WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #40 27 SEPTEMBER THROUGH 3 OCTOBER 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000300050109-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 109
• Publication Date: October 3, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
To G'~hief, Plana and Policy Staff
DATE: 3 October 1956
FROM Chief, Intelligence School
susJECT: Weekly Activitiaa Report #40`
27 September through 3 October 1956
1. SIGNIFICAI~ ~ -None.
2. ~ ACTIVITIES
a. C1?i Tra
(l, Dur3,ng the week of 21~ September there w?re 1CV, people in
Clerical Induction Training and 29 people in Clerical Orientation.
(2) The results of the official Agency tests administered by
Clerical Induction to entrance-on.-duty employees for the week of
2k September were as foLtows. Of 19 people tested in shorthand, 2
qualified; of 26 people tested in typewriting, 1$ qualified,
(3) The results of the official Agency tests administered by
Clerical Refresher Training on 25 September were as fo7.lowss Of 3
people tested in shorthand, none qualified; of 2 people tested 3n
typewriting, 1 qualified.
(1,,) On 2$ September a typewriting pre-teat was adm3.niatered to
twelve servicemen who havoc come on duty and will be assigaed to the
Office of Communications.
(5) The new 3~ hour program on ComYmxniam, inaugurated in the
Clerical Orientation course the week of 17 September and presented by
a staff member from the Soh of International Commoemiam, is proving
to be very successful. Nh~. has been the inatructar to 25X1
date; his approach is st en usiastic, and his material
is well selected and properly geared to the seeds of the c3.s.ss. The
written critiques requested of the students show that they absorb the
content of the lectures and films.
(6) The change in the schedule of Clerical Orientation to Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday is proving to be most satisfactory.
b. Via A, i?~a St~?_
The weekly activities report of the Visual Aida Staff is attached.
SECRET
25 YEAR RE-REVIEW
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(1) Intelligence Orientation 2 be, on 1 October with 115
students enrolled. DI7rR, delivered a talk
entitled ttlntroduct on o ra w served to get the course
aff to a good start.
(2) Can 1 October met with of the
Plans and Policy Staff [~R, to discuss further some tentative
suggestions concerning orientation to PP activities. Additional
discussions with C/JiI~P and with representatives of the Operations
Shoal will be held.
(3) On 1 Oetobe met with C/IS and
to discuss availability of personnel to conduct not only the
regularly scheduled Writing Workshop but also special writing work.
shops to ba put o
cations. Messrs.
will handle these ograma.
d. Ntan~ent T,,,_ra
(1} On Friday, 2$ September, at the invitation of the Office of
Civilian Personnel, Department of the Army,
attended a presentation an "Creative Thinking. anew y
developed phase of Personnel 1~lana.gement for Executives.
The lecture given by and the subsequent demonstration
were most disappointing. The presentation was, in the obaervers1
judgment, quite ineffective.
(2} On Saturday, 29 September drove to the State
Departmentts training site at Front Royal. to hear a lecture on
ttLeadership," given by Mr. John McCarthy of the General Eleatriv
Company Management Trai__ing Program. Mr. McCarthy was brought in as
a guest lecturer in the management phase of the Midi a of
iti-service training given by the Department of State. felt
that the lecture offered some useful ideas, but was disappointed in
the presentation as a whale. It was very loosely organized, and less
relevant to the Sob situation than lectures typically given in Basic
Management and Basic Supervision.
(3) While at Front Royal on Saturday, Owns questioned by
both staff members and students as to th? absence of-CIA participants
in the stud?gt group. The staff f?lt that participation by a CIA
employee 3n the last session had been of great value, and several
students, most of whom were Foreign Service Officers just returned from
overseas assignments, would have welcomed au opportunity to exchange
ideas with members of a kindred organization. It wan not clear whether
these expressions of interest grew out of the studentst working rela-
tions with Agency personnel in the field, or whether the MidrCareer
Course is gradually being thought of by its sponsors as an inter-agency
servioa. One nonrState e~nployae, an Army officer, was in the current
group.
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a. ~.dmin~tst a,~,i five ~~ nag
(1) presented a Cable and Dispatch
Course for a group of twenty OSI officers and secretaries. They
wi11 present a second session this week for a similar group.
(2) administrative ProQedurea concluded on 2$ September. A
number of students in this class felt the need for additional tutorial
training in certa3.n subjects; arrangements have been made to provide
this training during the next week.
f. Intel i er~ge Tag
intelligence Techniques #2 started on Nbnday, l October, with
l7 students. In addition to 13 JOT~s, there are two students from
OCR, one from OAR, and one from Personnel.
g. R; d T~~rov?ment
{l) ompleted Intelligence Orientation and Introduction
to Communism on 2 September.
{~) visited the air Force Reading
Course o ,
h. ~ Or3.a~, ntatio,~ Off~cer
(1) On 1 October the C?A Introduction program was held for
52 people.
(2) ~ half-day Dependentst Briefing was held on 2 ~3ctober for
]1,, people.-
i. ~{gtr-a.,etional Teehnia_ues
(1) met with
M+~r~agement staff, on 3 Oetobe ?r~e a~rge~ ~~~o~ a ec ro cs
course has been set at 26 November.
has arranged to have a ttlivett exhibit from
e sent to CSR on ~ October in connection with
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25X1 b. eturned from ~ leave on l October.
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uatil ovem er; he will be on annue,7. leave fmm 5 November through
23 November.
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