WEEKLY REPORT #24: DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL (DIS) 23 AUGUST - 27 AUGUST 1965

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• Publication Date: August 30, 1965
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CONFIDES TIA. L
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
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SUBJECT: Weekly Report #24: Defense Intelligence School (DIS)
23 August - 27 August 1965
1. In retrospect, it seems agreed that the decision to combine the
Civilian Analyst class with the Strategic Intelligence student body was
good in one particular and poor in two other instances. Favorably, the
SIC class was so small this summer that the combined class size seemed
to justify earlier requests for outside speakers. On the other hand,
the Analysts lost out in their first weeks at DIS because they had
little opportunity to build up a class identity. Also, the
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exercises of recent weeks were separated too far in time from the SIC
lectures which purportedly were to serve as introductions to the exer-
cises. I doubt: that this specific class will attain a group identification
before it graduates. Some of the individual class members, however, do
seem to be trying to interrelate some aspects of the course notwith-
standing the chopped-up scheduling. Two members, however, are somewhat
discouraged now. They have been notified by draft boards that they will
be reclassified lA as soon as the course ends.
2. The Attache class of 7 September to 17 December will probably
have 62 students (USA - 16; USN - 14; USAF - 32). Defense Attache-
Designates will attend for the first time; their assigned stations are
Yugoslavia, Iran, Sweden, Jamaica, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Honduras, and
Malagasy Republic. Over-all, this is about an average-sized class, but
the proportion scheduled for full-time attendance is greater than for
recent classes. One significant change in the curriculum: All rated
pilots, except those for IC/RC areas, will have an opportunity to engage
in aerial photography.
3. The DIS Registrar is still expecting the 105 quota for the
Defense Intelligence course to be filled. At present, 98 are on
orders. USAF participates for the first time; their assigned 20 officers
will slightly exceed the Army contingent. Navy is sending two WAVE
officers. One civilian from DIA, a GS-11, will attend. The DIS class
will run from 13 September through 17 June of 1966. It is likely that
the next time the course is offered it will be given in two phases.
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4. By now, more that 200 persons have completed the first lesson
of the non-resident course of instruction. About 300 students are in
the correspondence-training pipeline.
5. Responses to the call for candidates to attend the Advanced
Intelligence Course have been disappointing. The names of twelve
candidates are known, including our Agency representative. I'm not
certain of my facts, but I have overheard that the Navy was quite slow
to publicize the course and that someone in DIA is reluctant to fill
its seven slots (three assigned, and four unassigned). A best guess on
enrollments in this 14-week course is that it will start with 19 or 20
on 7 September? instead of the 30 as originally advertised.
Arrangements are just about completed for transfering the AIC
class to NPIC whenever an SI lecture occurs. DIS facilities fail to
meet SI requirements.
CIA Faculty Advisor, DIS
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