WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #24 8 JUNE THROUGH 14 JUNE 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000300050263-4
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 263
• Publication Date: June 14, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
To : Chief, Plans and Policy Staff
FROM : Chief, Intelligence School
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report #24
8 June through 14 June 1956
DATE: 14 June 1956
1, SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
a. The first group of the SR Operational Management Course
completed their two weeks' work on 8 June. They seemed cheerful,
enthusiastic, and confident of two benefits from the course:
1) a sustained exchange of ideas with their peers; 2) a better
systematized concept of the Branch Chief's job. The Division
requested a second session to follow immediately, and this second
presentation, for 15 persons, began on )bnday, ll June, in the
K Building Conference Room.
2. OTHER ACTIVITIES
a. Llerloal Train
(1) During the week of 4 June there were 35 people in
Clerical Induction Training and 14 people in Clerical Orientation.
(2) who is in charge of Secretarial
Training at USIA, v sited Clerical Refresher courses on 7 June.
b. Basic Orientation
(1) On 7 June the CIA Introduction Program was conducted
for 49 persons, including 5 from DDP, 10 from DDI, 33 from DDS, and
one whose component was not identified.
(2) Fourteen Foreign Service Officers attended the briefing
for Mid-Careerists conducted by Chief/OB on 5 June.
(4) On 12 June the 24th CIA Review was conducted. Only 14 of
the 29 scheduled to attend were present.
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a. Administrative Twin nn
(1) )Us reported for duty on 11 June and is
taking the las t ee weeks of Operations Support.
(2) The Administrative Training staff is considering the
possibility of initiating a Dispatch Refresher Course patterned
after the Cable Refresher courses conducted recently.
d. Basic ientation
(1) American Thesis, the course Manual originally prepared
by Mr. and other staff members, will be reprinted
during the next few weeks. The reprinted manual will be entitled
Ag me c Thesis. Sufficient copies will be available to meet
headquarters and overseas needs for the next year. All copyright
problems have been resolved, and the manual will be reprinted
without restrictions of any kind.
(2) Approximately 200 Agency personnel attended the Intelligence
Products Exhibit which was held on 12 June.
(3) Two new lectures, "Current Intelligence" and "Production
of National Intelligence Estimates," were added to the current
running of Basic Orientation.
a. Management
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(1) Miss conducted two follow-up meetings for previous
Basic Supervision courses. One, on 5 June for GS-12 - GS-14's,
included members of three courses. Thirty former students came to
this meeting, where Mr. Kirkpatrick discussed "Problems of } nagement
in CIA." The second follow-up meeting, held 12 June, was attended
by 21 supervisors, GS-4 - GS-?, from two previous courses. At this
meeting Mr. Baird talked informally to the group about career planning.
f. Instructor Twit g
Nothing to report.
g. Visual Aide Staff
The weekly activities report of the Visual Aids Staff is attached.
h. Personnel ffgtea
Mr. will be on leave for one month beginning 14 June.
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SECET {
Chief
Intelligence School
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