WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT NO. 38 30 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER 1959

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• Publication Date: October 7, 1959
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basis. After calling our D/A contact at
was able to effect the following:
on Monday whether we could secure spaces on a continuing
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of last week),
DATE: 7 October 1959
1. Supplemental to activity on behalf
I. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS:
None
II. OTHER ITEMS:
a. Obtain a quota of one each for Class 4 beginning
January 1960 and Class 8 beginning May 1960.
b. Talk Fort Monroe officials into permitting the
Agency to have any cancellation for Class 2, which be-
gins 12 October.
We did get the space for Class 2, informed Vern, and
today he submitted the name of GS-11+, who 25X1
is Chief, Support, CI Staff to attend the three-week course.
We have received no indication of interesfrom
at al, about the one-week Army Management
Orientation Course. On the longer course, attended by Pat
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al withdrawals by OL), we have from time to time arranged to
have members of Management Staff attend selected lectures.
Seven have attended single lectures.
2. NSA training officers were so pleased with the re-
sults of the conference on effective writing with John
that another visit, this one on
reports writing (DD /I type), was requested. has ar-
ranged for a meeting between of
NSA andl on the 9th.
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4. Our three Summer Seminar participants have re-
turned to Washington after a most "profitable" three months in
the field. No major problems were encountered by them. One
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diately upon her return that she would be leaving the Agency
in about six weeks in order to get married.
5. We sponsored five employees in the two-day SAIS con-
ference "Business Outlook in the Middle East" held on 6 and
7 October. In addition to O from OTR, there were two
from ORR and two from NE.
6. John S. Warner, Assistant General Counsel, was ap-
proved to participate in an AMA session "The General Counsel's
Job in Foreign Operations" scheduled to be held in New York
9 - 11 November. This is similar to the program attended by
Larry Houston last year. AMA informed us yesterday that this
program was canceled due to extremely low (2) enrollment.
Mr. Warner was advised.
7. I've prepared the notice on the OTR meetings during
November. To aid in providing DTR with agenda items, I em
gathering together some ideas obtained from informal queries
with 0Th employees on what they'd like to know about OTR
from DTR.
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So en" erger made the necessary arrangements for ~ en-
rollment with the head of the 0 school that some day,
while the head of the school was on TDY here in Washington. On
6 October SR Division received a priority cable from the field
stating 0 had reported to the school but that they had no
record of his case. Sollenberger, when informed by 0 of
this, immediately sent a wire to the field confirming his
earlier discussion with the chief of the school. SR was so
notified.
9. Until JCS extends the Agency an invitation to partici-
pate at National War College it seems unwise for me to make a
in personnel channels and we need to play safe.
though there is plenty of time papers often get bogged down
I've recamuended to that he get busy now.
10. A minor problem was posed by the space requirement
levied by0 through his SIC block in the JO Program;
needed were a camera room in an uncleared area, and four
viewing roams (for seminars) on 10 November. Thanks to helpful
advice given and particularly to
generous cooperation_
y the required space was
located in the LAS wing of Quarters Eye.
ill, I (formerly of OTR, phoned about the
existence of old training material that used to be retained in
OTh's Training Materials Registry.
He was interested in a lecture dealing with the Strategic
Intelligence School since he has been requested to give a lecture
on intelligence procedures to a Reserve Officers Group. Unfortu-
nately, that material was boxed and identified for final transfer
to the materials depository.
12. Awaiting Norma's return after her three-day leave, were
27 applications for language awards. This is the calm that has
been guaranteed as preceding a storm of hundreds lying in wait
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SR Division, presently stationed in in the FSI
Howard Sollenberger, FSI, the enrollment of
8. In August the Processing Branch discussed with
Course scheduled for 5 October in
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ofl final determination of a more rigid scoring
system, for which 0 is using August lI+th testing as a
out off date. We still lack about 200 cases, apparently
awaiting orals, under the easier scoring scale.
13. The Processing Branch is really hurting without a
regular Administrative Assistant. has been gone three
weeks and we anticipated this problem many weeks before that.
We were promised in early September but told her
re-entry would take time because of security problems.
did a masterful job in licking this phase overnight. I wed
Nancy on Tuesday why the expedite treatment had failed and was
told that someone forgot a personnel form. We get marvelous
feedback from OTR Personnel when a clerical employee has received
a within grade promotion but on operating needs our information
is not so good. On less critical personnel problems I can report:
a.
of things.
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seems to be getting back in the swing
has been a real producer but may be
detailed overnight to HEW.
is doing
is out with a bad strap throat and
double duty.
d. has been her usual gracious self and
has asked not to be transferred to another position now
(even at higher grade) because she wants to help
_ get set.,
e. will be out 21-30 October with
matrimonial activities.
f. I (will be operated on for a throat tumor
during the same period.
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14. During the week 30 September - 6 October, 931 persons
were enrolled in OTR conducted training. The breakdown is:
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373 enrolled in 51 classes ( 9 languages) voluntary
173 enrolled in 36 classes (12 languages) internal
216 enrolled in 9 Intelligence School courses
51 enrolled in 4 Operations School courses
7 from other Government agencies
13 Dependents
75 Junior Officer Training Program
23 Reserve Officers
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