DIRECTOR'S SPEECH TO THE SENIOR OFFICERS COURSE AT THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01083A000100190005-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2012
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Content Type: MF

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/04/05 :CIA-RDP80B01083A000100190005-0
S~JB.F~Ci a Directory's speech to the Senior t?ffYcers
Course $t the Foreign ~erv3ce 1`ru~titute
The fo1lo~rtug infox~tiea~ vas glv~n to ~ by Per. ~rber
who is iri cbetrge of the course to rrshich the Directarr is izavited
to epea~s on F~bruar~y 2. Tine t~tudeat ba]y is ccx~oeed at
nineteen ~+enior Soreigu sexwice oftieers, sverege ~j ~+3 ~,`
average education, 2 de~Cees apf.ece; average gc~vut service,
16 ;~eax~$ . &~rber eye these pevpl~ aura real pros . In the
frees immesiately prece cling the Ilirectaar' s speech, th~sy' gill
tu3.ve had a number oP discussions oi' gex~ersl foreign. policy bF
iaeaple such as Herter and Aehee~a. They will have a]aso
visited fir 1~rce Tactical lair Cczmmand ar18 strategic Air
Caas~xd. At about the assns goint in the co~ir~, tdney f7ill have
discuasicros s~ oux relatioa~.a vrith our alliers. ~eerber frU~ild
particulYarly I.ikee for the ~}irectcrr to as~drersst hilt to a
ec~cpaxative estimate of the 8aviet and [~ poor positions to
the extent that this csu ~ d+ ux~er the intelligence taut.
tik, ~ru1d limos i'or the F3ix'ecttxr tQ ~ the pLacets where
a~ f7l~2Lk ~r are strongly Che.11ex3~;Cd by the ~at-iet I3loC .
The nos~l procedure for speakers at thus ~ is to
talk fos twenty trx fifty niizautar~ i'oll:cxaee by a t3v+~-m1.~tt~
brea:~ axx~. a one-hour S.i.seea.s,siou period which does x~ot
~NSCessarily involve qu~esticros and angers az~ Y' imrolve
a fair amo~,tnt of student g~exticipatio~n.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/04/05 :CIA-RDP80B01083A000100190005-0