MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAINING SEPTEMBER 15, 1966

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2000
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• Publication Date: September 15, 1966
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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF TUE COMMITTEE ON TRAINING
September 15, 1966
PARTICIPANTS:
Chairman The Honorable George V. Allen, Director, FSI
fate :: The Honorable Randolph A. Kidder, Coordinator, NIS
Defense Dr. Maurice J. Mountain, OSD/ISA
Mr. James R. Gustin, OSD/IBA
JCS . Major General William R. Peers, USA, SACSA, JCS
USIA Mr. Kenneth J. Coffey, IPT
CIA Mr, lhn H. Richardson, DTR
AID : Mr. Warren Ziegler, A/PA
Also Present: Mr. David S. McConnell, -Staff Assistant
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The Committee on Training, established by the SIG action of July 26, 1966,
held its initial meeting on September 15, 1966.
Ambassador Allen opened the meeting with a brief introduction.
The discussion of the "Draft Directive for the Committee on Training"
centered largely on the problem of the establishment of criteria for
"key positions," as the term is used in Personnel 25X1A
requirements and compliance for each of the agencies were discussed
in some detail. Major General Peers said that a new study by JCS
on its degree of participation in the Seminar is in preparation and
is expected to be completed, in about two weeks. Mr. Richardson
requested that the suspense date for the Committee directive be later
than October 1, 1966, to provide more time to study it.
Mr..Ziegler suggested that the concerns of the Committee be those
programs which were interdepartmental rather than those programs which
are of concern only to the agency involved. General Peers suggested
the need for a working group to deal with the more time-consuming
problems of the Committee. Mr. Richardson supported this suggestion,
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Minutes of Committee on Training
September 15, 1966
Ambassador Allen said that Item 4.b. on the agenda relates integrally
to Item 4.a. Dr. Mountain then recommended that 0 needed to be 25X1A
revised before the Taylor Committee reports could be considered.
Mr. Ziegler said that the concerns of the Committee should be focused
on meeting the needs of the training programs, and not just on mandates
given the Committee. Dr. Mountain suggested that the recommendations
of General Peers' committee provided documentation of these needs.
In considering the criteria for "key positions," Mr. Richardson said
that the CIA had interpreted key positions as meaning leadership
positions. Ambassador Allen agreed that the problem of country team
involvement is important. Ambassador Kidder stated that what is needed
is a written set of criteria for key positions, rather than a verbal
agreement. He indicated that the Department of State already has an
up-to-date set of written criteria for the Department's personnel..
There was a consensus that a working group would be needed for further
analysis of this problem.
Mr. Kitchen's Office, G/PM in the Department of State, is preparing a
draft revision of the OIDP for interdepartmental consideration;
therefore, the Committee considered it appropriate to wait for G/PM
to distribute this revision before the Committee considers the OIDP,
or I and the Taylor Committee Reports.
Until that time, specific problems for the Committee's and its working
group's consideration are the nature of the key position criteria, and
the directive for the Committee on Training.
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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAINING
Member Alternate
State The Honorable George V. Allen, Chairman
Director, Foreign Service Institute
Department of State
Tel: [phone]
AID Floyd F. Feeney Warren L. Ziegler
Special Assistant to Deputy Chief, Training Division
Administrator AID (PA/TD)
Room 5945, Dept. of State 'Room 6H29, SA-8
Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
CIA John H. Richardson
Chief, Training Division
Tel: 3245
DOD Dr. Maurice J. Mountain
Director of MAP Policy Review
OSD/ISA
Room 4E-821, Pentagon
Tel: [phone]
JCS Major General William R. Peers, USA
SACSA, Office of the JCS
Room 1E-962, Pentagon
Tel: [phone]
USIA James J. Halsema Kenneth J. Coffey
Chief, Training Division (IPT/T) Special Assistant (IPT/T)
USIA, Room 1123 USIA, Room 1123
1776 Pennsylvania Avenue 1776 Pennsylvania Avenue
Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
NIS The Honorable Randolph A. Kidder
Coordinator, National Interdepartmental Seminar
O/FSI/NIS, Room 117
Department of State
Tel: [phone]
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