DEAR COLONEL BAIRD:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00259A000200080006-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 7, 1954
• Content Type: LETTER

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Tt'E SECRETARY % STATE!,
: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
June 7, 1954
The other day Mr. Allen Dulles was so kind as to give three of
us from State a ride home from the National liar College following
his lecture there. In a conversation during the ride, the subject
of participation by State Department members in your training course
was discussed.
I mentioned that several of our younger officers had attended
your basic intelligence course, and had commented on it very favorably.
In fact, each of them has written up his impressions for the infor-
mation of his superiors. Mr. Dulles mentioned that he would personally
like very much to see some of these, and I am forwarding several of them
herewith. Ir thought is that you would want to know of Mr. Dulles'
interest and that you can transmit any or all of these in the form you
think best to him.
For your information, the officers involved have been middle grade,
ranking from GS 7 through 13. They have been selected from various
parts of the Intelligence area, in the following order: (1) Executive
Staff (R/ES); (2) Division of Acquisition and Distribution (IAD);
(3) External Research Staff (OIR/FIRS); (4) Division of Research for
Near East and Africa (DRN). Thus, we have covered management,
collection, private research, and intelligence research.
I would appreciate receiving the statements back when they have
served your purpose.
Sincerely yours,
George A. Pope
Chief
Division of Acquisition and Distribution
NO CRAIG
Colonel Matthew Baird, USAF, ^ DECLAS
Director of Training, Class. CTAF
Central Intelligence Agency, B:~A Met'
Washington 25, D. C. Auth: U,:, FYslxe
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