SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS CLANDESTINE SERVICES TRAINING OFFICERS MEETING 10 MARCH 1955

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00939A000100040018-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: March 10, 1955
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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SPRY OF PROCEEDINGS
CL DESTINE S1 tVICES TRAINING OFFICERS MEETING
10 March 1955
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1. Chairman, Clandestine Services Training Comairittee (CSTC), reported that
Iraining requirements are coming in slowly. The Office of Train-
ing OTR) reported on the status of reviewing qualifications of instruc-
, tore prior to their assignment
2. The semi-anmal report on Language, Area, and External Training, a
simplified version of its quarterly predecessor, will be ready for dis-
semination next week. It provides information on individual student
performances in each course.
x ~ 3. Progress was reported in developing a special half-day orientation for
returnees patterned after the Induction Course. EE Division estimated
x , y it will have approximately twenty returnees per mouth for this course.
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5. It was pointed out that DD/P emphasis on
will result in requirements for a course in this subject. The Chief,
Operations School, agreed to confer with the PP Staff to determine the
nature, scope, and emphasis of the substance of the proposed course.
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It was reported that DD/P Staff and Division Training Officers are es-
timating requirements for all staff training courses for the third and
fourth quarters of 1955 and the four quarters of 1956. This data will
assist OTR in preparing a meaningful long-range schedule, provided the
estimates and the actual training requests are reasonably consistent.
Chief, Basic School, will determine a suitable date for the next prey
tation of the Administrative Refresher.
The coarse is ready and will. be offered
in the even c en requests are received. It was agreed to
eliminate the portion of the announce nt which excludes from enroll-
ment those persons who have received Basic Orientation prior to April
1953.
t7R will advise Chairman, CSTC, of the date selected for the April VIP
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11. Chief, Assessment and Evaluation Staff, OTR, discussed procedures for
handling referrals to his staff. The proposed procedures will ba coor-
dinated with members of the CSTC and considered at a future meeting.
12. The Chairman, CSTC, reported that the Career Service System within DD/P
provided for a single category, known as the "D" category, for all DD/P
personnel during their first three Years of service and for a few senior
DD/P personnel who do not serve as specialists. The sig-
nificance of this status was discussed in terms of the development of
training standards. It was concluded that this situation presented a
need to clarify the pattern of training which should be provided during
the three-year period and that this subject would be introduced for
further discussion in connection with the development of training stan-
dards.
13. The Chairman, CSTC, suggested that representatives of OTR and the Inter-
national Comminiam Branch, DD/P, meet to discuss problems relating to the
presentation of instruction on communism.
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