WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT #45

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000100030010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 25, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Acting Director of Training
FROM : Chief, Plans and Policy Staff
suBJECT: Weekly Activity Report #45
1. ELINT
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On 23 November 1959 Mr. Chief, Intelligence
School, asked if PPS had any information in regard to the scheduling
of future ELINT courses. Although it is understood that responsibility
for this course is bein transfe red to the Operations School, it is
assumed that will continue ,as chief instructor, at
least for the next running. However, must have early
confirmation of this in order to plan ou ork assign-
ments on other trainin courses. Pursuant to instructions from ADTR
to C/PPS, has prepared a memorandum to DD/P-TRO,
OSI, and Chief, ELINT Staff, soliciting advice as to ELINT training
requirements.
2. Reserve Training/Contingency Contingency Force Training Requirements
a. On 20 November, PP/PMD alerted OTR/PPS to a possible
new training requirement, now under consideration in PMD, for
training. If a firm requirement does
materialize, PP/PMD will provide doctrine, plus a considerable
body of material now available in that staff, to OTR.
year 1960 related to the CIA contingency force. These will include
refresher training and possibly also a larger, comprehensive course
for ex-JOT's or other young case officers who eventually would
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c. PPS has referred to PO/TR the DD/P request for a roster of
OTR volunteers for the Contingency Force. This roster will list OTR
personnel and persons currently assigned to training duties in OTR and
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by Contingency Force professional or operational skill
categories. The OTR list also will indicate language proficiencies.
senior training staff officer volunteers also will be supplied to
Also, OTR will suggest that in many instances a
Contingency Task Force staff might well include a senior training
officer who could assist the task force commander in developing
training requirements, programs, and field training facilities and
in the selection of trainees and of U. S. and indigenous training
officers and instructors, etc. A further listing of such qualified
d. On 23 November,
both CIA Army reserve officers, met with Mr
to inquire into the feasibility of conducting possible two-week reserve
training courses in Contingency Force operations This
course (s) would be in place of, or in addition to, the reserve training
courses which already have been offered and tentatively scheduled
for FY 1960
Mr. L_____] iterated
OTR's position that in view of the limited capacity , the
Agency's needs had to be met first, and that it was most desirable
that our reserve training accomplish an Agency objective compatible with
military reserve training criteria. He pointed out the management problem
confronting the Agency supervisor of a reserve officer who absented him-
self from his job first for reserve training (15 days), then for Contingency
Force training (two - four weeks?), plus annual leave, etc. It was
agreed that "killing two birds with one stone"--reserve and CF training
combined--was a desirable objective, and,dded that if this
were the case, CF volunteers who are not reservists could attend a
two-week reserve course to accomplish the CF training objective only.
Certainly, an intensive two-week course would be more palatable to
the supervisors; two-week courses could be scheduled more readily
and be given more frequently and thus train, orient, or refresh more
CF personnel in a comparable time. In so saying, OTR would insist
that an OTR instructor be in charge of each course, but
be assisted by reservists, CF volunteers, or officers as
instructors, assistant instructors, etc. It was concluded that Cols.
Amory and with
would discuss this proposal further with Col.
and if possible coordinate or include this
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PPS strongly endorses the reserve training proposal as being the
requirement with other CF requirements being developed by
most effective and fastest means of getting started on CF training.
The pilot course or courses can well serve to produce training and
operational doctrine as well as to orient the trainees in the objectives
and characteristics of Contin enc Force programs. The other, more
conventional courses in ould continue to provide
refresher training to the specialists. Last, PPS would like to suggest
that a cycle o training, Army Special Forces Training at
Fort Bragg, and intelligence or counterintelligence training at Fort
Holabird and/or Fort Meade would be of greater value to CIA than some
of the training duty tours now accomplished by Agency reservists.
3. Educational Specialist
Dr.ias been working with Mr.~ with respect to
new building classroom designs, particularly with respect to audio
visual facilities.
He has been working with Mr. with respect
to any possible assistance he can give them with respect to instructor
training and related aspects.
Dr. ~participated in the final briefing period on Wednesday
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4. OTR Emergency, Contingency, and War Plan
Col of the War Plans Staff called at our office on 25
November. He has reviewed the OTR Emergency, Contingency, and
War Plan and feels that our approach to the problem is an excellent
one. He points out there are needs for minor rearrangements in the
organization of the plan. The purpose of his visit was to look at some
of the OTR component plans. Having seen a sampling of these, he is
of the opinion that OTR should go ahead and publish its plans as they
now stand and where subordinate plans are missing, indicate that they
will be published at a later date. If all the component plans can be
included with the OTR plan, he suggests that some of the detailed
instructions now contained in our plan might more properly be in the
school plans as instructions to their subordinate faculties.
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5. Vital Documents Program
Mr. ias reported verbally
with the vital documents program.
6. Revision of
problem
On 24 November) I of the War Plans Staff
were here to coordinate instructions revising the
war plans. The instructions they were sending out had very little to
do with OTR and Mr. signed off on them. While they were
here Mr. showed them the rough draft of our CIA code.
Both agree (particularly that the Agency has a real need to
publish something of this nature.
7. Language Awards Program
The study requested by DTR is in progress to see what actions
can be taken to reduce costs for language awards during FY 60. The
original amount budgeted for awards in FY 60 was approximately
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budget was reconsidered in September.
The Registrar is making a complete report of costs involved in
the awards program. This will be analyzed by LAS and PPS to
determine alternate courses of action which will be recommended to
the Language Development Committee at a meeting scheduled O/A I
December. In addition to proposing actions for Committee considera-
tion which would reduce awards, a request will also be made to
establish a cutoff date--probably 4 February--for persons applying
for initial language tests. Those failing to meet this deadline without
ample justification would be ineligible for retroactive awards. Such
a move will wipe out the troublesome contingency costs hanging over
our heads in the awards program.
It would appear that a complete plan, with alternate courses of
action to achieve specified results, will be available well ahead of
DTR's return and the plan will have been acted upon by the Language
Development Committee.
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