SUMMARY CRITIQUE OF AIR WAR COLLEGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06367A000100040004-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 22, 1967
• Content Type: MFR

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22 MARCH 1967
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: SUMMARY CRITIQUE OF AIR WAR COLLEGE
1. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY CRITIQUE OF THE AIR WAR COLLEGE
YEAR 1965 - 66 CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE CLASS, THE COLLEGE
CURRICULUM, AND THE IMAGE OF THE AGENCY HELD BY STAFF AND STUDENT
PARTICIPANTS.
2. THE CLASS WAS MADE UP OF LIEUTENANT COLONELS AND COLONELS
FROM THE ARMED FORCES, AND CIVILIAN MEMBERS OF THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY, THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND
THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE TWO
MEMBERS OF THE AIR RESERVE AND ONE CANADIAN AND THREE BRITISH OFFICERS.
APPROPRIATE CONTROLS WERE EXERCISED OVER THE ATTENDANCE OF THE FOREIGN
OFFICERS OF LECTURES FOR U. S. NATIONALS ONLY. OVER-ALL, THE SECURITY
FOR THE RUNNING OF THIS COURSE WAS EXCELLENT.
3. THE CURRICULUM INCLUDED LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND
SEMINARS ON THE BASES OF POWER AND CONFLICT (HISTORY AND THE NATION-
STATE, THE ELEMENTS OF POWER, THE MILITARY ELEMENT OF POWER, AND THE
IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT); U. S. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY (MAJOR INFLUENCES,
AGENTS, AND IMPLEMENTATION); MILITARY DECISION MAKING (SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
AND COMMAND AND CONTROL); MILITARY CAPABILITIES (ENEMY POSTURE, DEFENSE
ORGANIZATIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AND FORCES); AND MILITARY STRATEGY:
CURRENT AND FUTURE. THE QUALITY OF THESE PRESENTATIONS WAS UNEVEN, BUT
THE SUBSTANTIVE VALUES WERE OF UNIFORM MERIT.
4. THE IMAGE OF THE AGENCY, AS REFLECTED BY STAFF AND STUDENT
ATTITUDES, CRITIQUES OF AGENCY SPEAKERS, AND SEMINARS ON THE ROLE OF
INTELLIGENCE, WAS EXCELLENT. AT NO TIME DID I FIND ANYTHING BUT THE
HIGHEST REGARD AND RESPECT FOR THE AGENCY'S ROLE AND PERFORMANCE AS
THESE WERE MADE KNOWN TO THE STUDENTS BY AGENCY SPEAKERS. WE WERE
LOOKED ON AS ANOTHER ARMED SERVICE AND NOT AS A CIVILIAN AGENCY.
5. I RECOMMEND THAT AGENCY OFFICER CANDIDATES FOR FUTURE RUNNINGS
OF THE AIR WAR COLLEGE BE DRAWN AS IN THE PAST FROM THE SEVERAL 25X1A9a
DIRECTORATES.
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STATION 25X1A6a
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