WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 39 26 SEPTEMBER--2 OCTOBER

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2003
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• Publication Date: October 2, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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ce lYjemorandum ? ~UNITEDS ATES GOVERNMENT
Director of Training
Chief, School of International
Communism and the USSR
DATE: 2 October 1958
Document No,
suBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 39
26 September - 2 October
I. S IGN Th ICANT ITEMS
Nothing to report.
II. ACTN7rIES
NO CHANGE in Clam a
DECLASSIFIED
Class. CHANCED TO:
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1? The Basic Country Survey on Italy
given 30 p em er oug -ecember 1958 indicates that one hour and
ten minutes will be devoted to "Communist and Socialist Parties." The
lecturer is PIO ULIASSI of the Department of State. SIC notes thatt
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The course catalogue gives as one of the objectives:
"Emphasis will be placed on such problems as the continued
strength and potential of the Communist Party (largest in
the Free World)."
The Communist and Nenni Socialist Parties account for more
than 35% of the vote and the seats in the Chamber of
Deputies in Italy.
We have the competence in this field since our staff
regularly gives lectures on The Italian Communist and
Left Wing Socialist parties in the Organization and
Operations course.
We were neither consulted nor asked to participate in the
Communist phase of this course.
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inteiiigence School and SIC are now prepared to report to the A&E and
JOT staffs observations made by instructors, in accordance with criteria
established by those staffs.
(NOTE: This does not alter SIC's premise that with the possible
exception of the basic course, its function is to provide
staff personnel with a body of knowledge gained from our
continuing exploitation of Communist Party documents and
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people w equippect to o 'their jobs
and it will later be reflected in their job performance.
Our function is not Evaluation.)
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on the RIS lecture or GIC at Holabird. Both declined with thanks his
magnanimous offer to let recognized experts) do it. Instead,
Ito determine the composition of the toe
ence -- whether their operational experience was in
their experience in RIS operations -- and what instruction in the RIS they
have previously received. Il is to make available in his office a half
dozen draft studies which won t be released for months - if ever. These i n -
t h e y expressed the opinion that if the course were publicized to the desks 1
for what it is (a true seminar on operations designed to present ideas from
all of the Free World stations which might be applicable to the students
country of interest) there would be no problem. They also said that publicizing
the fact that since performance in this kind of a course cannot be evaluated
and consequently no "grade" is given would be of great help in attracting senior
personnel.
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 of ICD, after the panel concluding the course, suggested
I/ I that ICD OTR jointly issue a "plug" for the AGO coming up in January, to the
above effect.
6. The Special Training Course for OSI began Wednesday 1 October with
11 students. Some auditors will be present for later sessions. The course,
which was jointly organized by OSI and SIC includes elements of three SIC
courses (IOC, CPO and BCS: USSR).
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7. Only five have thus far enrolled in the Organization and Operations
course scheduled to begin M nday 6 October. This number does not justify
running it. Four are DDP and one OTR. Only three are scheduled for over-
seas in the foreseeable future (2 of these . They are all being
called to-day and offered a two-week tutorial (20-31 October). During this
period in addition to receiving individual instruction they would audit the
lectures on Organization and Operations in the JUT program.
8. Regardin the meeting on the showing of films relating to Communism
we had with OCR in your office Wednesday 1 October:
We plan to get out a prototype film with tape trailer in cooperation
with OCR soon (but bearing in mind our heavy participation in the JOT
program.) This trailer, as 0 sees it, can contain not only 2 - 3
minutes by way of "critique," to put the film in proper perspective,
but also a minute's "plug" for the SIC courses. (We need to start
selling soap in view of the enrollment difficulties in the AGO and CPO'
noted above.)
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1. is leaving Friday 3 October. In considering a
replacement, the thought has occurred to us that if our offices were all in
one win we _MW t be able to drop her slot. The small classroom in Wifg 2200
(where office is) could easily be divided into three or fourcffices,
adequate for our needs in the foreseeable future. This classroom is the least
satisfactory of all the poor ones OTR currently has, as you know. So it would
be no great loss. This is all speculation at the moment; we're simply raising
it as a possibility. (There are arguments against it such as: the inconvenience
from an administrative standpoint in conducting classes in the other wing when
all the offices would be occupied by other than our own personnel, etc.)
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