DECISIONS AND OBSERVATIONS FROM THE UNIT CHIEF'S CONFERENCE

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• Publication Date: July 13, 1977
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SUBJECT: Decisions and Observations from the Unit Chief's
Conference
Following is an account of decisions reached by the DTR,
observations and items to be explored further which came up
in the Unit Chief's Conference, 22-24 June 1977:
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1. During Mr. Fitzwater's discussion of achievements
and developments during the past year, he directed that in
our updating of regulations we should be sure to include
the documents on
Action: EA - Identify pertinent sections
of Agency/OTR regulations to who
has action on preparing an updated draft.
% Suspense: 31 August 1977
2. Operations Training
Observation--- Based on projection of the
number of professional operations officers projected through
1981 and the number of NOC/CC, and in the light of his obser-
vation that 122 students over the past 3 years have taken the
long Operations Course but have remained in Headquarters, we
should explore whether there is excess training in OTD, and,
if so, reprogram additional personnel to CID. In this connec-
tion I note that there were three Operations Courses in FY
1977 and only two programmed for FY 1978.
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presented the thesis that the duties
of an NOC/CC officer are such that his training need only
be concerned with agent handling and communications,
briefing and debriefing agents, and writing intelligence
reports. In contrast, the staff officer who is a profes-
sional operations officer needs not only the tradecraft
received by an NOC/CC officer, but also needs to be
trained in the totalities of the system, as our future
managers will come from this category. Due to confusion
as to the kinds of training needed by the two categories
of officers and differences of views, a policy paper on
operations training should be written in collaboration
with the Operations Directorate.
Action: DD/OT Suspense: 15 September 1977
noted that, based on feedback
received from students who have taken the MOTC, a sub-
stantial number of MOTC graduates are not using their
training in operations work.
Action: Curriculum Committee to consider
advisability of sounding out DIA on reduc-
ing the MOTC staff and the reimbursement
to CIA. The reduced staff could still
handle two MOTCs and two MOFCs a year.
Suspense: 15 September 1977
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- Persuasion Skills Training -- Based on discus-
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sions between CID should not
offer persuasion skills for individual staff officers,
but should make arrangements with OTD to send them to
STC for this training.
Action: DD/OT to advise DDO/STO and
through him the component training
officers.
Suspense: 31 August 1977
C/CID funnel future requests to_
- Based on a discussion of counterintelligence
training, DD/OT has the action to discuss with C/CI his
views on CI training and the selection of someone to serve
as an apprentice to and eventually replace him.
Suspense: 20 July 1977
- In discussing the record of promotions of D
careerists assigned to OTR and OTR's status equivalent to
a division or staff, vis-a-vis the panel system, it was
suggested that we try to have more D careerists sit in on
the DDO panels.
Action: DTR to propose informally to
at an appropriate moment.
3. Discussing the recent
conferences held at_ by DIRNSA and D/DIA, DTR observed
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that utilization of these conference facilities by non-
Agency groups should remain at that level.
4. Personnel:
- Unit Chiefs' Successors -- Concern was expressed
whether the MT career subgroup includes individuals who
are prepared and capable of succeeding the present unit
chiefs.
Action: DDTR as Chairman, Career Board
should identify to the Career Board the
individuals who are considered capable
of moving into unit chief positions.
Suspense: 1 August 1977
- We should project our retirements from the MT sub-
group, both mandatory under current policy guidelines and
optional over the next five years.
Action: Chief, Personnel Branch
- Personnel Planning -- In the discussion of planning,
the suggestion was made that we move ahead with the effort
to establish high and low priorities for OTR activities.
S. Records:
In the status report on the updating of the ATR and
INTSTAT, the DTR decided that OTR should seek to have an
on-line capability with ODP for both ATR and STATS.
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- In the discussion of registration, the DTR
decided that all registration for OTR courses should
be centralized in the Training Services Staff. It was
noted that this term needs definition.
Action: C/TSS, C/II, or his representative,
and C/FTD, or his representative to reach
agreement as to which aspects of the
registration function should be centralized
in TSS and which should be retained in II
and FTD, as well as timing procedures, and
other aspects of effecting the centralized
registration system. C/TSS report to DTR.
Suspense: 15 August 1977
6. OTR Catalog:
- TSS should make a concerted effort to keep the new
catalog up to date by preparing a quarterly update. These
updates should be issued as closely as possible to the
1 October, 1 January, 1 April, 1 July fiscal year cycle.
Update pages should carry the date of change in the upper
right-hand corner.
- The new OTR catalog should include entries in the
index for assistance on typing and self-study programs.
It should include in the index a reference to OTR conference
facilities with the notation that the inquiring parties
should call extension ^ and that the inquiry should be
at the office, division or staff level. The catalog should
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have both a table of contents and an index. A section
on centralized registration should be included in the
catalog.
7. Training Support:
- The DTR approved the proposal to concentrate all
OTR audio-visual production in the form of videotapes and
to get out of the business of producing films. OTR will
rely to the the maximum extent on videotapes for class-
room use and in agent training. To the extent films must
be used and new films are required, OTR will seek to have
them prepared by a commercial source.
Action: C/TSS will prepare a position
paper from the DTR to DDA asking his
approval for OTR to get out of the film
business and to transfer its assets (one
officer, one personnel position and
equipment) to OL/P&PD.
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will be centralize
Building is being modified
to become a 77 studio. Video production
personnel will be transferred and/or
recruited for service at _ This group
will constitute a separate, tenant subunit
which reports to C/TSS and services video
production requirements for all units of
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OTR, as well as providing day-to-
day CCTV to OTD.
- In order to ensure that capabilities and require-
ments are balanced, all requirements for the TSS Graphics
Branch will be by work orders funnelled through Mr.
Action: C/TSS will prepare an OTR
Notice for DTR's signature. (This
system will be a 60-day trial.)
Suspense: 5 days after verbal notice
C/TSS will inquire as to whether individual
instructors may have access to the projection booths in
order to operate noontime films.
8. Use of Mag II Machines: For comparative purposes
the utilization of the II and LLC Mag typewriters will be
recorded.
Action: DDTR so instructed in a note
of 29 June 1977.
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