 and which was taken from and replaces HCOPL 10 Nov 66 which in turn was an excerpt from HCOPL 4 Oct 65 (see the above list) which was confidential. The latest version in the new master list is again 11 Aug 71 without mentioning that it includes later revisions. This is the one that goes "Issued with a small amount of R6 data, three or four persons promply used it ..." which is around on the net in various versions. And so the only policy where Ron tried to justify making the materials confidential was rewritten numerous times and nobody is supposed to see the original. Isn't that interesting.