NEED FOR CIA PRESENTATIONS AT THE SENIOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

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CIA-RDP63-00309A000200010022-0
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May 24, 2002
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January 13, 1960
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'~~"" ,bD5 (Qo-VIY ' ApprovaI.For Release 2 M E0 : CIA-RDP63-V309A000200010022-0 13 January 1960 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Document No. av_'r NO CHANCE In Class, SUBJECT: Need for CIA Presentations at the SenrLiDECI A ^!F~ w'D C Department of Defense Schools and oeg C 1 10` Ti S Muth t _DDA ~ G. 77/ 1'703 Date s B i 1. On 11 January 196 and I had lunch with Lt. Col. John K. Singlaub, U. S. Army, currently a student at the Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Col. Singlaub remarked to us how very much impressed he has been with the high calibre of the speakers who have addressed his class. He was disappointed that there had been no CIA speaker to describe the functions and responsi- bilities of this Agency. He believes that CIA is missing a golden opportunity to inform responsive groups of officers of our mission in peace and in wartime, a subject pertinent to the course of instruction. In fact, he believes it to be imperative that we put our best foot for- ward, for he has noted that there are a minority of officers who are openly antagonistic toward CIA. These officers, uncontested, leave with the class various unfortunate attitudes, prejudices, and mis- conceptions of CIA which can later handicap Armed Forces-Agency relationships. It seems urgent to him and to us that these unfavorable or false impressions should be offset by a straightforward, factual presentation by CIA at the several senior, Department of Defense schools and colleges. 2. Col. Singlaub is well qualified to comment in this regard since he has had extensive experience in intelligence 25X1A 3. Col. Singlaub's comment and suggestion have been discussed 25X1A with and strongly endorsed byl CIA's president of the 25X1A class oflI the National War College, and OTR Registrar, who is intimately concerned with the assignment of CIA students and speakers to the armed services schools. R/TR Chiet, Plans an cy a 25X1A 25X1 C 25X1 C 25X1A OBQRed For Release 200p/')kIA-RDP63-00309A000200010022-0 25X1 02/06/10: CIA-RE 3-dd 09A 02AJ QC ' ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) FROM: NO. 1~CS6~-6/qa DATE .qp 1 P ~t^.gt:~. TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building) DATE OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom RECEIVED FORWARDED INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) t ,.; 1560Jan 2660Jan j~ ~~ ~GCJ'[4-~!~ ~-i~ Il 5X1 ?/ Director of Training Room 11, ~ /1 ti~-~`/ ` 4. Cr 1 5 . - t s. ~~-~w~~~~ 5X1 9. 10. 12. 13. . ~'~"~/'`-' " 14. X1A 2 15. DEC 56 v I O USEDITIEONSUS SECRET ^ CONFIDENTIAL ^ INT oNiY ^ UNCLASSIFIED