No one is allowed to slow in any way a person desiring to join the Sea Organization, if he is qualified as per Flag Order l186. To do so is considered Suppressive.
You do need Ethics Clearance from Ethics International but this is obtained in a very exact and very speedy fashion: as soon as you have requested and obtained clearance at your local org (which the Ethics Officer there is obliged to handle immediately) your E.O. then telexes the International Ethics Officer at Saint Hill in England. This telex is handled immediately at St Hill by International Ethics and the reply comes back Yes or No within 2 days — No should be 24 hours.
If the answer is No, International Ethics is obliged to state the reason why.
There are 8 possible reasons for negative reply:
1. Past enrolment in a Suppressive group.
2. This lifetime Suppressive Order on you.
3. Record of Institutionalization.
4. Criminal record within 5 years.
5. Broken contracts in Scientology.
6. Unpaid debts still unpaid.
7. A large, consistently poor and unchanging file.
8. Draft dodging.
THERE ARE NO OTHER REASONS FOR ETHICS DISQUALIFICATION.
Therefore, if you do not have any of these 8 you can count on receiving an OK from International Ethics within 48 hours.
IF YOU DO NOT, then telex or telegram personally, yourself, directly to CS-1 Aide c/o OTL WW, giving basic data and requesting help. You can be sure then: (1) that you will get action (2) that anybody down the line who failed to get your clearance handled is in trouble.
If there is a comm lag of more than 24 hours it means we are at sea. Stay calm — we will soon hit port for fuel and water.
The same applies in your local org — if you are slowed down in any way from getting clearance, telex or cable me directly giving the name of the Ethics Officer, the name of the HCO Area Sec, and the name of the HCO Exec Sec, if you know them. They are all in trouble if you have actually been stopped.
A negative reply to request for clearance can, if unjust, be petitioned by mail to CS-1 Aide c/o OTL WW, Saint Hill. Give all the facts.
As you wish to join us, we will protect you.