WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #21, OPERATIONS SCHOOL(Classified) 13-19 MAY 1957

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: May 21, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM TO: Chief/Operations School
FROM : Assistant Chief for Field Training
SUBJECT : Weekly Activities Report #21, Operations
School 13?19 May 1957 25X1A6a
SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES:
Nothing to report,
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Office of AF/OS
to We received word on Tuesday., 14. May, that the
Operations School budget was due in Headquarters 2 ::1A6a
on Tuesday, 21 .Mayo ne week is a relatively short period
of time to estimate and compile our operating expenses for
the coming fiscal year; however, A/AF/0 S had anticipated
the probability of a short notification and had already
begun this co ?, asks The budget estimate for Oper.
ations School will be completed and forwarded to
Headquarters on 21 May.
2, We were delighted to have and his 25X1A9a
replacement, from Operations School./Head-
quarters visiuas on I May. They discussed Psychological i.
and Paramilitary instruction in the Operations Courses with
AF/0S together with ideas for improving PF instruction in 25:1,49a
future courses. has been of great assistance
to Operations School. by his careful attention to 1 r}a
our requirements in the PP field and the assistance he has
provided us in our Headquarters coordination with the DDP?
We wish F-d the very best of success in his forthcoming
assignment.
1; from the Personnel Of f ice TR
was hee on, 15 and 16 May to discuss Operations School/W
25:1,6a staffing problems with AF/OS and A/AF/OS0
49 D/.F/03 was in Headquarters from 13 through 17 May
to work for a week on the Gail Division desk to which he will
report FCS on 17 June 1957
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Operations -~ so
was on sick leave all day 13 May and
they morning; of was on sick leave all
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day 13 May. acted as Chief In.. r for on 13 May
in the absence of Messrs?
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2 of OTR/Intelligence School presented
five hours PIP nce lecture material to the Co ae on
)4 May.
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3. of RQM/0IS presented a one-hour
lecture on RQM/CI a to the Course on 17 May.
!1. During this period the first live problem of the
Course was completed and the second major live problem,
which stresses Project Manage sent, cons menced.
(l erations Familiarization Course
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? Fresenia the lectu e,
Photograpl A on Monday morning.
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Staff member and one student,
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were TDY. in Washington on Tuesday,
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3. lectuved on "Border Crossing" on
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Wednesday morning. supervised the "Border
Crossiz, Demonstration which immediately followed the lecture.
The "Border Fxercisc,t hold in the evening, ran smoothly cinder
supervision and with the a sis tance of members
from a ermo, TAU, and CFA staffs.
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gave the two-hour lecture on "Fig,
nancer on Thursday morning.
2519a .5. presented the lyeeure. "O;; Crypto-
graphy anP ecur y C ecks," on Friday morning,
2. The third week of AOC #17 ended on 17 May.-
Clandestine Field Activities/Maritime Ct erations
~~ park n e *uur
Crossing Exercise for the ODIC students,
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2 CFA/1400 c4onducted a three-day tutorial course on
Border Crossing for six students from a Headquarters area
division.
3. gave four hours of
instruction to the Logistics group on 14 May.
eacial Stoma behind Operations Course
~ r lni r xc ion ar I1 a sties class was
completed on 14 May and the SiOC staff participated in the
Air? Caching, and Maritime : orcises on 16 May
gave one day of tutorial instruction for
the Cover Training Branch at Headquarters on 14 May.
The review and reorganization of S$OC files is
continuing.
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sere TDY and continued
his
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scoring casing reports and the - Field Project 25X1A2g
Outline,, respectively.
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review o on tent material in CC as a background for
developing an examination in that field.
2 Evaluation support of 0C.-
a. A large portion of the week was spent in
processing evaluation materials on student performance
in the Interrogation Block?
by Because of the work demands, progress on
summarizing student critiques for the first two weeks
of GC #4 was slowed down. At the same time, with
assistance provided by the office of AF/OS, work on
summarizing both the 3rd-4th weeks and the 5th-6th
weeks critiques was begun.
aQ The interim report form for the 5th through
7th weeks was worked out in consultation with C1/5C
and AF,/?S, and grades for this report were computed
from individual exercise grades.
d0 Brief conferences were hold with the Chair-
man, Operational Skills Committee and the Chairman,
Project Management Committee about critic iirsg and
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TrAinir~ Aids Unit
a. Four 35 mm color transparencies pertaining
to Operational Plans and Production Folders were
completed for OFC
bb. TSS has requested three additional mock-ups
of the (13 light meter for use in the Photography
block of the Operations Course
c. Five working drawings explaining the basics
of the camera were completed for PBS,. These will
be made into VU -Graph Tranaparancies,.
2n Film Unit
One hundred feet of color film was taken of the
Surveillance Magnetic Board in an, experimental demon-
stration of the animation possibilities of such a
technique. Later a short color film will be made
which can be used in the Survbillance lecture. The
experiment proved highly satisfactory.
Technical Services Staff
L , ie been TDY Headquarters all
week. He is expected to return here IMonday, 20 May.
2. assisted with the CFA Demon-
stration to Operations F? miliarization Course #9 on
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OFC #9 on 13 May.
PEER iOI+.A, NOTES
Nothing to report.
gave a Photography lecture to
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