OTR STAFF MEETING - - 17 NOVEMBER 1966

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• Publication Date: November 17, 1966
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OTR STAFF MEETING -- 17 November 1966 Fr: DIR
1. Guest Speakers. (ACTION: ALL) If we are unable to "renovate" poor
CS speakers, the DD/P wishes us to drop them. We should forget person-
alities -- not continue them simply because they hold certain positions.
The DTR and the DDTR will alternate in monitoring the next IOC. If the
School Chief has any doubt about a presentation, he should also monitor.
DTR says we should not confine evaluations to DDP speakers. In some
instances we will have to leave certain subject matter untreated unless we
can do it ourselves. C/IS is making an evaluation of each DDP speaker in
IS courses. ~ ill prepare. a listing of really.poor outside speakers.
DTR plans to send a memo to DD/P.
2. DDS Staff Meeting -- 15 November -- ADD/S Presided
a. Vietnam War. Jack Smith and Sherman Kent have different points
of view about the war. Smith is encouraged by the 25X1A
which has resulted in capturing enough supplies to provide a full division
for one year. He also believes that attrition of enemy forces has been
enough to be significant. Kent is skeptical of any significant progress.
b. DCI's Paper on PPB. Warfield read over the DCI's guidelines on
planning. Mr. Helms makes it very clear that he does not intend to ask for
more people or more funds. He asks us to try to better measure accom-
plishments, but recognizes there are many intangibles. Overhead costs
must be identifiably scaled down. NPIC and OCS will not be recognized
entirely as Agency programs but as National, Security Programs and
additional resources will be requested as necessary to support them --
rather than a re-allocation of existing Agency assets. He does not consider
ADP a "panacea. " No R&D .activities will be approved unless they are
clearly and definitely related to CIA responsibilities, and only those which
have a reasonable chance of near-time application. (This memo will be
distributed. )
c. Budget . New personnel .ceiling figures are expected in less than
two weeks -- budget allocations will arrive later,
d. Correspondence to DD/S. Memos "for information only" to the
DD/S will not necessarily be answered. Warfield also suggested we use
the device of "unless you hear to the contrary you will do something by
such a time. "
e. Mileage Rates. There is a paper on Bannerman's desk proposing
a sliding scale of rates. This applies principally to people on the road
a' great deal, like recruiters.
f. DoD Corn uter Institute Course. Agency has one slot for this
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3. DDP Staff Meeting -- 16 November
a. Eugene Rostow. Rostow was briefed on Tuesday by the DDP. He
was highly complimentary about our intelligence reporting.
b. Executive Director on Leave. Colonel White will be on leave 21
through 30 November. Correspondence normally for his signature should
be made for the DDCI's signature.. (Instructions will be forthcoming. )
C. Out-placement Service. In discussions with the DCI, FitzGerald
stated that early retirement is not an effective approach to organizational
problems as long as. there is no significant out-placement service. The
DD/P and Colonel White agreed there is no real service. Helms asked
that a senior officer be put in charge and that the Agency get on with this
matter.
d. Protection against Flying Glass. C/TSD showed a film on
measures that could be taken to guard against shattered glass, as that
resulting from an explosion or other riot type action.
e. Injustice of Paying Parking Fees. DTR raised the issue of some
of the Agency employees having to pay parking fees. When this was brought
up some time ago, GSA had suggested it not be raised. Warfield said it is
not GSA's business, and asked that the problem be defined and solutions
explored.
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5. Programmed Learning. Not every course can be programmed. It
may be that there will be only one course in each school that is adaptable.
Rather than across the board, we will proceed with selected courses such
as language, clerical, field admin techniques-, small station, logistics
and finance. Nominees for the late January/early February programming
course should be instructors of those courses that have the greatest like-
lihood of being programmed. Even if no successful program is developed,
we anticipate the dividend of instructor improvement.
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be circulated. DTR says training in this field is principally the responsi-
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7. Area Orientation. We are putting together another reply on this subject.
IS is working on the use of several kits. Help is needed but we will not be
getting it, therefore, the various schools may be called upon to assist.
8. OTR Planning and Support Offices. These two Staffs cooperate on
budget matters. Gathering of raw budgetary data is the responsibility of the
SS. However, PPS will work it into OTR's programs and may have to go
back to the Schools to refine .it.
9. CT Program. a) The IG team expects to finish up in a couple of months.
b) The average CT now stays on the rolls about a year for non-DDP and
24 months for DDP. DTR thinks they could be detached immediately after
training and wondered how many cases there have been that required read-
justment after the original trial assignment to a CS Division.
10. Armed Forces Staff College, visited the College yesterday.
One of the concerns of the faculty is the extent to which they can go in
presenting CIA. Perhaps we should draw up a model lecture, based
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to the Senior Foreign Officers Group at Holabird.
11. Project HELPFUL. Thirty-four people attended this session.
12. Glossary of Expressions. has added "era of quantification"
to the list.
13. NATO Defense College. General Caraway, formerly High Commissioner
in Okinawa, had asked DTR if we send anyone to the NATO College. Regis-
trar is checking.
14. Language Testing. There are approximately 100 still to be tested.
When we get the data on the number of disclaimers from the machine run,
it should be forwarded to the DDS. This should be discussed in the Execu-
tive Committee and each case of a disclaimer in the intermediate and above
level should be scrutinized. (Check the list from
for DDP personnel, )
15. Christmas Party. This has been scheduled for 15 December. Hank
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mittee. There will be a list of protocol guests, such as Bannerman,
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16. EOD Clericals, As reported in last week's Staff Meeting Minutes,
pares 11, there were to be approximately- clericals a year into 25X9
the DDP. Change this figure to= a year. 25X9
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