ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR THE PERIOD 28 DECEMBER TO 3 JANUARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000500030149-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 149
• Publication Date: January 3, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Chief/Basic School
FROM :Chief/Orientation and Briefing
suBJECT: Items of Interest for the Period
28 December to 3 January
DATE 3 January 1956
1. The Chief/OB/BS went to the office of the DD/I to express personally
his appreciation for the job done by Mr. Amory at the Departmental
Briefing on 27 December 1955.
2. a. The Chief/OB/BS talked to the Acting DCI, General Cabell, about
the attendances and the alert calibre of the audiences at the Depart-
mental Briefings. General Cabell stated that he felt it was a very
"healthy undertaking" and that he would suggest to the Agency Deputies
that they should lend support in presenting a few introductory remarks
at each one of these programs. When this is done on a rotational
basis, it will not be a burden on any one particular Deputy.
b. On Wednesday, 28 December 1955, General Cabell told the Chief/OB/BS
that the reaction to his suggestion at the Deputy Directors meeting
was most cooperative. He also told the Deputy Directors to inform
their AD's about the existence of the Departmental Briefing program
so that they might invite anyone from the Departments who might bene-
fit by attendance.
3. a. Practically all arrangements are made for individuals to parti-
cipate in the next Dependents' Briefing, which will be conducted on
Monday and Tuesday, 9 and 10 January. has kindly
consented to present "Life Overseas." We hope that some steps are
being taken to see what remuneration can be given to
and I for their recurring assistance to us.
b. Of particular interest is the fact that Chief/NEA,
at the invitation of the Chief/OB/BS, has agreed to present the Bon
Voyage part of the Dependents' Briefing program. To aid him in this,
the Chief/OB/BS has sent a memorandum of suggestions.
Chief/OB/BS brought to the attention of of the Plans
and Policy Staff the fact that the new Catalog of Courses put out by
the Office of Training does not list the Departmental Briefing and
the Dependents' Briefing. II suggested that in the near future
he would appreciate receiving from Chief/OB/BS suggested wording for
incorporation of these courses in the addenda to the Catalog.
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Chief/OB/BS received a special briefing from the Deputy Assistant
Director of OCR on the new Mini-Card system. Chief/OB/BS has been
asked questions about this system by some of those who attended our
Departmental Briefings.
6.
the DAD/CR, expressed the wish to attend the
next Introduction program so that he would be in a position then to
recommend that others in his organization who have received no for-
mal briefing or orientation in quite some time be scheduled to
attend future Introduction programs.
7. Even though this Division has been unable to accomplish much recently
in picking up the transcripts of taped material from the National
Intelligence Orientation courses, we have begun to prepare them again
on a gradual basis, and as each is completed a copy will be sent to
Plans and Policy Staff for such disposition as they might determine.
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