HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE (1)

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the division of a Scientology organization (Division 1) which is responsible for the hiring of personnel, forwarding of incoming and outgoing communications and maintaining ethics and justice among Scientologists on staff and in the area. HCO was originally a separate company which was the worldwide communications network for Dianetics and Scientology. It was incorporated into Scientology organizations as Division 1 in 1965 and the name HCO was retained as the name of this division. See also ethics and justice in this glossary.

—Staff Status II Glossary, Approved late Sept. 1990