MINUTES OF THE OPERATING DIVISION TRAINING OFFICERS' MEETING ON 14 OCTOBER 1955

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 14, 1955
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Minutes of the Oberating Division Training Officers' Meeting ~'" A;XA
on 14 October 1955
1. Attendance:
2. Buss Considered: [a ~~
a. 02exr ionp Chi rs : The Chairman advised that Division and 0 ~
Staff comments and recommendations, reflecting the formal DD /P position -C @4
on the proposed Operations Course, had been consolidated and forwarded U ;
to i:r. Helms, on 13 October. Following COPS approval, copies of the 0 ,
correspondence Will be sent to Training Officers and Senior Staff Chiefs] w w TAT
Me sctieduie for the course has not been worked out as yet,,O%
but on completion is to be made available to the Senior Staffs for crit-Z
ica3. review of the substantive content. It should be anticipated that L
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OTit insructors will also seek area Division assistance in developing cm
the course instruction, S~ ~ bI.1
b. Prerequisites for CE Course: 0- t... M
After a general discussion 0
on this topic, the group agreed that the CSTC review CB and other courser '-IM Z)h
prerequisites with the OTR, in the near future. In the interim, pros- 0
pective students for CE or other specialized training, whQ do not meet 4- i
0+
the prescribed prerequisites should request a waiver according to present i ,.'~ ( I
c. P4eeting =frith Director, OTR -
20 October .1955
: The Chairman,
CSTC, cordially invited all the TO's to attend the DTR meeting to be
held in the Conference Roomy Bldg. 0 at 9:30 a.m. If for any reason
d. Admin Procedures Courses: The Admin Procedures Course will `'3 t~
be a three-week Course, beginning with the 31 October-1S November 1955 i '
running. The instruction ,All be given in three phases: first week; z " a U
organization, -enerai office procedures, regulations and practice work U P p
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in ; redical, tr.-wol, personnel and other ;aft iinistrati.ve -:ratters ^ mplicable
a?rency wide; second week: introduction to clandestine activities, ad-ain
regulations alul procedures that apply to L.)DP Headquarters; third week:
overall DDP field procedures,
ri,rtnrily .lesioned for clerical personne;, the course ?ray
be t ,iten in its entirety, )
r students : ay be enrol i.ed for ryn ? one-.reek
dacha-?e, as appropriate. course schedule will be forwarded in the
near futu e.
c. C % ; ieviet{: The next running of C .T.1 ?tovi_ew will be 18 October
1955. TO'& were reminded that :all returnees should be schieduled. for the
Hevieur, aandatory. Certificates of :.tte'ndance
are now in use frith copies bein forwarded to Ti's, '1taff ` r^inin +)ffieers,
ae i strar . nd "Ventral Processing.
d. Conference Leadershi: The Intelligence 3choo t of 07 '1
offerin.; A Conference Leadership Course,, 14. clove~:iher-thhrouah 21 December
1955, which ad? l be held in the 'Conference _?oom, :il.dg, 0 "ondays and 25X1
ednesdays, 0930-1130 for a total of 24 hours. The Course is designed
for o=facers havin; responsibility for leading conferences and will be
limited to 16 students of the GS-.11 and up level. The DDP quota will
be only two. The Chairman rcco -riended that TO's forward or telephone
na: tes of applicants at their earliest convenience. .npi:i cants in excess
of quota, will receive priority cons-{ deration for subser,. ont offerer nf.
The Chu-#r.-ran will r:ionitor the course outside of the quota0
e? The Chairman announced tgat To's should forward their reouire--
te12ts for the Su'.ner Program of Instruction in Less Usual an-uri os throu"h
senior staff Training Officers, prior to 15 i oveniber.
f. The oueetion was ralsed as to the course equivalent for CO
for those personnel > ho had completed 1130C, and CyT. The Chairman stated
that t;re C k would be considered the equivalent for returnees, but for
hadq, personnel the second half of Operations :a,-1ilinrization is desi geed
to approlduate the coverage of CO. In addition the second phase of the
Ope ; -ati Ens `_upport course r-resently rennin could be considered for
constructive credit.
;. r.r. Thoripson, SSA/D JS stated that the 4)CI had announced his
desire to have 'L. ency personnel be more proficient in languages. '. ar
Thor rsson said the statement did not seem to be made in conjunction with
any particular progrer, but undoubtedly a statement would be forthcoming
if it were. It ?, !s thou ,ht that the '.rea Training Program., being- p7 a!nned
for long ran 'e usefulness to the ;"L,oncy., would incorporate lan-,ua