WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #3, OPERATIONS SCHOOL(Classified), 5-13 JANUARY

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: January 14, 1957
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief/Operations school 1t JJanuary 1957
Rpt
FROM: Assistant Chhi ef. for
Field Tuning
SUBJECT: Weekly A ities Report j#j operations
School m., 5.13 January
SIGNIFICANT ITEMS:
Nothing to report.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Office of AT+'/OS
1. Chief/Operations School was here from Monday,
7 January, to Wednesday, 9 January. Duri ~ his visit he
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lectured to Operations Course students on Liaison Operations. 21r}a
C/OS also discussed several Operations School M problems
with AF/OS, including the availability of Instructors for the
Operations Courses with AF/OS, D/AF/OS, CI/OFC and CI/0C. 251A
2. Chief/Assessment and Evaluation Staff was here on
Monday, 7 January. He discussed ideas and possible plans
for his contributions
onsocoAgent ursesHa~ling and
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25X1A9a 4. Mr- C/.TSS/= was here on Wednesday, 2!): ix6a
9 January, to discuss a activities of the local TSS Testing 251A
Unit with C/OS and AF/OS.
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25X1C4a 5. The SO/TR, together.with the
the Security Officer, conferred with AF OS on a nesday,
9 January, about several security matters, including procedures
to be followed locally on security violation reprimands and
the investigation of local security violations.
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6. C/0S9 AF/OS and D/AF/OS interviewed Mr.
a prospectte candidate for the instructional sue, on 2 1 a
Monday, 7 January. We were impressed by Mr. quali-
fications, especially his extensive overseas experience.
A firm job offer was made to him; however, we have since 25X1A9a
learned that he has accepted a position in the DD/P. Mr. -
was briefed on our training activities and given a tour of
2YX1A9a the- by Mr. ==~
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7. D/AF/OS presented two lectures to Operations Course
students during this reporting period: "Espionage Operations"
and "Selection and Analysis of Espionage Targets."
8. A/AF/OS entered OFC #7 on 7 January as a student.
Operations Course
1. Fifty-three students returned for the beginning of
the second eight weeks of the OC on 7 January. One student's
return was delayed until 9 January due to illness. During
this reporting period instruction in Espionage and Project
Management was begun. One live problem, pertaining to
project administration, started on 10 January. The Staff
and the students appear rested after the two-week break and
are looking forward to the remainder of the Course.
2. The OC received valuable lecture contributions from
the following people during the week:
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"The Clandestine Services Planning System."
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Mr.
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c.
Mr.
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on "Operations Support--
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Mr. ?
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on "Operations Support--
Operations Familiarization Course
1. OFC #7 got under way during the reporting period
with the first, major change in staff leadership since the 25X1A9a
beginning of the Course. Mr. has taken over as 25X1A9a
25:1a,6a Ch Instructor from Mr.. ,. whose tour at
has ended, and Mro has been appointed 25X1A9a
Planning Officer.
2. There are forty-one students in the present Course,
a little less than in the two previous runnings. The ave-
rage grade of the students is probably a little lower than
in OFC.#6, which was a very senior class. There are eight
female students enrolled in the Course. In general, OFC #7
seems to have gotten off to an excellent start. The students
seem enthusiastic about the Course. There seems to be a
good distribution of talent in the four discussion rooms. No.
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administrative or scheduling difficulties are anticipated.
3. Most of the week was devoted to tradecraft subjects.
The schedule of the presentation was virtually the same as
25,1,9a before. Mrs. delivered her first two lectures
as an O PC Instructor and d d an excellent job. In the re-
cruitment exercise, the staff received aid from Messrs. - 1 a
25X1 a,Ia OC Instructors who played agent roles
along with the staff in the exercise.
Clandestine Field Activities
1.. Chief/CFA, Mr. a 25X1A9a
25,1,9a and conferred wit, AFIDS an
cerning pose a mprovement of the 1000" and Main Firing
Ranges.
2. The entire CPA Staff spent some time during the week
preparing fbr special tutorial instruction scheduled for=14a
14 January and for instruction in the OC sche-25
duled for 15 January.
Special Staybehind O-Perations Course
1. The packaging section of the Caching Guide was rewritten
and is ready for editing.
25.1A9a 2. Mr. of the Medical Office and Mr. of 25X1A9a
25:1,6a TSS were at 8 - 9 January to recover medical and
ration caches that were emplaced two years ago.
25X1A9a 3. Mr. were at HQS 9 - ll January.
Business conducted and persons contacted were:
25 1,49a a. Mr. who was conducting a special SB
class for three s u ents. The students will at
b
25X1 a,6a 14 8 January for instructione
at W 16 January.
25X1A9a b. Mr. concerning status of the finger-
nt system of identif cation. Mr. - will be at
.5,1,6a ri 15-17 Jan. to go over matters on E&E and the finger-
print system with Mr. anti
to assist in instruction and observation o the SB class.
25X1A9a c. Messrs. of TSS regarding
caching materials an con a ners.
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d. Nr. - concerning the treatment of the
movie on caching*
e. of TSS concerning
procurement of material contained in a document cache.
They said instruction in use of the material would be
available subsequent to 28 January and the material could
be made available to = prior to instruction in caching
in OC #3 scheduled for 15 February.
25X1A9a f. concerning personnel matters
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25X1A9a g. of TSS stated that Mr.
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of Comoro would be at ~ the week of
inspect test caches emplaced May 1956.
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h. Miss con-
cerni editing of the Caching Guide* will 25:1,9a
be at 2I ..25 January to discuss s the edited copy of 1 r}a
the GGu ~e.
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Training Aids Unit
1. Graphic Section:
a. A series of illustrations of stages in firing
the Carbine Grenade Launcher has been begun. There are
sixteen illustrations required. This project is being
done for the DD/P Materiel Board and is being coordinated
by
b. A series of Vu Graph slides on Caching has been
prepared for an OC briefing.
2. Film Section:
a. Magnetic tapes on hand:
Local Froaerty - 168
$QQ,S .. 10
b. A 35 mm slide projector (automatics has been
ordered for future use in the Arena and Seminar
rooms.
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2. 1A
Technical Services Staff
1. On Mondays 7 January, Chief/TSS/M was TDY
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Headquarters for an annual physical and meeting with
Fl regarding Audio Surveillance
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Management Course rib schedule:
TDY to confer
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2. On 8 January Mr. WOM
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with AP OS and to introduce Mr.
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replacement when the latter leaves for
Mr
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an overseas assignment within the next sixty days.
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3. Mr. DC/TSS and Mr.
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were TDY here Tuesday night to Wednesday afternnon -
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to work on the-TSS Program.
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4. -4n 10 January Mr. , CI/0C, and Mr. -
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met to so'.idif the planning problem instruction for the next
ASMC starting L. February.
5. On 11 January Mr. - was TDY HQS to complete 25 1A9a
25X1A9a medical tests and to confer with Mr. and 25X1A9a
regarding tentative ASMC Bo e.
Assessment and Evaluation-
1. The report summarizing student critiques for the -
fifth and sixth weeks of OC #3 was submitted.
2. Chief/TEB.spent 10 January, and Mr.
1r}a spent 10 and 11 January, in conferences and - other work with
A&1.;/=
3. Evaluation support of OC:
a. A statistical table summarizing seminar grades
and written grades in the same subjects for each
seminar during the first eight weeks of OC #3 was
distributed to 00 Instructors*
b. In order to supplement procedures for evaluating
agent handling proficiency of OC students, a proposal
for agent ranking of student case officer team members
at the completion of an entire live problem was submitted
to the Chiefs Agent Handling Committeej and CI/ and. - 25X1A
it was approved with modifications. The ra ng was
25X1A2g carried out for the first live problem, wit ch
has been completed.
c. Short conferences were held with the Chairman
of the Espionage and Reporting Committees, respectively,
regardia :, evel ton of student pork in those subjects.
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-. Evaluation support of OFC:
A small amount of additional work was done on the
project of developing the data necessary for across-
class comparisons of student performance.
Asgtant Chief for Field Training
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