WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT #27

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05787A000200030060-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: July 3, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

Oce Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Chief, Operations School, OTR
CO/OS
Weekly Activity Report #27
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEISs
None .
B. OTHER ITEMSs
1. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (ACSI)s
2. FF/VIETNAMI
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A memorandum was prepared for DTR'a signature concern-
ing the Army's desire to send copies of the Tradecraft
Guide to certain of its overseas ersonnel. OTRas memo,
which was routed throug oil explained CIA's 25X1A9a
procedures for control o e ocumen , and requested
supplementary information from the Army.
training aspects
met briefly with
They plan to meet later pr
cussions on the Tripartite
th him on the
Upon completion of his process-
prepare a report for OTR on the
DATE: 3 July 1957
=ignment. He has already
ho will be going to
program later this summer.
o their departure, for dis-
3. DDP C
I/TR Officer, visited CO/OS on
27 June TSS Training Officer, to discuss
the presentat on o training support in the new
regulations. It was decided that the regulations
would be confined to OM support, leaving TSS training for
separate treatment. CO/OS has agreed to prepare a state-
ment of OTR's capabilities in furnishing support to over-
seas training programs as a basis for further discussions.
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TRAINING MATERIALS IN PREPARATION:
a. Caching Guides On June 28 and
arrived d spent
the entire day with reviewing the latest
draft of the Caching Guide. They are satisfied with
the basic approach, but have provided a wealth of
technical information not available at Headquarters.
They have also undertaken to prepare several addi-
tional diagrams Their constructive
guidance has been inv ua e, and the Overseas Branch
especially appreciates the time and effort
voluntarily devoted to this project. When
completes his revised draft of the paper, a copy
will be forwarded to them for further comment.
-visited the Overseas Branch during the pane
week to consult with staff personnel on the selection
of training material for their individual projects.
5. 'RAINING MATERIALS FORWARDED:
a. U_S.- s zt~vFour training documents were sent to
the FI Training Officer for forwarding to the Army,
in partial fulfilment of an Army request for material
used in the January-March 1957 Covert Training course
attended by two Army officers. The memorandum of trans-
mittal pointed out that the major portion of the
materials requested was covered in the Tradecraft
Guide, 50 copies of which have already gone to the
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requester.
b. ~T aining Programs One copy each of the
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French and the English glossaries developed at
in order to assist
t t
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were signed ou
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him in selection of intelligence terminology for the
- program.
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c. Wg~ Six copies of the Tradecraft Guide
were cleared with CI/0A for passing to the -
d. WH/Divisions. Twenty-five copies of the newer
paper bn "Observations on Indigenous Training Programs"
were sent to WH for dispatch to field stations.
25X1A e. SR t The Tradecraft Guide and four
training papers on surveillance were sent to SR for
training cleared agent personnel.
25X1A8a f. A co of the Staybehind Manual was
released to or his use during his
forthcoming PCS tour
g. NEA, One copy of "Observations on Indigenous
Training Programs" was sent to NEA for use by the
Division Staff.
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h. Four French language items containing
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tra ecra erminology were sent to Mr. -
- to assist him in translating the Tradecraft
Guide into French.
0. ADMINISTRATIVE=
On 1 July joined the Overseas Branch
as a summer employee.
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