REPORT OF COMPLETION OF VIETNAM STATION ORIENTATION 6-68 (#23) 23-25 JANUARY 1968

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: February 6, 1968
• Content Type: MEMO

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6 February 1968
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
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PIRRIPW
SUBJECT Report of Completion of Vietnam
Station Orientation 6-68 (#23)
23-25 January 1968
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1. Basic Data
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including four females,
atten e the 23rd running of the Vietnam Orientation,
now renamed the Vietnam Station Orientation. This
enrollment is the largest since July 1967 when 25X9
persons completed the Orientation.
2. Items of Interest
A. This running of the Orientation is the first
since the establishment of the triad of programs on
Vietnam for which I am largely responsible. As part
of the new system, the Orientation was shortened to
three days; and, following the newly inaugurated
Vietnam Area Course, it ran quite satisfactorily, and
in fact quite pleasantly. This pleasant aspect is
probably attributable to the greater familiarity that
the members of the class achieved with one another over the
two-week period.
B. From my point of view it was also pleasant
because, happily, all speakers showed up on schedule
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and no substitutes had to be made. A scheduled
film got lost somewhere in the shuffle but I
was able to find a thoroughly acceptable sub-
stitute. This was the only flaw in the three-
day schedule.
C. The usual panel on living and working
conditions in Vietnam was given an extra injection
of news and views by the appearance of Mr. Ernest
W who was home on TDY. He became the fourth
of the panel and helped make it one of the
best we have had.
3. Critiques
No critiques were written. I dispensed with
them because the class was meeting in 1 E 78 which
offers no facilities for writing.
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