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OFFICE OF TRAINING
NUMBER 22
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JANUARY 1957
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD: Address by the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Given to the
Assembled Personnel of the Office of Training at the Annual Christmas Meeting . .
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NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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COURSES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROGRAMS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Special Lecture Series: In the Major Languages of the World . . . . . .
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Noontime Movie Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Americans Abroa
Regional Survey: East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Southeast Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Intelligence Research (Maps) 1-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Regional Survey: Indian Sub-Continent . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Intelligence Research (Maps) 1-12 (OTR CATALOG listing) . . . . . . .
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OTR and Agency Training Officer Directories . . . . . . . . . . .
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ARTICLES:
Reading Improvement in the Intelligence Field . . . . . . . . . . .
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Briefing of Dependents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REGISTRAR'S REMINDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(Address by the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Given to the Assembled
Personnel of the Office of Training at the Annual Christmas Meeting)
I appreciate the opportunity to meet with you here again at your Christ-
mas meeting, and take a look at the progress we are making in the field of
training. Now progress is a relative term, but it is refreshing to look back
and evidence the consistent rise in the stature of our Agency in the eyes of
the leaders of the Nation, and in the eyes of the intelligence community as a
whole. Many of these "pluses" can be traced directly to the steadily increas-
ing training opportunities which we are providing to our personnel, in our
objective to equip them with the maximum skills required to do the job.
You know the world is full of lost opportunities. Our religious history
begins with an account of Adam and Eve having made a choice which resulted
in their being banished from the Garden of Eden--and eternal ease. Milton's
poem, "Paradise Lost", dramatizes the penalties which Man suffered for his
stupidity in ignoring the "long view"--a tall price indeed, in order to enjoy
the pleasures of the moment. In our own. business, many of you will recall
that relatively few people in the Agency, recognized early, the place of train-
ing. A large part of what we have today in the way of training, is a result
of a boot strap operation--a foresightedness by the few to take action--to
take the long view. Now, I've had a ringside seat for the past several years
to the training bout, and I have witnessed the gradual broadening of the base.
of understanding of the importance of training, throughout the Agency.
Training is finding its rightful niche in the priority of things. Not as
many training opportunities are going by the board as before. However,
there is still a long way to go. We've still got a big job of communication
of ideas. There is always someone who hasn't got the word. And so you
people here today have got to get out and continue to be missionaries. As
necessary as Training Officers are, and we have many dedicated to their
tasks with each major component, you cannot stop with getting the word to
the Training Officers. Each one of you has got to spread the word to the
depths of our Agency--to all of our employees--to every prospective trainee.
I believe this missionary task to be one of your biggest challenges for the
coming year.
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Now--I think we have set, the st< , with the'5 per cent requirement.
I understand that some of you, as dedicated training people, may not think
much of a percentage figure: being established as a requirement. You may be
concerned that we are establishing an artificial, mathematical level. If that
were all we are doing, I'd be concerned too. But this policy has more purpose
and meaning than that. It is a tangible way of demonstrating that training
is an important part of our business, and that we must pay the price for it by
devoting manhours to it. Secondly, we have established a basis for enforce-
ment, which heretofore has not existed. We have provided our executives
with a tool--with an understood and specified standard, below which they
are not supposed to fall. The 5 per cent is not a cut-off point--rather, it
provides our executives with a firm basis upon which they can determine the
appropriate levels of training for their, components, and see who is or who
is not, living up to it. Above all, let's not waste our time quibbling about
whether our 5 per cent means equivalent manhours, or actual personnel in
training. Let's forget the concern that the establishment of the 5 per cent
rule, sets up an artificial equation. :Rather, let's get behind the purposes
of the policy and make them work. Now, there may be some better ideas
by which we can accomplish the purposes outlined, and I will be delighted
to listen to them, and if need be, to change the 5 per cent rule. In the mean-
time let's back it.
The Agency can be proud of its record in the training field. The job
is well accredited by Admiral Richard Connally and Mr. David Bruce of the
President's Board of Consultants. After visiting a training installation,
these gentlemen advised the Director that they were extremely impressed
with the training establishment, with the degree of professionalism shown in
our courses, and with the high quality of our instruction. In this regard, you
should remember that Admiral Conolly is President of Long Island University
and previously was. President of the Naval War College.
I believe this favorable situation exists in all of our training programs.
There has been an impressive increase in the variety of languages taught,
in the intensification of language training generally, and in the development
over the past 15 months of the area training program. While our language
school is far and away the smallest of government language programs, the
training is among the best and most extensive in the U. S. This is as it
should be. The idea of a foreign language dining room for busy people to
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use as a means of maintaining their fluency, is a good one. I understand
too that the film programs and seminars are becoming quite popular. I expect
that all of these programs will increase in volume as the Agency implements
the new language incentive award scheme .
Another significant milestone of progress in our training effort is re-
flected in the establishment of the School of International Communism. I
look to this School with considerable optimism. CIA people must have a
clear understanding of international communism--its philosophy, organization,
psychology and techniques. In establishing this School, the Agency is raising
still higher the levels of effectiveness which in the future years we can expect
our personnel to attain.
As I have suggested earlier, when one speaks of Training, he must take
the "long view" of the Agency. There must be well-trained subordinates
ready to step into the shoes of retiring personnel. The Inspector General's
recent survey of the junior Officers Training Program, brought out clearly the
success of that program in demonstrating that planned recruitment, training
and placement, on the basis of careful pre-employment selection and screening,
is entirely feasible. Because of the success of this approach to bring new
blood into the Organization, the Agency has seen fit to broaden the JOT
Program. This means a lot of careful work for all of you to assure we main-
tain and improve the standard set for executive development.
A balance in training, like in other programs, is essential. Manage-
ment and supervision courses have helped considerably in improving super-
vision throughout the Agency. Sponsoring of CIA personnel to the Service
Schools, and to programs where they can brush shoulders with private business-
men, has extended our opportunities outward. Agency Orientation programs
for other government agencies, and for government-sponsored business officials,
has spread a better understanding of our mission to the people with whom we
must work. Specialized training in tradecraft, photo intelligence, statistics,
cable writing--to name but a few--has equipped our people with the tools of
the business. All of these programs and others will need your hard work over
the next year.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and I know that we can look forward
to a prosperous and successful New Year.
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OTR SECURITY' OFFICER PINS THE POINT!
One of the more important assets of
the Agency security structure is that
extra effort regularly put forth by
Agency personnel who, by virtue of
maturity in classified functions, or
by native sensitivity or training in
security matters, find individual and
effective means of quietly strengthen-
ing the classified scene of which they
are a part. The tialue of such efforts
is recognized and appreciated by
Security Officers throughout the es?-
tablishment. There is an irravocsa-
bl.e factor of Inter-Dependency in our
mission and its attendant responsi-
bilities that, if heeded, has its,
reward a thousandfold.
JAPANESE FILh6 TO BE SHOWN
Full-length Japanese films, ( no
English subtitles) will be shown
every other Tuesday, from January
through February, 1100 to 1300 hours,
in Room E23, Building 14. The fol-
lowing program is tentatively plan-.
ned:
8 January - "Cheerful Daughters"
22 January - "Mad Banquet"
7 February - "Hiroshima"
25X1 A9r further information, call Frank
extension 3318.
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KEY ASSIGNMENTS IN OTR
The following personnel assignmenti3
will be effective 7 January 1957:
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is designated
Acting Deputy Director of Training;,
extension 3521. 25X1A9a
is designated
Acting Chief, Intelligence School,,
extension 3832. 25X1A9a
is designated
Acting Deputy Chief, Intelligences
School, extension 3832.
NEXT INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS EXHIBIT
SCHEDULED 17 JANUARY, THURSDAY
Members of the Agency are invited
to attend the Intelligence Products
Exhibit, scheduled to be shown in
the Auditorium of the Recreation
and Service Building on Thursday, 17
JanuAry between 0930 and 1200 hours?
Designed primarily as an integral
part of Intelligence Orientation
course B-3 in your office copy of
the OTR Catalog, the exhibit has
been found to be of eat. est
and significan el
Agency. The WIAOD uni y in
that it presents in one room acom-,
prehensive view of the greater part
of the intelligence activities of
CIA.
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CLERICAL SKILLS QUALIFICATION TESTS
SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMER AND DECEMBER
Clerical Skills Qualifications
Tests in shorthand and typewriting,
administered to on-the-job employees
who must meet Agency standards, will
be given Mondays during January and
February, as follows:
14 January 4 February
(Typewriting: 1315 hours
Shorthand : 1400 hours)
These tests are given in Room 2300,
Alcott Hall, second floor, Wing C.
Supervisors who wish to have em-
ployees tested should get in touch
with their Personnel Placement Offi-
cers. The officers will arrange for
test registration.
Usually, employees who do not meet
the Agency clerical skills standards
in these tests should be enrolled in
the Clerical Refresher Program, which
is listed in the OTR Catalog, courses
B-12 to B-19*
INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH (MAPS)
NEW COURSE IS SCHEDULED
A new OTR course, INTELLIGENCE RE-
SEARCH (MAPS), comprising 27 hours
of instruction, will be offered com-
mencing 28 January. Developed in
cooperation with the Assistant Dir-
ector and other executives of ORR,
the course schedule provides three
3-hour sessions, 0900 to 1200 held
Monday, Wednesday and Friday morn-
ings, for three weeks, in Room 2029,
R & S Building.
The purpose of the course is to
emphasize the significance of geo-
graphic factors in intelligence anal-
ysis. Twelve hours of map reading
instruction and practice will be
given. Class problems, based on typ-
ical Agency intelligence activities,
include compiling research and brief-
ing others with the aid of maps.
For future scheduling of this
course, watch your Registrar's Re-
minders section.
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Current enrollment in internallan-
guage training courses is approxi-
mately 278; enrollment in self-study
programs is approximately 111.
The Language Laboratory, 2132 Eye
Building, was utilized by 178 stu-
dents, during the past month, for a
total of 2013 hours,in the study of
18 languages.
During the past month regularly
scheduled foreign language profi-
ciency examinations were completed
by 73ndividuals from various Agency
components. Language included French,
Polish, Serbocroatian, and Spanish.
In addition, special request exam-
inations were given in German and
Japanese.
"LIVING-LANGUAGE" TRIP
CONDUCTED FOR GERMAN CLASS
Latest in the series of "living
language" trips, which have, become
regular features of the OTR inten-
sive language program, was a German
luncheon at The Old Europe Restau-
rant. Instructors and students of
the Intensive German class carried
on their informal discussions exclu-
sively in conversational German.
These trips continue to prove both
enjoyable and productive as a teach-
ing-learning technique.
Conducted, thus far, for French
and German classes, all trips are
;planned to coincide with course
material, and an effort is made to
develop a practical use of the vro-
cabulary appropriate to the place
visited.
REGIONAL SURVEY: SOVIET BLOC
FEATURED SATELLITES SYMPOSIUM
Regional Survey, Soviet Bloc, re-
cently terminated with 31 students
in regular attendance and 15 audi-
tors. 20% of the instructional time
guest speakers from the Office of
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intell-
igence, Department of Army; Army Yap
Service; Office of Intelligence Re-
search, Department of State; and the
Free Europe Committee; 3D% by speakers
from EE, OCI2 ORR, 031,and OTR; the
balance was handled bythe principal
instructor, The course
culminated in a Zre - ur symposium
on the European Satellites, which
included a summary and general dis-
cussion of thecritical international
situation currently affecting this
region. Presentation of this course
coincided well with world events.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE DINING ROOM ----b
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday is
the firm schedule for the language
luncheons sponsored by the Language
and Area School, OTR. There are se-
parate tables devoted to informal
conversation in French, German, Jap-
anese, Russian, and Spanish. Access
to the Foreign Language Dining Room
(1015 R & S Building) is through the
main entrance of the R & S Building
cafeteria (enter and turn right).
Luncheon may bepurchased in the caf-
eteria and taken to the dining room.
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All of you who dish to maintain, or
increase, your conversational compe-
tence in these languages are invited
to participate. Those of you who
possess advanced command of the lan-
guages, and would enjoy keeping the
"conversational ball rolling" during
one or more pleasant luncheons dur-
ing the week, may make arrangements
enient to you by calling
t
conv
mos
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staff instructors
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"INSTRUCTORS' GUIDE
TO CURRENT REFERENCES"
BI--WEEKLY AVAILABLE TO YOU
The INSTRUCTORS' GUIDE TO CURRENT
REFERENCES, a bi-weekly publication
of the OTR Library, was originated
to serve as a research aid informing
instructors concerning documents and
articles relating to courses of in-
struction. In effect, it serves a
dual purpose, since often a mutual
interest exists between OTR instruc-
tional matter and the general and
specific materials occupying the
attention of Agency personnel; it is,
therefore, available on request to
personnel of other components.
On the opposite page an excerpt is
reproduce rom a recent issue of
the GUIDE. Attention is directed to
these features :
Selections are made from clas-
sified and unclassified docu-
ments.
Complete bibliographic data is
given, whereby the item may be
procured.
Foreign language materials in-
cluded, where pertinent.
Descriptive annotations are in-?
cluded, permitting evaluation
in relation to requirements.
Area background articles are
included, as well as material
dealing with operational. sub???
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Some, of the operational categories
used as a basis for selection of
material are: Agents; Air Opera-
tions; Communism; Controls; Economic
Warfare; Escape and Evasion; Espio-
nage; Guerrilla Warfare; Intelli-
gence; Intelligence Services; Inves-
tigative Techniques; Leadership;
Paramilitary; Police Services; Poli-
tical Warfare; Propaganda; Reporting;
Psychological Warfare; Resistance;
Sabotage; and Training Aids.
A complete index of all materials
listed in each issue is maintained
in the OTR Library. For further in-
formation, consult your Training
Officer or call the Chief, QTR
Library, extension 3096. ------- _>
"DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA SPECIALIST"
NEW CHART AVAILABLE TO YOU
The Language and Area School/TR
has developed a new chart: "Develop-
ment of an Area Specialist." The
chart describes development in terms
of the essential elements and time
required. It is unclassified, and
available by calling Language and
Area School/TR, extension 4437.
This, chart is similar to one already
published concerning foreign lan-
guage study, now undergoing revision
for future distribution.
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SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES:
1N THE MAJOR, LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD
10 OCTOBER TO
1 MAY 1957
All CIA personnel interested in improving their language proficiency
and area knowledge are invited to attend a series of foreign language
lectures (see Lecture Schedule below) presented Wednesdays at 1530 hours,
oom 1~ 82, Quarter 9. Inforrattion regarding the :11,112:3 es may o
tained by calling extension 2381 or 3629. You will,
of course, obtain aut orization from your supervisor prior to attendance
at any one of the lectures.
Recognizing the need for increased knowledge in the language and
area fields, the Office of Training is offering this series of lectures
to be given in the major languages of the world by CIA personnel. Topics
of particular interest, both to analysts and personnel in operations,
have been selected. The purpose is twofold: To advance your knowledge
of foreign languages; to increase your insight into the understanding of
foreign peoples - their patterns of thought and behavior.
A special feature of the program is the amount of attention devoted
to the theme "Understanding and Dealing With Foreign Peoples." Individual
lecturers will speak on how to understand and deal with the Russians,
the Japanese, the Latin Americans, etc. In this way, much of the "know-
how" gained by our personnel through years of experience will be trans-
mitted to you. As a result, it is hoped that in your contacts with the
different nationalities, both here and abroad, you will be able to
establish more effective rapport and attain better results.
Summaries of the lectures) in English, will be provided in the
"Understanding and Dealing With Foreign People" talks, and also in a
few other instances. The lecture in Arabic, due to the very limited
number of Agency personnel able to understand this language, will be
given in English with a brief summary- following in Arabic. -'*
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NOONTIME MOVIE PROGRAM
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
You are invited to attend the various foreign language and English
films to be shown in Room 1-82 Quarters Eye, at 1200 hours. as scheduled
below. Films of both entertainment and factual types are included.
If you enjoy foreign films, desire to improve your language proficiency,
or seek additional " area It knowledge, you will find these programs inter-
esting and beneficial. Occasionally if it is impossible to secure a
scheduled film, a substitution will be made. For further information ,
please call extension 2381. You will, of course, 25X1A9a
wish to arrange with your supervisor for authorization to attend those
films which require time in excess of your lunch hour.
7 January
Russian area film in English: "'Soviet Tadshikstan"
Monday
E6045, 52 min.
8 January
Polish film: "Last Days of Warsaw" D6325, 60 min.
Tuesday
(Polish film of uprising against German occupation troops)
9 January
Russian film: ttYoung Guard" C6043, 90 min.
Wednesday
(Recent Soviet film hit)
11 January
Area Survey film: "Eastern Europe" SIS No. 3, 60 min.
Friday
(Strategic Intelligence School film on the east European lands)
14 January
Monday
Russian area film "Soviet Kazakhstan" D6045, 45 min.
16 January
Wednesday
Russian Newsreels
17 January
German film: "The Council of the Gods" E6893, 106 min.
Thursday
(East German anti-American propaganda film)
18 January
Czech newsreels and shorts: E7003, 5 min.; E7011, 4 min.;
Friday
E7013, 4 rain. ; E6966, 8 ud n. ; Location: _ Auditorium 25X1 A
21; January
Italian film: "Open City" E6369, 95 min.
Monday
(Italian Underground during World War II; Has English titles)
22 January
Portuguese shorts: "Capitol Story" A9973, 20 min.; "The
Tuesday
Capital" E6902, 20 min.; "High Over the Borders" C6086, 22 min.
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Wednesday
28 January
Monday
30 January
Wednesday
31 January
Thursday
1 February
Friday
4 February
Monday
5 February
Tuesday
6 February
Wednesday
7 February
Thursday
8 February
Monday
11 February
Monday
12 February
Tuesday
13 February
Wednesday
14 February
Thursday
Russian film: "Nicholas Gogol" D6295, 90 min.
(Life story of one of Russia's great Writers)
Greek films: "Impression of Greece" 25 min.; "Retm'm
from the Valley" D6075, 14 min.
Russian Newsreels
French film: "Battle of the Rail" C6078, 85 min.
(Semi-Documentary of French Resistance Movement)
Spanish film: "From the Other Side" D6413, 65 min.
(Life in forced labor camps in USSR)
Russian-language area film: "Soviet Buriat Mongolia",
D6292, 57 min.
English travelogue on Middle East and South Asia:
"Communist Periphery" J6164, 67 min.
Russian film: "River Lights" G6616, 89 min.
(Story of young Soviet Pioneer)
German film: "Ohm Krueger" B6264, 111 min. Anti-British
(Emil Jannings film of Boer War)
Chinese films: "The Hwai River Battle" D6024, 30 min.;
"Preparatory Meetings of the Chinese People's Consultative
Conference", B6023 20 min.; "Liberation of Taiwan", B6030
20 min. Location:
China and Japan area films: "China", D6572, 17 min.; "Letter
From China", G6662, 34 min.; "China, the Land and People",
H1233, 12 min.; "Japan, the Land and People", G6659, 11 min.
"American Influence in Japanese Life" E7159, 14 min.
French film: "Crime and Punishment" G6709, 108 min.
(Dostoyevsky's Classic Novel)
Russian Newsreels
East Asia Area films: "Peoples and Customs of Indonesia"
D6332, 65 min.; "Malay Peninsula-People and Products", 11 min.
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15 February
Friday
18 February
Monday
19 February
Tuesday
20 February
Wednesday
21 February
Thursday
22 February
Friday
25 February
Monday
26 February
Tuesday
27 February
Wednesday
28 February
Thursday
Italian film: "0 Sole Mio" B0967, 80 min.
(Resistance to Nazis in Naples in World War II)
Turkish film: "'Rifle Squad in Attack" J6059, 22 min.
(u.S.Army Film for use in training Turkish tooops)
"Assignment India" J6067, 55 min.
(Chester 13owlos' f12m) Location: T-30 Auditorium
Russian film: "Volga, Volga" MID 5023, 60 min.
(A Musical Feature)
East Asia Area,fi2ma: "Man's Power" (Indo-China) J6165
9 min.. "New Roots" (Indo-China) J6166, 9 min.; "This is
Indonesia" C73.58, 11 min.; "Thailand" J1079, 10 min.;
"Bangkok" J0837, 20 niin.
French film: "Carnivel in Flanders" E6347,80 min.
Finnish films : "Infantry Training" D0693, 15 min. ; "The
Automobile Company" C0689, 1.5 min.
(U.S.Army training films in Finnish)
German film: "Under 'Women's Rusle" B1517, 83 min.
Russian Ne1wsreeela
Soviet Affairs films: "You are There-Moscow Today",
"You Are There. The Great Purge" (Trials of 1936-1937, CBS);
"Nikolay Khokhlov Interview on Meet the Press" 90 min.
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25X1A6a AMERICANS ABROAD 11 FEBRUARY TO 21 FEBRUARY
This course will. be given daily from 11 February through 21 February,
from 14.00 to 1630 hours, in Room 2524, Quarters Eye. Personnel going to
25X1A6a either should take the complete course. will be in... 25X1A6a
cluded for this class of the course. The course is open o dependents and
it is urged that every effort be made to secure their attendance, "dependents"
being construed to mean all. members of an employee's immediate family over
eighteen. Applications for registration must be submitted to the Registrar,
25X1 A9a --Or .before 4_ Feb. For further information, please call X1A9a
extension 3275
.
SCHEDULE
Monday
11 February
1400-144.5
Introduction
1500-1600
Processing Out
1600-1630
Travel
Tuesday
12 February
1400-1510
Legal Problems
1520-1630
Medical Problems
Wednesday
13 February
1400-1630
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Thursday
14 February
1400-1630
Friday
15 February
1400-1630
Monday
18 February
1400-1630
Tuesday
19 February
1400-1630
Wednesday
20 February
1400-1630
Thursday
21 February
1400-1600
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REGIONAL SURVEY EAST ASIA
18 MARCH TO 26 APRIL
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This course, formerly titled "Northeast Asia", will be given from 18
I rch to 26 April. Classes will be held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
from 1400 to 1630 hours, in Room 2524, Quarters Eye. Applications for
registration must be submitted to the Registrar, on or before 4 March. An
interview with the instructor,, extension 3275, is
required of applicants
This course is designed for personnel who require a knowledge of
China, japan, and surrounding dependiLent areas, such as Formosa, Korea and
the knikyus, from the beginning of the Nineteenth Centtr y. Particular
emphasis will be placed on the impact of the West (including Russia).
Particular emphasis will also be placed upon the economic and political re-
lationships of the area to the West. Adequate evidence of the student vs
accomplishment in the course will be required for evaluation and assess-
ment purposes.
21" URSESCHEDULE,
Monday
18 March
1400-1430
Introduction to the Course
1430-1630
Man's Origins in East Asia
Wednesday
20 March
140C).-1630
The Geography, Demography and
Ecology of East Asia
Friday
22 March
1400-1530
The Historical Background to
1815
1530?-1630
Reading Period
Monday
25 March
1400?4530
19th Century China
1530-1630
Reading Period
Wednesday
27 March
1400'?1530
19th Century Japan
1530.1630
Reading Period
Friday
29 March
1400??1630
Seminar - East Asia at the Turn
of the Century
Monday
i April
:1400-1530
Chinese Traditional Social
Patterns
:1530-4630
Reading Period
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3 April
1400-1530
Japanese Traditional Social Patterns
1530-1630
Reading Period
Friday
5 April
1400-1530
China to 1932
1530-1630
Reading Period
Monday
8 April
1400-1530
Japan to 1932
1530-1630
Reading Period
Wednesday
10 April
1400-1530
East Asia, 1932-1941
1530-1630
Reading Period
Friday
12 April
1400-1530
East Asia, 1941-1950
1530-1630
Reading Period
Monday
15 April
1400-1530
The War in Korea
1530-1630
Reading Period
Wednesday
17 April
1400-1530
The Chinese People's Republic, I
1530-1630
Reading Period
Friday
19 April
1400-1530
The Chinese Peoplets Republic, II
1530-1630
Reading Period
Monday
22 April
1400-1530
Japan Today, I
1530-1630
Reading Period
Wednesday
24 April
1400-1530
Japan Today, II
1530-1630
Reading Period
Friday
26 April
1400-1530
Seminar - East Asia in the World
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Guest Speaker: "Problems of the Philippines"
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REGIONAL SURVEY SOUTHEAST ASIA 5 FEBRUARY TO ll APRIL
This course, covering the Philippines, Indonesia Mal l
Thailand and Burma, will be given from 5 Fto ' U April ' 1956. . hCla,
February Classes
will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1345 to 1645 hours, in Room 2524,
Quarters Eye. Applications for registration must be submitted to the Re-
gistrar.. Office of Trainin7 or before 21 January. An interview with the
instructor, Room 2511 Quarters Eye,`extension 3318, is
required, contact your Training Officer.
This course is designed for personnel who require economic and political
information on Southeast Asia and fand.liarity with the various factors in-
volved. It deals with the government,, population, soil, mineral and indus-
trial development, international trade, labor, communications, economic re-
lations and problems of the reg:Lon. At each session there will be a guest
speaker, in addition to the regular lecture and film. Students will be re-
quired to take an oral test and submit term papers.
OURSE_SGHIDUI;E
Tuesday
5 February
:L.
i1troduet&on
Government, Production and Industry,
Trade and Finance,. Population and Labor,
and Communications
(rest Speaker: "Development of South-
east Asia"
Thursday
7 February
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Goroernments of Southeast Asia
Tuesday
12 February
3.
Guest Speakers will discuss each country
?hilip ) Production and Industry
Agricultural Production, Forestry Produc-
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1.4 February
4,
Philippine Trade and Finance
Tuesday
19 February
5.
Composition and Direction of Foreign
Trade, Trade and Payments, Public Fi-
nance, Money Supply and Prices.
Guest Speaker: "Relations of the Philip-
pines"
Indonesian Production and Industry
Thursday
21 February
6.
Agricultural Production, Forestry Pro-
duction, Mineral Production, and Indus-
trial Production
Guest Speaker: "Problems of Indonesia"
Indonesian Trade and Finance
Tuesday
26 February
7.
Composition and Direction of Foreign Trade,
Trade and Payments, Public Finance, and
Money Supply and Prices
Guest Speaker: "Relations of Indonesia"
Malayan Production and Industry
Thursday
28 February
8.
Agricultural production, Forestry Pro-
duction, Mineral Production, and Indus-
trial Production
Guest Speaker: "Problems of Malaya"
Mal` Trade and Finance
Tuesday
5 March
9.
Composition and Direction of Foreign
Trade, Trade and Payments, Public Fi-
nance, and Money Supply and Prices
Guest Speaker: "Relations of Malaya"
Indochina Production and Industry
Agricultural Production, Forestry Pro-
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Thursday
7 March
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Indochina Trade and Finance
Tuesday
12 March
11.
Composition and Direction of Foreign
Trade, Trade and Payments, Public Fi-
nance, and Money Supply and Prices
Guest Speaker: "Relations of Indochina"
Thailand Production and Indust
Thursday
14 March
12.
Agricultural Production, Forestry Pro-
duction, Mineral Production, and Indus-
trial Production
Guest Speaker: "Problems of Thailand"
Thailand Trade and Finance
Tuesday
19 March
13.
Composition and Direction of Foreign
Trade, Trade and Payments, Public Fi-
nance, and Money Supply and Prices
Guest Speaker: "Relations of Thailand"
Burmese Production and Industry
Thursday
21 March
14.
Agricultural Production, Forestry Pro-
duction, Mineral Production,and Indus-
trial Production
Guest Speaker: "Problems of Burma"
Burmese Trade and Finance
'Tuesday
26 March
15.
Composition and Direction of Foreign
Trade, Trade and Payments, Public Fi-
nance, and Money Supply and Prices
Guest Speaker: "Relations of Burma"
Poiulation and labor of Southeast Asia
labor Supply, Organization of labor,
and labor and the Economy
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28 March
16.
Tuesday
2 April
17.
Thursday
4 April
18.
Tuesday
9 April
19.
Thursday
31 April
20.
Guest Speaker: "Labor and Southeast
Asia"
Communications of Southeast Asia
Guest Speakers: "Telecommunications"
"Communications"
Current Conditions in Southeast Asia
Guest Speakers: "The Philippines"
"Indonesia"
"Malaya"
Current Conditions in Southeast Asia
papers
Guest Speakers: "Indochina"
"Thailand"
".man
Presentation and discussion of student
papers
Presentation and discussion of student
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INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH (MAPS) I-12
28 JANUARY TO
15 FEBRUARY 1957
This course will be given on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from
0900 to 1200 hours, in Room 2029 R&S Building. Enrollment will be limited to
15 persons because of the need for individual assistance to students in
mastering technical details. Applications must be received by the Registrar,
0TR, on or before 21 January 1957. extension 4168,
will be the chief instructor.
The course will be presented by lecture, demonstration, discussion and
class exercises designed to practice the skills taught. Exercises will range
from simple map reading to geographic research. In a final test, students
will be assigned an intelligence problem, will plot results of geographic
research on a base map or overlay, and will deliver a short oral briefing on
the significance to the problem of the geographic data obtained.
COURSE SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)
Session 1.
Geography and
0900 - 0915
Introduction to the Course
Intelligence
0915 - 1000
Appraising the Natural Environment
:1.015 - 1115
Maps for Intelligence Purposes
Map Exhibit - Map overlays
Class Exercise
1.115 - 1200
Use of Maps in Intelligence Rriefi:ng
Demonstration
Session 2.
Map Projections
0900 -, 0945
The Globe and the Map
1000 - 1050
Classification of Projections
TR FILM 16841
1100 ?? 1200
Characteristics of Commonly used
Projections
10 Questions Quiz
Session 3.
Map Reading
0900 - 0945
Marginal Data - Legend
(I)
1000 - 1050
Scale - Distance
TR FILM G618O
1100 - 1200
Scale Formulas
Class Exercise
Session 4.
Map Reading
0900 - 0945
Location - Geographic Coordinates
(II)
Exhibit of Gazetteers and Glossar'',es
1000) - 1050
Class Exercise
1100 1200
Location - Military Grids
Class Exercise
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Map Reading
0900
- 1000
Elevation - Contours
(III)
TR FILM 21-2072
1015
- 1100
Class Exercise
1110
- 1200
Profiles
Class Exercise
Session 6.
Map Reading
0900
- 0945
Conventional Signs and Symbols
(IV)
TR FILM 9112
1000
- 1030
Map Identification and Procurement
Exhibit of Map and Chart Catalogues
and Sheet Indexes
1030
- 1200
Map Reading Problem
Session 7.
Foreign Maps
0900
- 0945
Foreign Map Interpretation and
Appraisal (NIS Chap. IX)
1000
- 1050
Conversion Formulas
Class Exercise
1100
- 1200
CIA Cartographic Support and Map
Library Services
Session 8.
Class Problem
0900
- 0945
Introduction. to Map Research Problem
Briefing Techniques
1000
- 1200
Class Problem
Session 9.
Class Problem
0900
- 1100
Class Problem (continued) and
Student Briefings
1110
- 1130
Review and Discussion
1130
- 1200
Course Critique
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REGIONAL SURVEY INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT 4 MARCH TO 10 MAY
This course will be given from 4 March to 10 May 1957. Classes will
be held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 0850 to 1050 hours, in Room
2524, Quarters Eye. Applications for registration must be submitted to
the Registrar, on or befo l8 February. An interview with the instructor,
extension 3344, is required of applicants.
This course is designed for personnel who require a basic knowledge
of the geography, institutions and traditions, as well as the current
political and economic conditions of this area. Emphasis will be placed
on regional problems, and relationships and potential developments affect-
ing American security. Please see the February Bulletin for further details.
Instruction will be by lecture, discussion and selected reading mater-
ials. Films and training aids will. supplement and illustrate materials
covered in lectures and discussions. Students will be required to take a
final test or submit a term paper.
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REGIONAL SURVEY MIDDLE EAST 4 FEBRUARY TO 12 APRIL
This course will be given Monday.. Wednesday and Friday, from 0900
to 1100 hours, in Room 2132 "I" Building. Applications must be received
25X1A9a by the Registrar, Office of Training, on or before 21 January 1957. An
interview with the instructor, Room 2129 'I Building,
extension 4437, is required of applicants.
This course is designed for personnel who are qualified by reason
of academic training or experience to do introductory, graduate-level
work on the Middle East. Prospective students are urged to begin now
to read in the literature of the field, and for this purpose may tele-
25X1A phone- for a brief, annotated reading list; also, a syllabus of
the course with a list of guest lecturers is available on request.
The area covered in this course includes the Arab States, Israel,
Turkey and Iran, and to some extent the Sudan, North Africa, Afghanistan
and Pakistan. The emphasis throughout the survey is placed on the area
as a whole, its peoples and its problems. The main subjects, therefore,
will be the modern noli.tical and diplomatic history of the Middle East;
geo-political and geo-strategic aspects of the area; the race, language]
life and thought of the people; and such problems as the Arab-Israeli
issue, Arab nationalism, Middle East defense and Soviet penetration.
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This is a new Intelligence School course listing. Please cut out this
listing and place it in your office copy of the CTR Catalog as course
number 1-12.
TITLE Intelligence Research (Maps)
OBJECTIVES An appreciation of the significance of geographic factors
in intelligence analysis; an introduction to map research
methodology; and, development, through practice, of the
skills required to derive a maximum of information from
US and foreign maps?
PREREQUISITES Secret clearance
ENROLLMENT 10 to 15
DURATION Three mornings a week for three weeks (27 hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
Intelligence Research (Maw is designed to:
Relate geography to intelligence analysis. Examine the various
types of geography and the influence of geographic environment upon human
activities. ILlustrate the importance of geographic factors bearing on
the intelligence problem by specific examples. Identify and classify on
a functional basis the types of maps of value to the intelligence officer
and demonstrate their preparation for use as briefing aids. Impart a
general understanding of the problem of map projection, but emphasize
the advantages and limitations of those projections most likely to be en-
countered by the Intelligence Officer in the course of his work. Teach
the simple skills required in order to derive a maximum of information
from maps.
froaden the range of the map user through familiarity with maps
produced by various U.S. Agencies; ,and, with the principal military to-
pographic, commercial, and non-military map series published in foreign
countries. Teach the mathematical formulas needed to convert foreign
geographic coordinates based on the metric system; and, adjust geo-
graphic references based on prime meridians other than that passing through
Greenwich. Familiarize the students with map reference materials available
for geographic research; and, the comprehensive map support services offered
by components of CIA and other government departments. Test by means of a
Class Problem the various skills taught throughout the course.
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Director of Training
Matthew Baird
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Deputy Director of
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Plans & Policy Staff
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Editor, OTR Bulletin
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3732
8.
Support Staff
Registration Section
8272
1110 , Alcott
3731
1107, Alcott
Processing Section
Assessment & Evalua-
8307
1331A, R & B
tion Staff
Junior officer Training
3 514
2413, Alcott
Program
Intelligence School
3832
2009, R & S
School of International
Communism & the
2428
2204, Alcott
USSR
Operations School
3102
2010, ~25X1A6a
Language & Area Schoo
8015
2129, I
Proficiency Testing
Eastern Studies
3318
3275
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2518,
4437
2129, I
Western Studies
Special Asst . for DD/I
641 347, Admin
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READING TPROVEWNT IN THE INTELLIGENCE FIELD
(By the staff of the Reading Improvement Branch/Intelligence School/TR)
WHAT CIA EZN`PLO ,ES READ
Re95% of
Reading is a significant part of each day's work lforiabout
ading
the Agency's professional employees. Employees 4 hours reading
Improvement course estimate that they spend an average of
in their offices every day. This is an overall average figure for DD/P,
dD, and DD/I employees; instance, sveys 2 hours have
per day.,
and while 156 DD/I
anDD/S employees estimated they read 4.
employees estimated they read 4.1 hours per day.
What they read is unique in two respects: amount and variety. To
do his job, each employee absorbs quantities of printed material, includ-
ing long and short, well-organized and disorganized, abstract and simple,
detailed and general memoranda, reports, staff studies, and cables.
To assimilate this assortment effectively, a case officer, a support
officer, or an intelligence officer must be a flexible reader. He must
adapt his reading rate to subject matter and purpose, so that he reads
easy material fast and difficult material slowly. He must distinguish
the essentials from the non-essentials by locating ideas accurately. He
must sometimes remember what he reads in every detail, at other times
only the highlights., and sometimes he need not remember anything at all,
once he has examined a document.
HOW THEY READ
Scores on a standardized reading test show that Agency professional
employees perform better than average college seniors. But tests which
require varied reading techniques show that they do not use their high
ability most skillfully.
One common reading fault is the application of specialized reading
techniques to all subject matter. Instead of extracting the significant
information from an area background report, a reports officer may
mentally rephrase it, while an engineer may analyze it word for word.
Result: they spend valuable time, conscientiously accomplishing nothing.
HOW THE OTR READING ID,PROVEMENT COURSE IMPROVES READING SKILLS
The Reading Improvement course helps employees achieve greater
efficiency and ease in reading by emphasizing several skills: how to
survey a writer's scope and purpose prior to reading; locate essentials;
organize information and ideas; and how to improve mechanical skills
associated with the reading process.
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Most of the skill improvement is achieved by practice. The class
group scans, reads, and discusses selected CS. reports, 00 reports, Foreign
Service Dispatches, and Atlantic Monthly articles. They also write and
criticize summaries or abstracts of the reports. Each student reads "a
book of his choice (usually non-fiction) with the Reading Accelerator,
and writes a critical review of the book. Harvard and Purdue reading films
are used for practice at reading rapidly and assimilating articles about
history, anthropology, education, political science, and personalities.
RESULTS OF READING IMr 0VEMENT TRAINING
How are results measured; Three tests, for three different reading
skill areas, are given before and after the course to show the degree of
.improvement. The inf_, ormationtjl read tests are based on thorough reading
of 12-to-15 page State De]oartment background reports on Berlin, Jordan,
the Philippines, and India. In the study readin tests, the student reads
a 2j page cable, then writes a thorough abstract of the cable without
referring to it. The scanner; tests require rapid selection of the main
ideas in Atlantic Monthly articles about liberation, tariff policies, and
foreign service training.
During the calendar year 1956, 80 employees completed 5 Rem
Im rove;ment classes. The number of students from each component was:
DD /P - JI DD/I - 22; DD/S - 17. The average scores for these 80
students on the scanning and informational reading tests before and
after the course were as follows :
Scanning for
main ideas
Before
Rea