SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT SENIOR SEMINAR

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• Publication Date: January 5, 1972
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT : Schedule for the Next Senior Seminar
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1. My memorandum to the Executive Director-Comptroller of
17 December 1971 on the Senior Seminar recommends that it be
continued as a regular Agency training program with annual spring
and fall runnings. While awaiting a decision on the recommenda-
tion, my people have been busily engaged in the planning work
for the next running of the Seminar.
2. As I discussed with you by phone on 4 January, there are
several questions which must be considered before much time passes
One of these is the length of the next Seminar. Of the partici-
pants in the first Seminar, in commenting on its length, twelve
indicated that the 9 1/2 weeks was "about right"; three suggested
that it be shortened to as little as six weeks (one so suggested
in order to attract officers of higher grade); and five opted in
favor of lengthening the Seminar. You will recall that the first
running was pared down from the 3-month limit originally approved
by the Director, due in part to the suggestions of Mr. Proctor
and Mr. Meyer that a shorter course would make it possible for
their Directorates to nominate officers of higher grades. Based
on my review of the Seminar content and our general experience
with the first running, I believe that for the second session a
9-week running which omits the field trip would be satisfactory.
I am attaching a draft model which the Staff is currently working
on. However, revision and change in this model are almost certain
as the planning goes forward.
3. The other important aspect of the schedule is the starting
date. The Seminar Staff is hoping to get underway on 5 March and
25X1 finish up on 5 May. The reason for this is that in the absence
of an approval to continue the Seminar, it becomes necessary to
fit the Seminar into the schedule of other courses which use
facilities, and also not to delay its start until such
time as participants would be distracted by the return of children
away at school. As we discussed, an early March start underscores
the need for getting the nominating and selecting process underway
and before that, of course, the decision on the recommendation for
further runnings.
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4. Upon receipt of approval, I propose to send an announce-
ment to component heads and training officers in the Headquarters
area; a copy of a draft announcement is attached.
Atts
HUGH T. CUNNINGHAM 25X1
Director of Training
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DRAFT MODEL OF SENIOR SEMINAR SESSION 2
Block Days Manager Backup
5 The Senior Officer as Manager
II 12 The Challenge Abroad and the
US Response
III 8 The Intelligence Mission of CIA
IV 5 Current Trends in the Intelli-
gence Community
V 4 Other Official Relationships
VI 3 Covert Action: The Hidden Side
Of Foreign Policy
VII 5 Domestic Problems and CIA
VIII 5 CIA and the Future
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CONFIDENTIAL
CIA SENIOR SEMINAR
1. The second running of the CIA Senior Seminar will be
conducted by the Office of Training from 5 March through 5 May
1972. This program is uniquely designed for senior Agency
personnel and its content is on a level with that of the Senior
Seminar in Foreign Policy, the senior military schools and the
Federal Executive Institute. The Seminar's objectives are to
update senior officers' knowledge of foreign developments and
their impact on CIA, to enlarge their understanding of the Agency,
its official relationships, and the problems and pressures facing
Agency management, and to expose them to change in American society
which is relevant to CIA.
2. The Seminar draws on experts from academic life and
private research organizations, officials from other government
agencies, and knowledgeable officers from throughout the Agency.
Much of the learning and broadening in the Seminar comes, however,
through extensive active participation and sharing of views and
insights among the Seminar participants. Therefore, the selecting
of participating officers is a key element. It is essential that
the Seminar include capable senior officers who represent different
organizational elements and who bring together a range of work and.
foreign area experience. In order to enroll a group with such a
variety of backgrounds, quotas for nominations have not been estab-
lished and each Directorate is requested to nominate more officers
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than might ordinarily be expected to attend on a straight quota
basis. Selection from among the total group of nominations will
be made by the Training Selection Board with a view of producing
a representative and balanced group. Participation will be
limited to twenty officers, minimum Grade GS-15.
3. Nominations to the Senior Seminar are requested from
Directorates by 4 February 1972. Final selections will be worked
out by mid-February. Pre-course preparation -- briefings of the
participants and distribution of a limited amount of material
to be read in advance -- will be held in late February. The
first week will be held and the
balance of the Seminar will be conducted in the Senior Seminar
area of the Chamber of Commerce Building.
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I read this with some care and
the Seminar does appear to have
been a success. As you know,
the Director was a little skeptical
about this Seminar and I think will
want to be assured that the Deputy
Directors feel that it is worth the
candle. In this connection, I get
no feel at all for what the DDS&T
or the DDP people think about the
Seminar since none of the attached
memoranda were from the partici-
pants of those components. If
you could flesh your summary
memorandum out a bit to give us
some feel as to what the partici-
pants from the four Directorates
think about the course, it would be
helpful. I also think it would be
worthwhile for me to see "the
thick sheaf" which you have
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Colonel White
The Senior Seminar has evidently been exceedingly
successful in its first running, and I am convinced that
It should become a regular part of our training program.
Accordingly, I have concurred with Hugh Cunningham's
request to schedule it twice yearly and to ask that you
seek the Director's approval for its continuation on
this basis. I would assume you would wish to poll the
Deputies before going to Mr. Helms.
EO-DD/S:LDP/ms (21 Dec 71)
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1. Tis6eweraLduka reports o tao first runaig.c,.. of the CIA
anti reql,tests in f3rarai.11 9 taat you 2tCA te
Arector'3 approval for continuin?; it. -
2. ILL accordance it tors of ti;ie Airectoris arproval of
ny proposal for a Senior Seroinar, a ilot raining vas ceilducted
fro i SeptebQr tftrouga Z4 1:ovember and extrenly t,lorow;,h
evaluation of the 5*rib-tar was made as it proceeded .Lni at its
conclusion. Twenty officers of grades were
CAQ3QT1 by the Trainia Solectioo lioard fro, a total of 3S nomi-
nate:: from turong3out the Agency.
3. Toe '.ieinur covered a yr t7 of subjects uJiicii are
directly ft:levant to tile activitios, relationships, interests,
policies, and problens of CIA. Tut! svocific content was ia.sed
on discussions with scores of senior officers throulo.lt
Agency and an investigatiol'i of t'ac curricula of extvrnal courses
to w4ica we send senior officers. Its finsl format col.sisted
of ,ilocks on 'Tne Senior Agency Officer," 'I3e Intellience
business,' -,1:ijor World Trends and Their 511ficance for Policy
ana Iatellieace," "Covert Action: T%e iii,;den Side of Porein
PolicY,- -Tie zinvironment of CIA: Ufficinl i:elation5h1:4,s* followed
"Unofficial Fselationshil,s- (t,le latcr lacorporatin,: 1)resepta-
tioAs oa facets of tie Ac,erican .tor,estic situation wlic; ueur
directly on the A.;,ency), New Tools and iethodo1ogies Jor Intelli-
gence, and 'The '4anagel4ent of Lt-ellizenco and the Futuro.-
T_Lreo-aay tris to optioA, liastalliltions of
interest were taken by SciAinar g
4. A total of j3 non-A.:;ency ant., A;;ency zuos sro31,ers
ar,d panelists accepted invitations to particiate in toe ;:ilet
runnin,
iirong the distinuis:ted Aon-govornweat sde:lko)25
were: A. Ofloa liarnett, Letitia .Zro,A71, 21Agniew Brzezthsld,
Crockett, Jon Fairbaak, Jose-pit liqT3C:L, Herilan Xan, Foy Koaler,
Peter Lisagor, C.obert Os:;ood, Wesley rosvar, alarlos Scaltze,
'clays and 6anera1 Earle 'i;lieeler:
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b. FroTa other parts of Clo 3overhnent: allium I. Cargo,
Sr._award Lavid, Philip Farley, z;rijadior Grahait,
h. Alexis Je4ason, ailliaa B. aaccalber, Jr., Coagressaaa dilliam E.
.0eputy Assistant Secretary C. Roaert :_a)oce, Laerharelt
Rec;itin, Jarrell St. Clair, vlornor VoaLrana, and others;
Their presentations provided a stimulus throughout the Seminar's
running for the participaats to taa:e full use of their own experi-
ence, knowledge and judgments in lively exchanges loth with guest
speakers and with each other.
b. Ia evaluating the Seuinar, the Senior Seminar Staff
solicited reactions of the participants to the value of the course
as a whole for themselves and any .Cuture participants, as well as
sugastions on how to improve every part oC the prograa throw;hout
tue runniaa. ;lost of the 20 Seminar attendees afiarNed in stroag
terms that participation will be valuable to them in their Agency
jots and expressed the hope that tae Sealiaar be coatinued.
6. I was particularly interested in the participants' eval-
uations of Senior Seminar Objective 3, concernins: 'self-renewals'
and appreciation of the problems of others, of which acre are two:
a. "The Seminar fully acaieved this objective for me. I
came to tae aeminar believinc that this was one of its basic objec-
tives, and I leave more convinced than ever that self-renewal is
sufficient justification for the time and effort that wont into
tae course. .iiuring the Seminar I was interested, stimulated, oxhil
arated, and excited at times; depressed, angered, anel frustrated
at others. In short, the Seminar aragged me out of my usual pro-
fessieaal mold and caused me to think, to read, an to talk with
more entausiasu than I haa for years. It was groat!"
b. 'Jany of tae myths about the 'other rty were effec-
tively dealt with during tae course of the Seminar. came away
with a ;ore respectful appreciation of Agency-levoi problem areas.
hot only did tile course provide an opportunity (for self-renewal)
but la fact did renew my sense of personal motivation, appetite
and coaatit,tent to tae Agency's In-oblom areas.'
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7. As ;light be exvected ia first
and .",;articipallts d1C, identify a nuthbr of "hi.
eliinated and. soo zlreas reouiriL 1;qprovt, Out
the' ot detract front tho t3e.minr'3 goflorally exclient
quality. The Staff has copiled ala ,,:nswers to tac 1.)vtluatioA
q: tioi into a .thic;.c sheaf whicA avallai)lo to ave no
e 14tte interest. ffe will to to answer an!
t IiwL10.1 the 'irector and yoilf or other ailprriato
autiority na.y. 'aavu concerning all aects of the :Arr.inCiT. In tie
solicit your attentie:a to the. attached 1,:iiiiera4iia
volutaray writtea by. six articipants to teir Jffice arLi
iarectorAl:e c:iiefs. To save yoo: we arc, slIbi2itin t),ese
special 'arioraat,la rather t1,-ca the thick shea we havo assez;i4eti.
ot all .the ovaluatioas are as Tlatteria, ,ttt we ar., fmt aware.
of uhyt.1c1ntving away ...4isaolatea.
I concur fully in to judgek.lts of t'4Ie parteints that
Cirt Sinar runala .:as successful-a-a believe
tt it ti.iqoAstrates tivit oxrwrienco fir senior ;Ift
eicers reprosents an effective 12ivest%ent of filt., as well as
of b,ot:i r-itaff an0 participants' The line aa. A half qeoks
of tho iaar coverr, a large am)uAL alid variety ol naterial
whi&I ;cars oa k.:ency oad interest? LI contrast
to les=:,- pertiaeht content 0 whicA stior e-Ificers ace .cot;,used at
sofqeO the external tralnic 7-)ro3ra.s wi1;.). sessions up to tca
months. T balive that for the J:04X* iature (i.e.; at itast throal.
the Ca 7:,f IN 1973) tha Senior "i3ollinar souL',, besc:oduled for
two 17;1.14.5 a year -- a :Spring a Tzall FeilowinL, the
avoreval, we: arc prepri to )C Ai the secoll
evrly in areil. Further, the pr a shouL24 follow so.11
UG t its overall content it ;.;ttandaace liMitQfd tti 25
officers of Jillullaum gratia tI.3-15; I u1L:, ilowaver, taat a
larger 4L'i"r of or senior officers. hint attena.
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ti io basis. of tl,a z.lbove, I recolartend tat y43 tie
ittractor to approve Lo coatilluatic:1 of tle enior z%s a
regialar trai2AiAg prora to he conJuoted twico a year.
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