U.S. WANTS ONLY EDUCATED SPIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400230036-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: October 1, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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F.,J1TOR'S NO1'E: In a rare depar Pure from its
trodilioually tighllippcd policy, the Central Intelligence
.lgcury fiat sanc.fior+cd an c.cclusive. Globe story on the
t,
Says
"A rec L
sam-
oo you want to op a sll~' uct evening',
What do you have to o(T' r the Central Intelligence " showed per'.
classes . at CIA headquarters
,
CIA onals hired
Agency: Black belt in judo? Deadeye accuracy with at a salary below $8650, 17 Tlie CIA has two employ a
ent
n automatic? An old trenchcc at", t percent being abgve that fig- coat classifications -staff or;
contact, Gurll says.
These may be useful-but more important is a ure. To he eligible for staff, the,
first class 'education. More than 500 collegeQ. unl- 7 candidate must have been apt
v Miss Lohnes kee s in touch. versities and graduate schoola U.S. citizen for at least five;
A degree -- or two - could' with business' ands ceretarial
i3c the key that f; Are represented among CIA years. His spouse must also-
o the CIA's impressivlc the intel- door schools, and contacts employ-. men and women. be a citizen. t
igence complex in McLean, ment agencies in search of To groom its most capable' How does one go about1
, secretaries and office work- recruits, the CIA maintains
'r a applying to the Central In.;
Throughout the United' Js a c(-liege degree abso-" try goes to, those who show t
wat.Tha'ioned rough hcrr in Boston en . 't Career Training Program. Ed- telligence Agency?
Mates, the CIA has 15 re- lutely necessary for employ- If in college, simply ruitets. Two of them are -lent with the CIA? ' top general intelligence, acs- to the el apply'
1
Not in many areas, ++ sayy s demic record, physical and placem,cnt counselor,,
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?orking out of an office on Gurll. iTypists who, works emotional fitness and. apt!-:In due time, a CIA recruiter.,
tude for foreign lan
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age
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ll visit the school and call'
ae third floor of a building,! work in Washington and over-
the city's financial'district. seas, need no degrees, This ,~rw.txv
:the candidate in for a half- A
4 $ ! r ?;~:
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oe, of scholars available in munications operators. Ina she' non-coilege candidate
ctir England's colleges and vast organization like the CIA j ~r r r t ca-- write to the Central In-
liversitics. there is a variety of jobs that Y t 1 ~'~ rq telligence Agency, Office of
require practical skills rather r , r ?' 'Pe-?snnnel, Washington D C. J
e The glass-panelled door to than acadgmic training." 20505, enclosing a resume pf
Boston CIA office ;ivies education and experience Ap-
?clue to Its significance. It, It is in the special area, . $
' and three names. Inside, scientific analysis that degrees turned.. Later the aspirant''
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most always mandatory, ter
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< ;may be called into the Boston 4.
chairs file cabinets are a
office. $Y
Ili combination locks. The Only a small percentage of
It.-, bear a calendar and candidates 'accepted go into Allen Dullo former
p of the world, the CIA "s covert and foreign r fl CIA director, said) s, the CIA
o
.cnior than of the Poston
ration is 54-year-old
,
ties W. Gurli, 14 years i Gurll reveals a recent sampl-1:
the CIA, a native of Newi Ing of professional CIA em.
ford and a former director., ployees showed that 35 per-
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cent were recruited from the
d. Social sciences,. 25 percent
from business administration
he other names on the and related fields, 20 percent
r are, those of Harry L. from the physical sciences, 10
nel1, the second profession- Percent from engineering, five
IA recruiter, and Mary L. 1:percent from biology and life
-ics, hirer of female sec- J. sciences and five percent from
ries and clerical ' help. existing intelligence and mili-
' are aided by an office,, tart' services. ?
Mary, Mrs. John F; Down-'r. Of these employees, 70 per-
I. cent had baccalaureate de-
ch year, the CIA men 1 grecs and 20 percent ha'd
-view hundreds of can- masters' and Ph.D. degrees,
yes in visits to New Enr-
What area the r __L_,
Zurll, holds a member- Just name it: Foreign area Are CIA - employees free to
in th r t
G as ern College studies, history, journalism, , reveal their intelligence con-.
-ment Officers"law political science, psyrrhol=firneWith n ,,mitt, says.1;Curll,
Reer~iitc have a better cllancr :r-- 7,
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for inclusion if they are rolled in graduate schools end t' fi rr Rl.%'. j
have travelled abroad.
Purpose of the training pro-
gram is to take note of a
pare him for the day when'lti
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pera ions, says Guru,
.xz~ l needs a variety of people. the
Stressing the diversity of"r. analyzer of raw intelligence;
requirements of the CIA
the technician to monitor the
ogy. The CIA has a place for
them all.
How about pay?
Salaries follow the Civil
CIA employees are permitted.
to write for publication,
attend professional meetings
professions.
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th _-
scientific tools of intelligence
-.collection; and the staff ofli-
cer to direct and channel the
'over-all ' search , for intel-
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