STD WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT NO. 50: 8 THROUGH 15 DECEMBER 1953

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• Publication Date: December 15, 1953
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15 December 1953
Deputy Director of Training
STD Weems Activity keport No. 50t
8 throes 15 December 1953
ate in the current Coi nunist 'arty Operations Coz
itlQle cc_oioe quiz on the opening day
r.e how much basic information was in their
The quiz consisted of fifty questions taken from
:1st, quiz given in the Basic intelligence Coarse.
nts ranged from 42 correct answers to 13
the top 10 students, 9 had had the BIG or
ae BOC. Of the lower 10, eight students had
to BIC or the BOG. The students who had previously
BIC had an average of 35 c rect mowers out of 50,
students who had not had the BIC averaged only 25 correct
d aim to be demonstrated that et"nts who have had
better prepared to take the CPO than those who have
0 students were not notified to pick v
of timer. These 6 had an average of 23 correct
of 50.. Sine 5 of the 6 had not had the BIC, they
ut at a disadvantage by not having been told
a..N 0 AA
. rs~ V
?'N -? J
material,. The three
s also to be noted that more people in
n the BIC than is usually the case.
b. AfUr a week of conducting a special orientation course in PP
for a small group of PM officers, the Chief Instruoto
bas drawn two conclusions:
Such a course require a
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see and since there was no time to do this,
this requirement simply by including pertinent
ssctions from a re ar course :fives much to be desired.
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there are to be a number of such requests an orientation
should be designed for case officers not primarily
responsible for PP activities.
(2) The trai tees, hi 3.y indoctrinated in PM, had not received
euou indoctrination in their PP responsibilities to be
particularly interested in the early part of the course.
I is currently engaged in the fair3.y
job of comp and reviewing sets of training
terial$ froiu P4, CFA, and SO courses, preparatory to their
being forded to overseas activities.
the undersigned conferred with
on the over all subject of She ciali7ed ?mining
evaluations . It is expected that conferences will be
individual instructors in January on this subject.
b. recentiy' observed the briefings pre-
sented to phase II by , EE, Rb,, and SAB courses. In his
these briefings are not only effective and appropriate
ourse but also serve to stimulate student Interest and
as advertising for these courses.
ROBERT B. SHAYFER
Chief, Specialized Training Diva
FI DENTIAL
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