COURSE NO. 16: 21 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1970 BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES, AND SCOPE

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2000
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• Publication Date: September 25, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PROJECT USEFUL
COURSE NO. 16: 21 - 25 September 1970
BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES, AND SCOPE
Since 1954 the CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
has annually presented an orientation course, known
as Project USEFUL, to senior officers of the Unified
and Specified Commands and to certain individuals of
CONUS elements. The primary objective of this ori-
entation is to maintain and improve CIA - DOD coop-
eration by providing selected members of the Armed
Forces the opportunity to become more fully and ac-
curately acquainted with CIA's mission and capabili-
ties in peace and war. Key CIA officials will discuss
the functions of their components, with specific at-
tention to CIA's role in areas of common concern to
the Intelligence Community. Also, special emphasis
will be placed in the course on matters of direct in-
terest to the Armed Forces, such as war and contin-
gency planning, scientific and technical intelligence,
and the coordination of foreign intelligence collection
activities? It is hoped that these briefings will con-
tribute to a better appreciation of how CIA and the
military services can provide mutual assistance in
the difficult and vital tasks which confront us all.
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PROJECT USEFUL
MONDAY, 21 September 1970
Course Coordinator
0830-0850 Registration and Welcome Office of Training
and C / MPS / PSG
0850-0900 Break
0900-0950 Western Hemisphere Chief, Western Hemisphere
Situation Brief Division, Office of Current
Intelligence
0950-1020 Break
CIA AND ITS ROLE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF
COMMON CONCERN TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
1010-1110 'Background and Role of Executive Director-
CIA Comptroller
1120-1200 Intelligence Community Assistant Deputy to the
Coordination Director of Central Intel-
ligence for National Intel-
ligence Programs Evaluation
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1350 Production of National Chief, Estimates Staff,
Estimates National Estimates
1350-1400 Break
1400-1450 Computers and Information Chairman, Information
Processing Processing Board
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PROJECT USEFUL
MONDAY, 21 September (continued)
1450-1505 Break
THE DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1505-1600 Functions of the Directorate Deputy Director for
for Science and Technology Science and 'Technology
1600-1610 Break
1610-1700 Research and Development Scientific Advisor to the
Director of Research
and Development
TUESDAY, 22 September 1970
0830-0920 Far East Situation Brief Production Research
Officer, Far East Division,
Office of Current Intelligence
0920-0930 Break
THE DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(continued)
0930-1020 Production of Scientific Chief, Physical Sciences
Intelligence Engineering :Division,
Office of Scientific
Intelligence
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PROJECT USEFUL
TUESDAY, 22 September (continued)
THE DIRECTORATE FOR INTELLIGENCE
1035-1120
Functions of the Directorate
Assistant Deputy Director
for Intelligence
for Intelligence
1120-1130
Break
1130-1215
CIA Responsibilities for
Deputy Chief, Production
Current Intelligence
Staff, Office of Current
Intelligence
1215-1400
CIA Operations Center
Chief, CIA Operations
and Lunch
Center
NOTE: 1220-1310 Group 1 to
Group 2 to
1310-1400 Group 2 to
Group 1 to
CIA Ops Center
Lunch
CIA Ops Center
Lunch
1400-1445
Domestic Contact Service
Director, Domestic
Contact Service
1500-1600
National Photographic
Deputy Director, NPIC
Interpretation Center (NPIC)
1600-1610
Break
1610-1700
National Intelligence Surveys
Chief, Editorial Division,
Office of Basic and Geo-
graphic Intelligence
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WEDNESDAY, 23 September 1970
0830-0920 Near East Situation Brief
0920-0930 Break
Chief, Middle East Africa
Division (MEAD), Office
of Current Intelligence
THE DIRECTORATE FOR INTELLIGENCE
(continued)
0930-1015 Strategic Research on Soviet Director of Strategic
and Other Communist Military Research
Forces
1015-1030 Break
THE DIRECTORATE FOR PLANS
1030-1045 The Clandestine Service Deputy Director
for Plans
1045-1100 Break
1100-1130 Foreign Intelligence Operations Chief, Foreign
Intelligence Staff
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THURSDAY, 24 September 1970
0830-0920 Africa Situation Brief
0920-0930 Break
THE DIRECTORATE FOR PLANS
(continued)
0930-1030 Counterintelligence
1030-1045 Break
1045-1130 Inter-Agency Defector
Program
1130-1140 Break
1140-1230 Official and Non-offical
Cover
1230-1330 Lunch
Chief, South Africa
Branch (MEAD), Office
of Current Intelligence
Deputy Chief, Counter-
intelligence Staff
Chairman, Inter-Agency
Defector Committee
Chief, Central Cover
Staff
1330-1500 Technical Support in CIA Chief, Technical
and to the Intelligence Services Division
Community
1500-1515 Break
1515-1600 Special Operations: Air,
Ground, Maritime
25X1A
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THURSDAY, 24 September (continued)
1610-1700 A Division Chief's Look at Chief, Far East
Relations with the Military Division
FRIDAY, 25 September 1970
0830-0920
Europe Situation Brief
Chief, Europe Division,
Office of Current Intelligence
0920-0930
Break
THE DIRECTORATE FOR PLANS
(continued)
0930-1030
Coordination of Foreign
Chief, Coordination Group,
Intelligence Collection
Foreign Intelligence Staff
Activities
1045-1100
Questions
Deputy Director for
Plans
1100-1200
Functions of the Directorate
Assistant Deputy Director
for Support
for Support
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PROJECT USEFUL
FRIDAY, 25 September (continued)
1300-1350
1350-1400
1400-1430
1430-1445
1445-1515
1515-1600
Communications Support in
CIA and to the Intelligence
Community
Break
CONCLUSION
CIA - Military Relationships
in War and Contingency Planning
Director of
Communications
C/MPS/PSG
PANEL: Participant Questions
Executive Director-Comptroller
(Chairman)
DDI - Assistant Deputy
Director for Intelligence
DDS&T - Deputy Director for
Science & Technology
DDS - Assistant Deputy
Director for Support
Critique and Closing Administration. Course Coordinator
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