NPIC TRAINING SELECTION PANEL MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING 1430

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• Publication Date: May 27, 1970
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NPIC TRAINING SELECTION PANEL
Minutes of the Twenty-fourth Meeting
1430, 27 May 1970
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1. The Training Selection Panel met to consider nominations
for the Senior Officer Schools, 1.971-72, and to reviei: the Center's
participation in sending its personnel to attend the National Senior
Cryptolog_c Course. Attached is a listing of the Senior Officer
Schools showing the grade and age requirements
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2. The following individuals were considered by the Panel as
candidates for the various Senior Officer Schools. Attached is a
nomination form for each candidate.
Quotas for the Senior Officer Schools are filled on an Agency wide
basis and each component may nominate as many candidates as it wishes
for any of the schools. Careful attention is given to the over-all
qualifications of nominees and their ability to serve as able rep-
resentatives of CIA, their potential for progression in the Agency,
and their interest in the school for which they are being nominated.
It is essential that the availability of the nominees during the
scheduled time of the program be established--the rate of withdraw-
als of approved principals and alternates for the 1970-71 sessions
has been so great that in some cases the CIA Training Selection
Board has had to make hurried selections of additional candidates
to fill our quotas. If an individual is nominated for more than
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one school, the order of preference must be indicated. The Panel
reviewed the qualifications of each nominee in relations to the var-
ious Senior School requirements and the reasons for recommending the,
training for the individual.
Other pertinent factors considered by the Panel were:
~- The onl enior Officer School that has si n' ~ant value
to scientific c, rsonnel is the ndustria. College
o t o Armed orces .
The Panel selected as its nominee for the Indus-
trial. College of the Armed Forces. Members of the Panel
felt that was a stronger Center candidate at this
time than The order of preference of schools
for after the Industrial College is the Army War
College and third, the Naval. War College. I is
presently an Agency alternate for the Army War College,
1970-71.
Nominated by the PPBS Panel member. Unanimously se-
lected by the Panel as its first choice of a Center nominee
for the Imperial Defence College---subject to the concurrence
of the Chief, PSG. was approved as a CIA al-
ternate for the Industrial o ego of the Armed Forces,
1964-1965.
3. The National Security Agency has invited the Director of NPIC
to send two Center personnel to each offering of the. National Senior
Cxyptologic Course. The course is nine weeks long, conducted twice a
year beginning in March and October. Candidates should be grade GS-1.3
and above with demonstrated potential for future advancement. The CIA
regularly receives three (3) positions for each course running. In
the past, the Agency has not always used its three positions and the
NPIC could have one of the three if it desires.
4. The Panel reviewed the course objectives and content and
reconuaended that the NPIC send a candidate to the next course (October
1970) to evaluate the applicability and value of the course to NPIC
personnel.
5. The Panel selected
attend the National Senior Crypt.ologic Course.
to be of sufficient value, the Panel reconnnonds
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to be the second attendee. Nomination. forms fo
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:xecut:Lve Secretary
NPIC Training Selection Panel
Attachments:
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Grade
1,,..ow-Advanced Management Program, Harvard
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GS-l6 or above
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Air War College"
GS-llr4 & GS-15
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`0 "Armed Forces Staff College
GS--13 or above
30
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Army War College
GS-14 or above
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Imperial Defence College, Londonf
GS- 15 or above
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.-O~ Industrial College of the Armed Forces
GS-14 or above
35
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National War College..-"
GS-14 or above
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Naval War College
GS-14 or above
35
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Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy -~'
GS-15 or above
(preferably GS-16)
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NOMINATION FORM
GRAD E GS-it
AGE 39
YEARS WITH AGENCY 10
YEARS WITH NPIC 10
EDUCATION B.S. (Forestry, Photograrnrnetry), Univ. of Calif.
PRESENT POSITION (Describe briefly)
Planning Officer, Planning Staff, Office of Strategic Research (OSR).
Duties involve coordination of the collection, reconnaissance, and
exploitation requirements of OSR and preparing for the impact of future
reconnaissance systems. Provide liaison with NPIC, IAS, and various
committees of USIB for OSR
OVERALL RATING ON LAST THREE FITNESS REPORTS Strong Strong Strong
REASON FOR NOMINATION
is well qualified in both the managerial and substantive areas
of photographic intelligence. He has extensive knowledge of photographic
intelligence in the military field and is especially well versed in the
areas of guided missiles and electronics. His positions have required him
to give briefings to analysts responsible for national estimates and to
committees of the USIB. He has proven himself to be very able to meet
with aniexchange information with all levels of personnel in the intelligence
community. These assets connend him as a desirable candidate for the
Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Attendance at the college will expand knowledge of international
relations, and the strategy and doctrines necessary in the conduct of these
relations. As the direct result of this experience, he will have a better
understanding of these needs of the defense establishment and will be better
able to guide the support of the photographic intelligence field in meeting
these needs.
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If not selected for the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 25X1
second choice is the Army War College, Carisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and
his third choice is the Navy War College, Newport, Rhode Island.
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NOi'1I N''; f I O;N [FORM
Industrial College of Armed Forces
NAME
GF:AUI
GS-111
AGE 1[1[
YEARS WITII AGENCY
YEARS !'WITH NPIC
EDUCATION
BS, Geology - Univ. of Tennessee
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PRESENT I'OSITION (Describe briefly)
As Chief,~Systems Research Branch, Research & Engineering Division,
is responsible for the supervision and training of scientific and engineering
personnel. up to and including grade GS-?111 involved in the Research & Development
of the techniques and equipment required to efficiently exploit reconnaissance
imagery.
OVERALL RATING ON LAST 'I'IIREE FITNrESS REPORT'S
REASON FOR NGMINATION has proven himself to be an effective R&D
manager. The projects within his Branch arc well run and have enjoyed a high
degree of technical success. 0 is a highly motivated individual and
has proven by his demonstrated superior performance that he has considerable
potential for advancement to positions of greater. responsibility. In order to
fully realize this potential, needs, at this point in his career, to
broaden his background and to increase his understanding of the fundamental
effects of Research & Development on national policy and to be exposed to the
overall 'impact of scientific and technical advances on the military, economic,
and industrial strengths of the nation. Such knowledge is an essential element
in senior level planning directed toward the prudent utilization of the Center's
portion of the Nation's limited pool of R&D resources.
The Industrial College of the Armed Forces, bocause of its primary emphasis
upon the management of industrial. and scientific resources, is uniquely designed
to providing this essential training. In addition, integral elective programs
permit further specialization in Defense--oriented cost analysis, in the theory
and management of systems, and in research methodology. All of which are
essential elements of a viable Research & Development Program.
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NAME
GRADE GS - 114
AGE 147
YEARS WITH AGENCY 7
YEARS WITH NPIC 7
EDUCATION HS+
PRESENT POSITION (Describe briefly)
Chief of the Defensive Missile Branch, Missiles and Space Division,
IEG/NPIC. Responsible for immediate and detailed imagery analysis reports
of deployed defensive missile systems, defensive missile test ranges, and
all missile production facilities not associated with air delivery.
OVERALL RATING ON LAST THREE FITNESS REPORTS S S S
REASON FOR NOMINATION
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has been Deputy Chief of the Electronics Branch, Scientific
Division, IEG/NPIC for the past two years. He has just been named Chief
of the Defensive Missiles Branch of the Missiles and Space Division, IEG/NPIC.
His work for a number of years past has brought him into close contact with
NSA analysts and in his present assignment, these contacts will continue.
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understanding of the National Security Agency and to broaden his knowledge of
the interrelationships of the intelligence community.
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