CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S INFORMATION REPORTING, REPORTS AND REQUIREMENTS (IRRR) COURSE NO. 55

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• Publication Date: June 25, 1965

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SUBJECT Central Intelligence Agency's Informa-
tion Reporting, Reports and Require-
ments .(IRRR) Course No. 55
DATE OF 7-25 June 1965
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PLACE & United States, Virginia.
DATE ACQ. (25 June 1965)
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THIS is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
=Am A compentent American observer from a member of the Central Intelligence
Agency's Office of Training who has first hand access to the various courses
of instruction and a personal knowledge of the Clandestine Services. His
reporting on matters pertaining to the Office of Training has been highly
reliable.
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), through its Office Of Training,
presented the Information Reporting, Reports and Requirements (IRRR) Course
Number 55 to seven selected members of its Clandestine Services between 7
through 25 June 1965 at 1000 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia. The
purpose of this course was to prepare these individuals for their duties
in reporting intelligence information. In addition to instructing them on
their reporting duties, the students were given detailed informition on the
functiods of CIA both in the U.S. and abroad.
The IRRR Course No. 55 took place in Room 603 of the 1000 Glebe Road building.
It was one of the courses given by the CIA's Office of Training, part of the
Directorate of Support, which occupies the top five floors Of the building.
The IRRR Course is sponsored by the Headquarters Training Branch of the
Operations School and is presented six times each year. The function of the
Headquarters Training Branch of the Office of Training is to provide advanced
and specialized instruction to members of CIA's Directorate of Plans (DDP)
which is a cover title for the Clandestine Services.
3. The seven CIA employees who constituted the IRRR Course No. 55 were;
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(b)(3)
The Chief Instructor of the IRRR Course was member (b)(3)
of the Office of Training CIA, an experiencelDDP Staff Officer and former
newspaper man, personally conducted the bulk of the training, (b)(3)
but was assisted during the course by other CIA Staff Officers who made
a number of presentations relating to specialized intelligence reporting
subjects. They were:
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The objectives prescribed for IRRR Course NO. 5 were: (1) To study
theory and practice in the collection, communication, appraisal and the
evaluation of intelligence informatiOn; (2) To become familiar with the
production machinery, the procedures and the application of requirements;
and, (3) To acquire proficiency in the collection and the communication
of information through laboratory practices. These objectives were carried
out through the use of lectures, films and practical exercises. The sched-
ule of instruction took place from 9:00 A.M. through 4:50 P.M. daily, ex-
cept Saturdays and Sundays. Throughout the course their-were periods de-
voted to the reading of certain regulations and background material.
These included:
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The course began on Monday, 7 June 1965 with two days of general intro-
ductory material. In addition to describing the aims and the procedures
to be followed during the course, handled the bulk of the in- (b)(3)struotion during these days. The tone.. ror the course was established
by who gave a hne hour and twenty minute presentation entitledp(b)(3)
"Clandestine Services Reporting*" The remainder of the first day was de-
voted to lectures entitled: "Collecting and Commanicating'Information0;
"Observation, Direct and Indirect"; "Effective Organization and Editorial
Appraisal"; "Operations Reporting and Its Use in Appraisal." The second
day started with a two hour lecture by on "Expressive Language.n(b0)
This was followed by a four part training entitled, "Language In
Action" and "Eye of the Beholder." �
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7. On Wednesday, 9 June, the course moved into its second phase which dealt
with the procedures used by the Clandestine Services in the reporting
of information, devoted an entire day to the "Clandestine Ser- (b)(3)
vices Information Report," (Clandestine Services Dissemination Board-
CSDB) which is most frequently used in the routine written reporting of
information from the overseas stations of CIA. He described in detail
the format and proper utilization of this form. He also described such
other s cial reporting forms as the "Memorandum Report." On 10 June,
described the "Cabled Intelligence Reports (Telegraphed Dissem- (b)(3)
ination of the Clandestine Services-TDCS). This was followed by a two
hour presentation by entitled, "The TDCS: Its Handling," (b)(3)
described in detail the organization and functions of the (b)(3)
also described (h)(3)
the newly developed System of reporting which had been devel- (b)(3)
oped during the Dominican Republic crises which took place in Nay 1965.
This system calls for the immediate dissemination of information to
members of the U.S. Intelligence Community and the President by mechan-
ical means directly by mechanical means. The time lapse from its encod-
ing to receipt in the White House was reported as being (W(1)
six minutes. (b)(3)
8. During the afternoon of 10 June, the students received their first pract-
ical exercise. This consisted of taking several prepared fragmentary re-
ports and putting them in final form in accordance with the previous in-
struction on the CSDB. On 11 June a similar exercise was given on the
preparation of the TDCS. These exercises continued into the second week
of the course through 15 June. As a part of these exercises, students
were given a number of authentic CSDB's and TDCS's which they were asked
to edit and rewrite in proper form.
9. From 16 - 18 June student undertook a practical exercise in the collection
and reporting of information. They were instructed to attend any of the
Congressional Hearings which were open to the public and then make a CSDB
on the proceedings. This involved the student going to the Capitol or
the Congressional Office Buildings where they join the audiences for the
hearings, after which they returned to, their classroom and wrote their
information reports based on the notes they had taken p All
students afe individually critiqued on their problems by in his (b)(3)
private office, Room 615B. Additional written problems in e correct
procedures of intelligence reporting were given on 21 June.
10. 22Jme, the course moved into its third and final phase, "Guidance."
gave a series of two lectures: "The Need for Guidance" and "Qua].- (b)(3)
ca ons and Development of Sources." This was followed by a discussion
of "Requirements" and reading of basic requirements regulations. On 23
June there were a series of three lectures devoted to the requirements and
evaluation function: "Functions of a Division Reports and Reauirements
Officer" by "Intelligence Guidance" by and (b)(3)
"Requirements and Evaluation Roundup" by The last two days (b)(3)
of the course were devoted to practical exercises. The first consisted
of writing a CSDB on the IRRR Course No. 55, the second involved the stud-
ent going to his or her parent organization for personal interviews on
the procedures connected with the collection of information and the final
exercise devoted to writing a report describing the entire system of
guidance involved id the production of information eports.
11. The IRRR Course No. 55 was completed on 25 June. At the conclusion students
checked their course materials back to the Chief Instructor. A "Production
Folder" was given to each student at the beginning of the course into which
his finished exeteises were placed. :These were turned over to who (b)(3)
reviews their contents for preparation of the student's evaluation. Each
student was permitted. to keep the notes which they had taken during the
course, but were asked to cograetw,a certification form.
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