WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #7 OPERATIONS SCHOOL(Classified) 4 - 10 FEBRUARY 1957

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• Publication Date: February 11, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM TO: Chief/Operations - School 111lFebruary 1957
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SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report #7, O rations
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SIGNIFICANT ITEMS:
Nothing to report.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Office of AF/OS
1. The Chief/School of International Communism,
25X1A9a Dr. was here on Monday and Tuesday, 4
and a ruary, o present two lectures in the Operations
Course: "Counterespionage--History and Functions of
the HIS," and "Counterespiona e--Double Agent Operations."
We are most appreciative of interesting 25X1A9a
presentations.
25X1A9a 2. The Chief/Assessment and Evaluation Staff, 25X1A9a
Dri and Mr. visited as on
Monde , 4 February. They discussed with AF/OS and
D/AFS suggested human relation factors which may be
appropriate for inclusion in the Operations Courses.
It is our understanding that the A&E Staff wishes to
continue to develop their ideas in this field of Agent
Handling and Management.
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25X1A9a Mr.~ Clandestine Services Career Service
Panel Secre ary, were here from Tuesday even February,, 25X1A9a
through Wednesday afternoon, 6 February. Mr. b
riefed on training activities conducted at 25X1A6a
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escorted on a tour of our training facilities, _was
duced to several of our instructors wb plan to rotate
to the DI)/P in the near future.
25X1A9a Mr. from the Intelligence School
was here on a say and Thursday, 6 and 7 February,
to collect some basic tradecraft material to be used in
a planned orientation coin se for Security Office personnel.
Charlie is a friend of many Operations School per- 25X1A6a
sonnel and we always appreciate a visit from .
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The Assistant Administrative Officer/OTR and the
discussed the proposed Communications
Administrative Plan with AF/OS on Wednesday, 6 Februaryo
6. AF/03D AF 03 conferred with the end
A% and Mr. on Wednesday, 6 February, con-
earning the security and administrative problems connected
with the S vial Forces group due here on 10 February
for training.
7? AF/OS and D AF/OS interviewed s active
Operations School instructor, Mr4 no
on Thursday, 7 Februarys
8. Mr.' has been appointed Planning
Officer, Operations Course, to succeed Mr.
who is rotating to the DD/P.
9. The regular Friday morning Staff Conference for
Course and Unit Chiefs was conducted by AF/OS on 8 February.
Courses
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gperations Course
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1. This week saw the windup of CE instruction, with
the presentation on 8 February of an examination and the
writing of a live problem planning paper. The CE live
problem will continue through the next reporting period.
2. PF instruction was begun on 8 Febrta ny and will
continue through the balance of the Course.
3. Students and staff took part in two all-day live
problem sessions which were being run for the first time:
a. Hotel rooms in nearby cities were rented
by students for use in making a defection
approach to a candidate.
b. An all-da recruitment-in-place exercise
was held
Enthusiastic student cooperation and participation
was evident in both these problems.
!~. One student was absent for two days to be present
when his wife gained her citizenship.
5. Two students were absent from instruction for a
day each, due to illness.
CONFi1)ENTIAL
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11 February 1957
CON.'IDENTI
Operations Familiarization Course
1. This fifth week of instruction in OFC #7 featured
Covert Operations in lectures and discussions,
25X1A9a 2, staff member of 'Special
Staybehind Operations., ec ured on "Sta'ybehind and Ej]
on.5 February.
25X1A9a 3. Mr, OC instructor., leotured on
"Commercial over o brua17.
. The Communications training fibs section on WA
was shown February. Student critiques will be for-
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warded to
5. Thursday, 7 February, was devoted to the Sur-
veillance Exercise in nearby cities. No incidents were
reported.
Alr/MMaritime Operations Course
1. AOC #16 completed its second week on 8 February.
Foul weather continued to hamper field exercises.
2. The Logidica Course received a four-hour Familialzation 25X1A9a
briefing on Maritime support from
3 ecia Sta ehind O erati Course
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and spent the
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week packag or the 00 Cao g ro em, ocating sites
for the Problem, and preparing sites for the shooting
of the Caching film.
Units
Assessment 8a Rvaluatiota/~
J.. Work was continued on tabulating and summarizing
comments from student critiques of the ninth and'~tenth
weeks of 00 #3.
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2. On and 8 February Chief,/TEB, Mr. 25X1A9a
and Mr, were here onTDY. They spen a s
stantial por ono their time making 'a detailed analysis
of student performance on the Project Management TxmTiC
nation in 00 #2. From this analysis recommendations
will be made to Chief/Project Management Committee re-
garding further improvement of the examination.
3. on 6, 7# and 8 February Miss was 25X1A9a
here on TDY from Headquarters., She prepared a copy of
the OC Manual of Evaluation Procedures for reference
in the development of overseas training evaluation.
4. Evaluation support of 00:
a. In view of the week's schedule consider able
time was spent on processing rating forms
.for seminars and for agent meetings,
b. Conferences were held with Chief/Project
Management and Reporting Committees and
with CI/OC to make former plans on com-
ponents of final grades 1n those areas
for 00 #3.
a. A surnary of components in the final PP
grade for OC #1 and 00 #2 was furnished to
CI/OC in his capacity as chairman of the
PP Committee.
Training Aids Unit
1. Graphic and Film Section
a. The Grenade Launcher Graphic Project has
been completed and forwarded to HQS for
reproduction.
b. Messrs.
went to HQS on February to
photograph TSS Audio Charts. Several of
these ObArts will be reproduced here for
use by TSS/= .
c. Twenty-one TSS Charts have been 25X1A14a
reproduced here photographically and
mounted on masonite panels.
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11 February 19.57 j
Fifteen i lustrat ions were made for 00
Student Skit Night.
Librarian,. ha8 prepared a proposed floor
plan for the library to make t 0a Physical
setup more efficient.
e. The possibility of binaural
recording facilities for sass being lectures
'Lit being explored, the purpose
improve audibility of reaord:ngs;
Library
a. It ha been determined that it would be-
structurally feasible to remove &. portion
of the will between the lafgua a room and
the library for purposes o "ITux additional
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Audio gurveilance Management Cauaree #6 began
day. IL ::Februd with an enroilnzef cif T;en stmc3ents.
of this Courser t c?
on
Mr
to Logistics Course If 12.
presented a four hour demonstra .on
' TDY xW -W ? dugration
iueist Mr.
2 < On 7 February Mr.
Course scho
conferred with
four.-week Special
Td for 11 Febru `tb"ugh 8 MaE'ch.
During this reporting period McSsrs.
25X1A9a have been making preparations for: the t? ux Week
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25X1A9a . Mr. presented a three hour,
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lecture on- TSS Famil ail sa ion" to Logiuti#s course
on 7 February.
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PERSONNEL NOTES:
1. Mr. arrived P03 Monday,
1. February. Mr. MO been sea
Special Staybehind rations Course. We welcome Ted
and his wife to
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Weekly Report #7
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assigned to the OC Senior Training Assistant's
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