MINUTES CLANDESTINE SERVICES TRAINING BOARD MEETING #4 - 22 JULY 1965

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• Publication Date: June 8, 1965
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Clandestine Services Training Board
Meeting #4 - 22 July 1965
Room 3C24, Headquarters
1. Minutes of Meeting #3
2. Proposed Change in Career
Training Program
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Clandestine Services Training Board
Meeting No. 3 - 8 June 1965
1. The third meeting of the Clandestine Services Training
Board convened at 1435 hours 8 June 1965 in Room 3 C 28,
Headquarters Building.
2. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and
approved.
3. The Board discussed the concept of the proposed
training guidance memoranda, the purpose of which is to
disseminate within the CS and OTR guidance for the training
of CS personnel. It was agreed that Board recommendations
to ADDP, when approved, should be circulated in the form of
Training Guidance Memoranda. A proposed memo for DDP signa-
ture establishing this procedure and draft memos on Operation-
al Exploitation of Covert Training, Management Training for
CS Officers and Language Training for Junior Officers were
reviewed and approved by the Board. The Executive Secretary
will discuss implementation of this proposal with the ADDP.
4. During the discussion of language training (Para 3
above) the Board noted that the overall language competence
of the CS is indefinite due to the failure
claiming language competence to be tested.
suggested that such testing could be accomplished with
relative ease by the establishment of priorities and the
imposition by DDP of a time limit for each component to
accomplish the task. Mr. Baird noted that this might well
require additional funds and personnel to enlarge the
testing unit. The Board noted that the subject of Language
Training and Testing was on the agenda of the Personnel
Management Committee scheduled to meet on 9 June. Further
discussion by the Board was deferred pending PMC deliber-
ations.
5. The Board again reviewed the proposal of ADDP for
an expanded training period for JOTS and the DTRts counter-
proposal. Mr. Baird pointed out that imposition of personnel
and funds reductions made such expansion difficult if not
impossible at this time. Until a development complement
or some similar holding mechanism is established for train-
ing purposes, the expansion of junior officer training is
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not feasible. The Board agreed to table this matter pending
further discussion with ADDP and C/OP.
6. Attention of the Board was invited to the status of
the CS Counterintelligence Course approved in
principle by the Board at Meeting #2. Lack of a qualified
CS officer to assume Chief Instructor responsibilities has
delayed this project. The Board urged early action by CI
Staff and C/OP in filling this requirement.
7. Noted and placed on the record was a memo from DTR
to the CS Training Board, subject, Basic Paramilitary Course.
In substance this statement gaup. -
ments of the CS, specifically
were being satisfied in the substantive content of this
course.
8. In reference to para 7b of the Minutes, Meeting #2,
the Board noted the memorandum from DDP/TRO to the DTR,
dated 4 February 1965, suggesting careful evaluation of
JOT performance in the Operations Course prior to attachment
of the trainee to the Clandestine Services.
A. The Board was informed of the preparation by
and submission to the DTR of a manual on Unarmed
Combat Training for inclusion in courses designed for
future CS officers. The response by DTR indicating
acceptance of this proposal was noted by the Board.
B. Increased training in CS Records Systems was
recommended by the Chief/DDP/Systems Group in a
memorandum to the DDP/TRO. After some discussion it
was agreed that the CS must more clearly define the
25X1A requirements for such training and submit same to
the OTR. an OTR careerist on
duty with WH Division, has an intimate knowledge of
this problem. It was agreed that and
DDP/SG personnel would collaborate in defining these
requirements.
C. The subject of interviews of JOT candidates
by CS Senior Officers was raised by the Chairman and
a general discussion ensued. The difficulty of
making available the CS officers, given the time
and distance involved, was noted. It was suggested
that a more careful screening of candidates by the
JOTP might be in order, the DTR stating that the
number of candidates remained large but the calibre
was not being maintained. No specific conclusions
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10. The meeting adjourned at 1550.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary,
Clandestine Services Training Board
SUBJECT : Proposed Changes in the Career Training Program
1. During the past several months we have been making extensive
studies of the Career Training Program (hereafter Program) to determine
what can be done to improve it. As a result of our efforts, we have iden-
tified certain changes which we feel should be adopted. These are changes
affecting the sequence and relationship of some of the training courses but
not their substance or quality. If agreeable, we would like to present our
proposals to the members of the Clandestine Services Training Board for
their consideration and concurrence. We believe that by adopting these
changes we will be able to achieve greater efficiency in the management
of the Program and to refine our judgments still further with respect to
the appropriate placement of Career Trainees (CTs) within the Agency's
Directorates.
2. Under our present system decisions on the career placement of
CTs have to be made in the early weeks of the Program. A few changes
in the programming of their training would give us considerably more time
to evaluate candidates and to make certain that we are right in making our
selections. All CTs now take the first nine weeks or the Headquarters
phase of the training program. We propose to extend this by another six
weeks and to have them all take the Operations Familiarization Course (OFC)
as well. With this change, we would have until the end of the OFC before
decisions on career placement would have to be made. The advantages are
apparent -- CTs would have far more information about what is involved in
working for the Agency, particularly the Clandestine Services. This would
place them in a sounder position to make evaluations of themselves and of
their suitability and to express personal preferences. By the same token,
we would also have much additional information, including important training
evaluations and assessments, on which to base our decisions.
3. At first glance, having all CTs take the OFC may appear to be more
of a change than it actually is. CTs assigned to the DDP now get the same
basic training material in the first six weeks of the OC that is covered in
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the OFC. By having all CTs take the OFC it would no longer be necessary
to duplicate this training in the OG. For CTs assigned to the DDP, the OFC
would be followed by an OC devoted to proficiency training. As is now the
case, this training would be presented in the form of comprehensive live
problems under simulated operational conditions. The training content
would remain much the same as that in the last twelve weeks of the present
OC, and the new OC would be reduced from 18 to 12 or 13 weeks. However,
when preceded by the OFC in the manner as proposed, the course objec-
tives, content and training goals would remain the same as they now are in
the OG.
4. The principal problem resulting from these changes that needs men-
tion here is that of OFC-type training for non-CT employees. On the basis
of past experience, there would probably be about 50 to 75 employees in
this category a year. Assuming this number would remain about the same,
we would still have the capability to satisfy this training requirement. How-
ever, non-CT employees would have to be limited to participation in two
OFCs per year rather than in four, as at present. These two OFCs would
be given in the early spring and fall, alternately with the OC. Because of
work load and limitations of staff the two OFCs given concurrently with the
OC would have to be closed to non-CT employees.
5. If you agree, we propose to make the above changes beginning with
the October 1965 class of Career Trainees. We believe that these changes
are in the interest of the Clandestine Services. By way of emphasis, I wish
to repeat that both the substance and quality of the training will remain in-
tact. We also anticipate that the Office of Training as a result will have a
great deal more flexibility in administering the Program and in servicing
the needs of the Agency.
MATTHEW BAIRD
Director of Training