SENIOR OFFICERS ORIENTATION COURSE CONDUCTED BY THE U. S. ARMY SPECIAL WARFARE SCHOOL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01083A000100140053-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2006
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: July 30, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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SECRET
30 J 1962
masommm FAR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT . Senior Officers Orientation Course C-aducteed
by the U. S. Aruy Special Warfare School
1. The course at Fort Brags was attended by 96 officers
'and civilians. The great majority of the class were regular
A:my officers in the grade of Col:mel. There were three General
officers present, and a mall. number of Lieutenant Colonels and
Majors were also included. The eleven civilians ranged from
06-12 to POD-1.
2. The course included days of instruction and consti-
tuted s survey of the principles of caunter-invur#ency opera-
tiona, review of a number t case et'adies, and she briefing on
the capabilities and role f the U. S. Army Special Forces.
3. The instruction was of high quality and the course
did an excellent job of ac ,inting senior officers, who had
no previous experte nce in the field, with the problem of
outer-Insurgency. I strongly re d that we continue- to
use the two billets available to the Ancy, but I wry, suggest
that, instead of sending professional parvmili.:tary people, we
would benefit node by sending seniar Agency officials whose
work is affected by the problem of counter-insurtcy but who
he not had the opportunity to be exposed to al the fuli
technicalities.
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