It has just come to my attention that HCOB 9 December 1971RA and HCOB 6 October 1974, which were written by then CS-4, restricted,. PTS handling and Vital Info RD to Expanded Dianetics which is a false position.

The PTS Checksheet is Board Policy Letter 31 May 1971RB. That checksheet MUST be studied and passed by ALL staff concerned with PTS handling whether in HCO or in Div 4 or Div 5. In short, THAT is the actual position on the grade chart or in classes of the PTS Rundown.

When listing has to be done to handle a PTS person or to find a why or who, on PTS RDs or anything else, it is dangerous for anyone but a Class IV who has been interned to do it. THAT is a matter of who can do listing. It is NOT a matter of where the pc is on the grade chart.

YOU HAVE TO HANDLE THOSE WHO ARE PTS AS PTSes BEFORE YOU CAN AUDIT THEM SUCCESSFULLY.

ANYONE HANDLING PTS PEOPLE MUST HAVE PASSED AND BEEN CERTIFIED ON THE PTS CHECKSHEET, BPL 31 May 1971RB.

The errors put in these two HCOBs have caused orgs and the field to fill up with PTSes which went unhandled. You cannot audit a PTS person on anything but what handles PTSness.

The HCOBs are being reissued as HCOB 9 December 1971RB and HCOB 6 October 1974R to correct the error of placing PTS RD in Expanded Dianetics where it does not belong and placing the Vital Info RD in Expanded Dianetics.

A mission that worked more than a year correcting HCOBs that were marked as written by me but weren’t and reissuing as Board Technical Bulletins missed these. They otherwise did well. The person who wrote the originals found them and called it to attention as an error.

PLEASE CORRECT THIS IN ALL PACKS.