WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #44; 25 OCTOBER THROUGH 31 OCTOBER 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000300050072-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: October 31, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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1W &_ /N;mD Ofce Memorandum STATES GOVERNMENT
: Chief, Plans and Policy Staff
DATE: 31 October 1956
FROM : Chief, Intelligence School
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report #"
25 October through 31 October 1956
1. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS - None.
2. OTHER ACTIVITIES
a. 019d e Tra
(1) During the week of 22 October there were 108 people in
Clerical Induction Training and 28 people in Clerical Orientation.
(2) The results of the official Agency tests administered by
Clerical Induction to entrance-onrduty employees for the week of
23 October were as follows: Of 7 people tested in shorthand, 2
qualified; of 17 people tested in typewriting, 8 qualified.
(3) The results of the Clerical Skills Qualification Tests
given by Clerical Refresher Training on 23 October were as follows:
Of 4 people tested in shorthand, none qualified; of 5 people tested
in typewriting, 4 qualified.
b. A&Jnistrative Try
Operations Support #23 began on 29 October.
o. Madin Improvement
Improvement on 24 October to discuss the readability of memoranda in
connection with the study now being conducted.
d. Intelligence
Trrainine
Writing Workshop #10 started on Monday, 29 October, with nine
students enrolled. Five are from the Office of Communications and
four are from the DD/P.
e. Visual Aids Staff
The weekly activities report of the Visual Aids Staff is attached.
Mr.l f the Management Staff visited Reading
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f. Intelligence Orientation
(1) Intelligence Orientation #3 began on 29 October with 75
students enrolled. A talk delivered by Mr. Baird entitled "Introduc-
tion to Training" got the course off to a fine start.
r(2) On 'j. n^tober Messrs met with Messrs.
Orientation, and possible means of improving the content and method
of presentation in t uggestions made during this meeting
will be summarized by and another meeting will be held to
prepare a draft proposal to be submitted to D/TR.
(3) On Thursday, 25 October, a special briefing on highlights of
Introduction to Intelligence was given to three people at the request
of the FI Training Officer.
(4) In addition to his duties with Intelligence Orientation,
ill be conducting the Writing Workshop on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings for the next four weeks.
g. l na_ Bement Training
(l) A request for a special management course for FE branch chiefs
in January is being held p ortunity to discuss scope and
emphasis of the course with Chief/FE.
(2) Twenty-one persons, one over the course maximum, have been
nominated for the 5 November presentation of Basic Management (GS 1,3_15).
This is clear evidence of continued high interest in the course.
Typically, the GS 13_15 presentation is the least likely to be filled
to capacity.
(3) attended selected lectures
in a one-day symposium presented 30 October by the Federal Government
Accountants Association,
(4) Training Officer for the
Office o g s cs, are arranging to visit the Supply Management School
at Fort Lee, Virginia, during the third week in November. Some new
courses have recently been developed which will certainly be of interest
to the Office of Logistics and may also contain items of value for the
Management Training staff and for other Agency components.
h. OTR Orientation Officer
(1) On Monday, 29 October, the CIA Introduction was conducted for
42 people.
(2) The CIA Review was held for 29 people on Thursday, 25 October.
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(3) At the request of WH , a special orientation 25X1
was held on 2/. October for 18 foreign nationals.
(/.) At the request of WH ~, a special orientation was 25X1
conducted for two foreign nationals on 30 October.
i. Instructional Teces
3. PERSONNEL NOTES
a. Mts~ I an instructor in Clerical Induction,
is enrolled in Intelligence Orientation.
b. Mrs.
after a leave of absence.
c. Mrs.~has left for her new assignment at
d. On Wednesday, 24 October, Mr
to discuss some of the aspects of Mr
the Intelligence School.
projected rotation to
~ has returned to Administrative Training
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