TAPES AFTER 1972

   
  There are no other lectures listed after this in the flag master list. The master list was distributed in 1978, but it may have been compiled earlier and its purpose was to locate old missing tapes.

There are some taped lectures after this but I do not have a complete list. There is a rumor that some of Ron's briefings or instuctions to SO members were taped. This might include orders for bulletins and policies to be written, etc. (but not simple orders - those came out daily in the Orders of the Day (OODs)).

Two lectures of 1972 and one of 1973 are transcribed in the Data Series.

--- 1972 ----

> SO 2 JAN Evaluation (transcribed in Data series 41R)
> SO 18 May Current and Future Operations Actions
(transcribed in data series 42R)

--- 1973 ----

> SO 27 Sep Programs Bureau And FB Lines Functions
(FB = Flag Bureau)(transcribed in data series 43R)

--- 1976 ----

> 24 Nov Ron's Journal 28


This was a general message to Sea Org orgs and it had the peculiarity of having a general section and then a custom section that was specific to each org so that AO and ASHO versions, for example, have different custom sections. The tape was not very long and didn't really say much of note (it pretty much matched info letters of the time period). It did not strike me as bogus (the later RJs did) and might have been the last tape actually recorded by Ron before he disappeared into Northern California.

--- later tapes ----

The cassette "Books Make Booms" issued around 1980 was not a lecture by Ron, but simply a recording of various SO speakers at an event.

There were Ron's Journal 36 to 39 issued in December of each year from 1982 to 1985. These don't sound quite right and there have been rumors on the internet that these fail a voice print analysis and are not actually by Ron.




[I recieved a note from an old Sea Org member about tapes after 1972. Apparently there were a few lectures after this and the flag master list simply used it as a cut off date. -The Pilot] Excerpts from the note (author's name withheld) -

"Over 30 of us attended the Flag Bureau lecture (27 Sep 73) on board the Apollo.

"The 5 Sep 71 lecture "Talk on a Basic Qual" was only given to a small group in LRH's office on the Prom Deck of the Apollo.

"There were other taped conferences - he did not tape orders, these were in the OODs (Orders Of the Day) which came out daily - early in the morning.

"Sometimes orders were issued on an FBDL (blue on white), only LRH wrote these."
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