WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT #15

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000500010027-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2005
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: April 13, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office MeAnW u%YG ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Director of Training
FROM Chief, Plans & Policy Staff
Weekly Activity Report #15
DATE: 13 April 1956
I. SIGNIFICANT ITE : None
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1. This Staff is reviewing the status of Agency regulations
that pertain to OTR. The objective of this review is to
determine: a. what regulations currently in effect require
revision; and b. what regulations are needed to establish
and clarify the activities of CTR as they effect other com-
ponents of the Agency.
2. Following a review of the 1..ddle East War Plan, a meeting
was held with NEA War Planners; and an outline of a train-
ing annex was discussed with them in detail. On the basis
of known requirements for direct support to military opera-
tions, this Staff will undertake the preparation of a train-
ing annex for the NEA War Plan for review and comment by
PPC-Did/P and the Middle East Planning Group.
are Headquarters
to tectual og material
3. Final changes
of Courses the
issuances of the OTR Catalog into PPS
on 16 April 1956.
hot war
4. The cold war plan for TSS-DD/P and
plan were received and reviewed by this Staff. Comments
were forwarded to the Special Flaming Assistant to the DD/S.
5. FY 1957 and FY 1958 Programs for NEA Division and PP Staff
were reviewed by this Staff and comments forwarded to the
;Special Planning Assistant to the DD/S.
6. During the reporting period the WH and a Divisions FY 1957
and FY 1958 Programs have been received by this Staff and
will be reviewed for training implications. Comments are
due on or before 25 April 1956.
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Approval was received from C/OPS-DD/P to showl __J 25X1
to the combined reserve units on 23 April 1956.
A concurrent request for downgrading of this film from TOP
SECRET to SECRET was also submitted to C/OPS-DD/P and the
Director of Security.
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8. New Building Planning, A survey of equipment re uire-
ments is to be submitted by 30 April. will
prepare information and coordinate with the School
Chiefs as on past surveys. Classroom requirements will
be reviewed by the Logistics Building Staff during the
next week,
9. This Staff completed drafts of proposed regulation No,
subject, "language Training: Development of
Foreign language Skills,'R and "Language
Training: Foreign Language Incentive Awards." Copies
were furnished to the Office of the General Counsel;
Chief, II Chief, Regulations Control Staff; the
Deputy Director of Personnel for Planning and Program-
ming; and the ADTR. The General Counsel will have his
recommendations on the draft regulations completed by
16 April 1956.
10. This Staff completed the first monthly report required
by the DD/S on the status of the Foreign Language
Development Program of the Agency. DD/S requested these
reports to be made until further notice.
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Director of Intelligence, U. S. Air Force, to discuss
USAF contributions to Studies in Intelligence.
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"get ac ainted" session with the new chairman,
his comments on "Capabilities." It was further agreed
that this Staff would provide the Director of Intelligence,
USAF, with a statement for circulation throughout his
office inviting members of his staff to submit articles
for publication.
12. C/PPS and DC/PPS attended a meeting of the Clandestine
Services Planning Board (Support Committee) which was a
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means of improving the manner in which support planning and
operations planning can be coordinated. Chief, PPS, sug-
gested that inasmuch as the responsibility for support plan-
ning within each division was assigned to the administrative
officers, that each administrative officer be invited to a
joint session with the CSPB (Support Committee) to discuss
mutual problems. It was generally agreed that the opera-
tional plans reviewed to date failed to indicate considerations
of support beyond numbers of people and dollar amounts. The
Committee was unanimous in its view that the date revealed
The chairman indicated an interest in ways and
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by the operationalplans in their present form is
inadequate to permit a firm statement that the support
elements would be able to provide necessary assistance
in carrying out these programs.
III. P.IRSONNEL ITEM: None
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