OFFICE OF SECURITY SOLO PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A000900030002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 1, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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PROBLEM
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ne V t T t 3. Nki 4 l i tA4A ~Ly Lnd der1ia is :Cor 'S00 L i
Off icer s corveb hJan , . r jJAAGraL ~i soocu.l it Y.
There are `overseas Security' Offices pos.I tions
outside of the regional Security com lox.
2. With cover and budgonary problems increasil:g a
Security Officer' conversant in all phases of security would
;' be an asset .to the station and to I.-he Office of Sec.irity.
3. Candidates selec'4ed for ovc.zseas positions are now
released from. their Headquarters assignment for. traininn g and
processing four to six months prior to P05 departure.
There is little rime Burin; this tra nin period
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for candidates to obtain on-the-job experience, thereby demon
strafing their skills in the ,various security specialties
a.' On-the-job training for ' candidates processing for
'these solo overseas positions would help to develop a degree
:, of proficiency. in newly. acquired skills and would provide a
` moans' through which the candidates could qualify in these
skills.
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as a whole.' With ," udge i.2 p O .em pecomi c acee 7 e
annual hardship, and the resultant rr/O reduc ions in ove.. sews
stations, the station Security Officer has in the past usually
been one of the first positions recommended to'be eliminated.
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By providin,., n these solo security officers with various shi t.
the tools with which to ae omplish them, they would soon.
become a valuable long-term asset to the station.
$. A proficiency in conducting surveys;,, invest; -al",o s,
;'...,certain audio counter-measures, a knowledge of clearance p.+.OC;v-
dures and standards, and the repair and maintenance of safe-
keeping equipment, alarms and ' destruction devices Should be
obtained prior to departure for overseas. 1lhe training courses
presently being offered by the Off ice of Securi-cy cover most
the
of these subjects, some onln the broadest context . i V-rAiduer
on--
job obtain the desired proficiency, however,
job training in the appropriate'aeadquarters component woul"i
be necessary. This on-the-job graining would lend itself to
; the qualify7.ng phase of the overall training program. a
listing.of the subjeCts in which a proficiency would be deli?rod
and an estimated period of on-the-job training, See Attach:nen ,
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solo .z Cua : y ux ~cer is closely lia,;ed with the selection
process and p:ocedurus con-Alectcd with 'the pro-
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cessing of candidates fo':^ 'ov as Pos
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lend s. l a r{ot, ~' s0eA/.n+ y
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