Mark Plummer: SO ED 68 US
19 April 2006
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Scientology's often repeated claim of "eight million" members is a complete fabrication.
Excerpt from Sea Organization Executive Directive Number 68 for the United States:
SO ED 68 US 5 January 1975
HIGHLY COMMENDED
January 1st, 1975 marked the beginning of ASHO's Golden
Era of Tech in that the Sea Org overcoming a number of hairy
situations, in true Sea Org style, mailed the Auditor with the
new 1975 Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart to
216,701 CF public on time all at once.
The crew who assisted in this All Hands are HIGHLY
COMMENDED and are as follows: (* denotes those who put in
extra work to get the Auditor mailed.)
In 1983 I held the position of Address Officer/Computer I/C ASHO Day. At that time — 8 years after the date of the above SO ED — ASHO's CF (central files) consisted of a total of 250,000 names.
Here's the breakdown of the list:
180,000 had either bought a book or had only done an introductory or "basic course"
25,000 individuals were either "ad unk" (address unknown) or had been "dead filed" (were on the list but were not sent any mailings)
45,000 had completed a "major service" (training and/or auditing)
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"Scientology: it's about deception."
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