FLAG BUREAUX DATA LETTERS

1. issued by a Flag Executive to COs/EDs, FRs and Flag execs. Their purpose is to inform executives. May contain news, forewarnings of traffic loads, expansions, PR interest items. Essentially they are newsletters. They are numbered. Printed in black ink on white paper. (Formerly they were blue ink on white paper). (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) 2. FBDLs after this date will be used, as originally intended, to give executives data. And Aides Orders will be used for evaluations and will only be distributed on Flag for operational use. (FBDL 189) 3. they may not contain orders or evaluations. They may be written by any Commodore's Staff, Office of LRH or FB executive. (CBO 48R) 4. issue to advise bureau executives on Flag and in continental offices of current area evaluations and planning. (OODs 14 Nov 70) Abbr. FBDLs