SUMMARY OF THE CAREER TRAINEE INTERN PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00955R000200300034-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: September 7, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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7 SEP 1987
OTE 87-7673
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM:
Director of Training and Education
SUBJECT: Summary of the Career Trainee Intern Program
1. The first running of the Career Trainee Intern Program was
a clear success. As you know, there was some apprehension in the
Agency about whether university students would be mature enough to
handle classified information. Once underway, personnel officers,
instructors, and speakers were impressed with the students' ability,
willingness to take responsibility, and positive attitude about the
Agency. At the end of OTE's eight-week summer course, all of the
students expressed strong interest in joining CIA.
3. The training took place in three locations: (1) three and a
(2) two and a half weeks at 25X1
Building; and (3) two weeks
OTE staff members were on hand 24 hours a
day every day ot the program in case of emergencies and to answer
student questions. In fact, there were two minor medical cases that
required trips to Leesburg Hospital.
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SUBJECT: Summary of the Tuition Assistance Program
4. The training throughout the eight weeks, with the exception
of a Marxism/Leninism segment, received high evaluations from the
students. The training segments included an overview of the Agency,
Marxism/Leninism, Priority Issues, the Intelligence Community,
Interpersonal Communications Skills, Operations Familiarization, and
ncy culture. The students especially enjoyed their stay at
ur primary training recommendations for next years' program
are iisted below:
a. The program should be reduced to six or seven weeks.
Eight weeks seemed to be too much time to fill. Perhaps
the training can be supplemented by some "on the job"
experience.
b.
c. The training program should begin in mid-July (instead of
early June) to allow the students to tie up loose ends at
their universities and, in some cases, find a summer job
for the first part of the summer.
5. Cooperation between OTE and the Career Trainee Division
(Office of Personnel) was excellent. While there were
understandable ragged edges in the first running of a new program,
CTD/OP should be commended for the candidates it selected and for
its success in making this ambitious experiment work.
Distribution:
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1 - 0/DTE
1 - OTE Registry
1 - nTFirTn
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1 - D/Pers
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