CARDEX FILE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP56-00403A000100020042-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 42
• Content Type: FORM

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CARD ' C FILE
The attached card is filled out and filed for immediate reference
after the candidate has been interviewed by Chief/JOTD and deter-
mined to be desirable. The card contains a brief personal history
and statement of qualifications. A record of his training and
current status is entered on the back.
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The JOT/OCS program was General Smith's idea and one of his major
interests. He felt that in the development of a Junior Officer Corps,
academic achievements such as graduation from one of the better colleges
was not sufficient. lie believed that the discipline and character neces-
sary to make effective intelligence officers could not be derived from
the normal academic background and that such attributes, in modern times,
could be developed only in military service.
General Smith envisaged a program by which outstanding personnel
would be entered into the military who, although perhaps in some cases,
not measuring up to standards desired by the services, would distinguish
themselves during their military training and would thereby uphold the
Agency's oormitment to provide ;ugh calibre men for the program.
As originally set up by OTH in 1951, the program provided for the
enlistment of draft eligible JOTs into the service of their choice, accept-
tance into OCS and, upon successful completion of OCS, their assignment
directly to CIA or to a service school followed by immediate assignment to
the Agency. As the program developed, however, it became apparent that
the OCS program alone was not sufficient training for the purposes of the
Agency. In order to consolidate and augment the experience, knowledge and
leadership traits developed during OcS, it was felt by the Director of
gaining that a tour of duty with troops was essential. This idea has
been encorporated into the program and a minimum of six months of troop
duty before return to CIA is now included in the training of all JOT/OCS
candidates. The general attitude of those currently on duty with troops
is one of enthusiastic approval.
A. Mission
The Junior Officer Training Division has been established to carry
out the Director of Central Intelligence's requirement for implementing
a program of career service training within the Agency. One of the
principal responsibilities of this Division is the screening and selection
of young personnel with high ability, motivation and potentiality for be-
coming capable career intelligence officers and who are otherwise draft
eligible, for the OCS program. Such personnel receive intensive active-
duty training and field experience before returning to the Agency.
B. Importance of the JOT /00:s, Program
Desirable attributes for Junior Officer Trainees, as envisaged in a
DCI directive, include:
1. Loyalty to the United States and desire for public service.
2. Strong moral character.
3. High academic achievement in college. (itiinimum of Dean's list
standing or equivalent)
4. Well rounded personality and versatility of interest, as in-
dicated especially by participation in extra-curricular or
community activities.
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5. Such additional qualities as: emotional stability, and maturity:
leadership and administrative ability; capacity for sustained,
intensive effort; flexibility, facility, and objectivity of mind;
skill in Juan relations; and perseverance in the face of diffi-
culty.
In view of its attempt to secure personnel who meet these standards,
the Agency derives great benefit from the participation of many Junior
Officer Trainees in the Officer Candidate School programs of the military
services. The numerous trainees who join the Agency fresh from college
find in the military a valuable opportunity to broaden their competence
beyond the limits of academic and intellectual pursuits. Service exper-
ience enables them to cultivate the more practical attributes mentioned
above as desirable for the Agency's career intelligence trainees.
In other words, both the Agency and the individual are berefited
by the JOT/OCS relationship. Advantages to the Agency of military train-
ing for JOT s are :
1. It provides trainees broad experience which, combined with.
their academic training, increases their value to the Agency.
2. It familiarizes the trainee with military procedures,