LETTER TO MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM P. YARBOROUGH FROM MARSHALL S. CARTER

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• Publication Date: May 16, 1964
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16 MAY 1964
Dear Bill,
This is in response to your letter of I May to
Mr. McCome concerning your Senior Officer Counter-
insurgolwy and Special Warfare Orientation Course.
Your we a sage concerning the course and the type of
speaker you want from the Agency comes through land
and clear. I tni pleased to designate John Richardson
as the guest speaker for your next course during the
week of I-S June. Further, I will personally undertake
to see that the right man is desigmted for each of your
courses in the future.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed), Marshall'S. Carter
Marshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General. USA
Maj. Gen. William P. Yarbarougki USA
Commandant, USA Special W arfare School
Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28307
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Dear Mr. McCone:
1 :321.
The purpose of this letter is to discuss with you certain features of
our Senior Officer Counterinsurgency and Special Warfare Orientation
Course in which your representatives have been participating since its
inception in June 1962.
This course was developed as a result of a recognized requirement
to orient general officers, full colonels, and governmental civilians of com-
parable rank in the nature of counterinsurgency in particular and special
warfare in general. To date, 67 general officers, 596 colonels, and 72
high ranking civilians among others have graduated from the course. It is
evident that the presentation of effective instruction to this caliber of stu-
dent is critical to the overall governmental internal defense/counterinsur-
gency program.
In order to achieve the most credible, effective instruction, we have
found it necessary to rely heavily on guest speakers from national level
agencies, who are also actively engaged in special warfare operations and
can speak both authoritatively and candidly about current problems. Our
success in obtaining the right kind of speaker from the various agencies
in recent months has not been what I would like, and I am trying to rejuve-
nate the course because it seems clear to me that we have by no means
gotten our message through to enough of the higher level people.
Your representative, Mr. Paul M. Chretien, who I understand is no
longer available, was especially effective in portraying the activities of
your agency in support of unconventional, psychological, and counterinsur-
gency operations in the past and present. In particular, he appeared to
have more freedom - or perhaps was less inhibited - in responding to stu-
dent questions than his successors. This feature is of great importance in
a senior officer class as is reflected in our student evaluation file. It was to
create an environment of frank give and take that this course requires both a
TOP SECRET clearance and a need-to-know by all students.
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ATSWS-AC 1 May 1964
Mr. John A. McCone
To the end of improving the effectiveness and attractiveness of this
course, I request your assistance in obtaining Mr. John Richardson as
a guest speaker in the next Senior Officer Course during the week of 1 -
5 June. The present Assistant Commandant, Colonel George C. Morton,
who commanded Special Forces, Viet Nam for eighteen months, has worked
with Mr, hardson there and also hen Colonel Morton was ad-
STAT visor to He an oth believe that Mr. Richard-
son's fresh experience wou very much contribute to giving this course a
much needed shot-in-the arm.
If you can approve this request, I will have a formal invitation prepared
which will suggest a scope (based on Mr. Richardson's known background)
and provide necessary administrative details.
I will appreciate any assistance you can give in this matter.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM P. YAR OROUGH
Major General, USA
Commandant
Mr. John A. McCone
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
2430 East Street, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
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