REPORT ON THE '(CLASSIFIED)' PROJECT, REQUESTED IN YOUR MEMORANDUM OF 29 JULY, 1951

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 5, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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ce Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 5 August 1953
25X1A9a SUBJECT: R.eport on the '-" Project, R.equested in Your Memorandum
of 29 July, 1953
1. In conformity with your request for information on the current status
of the consultant contract individuals who operate as talent scouts for the
JOT Program, I am submitting herewith the following facts:
(a) Number of individuals presently cleared and indoctrinated: 18
(b) Number of individuals cleared but not yet indoctrinated: 8
(c) Number of individuals currently in process: 13
(d) Number of individuals designated, but forms not received: 3
Total number of individuals in categories
above: 42
2. You will recall that the original list of colleges and universities from
which we planned to draw our initial group of consultant contract individuals
included 50 such institutions spread across the country. It has been to these
25X1A9a schools that has gone during the period of his active service
as the University Liaison and R.ecruitment Officer. The fact that we do not
have a total of 50 individuals within the above group is accounted for by our
inability in several cases to gain nominations from college officials as yet,
by the failure of several schools to qualify in the eyes of the Security Office,
and by the need to recontact one or two institutions where their choices either
failed Security or declined the nomination after having once accepted.
3. It was the opinion of the Working Group on Trainees, at the time that
principles for the JOT Program were being established, that this original
group of 50 colleges and universities "should be vigorously implemented and
ultimately expanded." Accordingly., with the foreknowledge of the Director
of Training, we had made tentative plans to increase the number of institutions
from which we hoped to draw membership in the consultant contract group from
50 to not more than 75 during FY '54. Our recently submitted, revised budget
presentation for FY 54 contained .request for funds to accomplish this within
the framework of TR.N/ADP 92-52. For the following FY, we had set the number
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to be not more than 100, which we now regard as the largest manageable number
permissible with the present staff we have and with the vacancies to be filled
under the JOT Program. It is likely, however, that FY 54 will see us arriving
at a number slightly less than 75, in view of the presently contemplated reduction
in the field coverage of our specialized recruitment function.
has indicated that his final summary report, to be submitted between now and
1 September, will contain his considered recommendations for the inclusion of
colleges and universities not presently within the scope of our coverage. It is
from this group then that we hope to make our selections, with the concurrence
of the Director of Training.
4. The question of concrete results accomplished to date by these consultant
contract individuals who have been cleared and indoctrinated is one that must
be considered within the framework of the whole developmental phil.os.ophy Iof the
JOT Program. Although this division has been submitting recommendations
of JOT candidates selected in the field on a random basis, this procedure, it
is hoped, will ultimately be replaced by selection primarily from these JOT
consultants, who will refer their choices to our field recruiters for initial eval-
uation. The main talent we are buying is the more intimate knowledge of the
intellectual community possessed by these consultants, with the attendant improve
ment in the breed which we expect will necessarily follow. At the time we began
contracting with these individuals, I forecast that it would be at least two years
before they would be maximally productive, even had we been able to engage,
clear and indoctrinate them all at once - something which we were not able to do.
25X1A9a 5. Our first consultant under this program, except for Mr. who had
no clearance problem, was entered on duty on 10 September, 1952, a scant ten
months ago, and 17 more have been added to the list of those fully functioning
in the meantime. From them to date we have had a total of 25 JOT referrals,
of which group 2 have been placed, 4 are under consideration and 19 have been
rejected. In addition, these same consultants have recommended a total of 37
other individuals in other than JOT categories, of whom 3 have been placed, 2
are under consideration and 32 have been rejected. As in field recruiter training,
a considerable amount of trial and error activity must be experienced before the
consultant can be expected to be "on target" with a majority of his referrals. We
feel that we are working toward this goal with reasonable success.
6. One of our problems has been that in order to make maximum use of the
time of the people who must indoctrinate the new consultants outside of the area
of this division, we have been obliged to schedule orientation periods only when
we could assemble a quorum of cleared consultants, and we have regarded 4 as the
minimum number feasible. Thus, we are now negotiating with the 8 consultants
presently in this category for a mutually satisfactory date in September, with
14 September as our goal. Undoubtedly, several of the 8 will be unable to come
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because of conflict with their academic duties, and these will have to be sched-
uled for the next meeting whenever that comes.
7. I have spoken with the Director of Training many times about both the
progress of the plan to engage consultants and the productivity of those already
engaged. In this context he has also commented freely about the merits of the
JOT Program itself. He advises me that he is satisfied with the number and
caliber of those people engaged or in process as consultants, and that he feels
that the productivity we are experiencing at present is consistent with their level
of experience in making referrals. He has repeatedly emphasized the need for
qualitative selection of these candidates, saying that he would far rather have
an almost empty JOT classroom than one filled with individuals whom his office
and this staff regarded as marginal. The Director of Training also commented,
about the JOT Program itself, "I can think of no more worthwhile procurement
activity in this Agency than that being directed toward satisfying the require-
ments of the JOT Program ...... I personally feel that ultimately it should satis-
fy the long term needs of the Agency for career personnel on a sound, intelligent
basis. "
8. The question, "What are your impressions of the quality and desirability
of those Junior Officer Trainees with whom you have had contact?" was asked
of the following Agency personnel:
Chief, Operations Staff, OSI
eputy Assistant Director, OCI
ief, Administrative Staff, ORR.
Their replies, which they authorized for quotation, are set forth below:
25X1A9a Mr.
Mr=
"I would be delighted to have a dozen or more of them
as soon as possible....I only hope that we are able
to attract more JOTs with scientific training. "
"The quality and desirability of these people is very
much above average... they are more than able to hold
their own...I cannot speak highly enough of this program
"These people have worked out really very well; their
performance on the job is excellent, in some cases ex-
ceptional...ORR. is happy to support the JOT Program,
and we can express unqualified satisfaction with the
product.. we would, however, like to participate more
fully in the pre-employment screenin g of anyone destined
for a research position with us."
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Finally, I might mention that the annual European recruitment of JOT candi-
dates is another modus operandi, that ought to be continued, since it serves to
make available candidates with area experience and contact with other educational
systems and intellectual standards which, though different from our own, give
what I consider needed breadth to the JOT group.
PPD/JAC, JR.:vp (5 August 1953)
Distribution:
2 - ADD/A
2 - Director of Training
1 - TRN/ADP 92-52 file
1 - chrono file
1 - PIED file
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