WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #25, OPERATIONS SCHOOL(Classified), 10--16 JUNE 1957

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 18, 1957
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MMIURA#N'DtTh TOt Chief/Operations School
FROTS t Assistant Chief for Field Training
SUBJECT t I'Jeekly Activities Report #25$ Operations
School. lo ....;L6 June 1957
S IGN1l~ICA1NT IT s
Nothing to reports
OTTER ACTIVITIES:
Office of the AF/OS
lp AF/0S visited the Director of Training on 11 June to discuss
training and administrative matters *
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the pending implementation of Joint Travel Regulationso
3a The Operations Schoo Projected Scheduling of Courses 25X1A6a
for the period October 3.957 a September 1958 was submitted to C/as on 2. 1A
13 Juneo
for cost of travel via P,O0A? a first half of OC #4 for students
concernedo
4, Processing Section,, Information and
Admissions Branch. was on th Wednesdays 12 June, to make PaYmnt
5Q Explanation and justification for facts, figures, and total
budgeter estimates for FY 058 Operating Budget was submitted,
at who recently returned from an overseas tour with /FE/DD?,
was debriefed by D/AF/O5 on 14 June. offered a number of 25X1A9a
constructive items based on his overseas experience,
7o de atpted PC5 on 12 June for an assignment
in Headquarters, mr. assumed duties as D/AF/O5 on 33 Jt o
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Courses
operatims Course
1,4 On 10, 11: and 12 June, from OTR Finance Sections 2:.1A9a
lectured and conducted a field accounting exercise, the lecture of which
was geared to a current live problem in the Operations Courseo
2, On 31 June a film on the Petrov defection was shown for the first
time in the Operations Course? This film was a television production based
on the Michael B,a Bialoguski books "The Case of Ca10 Petrov,," The film was
introduced by an ' appropriate briefing, pointing out certain discrepancies
in existence between various published accounts of this defection.. The
Petrov case will be discussed in the seminar on 17 June,
25:1,241 3. The - live problem opened this week with a briefing, an
agent meeting, and two operations officers' meetings, For the first time
in the OC, the initial meeting of this problem was held in town and the
students were required to activate appropriate Case Officer/Agent comnunii
cations procedures,.
25 1A9a 14Q On U June,, of TSS conducted a critique in practical .
work in photography done by 00 studenta,~
25X1A9a 5g , Chief/Communications Unit, presented lectures on
1. June on Eliot Operations and cable communications.
J5X1A9a 6 Fl Staf Machine Records, lectured on 1.3 June
on Machine Records and their relation to Fl progras4
7 One major planning paper and an Fl progress report were critiqued
by then OC Staffs The students spent two''evenings writing an Fl project
review,
25X1A9a $,~ OFC Staff, presented the lecture on "Cable Re>
porting and a . r ti ng" on 14 June.
Operations Familiarization Course
10 Final grades were established on 31 June for students of OFC #9,
The staff devoted the afternoon of 12 June and all day 13 June to reviewing
records and noting impressions on which to base comments on student perform
ance sheets, Writing of the commentss began on 14 June.
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20 During the report period, prepared graphs and
tabulation comparing performances students of OFC #7, As, and #9 on all
written assignments in Project
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30 assembled a working file In preparation for the
review of and a endments to Project
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10, The AOC Staff conducted a tour of air training installations and
gave an air demonstration to the OC students on 10 June,,
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.19 Preparation are being naft for tutorial instruction for two students
3n . Survival and HO for the week of 17'25 Juno,
20 returned to duty as Chief/CFM after cab, 25X1A
plation of the Operations Familiarization Course #9d
Special Staybeh:Lnd Operations Course
1o On 10 +axad l1 Junes we student was given tutorial caching instruction.
A schedule change made it impossible to present the usual course,, but it is
fs:lt that instruction appropriate to student's projected assignment was ade4
quately covered,.
1 a was at Headquarters from 3 to 7 June assisting
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On 12 June Headquarters AM Staff,-visited
to assist in evaluations,*
2 Evaluation support of OFC
Statistical work was carried out to determine cutoff points for
OFC final grades, The sunnaary of ratings for the first two weeks of
OFC was completed., Ratings and cauments were reported separately for
each of the four seminar roams,,. This classification should make the
results more useful,
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Evaluation support to OC:
ap Assistance was given Chief/Project 25?1?9a
Management Committee., in developing the scoring procedure and materials
25:1,2q for the- Project Review3 This is the first class for which this
paper will have been evaluated from the project management, rather than
just the reporting, standpoint,
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25:1,9a Cha,ir~aa Espionage Committees the development o . ? e new s~?
Nonage Examination,
c,, Assistance was given Chairs a/Operational, Skills 25 1A9a
C=Tdttee,, in developing the We "for the Casing Eder-2 ::1,414a
cise~,
do At the request of Chairman/CE Committee, who 2:.1A9a
is working on the revision of the . CE ation,, suggested now test
questions for this examination were reviewed q
a, A "refresher" briefing was given to the OC Staff relative to the
procedure for reporting student performance In seminar,,
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Communications Examination was completed.
E~ Routine distribution and processing of evaluation materials for
seminars, agent meetings., and contact reports was carried out,,
Tra33 Aids Unit
Graphic-Photographic:
a. Working drawings and transparencies capleted di
rge pmt
week were: 1 drawing pertaining to a planned Air Defense Problem for
the Air Section; 10 transparencies pertaining to wire tapping and rem
cording for Audio Course, TSS; I large chart pertaining to frequency
spectrum, Audio Course; and 1 large llustrrat'Lve map of _ Opera- 25X1A6a
tion for CC0
b? Research on Headquarters Tradhcraft IUustra3tions continues,
Film Sections
Various photographic bona fides aide were completed for use by OC
personnel in their tin problem,,
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Technical Services Staff
1 On 11 J e the class attended lectures and demonstrations by
on microphones and line adapters.
2,, On 12 June Office of 25:1,9a
Socurity/Headquarters, lectured on the and Counter Sur ei,llance.
A field problem in Search took place in the afternoon,
30 DC/TSS/TSL,, lectured on 13 June on special
Technidal Services Lab4 lied Physics Division equipment,. On
the same dote; Messrs,. CIE/.OUP,, and Fl Staff, 2 1 9a
lectured on FI management, LP and Processing of Tapes, and Mechanic of
Zonar, respectively,
4, on 114 June, of the OC Staff lectured to the class
on the Audio Project P a ,
assisted the ASAMC on 13 and 14
June, presen g respec ve a lecture on the Fl Project Outline and the
introductions and critiques of two Tape Exercises,
6, C/rSS/SBU, lectured to OC on 14 June on Surrepm
titious n ryo
7, have been working with one
tutorial trainee in Concurrently with this instruction,
_, from CPA, ha oring this training,
8, was TDY Headquarters on II June coordinating plans
25X1A for the scheduled Course to be given 30 September 25 October 1957.
PERSONNEL NOTES:
Nothing to report.
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