WEEK OF 13-19 NOVEMBER 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000300050050-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: November 20, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Chief, Intelligence School
FROM Chief, Clerical Training
suBJECT: Week of 13 ? 19 November 1956
DATE: 20 November 1956
1. Numbers in Clerical Induction Trainin . During the week
of 13 November there were people in C el'~`~riealal Induction Training.
2. Numbers in Clerical Orientation Training. In Clerical
Orientation there were 30 people for the week of 13 November.
3. Results of Official Agency Testing Administered IZ Clerical
Induction* The results of the tests administered to the entrance-
on-duty employees for the week of 13 November were as follows:
Tested Qualified
Shorthand 6 1
Typewriting 9 5
4. Clerical Refresher #64 Begins. Clerical Refresher #64
began on Monday, 19 November with 51 students enrolled from the
following Agency components: DDP, 17; DDS, 20; DD2, 14.
5. Trainin Officer to Audit Course. Arrangements have been
made for s Dorothy Dockierman', Training Officer from United
States Information Agency, to audit the Gregg Shorthand Theory
Review class in Clerical Refresher Training. The class is held
daily for 1i hours for a period of four weeks,
6. IBM Executive Typewriter Proficiency Program. The Clerical
Training staf hats secured the services of Miss Margaret Duane,
Educational Representative Electric Typewriter Division, from the
International Business Machines Company for a special "training
clinic" in the use of the IBM Executive Typewriter. Plans are
being made to have Miss Duane conduct two training sessions in the
Clerical Refresher Training classrooms in Alcott Hall. The
demonstration and instruction is scheduled for 17 December 1956.
7. Special Trainee, To be more useful as a card punch
operator, Clerical Refresher is training Mr, in the
touch system of the typewriter keyboard and the proper techniques
attendant to it. He will be tutored from 13 November to 30
November 1956.
CONFIDENTIAL
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8. Pattern of Clerical Orientation Training Attendance.
During the` iS weeks since the middle of J the number of trainees
in the Clerical Orientation course has averaged 32 people each week.
There was an abrupt change this last week when there were no
trainees eligible for assignment. Consequently, the course was
cancelled. The Personnel Office informs us, however, that the
numbers will be back to capacity on 27 November.
OT.R/CT:MAH:jdm (20 November 1956)
CONFIBENTIAL
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