CURRENT STATUS OF TR(S)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00012A000400020003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 26, 1952
• Content Type: MF

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Iffiirrnition 1. The creation of
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our (4,) of --rich are instrtt
be taught,, but their application
i.U.luatrated in term of va y1 geographic and opera.
ntal.,, The Instructional pxvgramo ate:
is designed :primari.:ly for personnel entori
perssons ; i ho=ut: -.rio r a . Its
into five (5) =Jcr , within each
se Internal consistency.
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of new employees were at the junior level,
s ran in jected as 8i ant all the y
and operational. personnel station chiefs
counter, This is
where not only was
nior staff positions# with resulting re-
levels o f instruction,
he projected,
nt must consider the extensive vari& ions
which the individual students will en.
ly true in the operational pro's
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.ii 'ion
Cotes (5 k$), involves the
is processes, skillet &M teo ni uss
to all clandestine activity whatever
The suce'~ssful student should be able
F se ply and intelligently in a clandestine operation :ruder
ton 'b-,r a senior operations officer.
The third area, the Staff Indictrination/Covert Activities
:ns ti Courses (4 we-~ks), involves coverage for the student
f the structural and operationl n$lations, procedures, policies,
standards and missions of the Clan destthe Services of CIA to the,
extent that the field officer in an average installation will be
hold r9s ns' bleu for them. This eatertsa is suparL s upon the
eral std of, clandestine activity Twetiented by the Operations
Course.
25X1 The fourth area, the rd-&-nistratian Course (2 weeks), is d
to f Barite the student with those administrative an mawer-Am
Kati and procedures to wh" eh eli junior personnel, both
and ", rati i,, will. be expected to ad re in the f eld and in head,-
quete*s c newts of the clandestine services,
Cn the first four areas, as currently r
opinion of T- q(3) an adequate preparation
ask or field axstgn a at 1 .or relatively junior
ivredi.ats supervision* It b o
Lg equivalent to -'he training riven in a basic
late School,
when added to he first two des
to training fora first assi t to junior
section
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to iDt!UTn 1.
r1.a1 with wh c,, the studen
prior training or the e .valent in
hose courses have. to the',be tt of our
ng tratrdng re :wirer ts,f althOU91, mere are
lv advw training of both a s ia1i d
or the first time, TR(S) is being
for resrsi:b1 field . and staff
hoad to be assembled and presented on
y
fields of c estins activity. The instruction airs to develop a more
eg ,eitie ui derstanding of e o elised nrobl are, techniq' S in the
particular field of activity under study and to increase profession
a prt ce therein. It does not q? l i.fyr the student as a er ecialist,
but gives hi?m greater ovled of those proble D peculiar to his as-
saient.
cod officer o vdll have a i arr respons
es 'ree.ntI7 a
in one (or at most tvo or threes closely related) functional
Unit
to sati.s r the more pressi
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*rent status,
'3o rminY oecas" one
coepted by the clan ostini
do not belie"' , h, mer, t .t to data the axtent of its
its inr).ct on the eczture of clandestine training has
lied ott s' ,c a the Of'f'ice of Training. It is
I have r it it ne sa r r, before examining the -Tobiern,
d factors act forth aho".
Ida,, thn rapid expansion in training
i.serea,ae in
& tlab ins ieter pe~rso rei,bftsseriouslyaff's+cte4 desirabli
?~{~ g in tr a i {lAent ratios, his 4- ana neoes:-1-tat a Insi
of training techniques, and :o result in a
v !Epee'
as long
bow, is
basis for courses
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clandestine so
or incorporated into
al involved in t
he men. of those special
Vol or maturity and complexity of
-:he regular training sectinno has
t critically sffects TRS and which,, in
nel r able m in TR("i), and its influence on the
of the TR(S) mission is, f Irst, q ntit tive'
Both as sts are important, and require
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tra,l- ing _~rob .e y hr -% affected
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d enro rtt `.c1y to the ac u. al mu bees involved.
numbor of af.cers In the Bare eater are projected
within the next few months.
he loS3 of critical sew
exists the equally tr^ o:e nt q,, eetion
which have n vor been availabli to TR(S).
.ent
of uairenta ''ro OPC for training in see
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25X9 between Jet ,1* 1951 pro,cossed et alyn
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ed to mclartake th p nation ar d p
to b'' adequate instructional nrograms,
. To date, it has been able to r'et t
vend t upon the accidental presence
sons nth either vartt,e wid/or i adiate
TP,(9). even thongh they htv"
of training, senior (s) personnel f 1. stron .y that
.n the quality o instruction is urgently needed, but that
but one or T.-tore illuatrati.ons ray be Perttnen,
by area of training, wmilA be too leenp-tb } .f Ind
field of activity can be obt& n for
A detailed review 0"' the current statue or
1. The O Perrat`i,one Course of basic training which, as
me. ? rovi,des tvuinin.; in the basic ope attonal to Cnia, . es
y i f rat lealt one orricer i th current, tx '?to-nata
' oug1ao t t As p,erl o , the aver n' moer i nstr?ictors
course has been a,!-ro -ately ei,rht, Cur nil , only
o this pro ` r, possess
. and only two riitionat have had active in
sahheftleti to leave TRW) rlor to :i1. 17ecer' '. Since
in deai. to rrovi.de the ba is fmm ation or orereti anal
inn ue nce p r tly disproportionate
Desp t4 the fit that
factor in all fief
Prtat influence on the Jarity Of 7,11K(51 trainees.
.ve et nt of eight qualified and e , enc
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Recognizing the ineeritessbility of a rotation problem with
respect both the original, a ienced training cadre from the
ewe would, a selv`e n, ers