WEEKLY REPORT - OFFICE OF TRAINING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06209A000100040020-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2003
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• Publication Date: August 10, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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10 August 1973
ty Director for Management and Services
y Report - Office of Training
'Activities
A. Neve of the Information Science Training Staff
Phase I of the move of the Information Science Training Staff
Erma the Defense Intelligence School, Anacostia, into offices in
the Clamber of Commerce Building was completed on S August. Phase II,
letion and operational readiness of the unclassified remote
area, is scheduled for 1 September. Phase III involves the
on of the classified remote terminal area; this should occur
ut 15 October 1973.
B. Em21141oratelp?tELn9.2122.11.4._Items Dynamics Course
C. aent
The staff of the new Advanced Management Program is making
progress in lining up speakers and developing the instructional
units for the 4 September opening of the pilot running. A number
of Agency speakers have accepted, and we are attempting to obtain a
from outside of the Agency who has been involved in successful
erstablisirnent of a productivity measurement program. The naminatien
of students is also moving ahead; all four Directorates are actively
engaged in making their selections.
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rovement Tra
or the Time-Life Video Cassette Reading Program
has been requisitioned from the Central Reference Service. When
the material has been received, an OTR S ial Bulletin announcing
the availability of this training e e . while,
the contract for the USDA Reading Improvement Course was allowed
to lapse; and students who have applied for admission to the fall
running of that course will be notified accordingly.
E. Urd bbiLtty Group
Seventeen meMbers of the Upward, Yobility Group reported back to
Clerical Training on 6 August after having completed four weeks
of training in the Civil Service Commission's "Communications and
Office Skills Training Center." One of the original 18 dropped out
for personal reasons. The Group will remain in Induction or
Orientation for further training until assignment. Inasmuch as not
one of the Group was able to pass the Agency's typing test, emphasis
will be given to more training in typing
F. Career Trainee Inter'
Br
The July 1973 Class is engaged in pre-interim assignment briefings,
including attendance at the Operational Records and Desk Orientation
Course for CT's scheduled for interims in that Directorate, and the
Intelligence Writing Techniques Course for the CT's headed for the
Intelligence Directorate. Interim assignments begin on 13 August.
G. Career Trainee Recruitment
Activities directed at a solution to the current shortage of
professional applicants involve both thel I smu]krn_
smu]krn_ 1 1 Chief. Career Training Program discussed the mobil -
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STAT has asked for a draft book dispatch on the subject to
be transmitted to all bases.
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H. Presidential Clas
On the evening of 7 August, in the Agency Auditorium, Pea
Igave a briefing on CIA for the Presidential Classroom, a
group of approximately 45 high school teachers from different parts
of the country. This was the Last of the three summer groups, and
the best, in terms of their thoughtful questions. Administrative
arrangements were handled by the Office of Personnel.
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ning of 8 August, in the Auditorium, STATINTL
briefed about 40 college students frmn the University in California
at Berkeley. They are all summer interns enrolled in 'Cal-in-
the-Capitol" program. The visit was requested by the Legislative
Counsel and approved by the Director.
I ASTigar.21Vm51.
A.
at the Forel Service Thati
gn Service Institute is planning to offer a new Chinese
would be oriented toward modern Chinese as now spoken
mainland. Since the course would be of value to personnel
ther government agencies, PSI Is seeking joint funding. The
overall project could cost several hundred thousand dollars, but
in the immediate future, PSI sees a yearly budget of approximately
$40,000. A formal meeting will be held on 22 August to discuss
ways and means of funding this project.
B. Senior Seminar
Planning for the Senior Seminar Block on 'Methodologies of Interest
Intelligence" is well underway. [ who STATINTL
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STATINTL1 1 is considered by and others as the authority on
eaucratic politics and decision-making, is scheduled in late
ber.
I has agreed to meet with the seanar tor
C.
for Information Science
tions for enrollment in the first course of the new
Survey of Intelligence Information
teMber, are following the same tren
though registrations are not to be closed until 24 August
are that the COMO will be heavily oversubscribed.
Alfonso Rodriuez
Y Director of Trainirg
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