CIA TODAY AND TOMORROW #2-76

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01590A000200150001-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 25, 2000
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• Publication Date: March 15, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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15 March 1976
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Intelligence Institute
pecia rograms Officer
SUBJECT CIA Today and Tomorrow #2-76
FROM
1. CIA Today and Tomorrow #2-76 was held from
2-4 March 1976 in the Headc{uarters Auditorium. A fourth day
followed on 5 March for employees of the Directorate of
Operations and those on rotational assignment to that
Directorate. The schedules of the course and of the
Directorate of Operations Day are Attachment A, and the
class roster is Attachment B. The end-of-course data form
is Attachment C.
Z. The highlight of the program was the appearance of
the new Director of Central Intelligence, Mr. George Bush,
who used the occasion of CIA Today and Tomorrow to make his
first major presentation to an audience of employees. Since
the enrollment in the course (185) did not fill the Auditorium,
additional tickets were issued to the Directorates and
Office of the Director of Central Intelligence for distribution
to a cross section of employees, Mr. Bush'was introduced by
Alfonso.. Rodriguez, the Director of Training. The Director's
comments, which were informal and warm, were well-received,
3. A second event assurin t e success of the program
25X1A was a discussion by Special Counsel to the
Director of Central n e igence, on his special view of the
Central Intelligence Agency and the Congress gained from his
association with the select committees in their recent
investigations of the Agency. His clearly sincere appreciation
for the cooperation and candor of senior Agency officials
during the investi a-' as morale-building. Both
25X1A Mr. Bush's and Mr. s comments were videotaped.
4. All the speakers except one were able to meet
their commitments to appear. Garl Duckett, Deputy Director
for Science and Technology, was unfortunately forced to
cancel his presentation and was replaced by Dave Brandwein,
Director of Technical Service.
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5. Innovations in the program included a review by
William Parmentr,, Director of Current Intelligence, of
"World Issues Facing Intelligence." This proved a success-
ful attempt to provide a backdrop of issues to presentations
concerned with organization and process. Instead of the
"NIO View of USSR" used in the last running, we called
25X1A on National Intelligence Officer for China, to
give an "NIO View of China." His dramatic description of
his experiences in China delighted the audience.. A film of
the inauguration of Mr. Bush was shown as an optional lunchtime
film the last day.
6. The scheduling of the course (not by the course
manager) in the Ash Wednesday week disrupted the course
slightly and deprived the program of two hours of instruction
time. By omitting a planned film presentation, we were able
to maintain approximately the same substantive content as in
other runnings.
7. The Directorate of Operations Day followed the
pattern of the last running with the exception of the morning
session for professionals (Group A), which included a
discussion of the evaluation of operations as well as of
personnel management. This change was made at the request
of the Chief, Plans Staff, Directorate of Operations.
8. The audience of 185 was not as well-balanced among
the Directorates as in previous CIA Today and Tomorrows.
The distribution was as follows:
Directorate
of
Administration
63
Directorate
of
Intelligence
33
Directorate
of
Operations
64
Directorate
of
Science and Technology
23
Office of the
Director of Central Intelligence
2
9. The participants ranged in age from 19 to 61. The
average age was 36. The average in years of service was 11.
Grades ranged from GS-04 to GS-16 with the average of the
class at GS-09. There were eight GS-15s and one GS-16.
Eighty-three participants were women and 102 men.
10. Individual comments to the course instructors were
highly favorable. The oral evaluation session (conducted
25X1A before the appearance of Mr. ~ and Mr. Bush) included
the comment that there was more "yesterday" than "tomorrow."
This was perhaps less than just since several of the s Bakers,
especially Mr. Parmenter, Mr. Brandwein, and a 25X1A
spokesman of the Directorate of Operations, were careful to
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look ahead. From informal remarks of other participants, we
believe the comments may have reflected a desire to know
more about the prospects for personnel at a time of uncertainty.
A missing element in the program was indeed a discussion in
depth of personnel matters. Although the presentation of
John F. Blake, Deputy Director for Administration, entitled
"The Administration of Intelligence," was one of the most
enjoyable, its subject was the Agency's state of health
rather than the responsibilities of the Directorate of
Administration. The need for specific personnel data should
be met in future runnings.
11. Among suggestions received for future CIA Today
and Tomorrows were:
a. that more innovations in work methods be
included. This suggestion came from a staff member of
the Office of Training's Typing and Processing (TAP)
who felt it would be helpful for other employees to
learn of the TAP experience. (We are inclined to think
a presentation on new work methods would be useful
either as a single subject or as part of other presentations.)
b. that the schedule be given in advance to
employees enrolled in the class as an inducement to
attend and to prepare useful questions. (This is a
desirable goal; however, the fluid state of enrollment
has made it impassible to know the actual membership of
the class until opening day registration.)
12. Recommendation. This was a successful running.
We have no suggestions or major changes but recommend the
inclusion of a spokesman for the Office of Personnel in the
next running and continuing attention to the inclusion of
interesting new work methods in the program content.
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