SCHEDULE CIA SENIOR SEMINAR THREE 21 JANUARY - 23 MARCH BLOCK II: THE BUSINESS OF CIA

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1973
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21 January - 2~ March
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CONFIDF;NTIAL
CIA SENIOR SEMINAR
Block II: THE BUSINESS OF CIA
The objective of Block II is to renew and
enlarge the knowledge and understanding that
members of the Seminar have of the work of the
Agency. The Block singles out for special
attention major facets of the Agency's primary
missions and tasks, and the choice of topics is
necessarily highly selective. Each major pre-
sentation is designed to provide an overview of
an important element of the Agency's responsi-
bilities as well as develop some facets of the
subject in depth. Many aspects of CIA's business
are also covered in other Blocks when they have
a significant relationship to the international
arena, the work of other agencies, the domestic
environment, or m>ara.ge:r:ont rac;,icos.
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MONDAY, ?.9 JANUARY
0830)_ Introduction to Block II
0900)
enior emlriar Staff
0915)_ The Organization Game
1200)
Seminar Members
The Organization Game is a team exercise designed
to famil-iarize Seminar members with the structure
of the Agency.
1245) 0 tional Film: The Mexican Connection
1345) p
This is a documentary on drug traffic, filmed in
Mexico in color.
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MOr:DA`~, 29 JANUARY - r_ontinued
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TUESDAY, 30 JANUARY
HEADQUARTERS BUiLDING
(Room 6B-02)
0830)_ Technical Intelligence Collection:
1130) Reconnaissance Systems
Harold L. Brownman,
ecial Projects
ro ram Dlrectox
Pro ram Director
eputy erector of Special Projects
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TUE5I)AY, 30 JANUARY - continued
Top cfficials of the Office of Special Projects
will discuss current and planned reconnaissance
systems, their contribution to intelligence and
their limitations. They will consider the de-
cision-making and risk-taking processes involved
in developing and operating different systems for
particular tasks. In addition, they will revietiv
the workings of the requirements system guiding
collectors.
1300)_ Agency FLINT Operations
1430)
John N. McMahon,
Director of FLINT
The speaker will discuss the work of the Office
of FLINT in DDS~T, its ground station and air-
borne collection capabilities, third party
relationships, collaboration with NSA, and support
to other Agency operations. _
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144.5)
1630) Com~~~unications: Lifeline of the Agency
The Chief, will 25X1
outline the scope of the Agency's world-wide
communications system and the types of communi-
cations support it provides to Agency programs,
as well as to other US Government activities
abroad. He will describe the changes in the
Agency's communication system being wrought by
automation and other technical developments. The
speaker will also comment an the i~ianagerial
policies of the Office of Communications that have
enabled it to satisfy expanding communications needs
of the Agency while maintaining flexibility and
readiness to meet new requirements. A tour of the
Communications Center at Headquarters will follow
the presentation.
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Vv'EDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY
0830) New Trends in Cover
1000)
1015)_ Station 0 erations
].200) - ~
~uiiei of .Ci2iiiinaT ~ieTiberS
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1245)_ Optional Film: Misunderstanding China
1345)
This film, in color, concerns changes in American
perceptions of the Chinese, largely as seen through
old movies.
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WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY - continued
,1400)_ SIGINT Activities of the Clandestine Service
1600)
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A panel of Clandestine Service officers will discuss
CS activities iii the field of signal intelligence.
They will consider the nature of national and other
requirements for signal intelligence and the areas
of success and difficulty in satisf}Ting them. The
Agency's relationship to other collectors and users,
third party operations and responsibilities, and
the covert intercept program will also be reviewed.
THURSDAY, 1 rEER'JARY
0830) Overt Collection
0945)
e Senor Seminar from the
will discuss
t e contribution of the Agenc~T's overt collection
activities to national intelligence. He will
comment on overt collection of intelligence infor-
mation from such disparate sources as open litera-
ture, radio broadcasts, maps, films, television,
and human sources, emphasizing the special problems
of each form of collection and likely trends in the
future.
1000)_ Covert Action and Policy: A Historical Perspective
1200)
Deputy Chief, Covert Action Staff
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THL'RSDI'lY, 1 FEBRUARY - continued
Covert Action (CA) is one of CIA's three primary
missions. While it has occasionally stirred con-
troversy, its utility as an arm of foreign policy
has been repeatedly affirmed by higher authority.
The Deputy Chief of tlde Covert Action Staff will
look at Covert Action in historical perspective,
surveying the Agency's experience with this activity
over more than twenty years and reviewing its rela-
tionship to policy. He will describe the tivay in
which policy affects the initiation and development
of covert action projects and the formal controls
which seek to assure that all covert action remains
in the service of the policy-maker. The Speaker
will also discuss the changing relationship of CA
to foreign intelligence collection and will specu-
late on prospective trends for Covert Action in
the 1970's.
1300) Covert Action Operations
1530)
Chief, Plans and Evaluation Group,
Covert Action
A former Chief of Station will discuss Covert Action
operations, drawing on his wide field experience
to illuminate choices of operational action to fit
particular circumstances and the relationship of
operational tactics to policy. He will describe
current covert action approaches to the Chinese and
Soviet targets and discuss present emphasis on
political action operations in a number of areas.
He will stress the necessity for long-range planning
in covert action and indicate some of the planning
he is now undertaking in his current post.
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1615)- Discussion
Seminar Members
FRIDAY, 2 FEBRUARY
0815)- Assemble at Chamber of Commerce Building
(Woodward Street)
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FRIDAY, 2 FEBRUARY - continued
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0900)_ Tour of Technical Services Division Facilit
1230) y
Sidney Gottlieb,
Chief, Technical Services Division
and Staff '
Seminar Mem er
An overview of the Technical Services Division
(TSD) of the DDP will precede a tour of the
facility. The presentation and tour will empha-
size TSD's role as an action arm of the Clandestine
Service, participating in research and operational
planning at Headc{uarters, but also actively involved
in direct support to operations in the field. TSD's
expertise and experience in such traditional acti-
vities as audio, secret writing, -clandestine photo-
graphy, and documentation and disguise will be
demonstrated in terms of the specific kinds of opera-
tions they support. In addition, TSD's work in
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~~s~-v~ _ _ in such nezv areas as video,
narcotics detection and counteraction, and anti-
terrorist activities. A member of the Senior Seminar
from TSD will participate in the day's presentations.
1230)_ Lunch with TSD Staff
1330)
1330)- Return to Chamber of Commerce Building
1400)_ Discussion/Reading
1600)
Seminar Members
MONDAY, 5 FEBRUARY
0830)- Assemble at Chamber of Commerce Building
(jYoodward Street)
0930)_ Interpreting Photography for Intelli ence
1245)
Arthur C. Lundahl,
Director, National Photographic
Interpretation Center, and Staff
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MONDAY, 5 FEBRUARY - continued
Members of th.e Senior Seminar will visit 'the
National Photographic Interpretation Center
(NPIC) for an orientation on the mission and
work of the. Center by its Director, who
organized tl~e first photo interpretation
element in the .Agency and has guided it through.
twenty yeaz?s of growth and expansion. A tour
of the faciI.ity, including presentations by
photo interpreters a71d an inspection of some
of the sophisticated ec{uipment used in the
Center, will follow.
25X1 1245)_ Lunch
1345)
1345)_ planning for Future Imagery Analysis
1500)
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The Chief of the Planning Staff of NPIC will
examine the probable impact of technological
advances and shifting re~uiremer~ts on the mission.
and organization of. NPIC in the future. He will
review NPIC's planning process and explain how
NPIC combines current performance evaluations
with estimates of future needs to arrive at a
basis for future planning.
1500)- Return to Chamber of Commerce Building
1530) _ Reading
1630)
Seminar Members
TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY
0830)_ Mariwana Station Case: Phase I
1200)
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TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY - continued
Members of the Seminar will work as teams on
a notional case study involving a requirement
levied uporr a field station to reduce personnel.
The requirement necessitates a number of opera-
tional and managerial decisions. The case study
has been designed both to help develop an under-
standing of the scope of typical station opera-
tions and to convey insight into the management of
a s ta.tion.
1245)_ 0 tional Videota e: Chronolog: Dru Traffic
1345) pin Southeast Asia
? Room 835, TV Studio, Chamber of Commerce Building)
This videotape reviews allegations that CIA is
involved in drug traffic in Southeast Asia.
1400)_ An O~rerview of Intelligence Production
1600)
Paul V. Walsh,
Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence
. The Assistant Deputy Director fo~? Intelligence
will survey the different types of intelligence
production. Using examples, he t:~il]_ consider
the problems of the intelligence producers in
keeping abreast of the needs and interests of
policy-makers and providing intelligence support
to policy options without becoming enmeshed in the
policy process. He will also discuss tl~e necessity
for intelligence producers to remain in close
communication with collectors, serving as a source
of guidance on what should be collected as well as
contributing to program evaluation. The Speaker
will look ahead to th.e direction in ;vhich intelli-
gence production is going, anticipating changing
requirements and expectations the Agency may face
in the future.
1600)_ Discussion
1630)
Seminar Members
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WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY
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0830)
094J)- Intelligence Guidance
A member of the Senior Seminar will describe
and evaluate the way in which the Agency seeks
to align its programs and activities with the
valid needs of policy-makers through its intelli-
gence guidance systems. He will present examples
of the use of intelligence guidance to focus
collection programs and the allocation of resources.
The Speaker will comment on the differences in
applying a formal requirements system to technical
and agent collectors, and he will report on the
trends in the Agency's overall approach to infor-
mation requirements and assessments of collection
systems.
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1200) The Analytical Function in CIA
y irec or of Current Intelligence
David S. Brandwein,
Director of Foreign Missile and Space
Analysis Center
What is intelligence analysis and how is it done?
Senior Officers of the SST and the Intelligence
Directorates will consider the analytical function
and describe the processes by which informational
inputs become a conclusion or estimate concerning
foreign capabilities, policies, intentions, and
strategies. The Deputy Director of OCI will
illustrate his discussion of this subject titirith
specific examples of analysis leading to finished
intelligence in the political or economic field.
The Director, Foreign Missile and Space Centex,
will discuss the ways. in which the SST analyst takes
raw data in the form of telemetry, imagery, radar
tracking data and other information, and. uses them
to build up a picture of the capabilities and per-
formance characteristics of strategic weapons
systems. Both speakers will address the quest_Lon:
How does management organize to"provide the approp-
riate training, i~~orking atmosphere, and support
needed to produce finished intelligence and estimates
of the highest objectivity and integrity'?
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CNEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY - continued
100)
1600)- The Impact of Technology on Intelligence
Carl E. Duckett,
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
The Deputy Director for Science and Technology
will dra~,r on his unic{ue experience in the Agency
to discuss the contribution of science and tech-
nology to national intelligence and the probable
impact of technological developments on the Agency's
work in the future. He will review the kinds of
technical and managerial ingenuity in the Agency's
S$T history that have accounted for our successes
in a number of fields anal will give his views on
the important lessons to be learned from them.
THURSDAY, 8 FEBRUARY
0830) _ A ent. Hai.dlin
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A member of the Senior Seminar with extensive
experience in operations will discuss approaches
and problems in the handling of clandestine
agents. He will consider in particular the
cultural factors that condition agent handling
technic{ues in Asia .
1000)_ Narcotics Intelligence: New Task .for CIA
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TI-}URSDAY, 8 FEBRUARY - continued
Effective narcotics control has been declared by
the President to be a primary foreign policy
objective of the United States. The significance
of this development for. the Agency will be explored
by the Chief of the Narcotics Control Group (NARCOG)
and the DDI Coordinator in this field. The Agency's
collection activities, its role as coordinator. of
foreign collection efforts against the foreign nar-
cotics target, and the relationships that are
developing between the intelligence and enforcement
arms of the new "narcotics intelligence community"
will be described. Problems related to production
of intelligence on the subject, the formulation of
production requirements, and the response of the
Intelligence Directorate to them will also be
detailed.
(A presentation on the medical aspects of drug
abuse and its impact on American society will be
given in Block VI.)
1345)- optia.n.al Film: Chron.olog: Laos-CIA
This film,in color, covexs the "secret tirar"
in Laos. A number of interviews with members
of the Air America staff 'are included.
1400)_
1600)
Support for Intelligence
Panel:
John W. Coffey,
Deputy Director for Support, Chairman
and Staff
The Deputy Director for Support and senior members
of his Directorate will outline the principal
types of supncrt for intelligence involving men,
money and materiel. They frill use selected examples
to show the critical relationship between the timely
planning and provision of support a.nd the successful
execution of Agency tasks and operations; and they brill
highlight a number of vital points at which the Support
Directorate interfaces with other Directorates and
components. They will also share with the Seminar
some insights into their responsibilities as managers
in -running different aspects of the Support Directorate.
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THURSDAY, 8 FEBRUARY - continued
1600)_ Discussion
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Seminar Members
FRIDAY, 9 FEBRUARY
0830) Covert Use of Ai.r Su ort
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Seminar Meriber
The former Chief of th 25X1
a member of the Senior ,_eminar, w~ ray, on his
experience in Laos to discuss the covert use of
air support. He i?rill consider,. in particular,
the Question of maintaining a capability in being
for contingency air support needs and the manage-
ment problems entailed in preparing for such needs.
1000)_
1200 Intelligence and Arms Control
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A pan.el.~ of CIA intelligence officers z4~ill trace the
steps leading to the first phase agreements itiri.th the 25X1
Soviet Union on arms control, indicating especi_all.y the
role that intelligence has planed iii making the SALT I
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and prospective future agreements. Problems involved
in verification t?Till be explained in some depth. The
panel will also consider the impact which verification
responsibilities already have }lad and may have in the
future on the management and -the structure of the Agency.
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bilities placed upon CI.A and other components of the
Intelligence Community far verification under SALT I
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FRIDAY, 9 FEDRUARY - continued
1400)_ Evaluation of Block II
1530)
Senior Seminar Staff
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PPB I?~' GII~: TOOL OF TOP i`~I!\'~T~.GL~4ENT
The Deputy Director of Programming, Planning, and Budgeting
(~?PB) gill brief.Iy describe tILe concepts of PPB and indicate hog
they ar.e being applied in CZ~I, as an instrument of manage-ri a?
control .
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A VIEIV OF CIA FROM TH% 7TH FL001;
The Executive Di.rector- Comptr. o' lcr Z?~ ill look at the
Agency from the vze4,Tpoint oz top management. 'He will consider
.major problem areas requiring attention at that level and, as
appropriate, indicate .approac3ies to their solutions. He gill
.assess the management process as he sees it, commenting on
the; different management devices for dzveloping and COmmlliliCaiing
policy decisions, The Speaker Tvill. also discuss tine goals
Agency management has set fox t}ie Senior Seminar and its place
iri executive cle~Telopment within CIA..
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