CONDITIONS ORDER

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1. any executive may assign any condition and improve any condition he assigns to any person immediately junior to him on his command channel or within his own office or area. To assign or improve a condition it is only necessary to write the order and send it to Mimeo or the Duplication Unit which duplicates it and sends the copies to Dir. Comm for issue. An order so issued is called a Conditions Order and is published on the divisional flash paper not goldenrod. Where a mimeo or duplication line jams, an executive may post the order in his own handwriting on theget: if I could just then we could staff notice board, filing two copies with the and so accomplish_. This is all right of course until it gets unreal. There is a whole class of conditional targets that have no if in them. These are legitimate targets. They have lots of will in them: "We willand then." A valid conditional target would be "We will go there and see if the area is useful." All conditional targets are basically actions of gathering data first and if it is okay, then go into action on a vital target and operating target basis. (HCO PL 16 Jan 69)

2. those which set up either/or to find out data or if a project can be done or where or to whom. (HCO PL 24 Jan 69)

3. a survey of what's needed or feasible. Survey of what's wanted and needed. (HCO PL 18 Jan 69 II)