RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING A SEMINAR FOR SENIOR OFFICERS

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Approved For Release-2000/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0030 O 0100010020-5 26 October 1970 2?Il .I0RAIIDLiI FOfl: Director of Training SUBJECT ? : Iteccmnenclations Concerning a Seminar for Senior Officers 1. The OTfl ad hoc commit ~ ee --- scat up and directed by you to consider the deri.;-obility of ectablishiri; a training prosrcm for senior officers (GS-15/16) - 'rcco,.~nu:s that priorit~? consideration be Given note to its devel.crment. There eppeer to be some' compellir_G reasons at this time t.hy :Lich a step U:lould be tei.cn. i?_ucll emphasis has been ^'iven to iraprovinl and. b'Cc'leellill P.t;enc's train.inc; for j1nior and mid--career officers -- With t e L;eneral o?:,jecti.ve of doe-erring their understendi.:13 of the i n_te1li-cnce ?-o c: s i on ."'s it operates in a !orld of rro.!ing co::.- a plexity. This objective i s deserving of at least equal em_'.a.sis at the senior officer level. The needs of their ctn. _personal develoi-nont com- bined With the ur;r er:cy of r:aintc'i nine, : ency l.:-ofessionalisrl suLtiest the existence of a major rcgaircment for such a prog;rerl. The objectives would be to iDrovide these officers i ith the opporti::i.lty and resource: to reviev the status of the intelligence rro_'essien, to comprehend develon- ing trends in the profess ion e.b..-;ut which they may be only dimly sear,::,, and to re-Eeeval ate and shs._ -en their o-:n shills. An additional objective would be to provide these officers ;!ith the most profound judgments able concerning, domest' c and fo::'eig;:l a fairs, the reletionshirs bet-..eon them, and the potential i =act o i these events upon intelligence as a major function A corlplemen tar y n.b je ctive would be the ultimate establjs1r ent of a i_~ t:i_^.n al intelli hnce seminar c t this senio level -- omen to State and DOD ...- ehich soul c~ represent an additional means through .,hicll CLt. could e.-:ercise le-de 'ship and exert influence in the intelligence co;aMmnity. 2. The #olloeinC; additional considerations underlie our recolrm~^enda.- tion: a. There is no s~7nropriate program currently existing .,,Llich provides senior intc?.l `_uence officers With an opportunity to revicv them- cen ~r o cz>sion and to re-evaluate or hone their owm professional s. .11.:. I.:a.n'.- other c gencies concerned uit:l lTatione l Securit`.' of ia'__r s have such grog: ams and the Civil Service Cor.Loi scion recently e.;tabliehed the Fcders 1 Executive Institi..tc to fill this need on behalf of old-line domestic agencies. In CL^. the Auv:nced Intelligence Seminar (average grade about lt}) end the COS Ser.iine.r r_prescnt the nearest ap- proxiria.tion to a "senior" cqurse. TIC COS Sc:dinar is, of ~m., fn% 7. 7 7 ] Approved For Release 2000/08/29 : CIA-RDP80-00308A000.100010020-5 Approved Fdr F clogs W081291*cqj*.~ avj ~a b lic? ( ?~ t , ~t study 1for u truly Y)I?oL11'rct l (ii; is particular- ly li.riited by the to-,.-weal: ti,;ie fa.cto2r). b. ? The won-A"c'ncy ,-enior courses to .fliicll Agency officer are p)stccl (z;ar coll(- r-e , StatL-e Senior Scr:]ilLar, PEI, inancgc- vent pros2tenci clo no'.: con,;ic'c,- the intelli;;encc profs: ^iot1. (I have attended bot_a IT?iC and F~ I and, therefore, speak fro;.l personal c;:perience),. They are 9.:.11r~; ;ant as repro; entationsl essinrients, a,ici tilers' is ouch substance to be gained. Dut, the va.r colleges deft]. with subjects rhich are essentially familiar to a senior .Cntel? iUence officer (however new they might be to a pilot or a. do --troyer captain), and the F_L'I (a valuable experience) is of:,ed o;-irlarily at personal growth and renewal the uchietir; ent of r.-anogerial bc:lcn ce end health. This is dictated by the enor i:o>us variety of a encies represented in a class. REI si::1ply cotld not concentrate on the problems of a particular activity within governnent. 25X1A Beyond this, the number o:f available spaces for CIS', offi- cers. in the senior schools is not sufficient to provide training f'or all of those Cc--e-..-vin- this h . nd of opportunity. This suI- gests the e::istcnce o:r a serious long-term gap -- or void -- ?n the professional deve=:,-,p:lont of na.ny of our most promising offi- cers. Many will have ^a.ci only an orientation program (some i eve not had the;; much) and p4rliaps a special course or two (Grid or l anagement . T.iis su(;t eats the need for a senior program -- not to replace the others, but rather tc provide oppo tur_i ty for on Oddi ti oral num c:cr of office r: (;p e year would more than double our cur rent op; ortuni ty level). C. The DIS National 'Senior Intell-! Bence Course is, in fact neither national ro srenio= . CIE_ has not found it :articulerly stirilulati ns it does provide our officers who cttcnd with an aPPrecietion o:` the vacLness and corlple::ity of the BCD intelligence effort. It would not :?epresent what one would have in mind for a truly senior course. d? There continues to be a judgerient on the park of some top officials in CL that I? rochial.::sal inhibits our activities - perticularly among senior officers. 'i - ? file not a cure-ell. a carefully tailored senior progro^l might well contribute to a. diminution of this problem. .e. The world -- donectic and foreign -- continues to grow in comple::ity. The role Lion between d-mastic and foreign affairs is inevitably nov in- decor, situation in his Studies in Intelli gcnce S _t a, It-0 1` entitled "Tile Agency and the Futu~?e." He ( pai staten`' a?oree :. that., "mrao_e Approved For Release 2000/08gf ft: DP80-00308A000100010020-5 r) Approved Fpltceti t i`l m C C., ?. C 16L'1 n~c,C ~ Uild le:Lr imle - mr ~.)r i.nLcl.l~-~;cnrc c,a11n:)t butt be desirable for an /'~Cency till ~r~ 1'.t.: dace in bcinC j..; t.) tell the u ; Govcl?nr.icnt nat 25X1A jtiLt whot I1L"! 110 1Y)'n: d and is Ila nl);but ti1iot is t:r, happen." sui;?~ests an CTU seminar on the future. rLhc? future .- and thr art of :Ritt:r~la~y --. would obviously be a vital poi-t of the r)rc-)p,):ed prograr,l. 3. Virtuolly every di.scll.ision of this t7L'O JSaJ. surfaced vigorous opposition -- or pre: urncd oppo::i.tion. The major factors appear to be the folloving: a . It vii l be expcr._ ive in a. time of shrinlting budgets -- reel estate (1-000 H. glebe lid? not accepted as "first class") additional rersonnel, travel money, money for high-class lec- tures are all si(rLfieant c:or_side aliens. 'b. It has been nronosed before -- or tried before (CS Seminar) - and has either been shot clown or failed. The claim that "the time is now -ripe" i_s old hot. The time is al,:ays rime for what- ever one vents to do. The OILIP preg_?ora call has been reilectinI; lac% of requirement i?or such a prog:4r+1. Hour do we now rational- ize this requirement? c. The CS will object, ?a:.r'ticulcrly if -representatives fror.i other agencies attend. The DDI vill mrhans find it hard to accept the e::istcn_ce of such a. requirement. d. The "uorl.-load" :- ndrore will be re-stimulated. e have too raeny yc021e in training now. H v can ve .Pare more -- er- tieul.a.rly at, the level. suggestee . e. This vill not fl,' unless Lt is a joint program involving ? the di=?ccto, tes from its v< wry by e ,, lc 'h e _,, .lc n~__n. 1.aluarsel: n~ DCI vouldt be "nice to have, " but nJt necessa:il;r sib ni ficant In rcall- Getting such a program off the ground. Z:. For the r?,a.s:-ns cited in Tara :.-cals 1 and 2, and in spite of the objections in para.~C 1 3; ure recommend that a tor-CA fate of fell, 1971, be set for the establishr.'_c It of a senior seminar on intelligence to be of app'?o::irua.tely tiree m ;laths du_e.tlon (t'tlis time ireme i.-onrescnts a. thortcning of your initial :': nos 1 -- as a corl?r?or.:ise with :1a11Y su es- tions lie unearthed r_lich suggested a 2,,-6 vice:, prog:.?am) -- to be conducted tvice y'ear'ly -- and to include t-,:enty-five officers pcr seminar. We e150 ? recotu end the plaliiiing of eltcl etiv,'e ~1I'agrcros i?:.li ch wowId alloy for the follouring sass lbili tics: en aU.?-CL1 semi.rar; a semi::a.r including CZ':, State cnd I'OD of ce::'c for tle e ~ ~ CL A, ~: irec--1o:1tL pc?riad; C scrlillar n- eludinC CLn, State, and DOD for the i irst `lures .~onths, but limited to CI/l for the final i:lonth. --3-- Approved For Release 2000/08/2,A=RPP80-00308A000100010020-5 j. We 1?ccc, it) rn 0 ~Q~~$~~i~; har nnot been a. The US ?}"tie t1C :r`cene t111CC' I,, a c. tc:;ivr , rn6 In many vc_,, j ect.-: more i::tp'rtant for this level officer than for the jttili r W uld_ be o i.i.ied not merely o t the "con- cerilcd citizen, " but ^t the intelligence -,once professional dor.leotic and "na- tional occur ity" end 1:,cnsitivc to the po i_1 is , 14.E at viii-Ch they coincide. This ;3~ction should include not only on enelysis of the dicru>>tiono and c]_ce o.ges in US society, but how these iectorc rclste to developments in US io:.'cign policy and to e-mclua- tions of the US by other notions. Should include congressional ewe of foreign policy end impact till c;:?eupon, plus views of in- fluential rye':;;'~ .?Yi cn and e.ced(( micions (in addition, how do these people see CIP a`i.tting into US society of the 70s). On the ot?rer and: -- a critique of Congress, the fourth estate, and the role of acad.cr.i:ics uotld be useful. We might even rgo so for as to discuss the state of literary and performing arts in the. US. (2 weeks ) b. The US and the r??crld This should i nclrc.e sa' hi stic;~tec? discussions of the key geocrc ;chic areas (with er"!p e, s is on tie r r!ng or conflicting in- tt rp etation o d~ tiE_1_,r i its i_! Li? ac areas) and US ' relations end pr.oblecis the_ein. This would be standard. However, we should acid studies oa a_ticalar a_.u ;I inLi policy n-_oble:o? ("the loss of China" _._ "US fc i1ures in Latin America" -- "tile US as the world's encl. isle, " etc.) (2 i.ec'_:s ) c. The 1TG 1.i cna l Sec-, :.,it, e ach ial Briefly -- what is it) but bcyerld that -- is it c_eaking? The MSC, the special co:u?.littees, etc. Proposals for cihang (]. week) d. The Intel li-e11cc ('n" ;11L17 t'r end Its Relation to ITatioltal Secu_itir i:ac:l_.lc It's herd to ace new subjects here, but they would be dealt with, one would hone, in a Iligh].y so 1isticetcd end frank atl:tcs- phere. USTh and its ea: littces, LEI under Cline, intelligence and military plc.rning, (iutplication and com-octition. (1 wee;.,) e. CIA Its ieletiolisllin as on a ency t~ ?'Mite IIousc, to Congress, in US society, and its inc_elnol develop tints, prospects) and Approved. For Release 2000/0 g : lik DP80-00308A000100010020-5 Approved F PWel 20000VOM9 : -t RDP OOt GO1'OGMS2& 5 o oreicii. i' DUI". The ~L~c: ti~~l- ,,.r, t,) }lot! ..ar Uc C') 'oil this 1r..,tJ.ci ? be iin 'luenecd by tllzct:icr non-CIA officcrs .!ill ottcnd. (1 :!cc'..) the bloc., of in.-traction c-+nsidercd in rcrr,,;roph 25X1A 5 We mould rccoi,riend addition. o;C the ftla.utlin", (time allotiient tundotc ; inc ): a . T ]e Irir C t '~'? ~iC e^1tCC Cnd Techt: This could. invol ate o. broad of the sociotcl consequences of techn?)lo ;ical dcvcl')71:ients -.- ncrr?o,lin~ do-)t;n to its p:;oioutnd conscnr.tcncc?s fttr intclliCencc.. Perhaps a fi.cld trip patterned u on the DDS LT traininV prorjram. StretcJr,i-C 1 Ti u 1 o: 2CJ?'_etions A viet.t (or a ser::..~,s of views) by the "experts" on nuclZaa-z relationships and the :role of or in modern society. Perhaps a field trip patternec1 upon 2Nd-Career course. We are told thot -'I,-here are numerous programs of h- ;&h potential a va-ilc ble . 1'rob1c:a is to supplement Grid or planning cotn.ses possibly alre~:c~y ottended. Could use some of the n r- sona.l approach of I, Ilit;:nt even consider some kind of sen_si- tivity or T-grcup pror::.am. Possibility of a Brookings t.eek similar to previous ni.().-care er courses. A few final thou ;hits er:lerge : a. We miL;nt bring in senior officials ' of certain foreiGn services for seminars. b. We should atterrot. to utilize , C, results of Ili-historical studies being produced within C'I_'-. -- vhercver. they are evalu:.- t.ive in nature. If nct, perhaps the Senior Seminar, could add an evaluative note to selected studies. CO Inclusion of rese::rch Tapers should be considered -- al- thour;-1 we are not :cc..-.-lending at this time. 25X1A Approved For Release 2000/08/29 - IA-RDP80'-00308A000100010020-5