WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT 1, OPERATIONS SCHOOL(Classified)24-30 DECEMBER 1956

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: December 31, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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31 December 1956
MEMMORA11DU4 FOR: Chief/Operations School
Assistant Chief for Field Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report #, Operations School , 25X1A6a
21+-30 December 1956.
SIGNIFICANT ITEMS :
25X1A9a The Deputy Director Central Intelligence, Lieutenant General C.P. Cabell,
arrived t 1140 hours, Z( Decemoer Ly:~o anu uc ,." -u u..6
1 h s 7cember 1956. The DDCI was given an informal briefing
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O1AER ACTIVITIES:
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1. The Chief, Counter Intelligence Staff; Deputy Chief, Counter Intelli-
gence Staff; and Deputy Chief, Western Hemisphere Division were here from
27 through 29 December 1950. and D/AF/OS escorted these gentle- 25X1A9a
men during thei
2. Most of the Field Training Staff accepted the opportunity for taking
annual leave auring this week. No students were here, hence, no training
activities were conducted.
Courses
.rations Familiarization Course
1. The staff spent what was salvaged for working time from the Christmas
week in putting the finishing touches on OFC #6 and doing some administrative
preparation for OFC P.
2. OFC #6 student evaluations were completed, approved oy AF/OS and sent
to the typist. Following this, the student critiques were examined and the
course report written. The critiques were the most favoraole ever received
from an OFC class.
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2rations Familiarization Course - Continued
25X1A6a 3. One of the few changes contemplated for the next running, the
rewriting of the _ Station RMD, was accomplished during the reporting
period.
4. Certain administrative work in connection with OF'C #7 also was 11 completed: all support memoranda were typed and sent forward, and the
schedule and reading list were sent for stenciling.
25X1A9a period the
j. The staff was grateful to have during the reporting pservices or Mrs. who helped greatly in getting the typing work
done.
Units
Assessment and Evaluation
1. In accordance with a request made some time ago by AF/OS, suggested
revisions in the CC Student Critique Form were worked out.
2. Statistical work for basing OFC grades on comparisons across several
classes, instead of just within one class, was completed for one of the four
OFC grade areas: CMT. This analysis reveals differences, though not large
ones, among OPC classes, both in average score on CMT and in "spread" about
that average. It also reveals that in the CMT area OFC #6 was the class most
like the average of several classes, with OFC #5 a close second.
PERSONNI L, NOTES:
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23 December 1956.
returned from an overseas TDY training assigmsent on
Assistant Chief for Field Tra.nzng
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