WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 11

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• Publication Date: March 17, 1959
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ce Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Director of Training$ ONLY
Chief, Operations School
DATE: 17 March 1959
Chief, Headquarters Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 11
7.1 - 17 March 1959
I. SIGNIFICANT ITEM
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A. S T s On 12 March, met with 25X1 A
(OSI) to discuss lecture outlines which the various branches of
OSI have prepared. Outlines have been prepared on the following 25X1A
subjects: Fundamental Scion es Medicine Guided Missiles;
M Conventional
Nuclear Energy. Outlines on
Weapons will be forwarded to Stan upon completion. 25X1A
Stan also received three sketches of charts which the Fundamental
Sciences Division of OSI wishes to have prepared for the April course.
The outlines of the Fundamental Sciences presentation reflects some
change in content from the previous lecture, and the outline of the
Nuclear Energy presentation calls for two additional hours. The
outlines on Medicine and on Guided Missiles conform to the syllabus
objectives. Unfortunately, this report is not as complete as I
would like to see it but I was unable to have it clarified because
of the absence (illness) of 25X1A
B. Faculty Seminars: Work is progressing satisfactorily on
the first of several faculty seminars Mich will comprise a program
recently approved orally by the DTR. Now in its fourth draft, the
CI Seminar will comprise a 40-hour package of instruction,, nddivided
equally between reading and formal presentations.
receive a reading package that will include pertinent policy and
regulatory papers, case histories, and tradeoraft studies. It will
be his responsibility to read these befog the seminar. The seminar
itself will offer 20 hours of lectures, discussions, films and prac-
tical work. At least two tests will be givens the first will test
the students' comprehension of the reading materials; the second,
will be on the seminar content. Since we have spent a considerable
amount of time on preparing this first package I expect that it will 25X1A
usefully serve as a model for the other seminars, including one on
each of the following subjects:
and technical collection, report
We are following our normal planning pattern in assembling the seminars.
This includes the following steps:
1. Statement of Objectives;
2. Preparation of a syllabus; and
3. Pre aration of a Schedule.
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C. Syllabi: We are continuing to work on the preparation
of a syllabus for each of the training courses offered by Head-
quarters Training. Two, S & T and CIO, are nearing completion
and we hope to have these produced by the end of next week's
reporting periods has not begun work on OSLO as 25X1A
yet but she is preparing herself for the task by taking careful
n t content, etc, during the present running of the course.
25X1 A has prepared a very rough draft of some of his
thoughts pertaining to PP but it could not be considered a start
on the final job. I gave him a copy of the OIF syllabus on 16
March to serve as a guide as to the presentations desired. We
hope to have the first draft of the various reporting courses
completed by the end of next week. We do not plan to do one for
CSR.
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II. OTHER ITEMS
A. Cade Refresher Courses Twenty-seven persons attended
the eighteenth session of the Cable Writing Refresher course given
from 0900-1300 hours, 12 March 1959. The enrollment roster received
from the FI training office on 11 March carried 55 names. Of the
28 persons failing to appear, 8 had been enrolled by FE, 8 by EE,
1 by CI Staff, 1 by PPC Staff, 6 by NEA, and 1 by the Office of
Communications. 10 officially cancelled 2 registrations, and the
Office of Communications cancelled 1 registration. This is the
heaviest non-show list since the start of the course. In the
seventeenth session, 49 out of 66 persons enrolled actually attended.
By way of attendance distribution in this course, 6 students were
from FE; 4 from EE; 4 from SR; 1 from I0; 5 from NEA; and 7 from
the Office of Communication. Grades ranged from GS-7 to GS-13,
with an average grade of between GS-10 and GB-11. With but one
exception, the group was attentive from the beginning. Even that
individual by the end of the first hour had become receptive enough
to ask questions with the others. Questioning of the useful sort
came close to extending the schedule into overtime. An attempt
was made to indicate how soundly organized and effectively phrased
cables can save recipients' time and reduce cable traffic; to show
how the cable writer's consideration for technical matters involved
in cabling can reduce cable traffic; and to bring students up-to-
date o format. In two fifty-minute lectures, 0900-1050
hours, chief instructor in Information Reportin 25X1A
Re orts and Requirements, developed the first objective.
Signal Center, talked from 1100-1200 hours on "Technical
Condiderations in Writing Cables." From 1200 to 1250, Miss 25X1A
instructor in IRRR, presented official practices in
"Cable Format."
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F. Headquarters Brie s I gave Glenn's new 25X1 A
executive officer, a thorough briefing on the mission, organization,
functions, accomplishments and future plane of Headquarters Training,
Operations School, on 12 March.
III. ADMINISTRATIVE
A. Securitvs Al]. Headquarters Training personnel were
assembled for a meeting on the new security instructions on
Friday, 13 March. In a brief talk, I explained th letter and 25X1 A
the spirit of the new regulations. OTR Security
Officer, was present and in a brief talk was most complimentary 25X1A
of our security'r a new instructions. That same
evening, however, in conducting his Security Check
of Room 109, found an exposed Secret er which he secured. I
spoke to the occupants of the 25X1 A
room on Monday, 16 March, aga emphasizing the need to establish
effective security habits. I placed each of the girls on a security
tour for one week. I have established a personnel file for each
individual in which we will keep pertinent data, including security
breaches and/or poor security habits as they are described in our
instructions. I intend to use this information in considering
eligibility for promotion and other benefits.
25X 1 A B. Personnel s whom we hoe to have rotated into 25X 1 A
Headquarters Training to succe and to contribute in
the reporting and CI courses, continues to express his deep desire
to join us but, to date, nothing definitive has happened either in 25X1A
25X1 A his division, SR, or through the mechanism of the CS panel. -
have been workin on this matter and I 25X1A
talked to the latter about it today. If is to rotate to
25X1A EE, it is imperative that we have his successor aboard no
later than 20 April 1959, the starting date for S & T No. 2.
Naturally, it would be far-more desirable to have the successor
here for as long a period of time as possible, before the starting
date of the course.
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as I informed you orally on 11 March, has
accepted an offer from FE~ The position is a challenging one
and I am certain that.Kay will discharge it well. She has been told
that there is also a possibility of an overseas tour.
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