COURSE REPORT FOR CIA TODAY & TOMORROW 3-6 DECEMBER 1974

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
SUBJECT Course Report for CIA Today E Tomorrow
3-6 December 1974
1. CIA Today and Tomorrow No. 2-75 was held in the
Headquarters Auditorium from 3-5 December. A fourth day for
DDO personnel only was presented on 6 December. About 210
Agency employees, mostly professional attended. As in past
runnings all Directorates and the DCI's complex were represented.
served as Course Chairman, assisted by
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2. Course Content. In line with the course's broad
objective, "to update participants in recent developments
and future programs in the Agency and in the Intelligence
Community," the main thrust was on emphasizing the Agency's
present and future, using the Agency's key officials as the
major spokesmen. In addition several special areas of
current interests were covered including Soviet Military
Intentions, Economic Policy Support, and the Agency's Public
Image. The program closed with a presentation by the
Director.
3. Administrative problems were kept to a minimum.
There were a few last minute replacements: Sayre Stevens
for Carl Duckett, for Maurice Ernst; STATINTI
for Gen. Wilson; as well as some last minute juggling of the
schedule, but these did not really inhibit the running of
the course. Thanks mainly to the first-rate support of the
DDO Senior Training Officer, there were virtually no attendance
problems--over 95 percent of those expected actually showed
up.
4. Virtually all auditiorium programs have some
limitations as far as establishing good rapport between
speaker and attendee--CIA Today and Tomorrow is no exception.
Questioning was limited, except for a few occasions--and
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interestingly, those presentations dealing with substance
rather than Agency management and Agency problems, served to
generate the most question- Mn-qt effective and best and STATINTL
received speakers included
Charles Kane, whose presentation before a large group was
relaxed, informative, and humorous-- the group responded in
kind. John Blake's presentation was highlighted by his
announcement of the change in the Agency's retirement
policy--although he did not activate many questions--it was
obvious that his dynamism and frankness came through.
5. The Director, as usual, was most effective. Changing
the pattern from last time, he did not respond to questions
submitted in advance, but spoke for about 20 minutes on
issues important to him, and then responded to spontaneous
questions from the floor.
6. A brief oral student evaluation session brought
kudos to the staff and to OTR; the general feeling seems to
be that we should continue to invite the Agency's senior
officials to participate in this kind of program. Several
suggested that the program, particularly the interplay
between student and speaker would be more effective, if
given more often to smaller groups--in a smaller classroom
rather than the auditorium. (The program, of course,
started out this way early 1973, but a tremendous backlog
developed shortly, requiring a move to the auditorium. A
move to smaller quarters and more frequent runnings would
create problems for both the staff and the type of speakers
we solicit, even if the demand were not so great.)
7. The fourth day (6 December was run as separate STATINTL
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the program. One new topic was introduced--the Career
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of the
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made the closing remarks. Judging from comments made by the
participants, the program was well received.
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Attachment: Course Schedule
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