AREAS OF DUPLICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY CIA/OTR AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

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• Publication Date: April 11, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

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MMORANDUM FOR : Deputy Director of Training
THROUGH : Registrar/TR W
SUBJECT : Areas of Duplication in Training Programs
conducted by CIA/OTR and Other Government Agencies
1. Sources:
a. PL 81-110 "Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949"
b. PL 85-507 "Government Euployees Training Act"
c. OTR Publications, including:
(i) "Catalog of Courses" (in draft)
(ii) "Schedule of Courses 1960"
(iii) "Bulletin", Special Bulletin
d. State/FSI: "Quarterly Projection of Courses" Jan-Feb-Mar
1960
e. The Army School Catalog, 1957
f. Interagency Training Catalog, Spring 1960
2. General:
Training programs conducted by CIA/OTR which may be duplicated
by the training efforts of other government agencies ("departments," in
the language of Source b) are in the following list.
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SUBJECT: Areas of Duplication in Training Programs conducted by CIA/OTR
and Other Government Agencies
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Language and Area
Anti-Communism
Other Government Agency
State/FBI: Army, Navy
Language Schools: MAI
(partial)
State/FSI
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(iv)
(v)
CE/CI Training
Management
Army Intelligence Train-
ing Center (partially)
Several; particularly
Department of Defense,
Civil Service Commis-
sion, State Department
3. it should be noted that the list of sources cited in paragraph
1 is an incomplete one, being limited to publications immediately avail-
able in the files of RS/TR.
4. it is observed that Clerical Training (for Entrants on Duty),
presently conducted by CIA/OTR for good and sufficient reasons, has no
counterpart as announced in available training publications of other
departments. It is believed that, generally speaking, other govern-
ment agencies rely on certification of clerical ability in entrants by
the Civil Service Commission. There may be a consequent absence of
justification for the expenditure of public funds on such initial
clerical training.
5.
Specific Examples of Duplication:
a. Language and Area Training
Bulgarian
(FBI, 10 months) (OTR/LAS: 30 wks.) Pt.
Time)
h
)
8
French
(FBI, 16 wks - 480 hrs)(OTR/LAS: 22 wks,
rs
00
)
8
German
(FBI, 16 wks - 480 hrs) OTR/LAS: 22 wks,
(
00 hrs
)
8
Spanish
OTI:t/LAS: 22 wks,
PSI, 16 wks - 480 hrs)
00 hrs
)
4
Italian
FSI, 16 wks - 480 hrs)(OTR/LAS: 10 wks,
00 hrs
Area Specialization: FSI, 9 months OTR, no counterpart
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b. Anti-Communism
FSI: A-400 "Communist Strategy: Its Basis in Theory and
Practice" (80 hours, FT) (with very appreciable assistance
from CIA/QTR)
OTR/SIC: "Anti-Communist Ops" (80 hours, PT)
"Communist Party Organization and Operations"
(80 hours)
Phase II of IOC: "Introduction to Communism"
(80 hours)
"USSR - Basic Country Survey" (60 hours, PT)
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d. CE/CI Training
It is believed, without documentary substantiation, that
at least portions of CIA/OTR courses in Counterintelligence
Operations (120 hours) and Counterintelligence Familiariza-
tion (40 hours) are duplicated at the Army Intelligence
Training Center, Fort Holabird, Maryland.
e. Management
CIA/OTR offers Supervision (40 hours), training for the
lower echelon executive, which has its counterpart in the
Air Force "Management Course for AF Supervisors" (50 hours),
offered on demand in the Pentagon.
The management course (40 hours) offered by OTR finds
analogous offerings in other departments, such as:
(i) Department of Agriculture: "Personnel Management
for Federal Executives" (8 days), limited to high,
level persons. (Note: CIA participates)
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(ii) Department of Agriculture: "Personnel Management"
(1.0 hours), for middle-level (GS-13's and 14,s)
personnel.
(iii) Department of State: "Advanced Executive Studies"
(40 hours) for higher level (GS-]A's and upward).
Various "institutes" and "conferences" on Management con-
ducted by Veterans' Administration, Civil Service commis-
sion, etc. The question arises as to whether such "talking
affairs" can properly be considered genuine training.
6. Discussion:
a. In the foregoing it must be patent that a complete similar-
ity as between similarly-named courses occurs only rarely: matching
training courses offered in various departments becomes an imprac-
tical exercise. Particular attention is invited to the disparities
in scope and comprehensiveness found especially in similarly named
language training courses. One might reflect on the relative value
of 800 hours of training in Basic French offered by OTR/LAS as
against 480 hours in Basic French offered by State/FSI. The quality
of instruction is scarcely measurable by objective criteria; subjec-
tively, this reporter can only pass on the consensus of various CIA
representatives in FSI, Department of Defense schools, and other
non-CIA facilities that the general level of CIA/OTR instruction/
training finds few equals.
Another important consideration is that much of the CIA
training effort is conducted on a "need-to-know" basis. "Need-to-
know" is a concept very often urged on CIA by Department of Defense
representatives (including this reporter) as the basis for declin-
ing to accept CIA participation in certain sensitive training
courses. It is submitted that "need-to-know" must necessarily work 2 5X1A
both ways; historically, much of the training effort
was grounded on requirements levied initially by the armed forces
on CIA. With respect to at least some of the CIA 25X1 A
training offerings, e.g.,, - the question of relative 25X 1 A
quality of instruction becomes significant.
b. Even a cursory reading of the Government Employees Training
Act affords justification for the CIA./OTR training effort, as pres-
ently conducted. Reference is had particularly to Section 2 of
the Act, "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress
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"(3) that such (training) programs shall be designed
to lead to (A) improved public service, (B) dollar savings,
(C) (Note: particular attention is invited to this wording)
the building and retention of a permanent cadre of skilled
and efficient Government employees, well abreast of scien-
tific, professional, technical, and management developments
both in and out of Government, (D) lower turn-over of per-
sonnel (E) reasonably uniform administration of training,
consistent with the missions of the Government departments
7. Recommendations:
In consideration of the foregoing rapid survey, it is recommended
a. Clerical training for entrants be closely scrutinized to
determine its significance and justification therefor.
b. Respecting Language Training in the common tongues, working
conferences of responsible representatives of CIA/OTR and of
State/FSI be held with the aim of establishing mutually useful
similar courses.
c. Respecting Anti-Communism Training, consideration be given
by responsible authority to admission of properly accredited FS
officers to CIA/OTR courses.
d. The CIA/OTR training offerings in CE/CI 25X1A
Training be left substantially unrevealed, subject only to such
internal improvement as continued effort may bring about.
a. CIA/OTR training effort in Management, dependent upon
utilization of both internal and external facilities, remain
without great modification, as being sufficiently efficient and
justifiable.
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