COURSE REPORT FOR CIA: TODAY AND TOMORROW #1-76

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2000
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• Publication Date: November 20, 1975
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
SUBJECT Course Report for CIA: Today
and Tomorrow #1-76
1. CIA: Today and Tomorrow #1-76 was held in the
Headc{uarters Auditorium from Tuesday - Thursday, 4-6 November
1975. A fourth day solely for members of the Operations
Directorate and others on rotational assignment to the DDO
followed. Copies of the schedules of the two programs are
attached as Attachment A. A roster of the three-day program
is Attachment B.
2. The course began on the day following the formal
announcement by the President that his "team"-would no
longer include Mr. Colby, The atmosphere and running.. of the
course were inevitably affected by this event. Angus
Thuermer,, Assistant to the DCI for Press Relations', was the
first to cancel, in order to attend the Director's Tuesday
morning staff meeting. Carl, Duckett, Deputy Director for
Science and Technology,. and William Nelson, Deputy Director
for Operations, followed suit because of obligations to
appear on the Hill. On the afternoon of the second day, the
program was aborted when the Director preempted the Auditorium
to award promotions to supergrades. We lost the presentation
of Omega Ware, Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Program, that afternoon but were, fortunately, able to fit
him into the program on the following day. Mr. Colby first
changed the timing of his appearance and then canceled it
altogether because of requirements to testify before con-
gressional committees. General ~lernon Walters, DDCI, was
unable to substitute, as `had been arranged, because of a txip
abroad.
3. Despite these disappointments, the course went
along smoothly since we had made prior arrangements in every
case for a backup speaker. The oral evaluations at the
conclusion and many infoxmal comments suggested that the
class still found much of benefit and interest in the course.
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No criticisms were expressed, if they existed. Mr.' Blake's
fascinating account of "five days in November" helped rescue
the course from the letdown of Mr. Colby's inability to
attend. He-not only provided a dramatic conclusion to the
course, but ended on a high note with his report of Congress-
man Pike's strong statement, in answer to an earlier charge
of Senator Church, that CIA is not a "rogue elephant" but a
well-disciplined organization. About 90 percent of the
class chose to remain after this concluding presentation to
see the film "Sinai," which had been scheduled earlier and
displaced.
4. Although 300 employees were registered for the
course as of 3 November, only 212 showed up on the 4th. We
are concerned that some of the registrants were not notified
of their enrollment and have asked training officers to look
into the reasons for the failure of so many to attend without
any 'notice of cancellation. A few who phoned to cancel on
the day prior to the course cited the events of the day,
evidently assuming that Mr. Colby would not appear and that
it would not be possible for the program to speak convinc-
ingly of "tomorrow." Most of the speakers did try to address
the future. Assistant to the National Intelli-
gence Officer or t e R, and Deputy Chief,
Soviet and East European Division of DDO, gave particularly
effective presentations in this respect.
5. The members of the class were a remarkably we11-
balanced cross section of the Agency, considering that no
effort was made to achieve such a balance. There were 113
men and 95 women. Directorate representation was as follows:
DDA - 46, DDI - 48, DDO - 83 (many of them Vietnam returnees),
and DDS~T - 35. Grades ranged from GS-03 to GS-15 as follows:
GS-03
1
GS-10
11
GS-04
4
GS-11
19
GS-05
18
GS-12
34
GS-06
25
GS-13
17
GS-07
36
GS-14
10
GS-08
10
GS-15
4
GS-09
23
Ages ranged from 20 to 61.
6. Sixty-nine DDO-ers, including those on rotational
assignment to DDO, attended the fourth day, which was devoted
to DDO concerns. The group was divided in the morning into
two groups--one professional and one clerical--to discuss
their career concerns. Forty professionals and 29 clericals
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attended. In the afternoon the rou returned to the
Auditorium to hear from
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Staff. These presentations seemed well received. David
Blee'the Associate Deputy for Operations, was scheduled to
conclude the program but did not do so since he had spoken
in M~. Nelson's! place on the previous day.
7. The Trainin Services Staff cooperated in taping
two of the speakers-- , Deputy Director of the
Office of Economic Research, and Mr. B1ee'--on behalf of the
Nonofficial Cover training program of DDO. .The planned
taping of Mr. Thuermer, Mr. Duckett, and Mr. C?1by for the
NOCs was nat accomplished because of the cancellation of
their presentations. Our experience in this running leads
us, in any event, to question the desirability of taping
speakers, except in the most important cases, since the
strong lights affect their ability to see the audience and,
therefore, to establish.a relationship with it.
8. In the oral evaluations, members of the class
expressed appreciation of the excellent balance of speakers
and of their candor. One suggestion was made that the
Auditorium be used more fre uently for "state of the Agency"
reports. The DCI Counsel, was proposed as 25X1A
a possible Auditorium speaker an t e i ea was advanced that
prominent speakers from the Agency (in addition to the Guest
Speakers) appear from time to time in the Auditorium. One
member of the class proposed that a discussion of the Privacy
Act be included in CIA: Today and Tomorrow.
g, provided a warm introduction to the
course, a i ing co ribution from the originator of CIA: 25X1A
Today and Tomorrow. provided
excellent assistance, sharing in the introduction of speakers
and behind-the-scenes arrangements. as training 25X1A
assistant, did her usual superb job with the difficult and
time-taking registration duties.
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