PROGRAMS DIVISION, PROGRESS REPORT, OCTOBER 3-9, INCLUSIVE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP55-00011A000100010072-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2009
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• Publication Date: October 9, 1952
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9 October 1952
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Training
SUBJECT : Programs -Division, Progress Report, October 3-9, inclusive
1. During the week, this Division has recommended approval of two requests
for non-CIA trainin~, has returned for further information four requests still
in suspension and, in ef:C ect, has disa,pnroved. in the pre-formal sta-es three
requests.
25X1 2. 1, formal request from IOIS, for an intra-Agency training
Program on research techniques has been received in O`I'R, and a preliminary
orosnectus has been drafted in this division.
have been held regarding the possib'..lity of inc-tuding A;ency employees in an
3. Informal, exploratory conversations with) ICI
-possibly doing the same thin; later for other areas).
informal course on cultural and political history of China designed primarily
for clerical personnel. The object is to give this somewhat neglected grout
(a) a substantive appreciation for materials they are ha-adling, and (b) a
morale booster as a result of this show of interest in their intellectual
developmnent. A related similar program was conducted last year in 0 In-
for-mal soundings within the Agenc indicate considerable interest. I will
have further conversations with next week. (In the event this coopera-
tive idea does not mater:i_al_i ze, ink we have gained an idea that might be
worked out as part of the program. of the Intelligence School, with a view to
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