TRAINING EVALUATION, COVERT ACTION OPERATIONS SEMINAR, 25 - 28 JUNE 1967

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05795A000200020019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: July 5, 1967
• Content Type: MFR

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SECRET
5 July 1967
SUBJECT. TRAINING EVALUATION, COVERT ACTION OPERATIONS
SEMINAR, 25 - 28 June 1967
1. The main objective of the seminar is to improve
capabilities to direct, conduct, or support covert action
operations. A secondary object is to enable the partici-
pant to identify and understand those problems as compared
to other operations of the Clandestine Services.
2. Officers attending this seminar varied widely in
grade and experience. This diversity was useful in that
it allowed the more junior participants to absorb and
question the experience of the senior officers, while they
in turn re-examined old experiences from fresh points of
view.
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3. Instructing participants included Mr.
_, O.T.R., Chid:f Instructor, as well as visiting
members of the CA Staff, Office of the DDP and CA officers
-from each of the divisions within the DDP. Each of these
individuals treated a certain activity within the CA
field, and also discussed in general the more interesting
CA experiences of his division. Evenings consisted of
"open-end" type discussions, usually concerning current
policy questions, drawing heavily on the latest thinking
as expressed by the senior individuals present.
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4. This course is recommended for officers of WIRD
with CA resonss ibil it ies . The seminar provides exposure
to previously successful CA operations, provokes specific
operational questioning and techniques for current opera-
tions, and furnishes the knowledge of where and what
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types of assistance are available to the individual officer
involved in CA operations.
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