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MIDCAREER COURSE NO. 8
COURSE REPORT
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MIDCAREER COURSE NO. 8
COURSE REPORT
General Observations
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From virtually every standpoint, Course No. 8 was the best to
date in the opinion of the staff. With very few exceptions, the
substantive changes instituted after Course No. 7 worked out well
and some, such as the presentation by John Clarke during the first
phase, and the trip to Cape Kennedy, had exceptionally high impact.
The Midcareerists themselves displayed an unusual esprit and developed
into an effectively working group within the first twenty-four hours at
. They maintained a notable degree of interest, participation,
and enthusiasm throughout the six weeks and quite obviously profited
from their experience.
The critiques were replete with high-intensity adjectives reflecting
wholehearted approval of the Course in general and of a large number
of individual guest speakers. Adverse criticisms of specific items in
the schedule were thoughtfully phrased and accompanied by suggestions
for improvement. The maturity of the group as a whole was apparent
not only in the substance of their discussions but also in the absence
of useless carping about insignificant aphids in the intellectual and
administrative bushes.
For the first time since the inception of the Course, the
phase was almost perfectly executed. The weather was outstanding;
there were no problems in transporting guest speakers; there were no
cancellations of planned talks, and there were only three changes of
speakers after publication of the schedule. The Brookings phase was
not quite so fortunate, but the blizzard which forced the cancellation
of one day of work was the only untoward occurrence during this part
of the Course. In the third phase, one guest speaker was delayed in
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arriving because of a problem in aircraft maintenance, but the consequent
rearrangement of the day's schedule was effected with a minimum of
difficulty. Cape Kennedy was included in the field trip for the first
time and proved to be a worthwhile addition. A day at NSA Headquarters
at Ft. Meade was also a new and highly effective element in the third
phase of the Course.
It was regrettable that pressing requirements made it impossible for
Admiral Raborn to address the Midcareerists during the opening session
or to deliver the graduation speech. However, the students deeply
appreciated the appearance of Colonel White, who opened the Course
on a high note indeed, and of Dick Helms, whose remarks on the final
day were a most appropriate conclusion to the Course.
Finally, this report would not be complete without an expression
of indebtedness to all of the OTR typists and secretaries, Miss
in particular, who cheerfully stepped into an unfamiliar situation
after the departure of on 13 December, and so ably
provided the clerical and training assistant support vital to the success
of Course No. 8. Mrs. , our new secretary, is likewise to
be commended for assuming these supporting responsibilities in mid-
Course and carrying them out efficiently and enthusiastically.
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MIDCAREER COURSE NO. 8
COURSE REPORT
Part I - The Agency
A. Planned Changes from Prior Course
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1. Speakers and Topic
a. After discussions wit officers, we decided to 25X1A
eliminate the various welcoming talks from the schedule for
Sunday afternoon following the students' arrival. Only the
security and general administrative briefings were given,
thus reducing the number of personnel required 25X1A
to put in an appearance. The official welcome and the
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the first item o business on on a ing.
b. At BillMorell's suggestion, we arranged for Deputy
Director of Research and Reports, to give the ec Pure,
"Development in Economic Intelligence".
c. As Art Lundahl was back in harness following a period of
illness, we were delighted to have him return to his
accustomed place on our schedule.
d. , the new Deputy Director, Logistics, agreed to
an e the presentation for his office. Unfortunately,
unexpected problems in Washington made it impossible for
him to be with us.
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e. , Acting Director of Communications at the time,
accepted our invitation to speak to this group. He suggested
that accompany him to handle the demonstration
and explanation of equipment.
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f. John Clarke suggested that his usual talk, "Individual
Responsibility for Funds" , be replaced by the briefing
on CIA programs prepared for presentation at the highest
levels within and outside the Agency. After taking a look
at the tremendous number of visual aids which support
that briefing, we agreed that such a presentation would
make an outstanding "wrap-up" of the first phase of the
Course.
g. The Management Panel, usually the final element of the
Agency phase, was dropped, partly to allow time for
John Clarke's new talk and partly because of unnecessary
duplication with material to be covered in later sessions
with the Deputy Directors.
h. Instead of four periods allotted to group meetings for
preparing questions to be submitted to the Deputy Directors,
Thursday evening of the second week was scheduled for this purpose.
i. Although we prefer to have a free evening on Friday of the
first week, other scheduling requirements made it necessary
to hold the lecture, briefing, and demonstration of Ambush
Operations during that time.
j. Clandestine Services Coverage
While retaining the basic pattern which proved effective in
Course No. 7, we added twelve hours to the coverage. Of
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topics covered staff members; an hour and a half was
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by two hours and a half were assigned to a
description of the and
an hour was spent in informal discussions with Tom
following his introductory talk on the Clandestine Services.
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2. Individual Presentations
As a result of our experience with the student presentations in
Courses #6 and #7, we increased the time allotted to them and
rearranged the scheduling pattern. By allowing each student
thirty minutes instead of twenty we raised the actual presentation
and discussion time to a total of fifteen hours. Only ten hours
had been spent in each of the previous two Courses. By
rearranging the scheduling pattern, however, we reduced the
planned "break" time from the former two and a half hours to a
negligible fifteen minutes. The comparison of time/pattern
factors between Courses #7 and #8 is shown below.
Course __#7
Day
Hours
No. of Presentations
Wednesday
1930-2200
Friday
1330-1600
Saturday
1800-2000
Sunday
1800-2100
Tuesday
1500-1730
Course #8
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Hours
No. of Presentations
Wednesday
0800-0930
3
Thursday
Friday
0800-0930
3
Saturday
1330-1430
2
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Day
Hours
No. of Presentations
Sunday
1830-2030
4
Monday
0800-0930
3
Tuesday
0800-0930
Wednesday
0800-0930
Thursday
0800-0930
3. Formal Presentations at Night
From Monday of the first week through Wednesday of the second
week, ten nights (including Saturday and Sunday) are available
for scheduled activity. In Course #7 this time was used in
the following fashion.
Informal Discussions with Guest
Speakers,
Group Meetings
Individual Presentations
Management Panel
Free
4 nights
1 night
3 nights*
1 night
1 night
* Wednesday of the first week plus Saturday and Sunday.
In Course #8, in order to include all of the desired subject
matter while retaining a measure of balance among various
techniques, as well as to avoid reliance upon Washington-
based speakers on Saturday (with the accompanying extra
requirement for air transport), we found it necessary to use
four of the available nights for formal presentations followed
by informal discussion. In Course #8 the nights were used in
the following fashion.
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Formal Presentations plus 4 nights
Informal Discussion
Lecture Briefin and Demonstration 1 night
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speakers
Individual Presentations 2 nights*
Group Meetings 1 night
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B. Significant Developments
1. Substitutions and Deletions
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Worthy of note is the fact that no scheduled presentation had to
be cancelled. Speaker changes after distribution of the schedule
were remarkably few. Larry Houston substituted for 25X1A
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replaced , and R. Jack Smith, who succeeded Ray
Cline as Deputy Director for Intelligence, fulfilled the latter's
commitment to meet with the group at Headquarters on Friday
of the second week of the Course,
2. Meetings with the Executive Director and the Deputy Directors
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To our intense gratification, Colonel White and Messrs.
FitzGerald, Wheelon and Bannerman were able to appear
exactly as scheduled on Friday, 21 January.
3. For the first time since the inception of the Course, a student
was withdrawn prior to graduation. Office of 25X1A
Logistics, had to leave on Wednesday of the first week because
of the death of his father. Circumstances prevented his return
until the following Wednesday so in view of the amount of time
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missed, the Office of Logistics deemed it advisable to withdraw
- and to nominate him for a subsequent course.
had to cut short the discussion following his
talk on Wednesday night in order to return to Washington. The
class would have appreciated more time with Tom but settled
for the alternative: President Johnson's State of The Union
Message on TV.
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in the dark - when part of the ceiling on the second floor of
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took out most of the e ect r ca ower. Bob never skipped a beat,
however, and finished his session midst the firefly glow of
lighted cigarettes.
C. Summary of Critiques
1. The Intelligence Community and the CIA - 25X1 A
The group had high praise for Mr. Twenty-six 25X1A
critiques used such words as "comprehensive coverage" ,
" stimulating" "challenging and thought provoking". Six
students particularly noted that Mr. was an excellent 25X1A
keynote speaker for the course. In addition, about a third of
the group commented specifically on his ability to handle questions
and evoke discussion in the evening session. Only three
students were critical, one feeling the talk was "a little bit
about a lot of things", and another that Mr. avoided 25X1 A
answering questions. The third student did not find him a good
choice as the opening speaker but added that he was superior
in the informal discussion.
2. The Evaluation of National Intelligence Programs - 25X1 A
Twenty students thought highly of Mr. -presentation. 25X1A
Some of these felt that his talk would have been more effective
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had he used graphic aids and employed the PA system. Some
who were critical thought the hour after lunch might well have
worked against Mr. Four students expressed 25X1A
disappointment because of vagueness, generalities, and lack
of "color" in the talk. Several pointed to his able contribution
during the evening discussion.
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3. The Role of the General Counsel - Mr. Lawrence Houston
Twenty-four of the twenty-five comments on Mr. Houston's
presentation were laudatory. Many students pointed out that
they had previously been unaware of the various functions
described by Mr. Houston and found the information helpful and
interesting. Mr. Houston's sincerity and skillful use of actual
examples were cited several times. His participation in the
evening seminar also received favorable comment. Only one
student did not feel that Mr. Houston's talk was effective.
4. The Production of National Intelligence Estimates - 25X1A
received nothing but accolades from the group.
Time and again he was cited for candor and realism in discussing
the estimating function. In addition to pointing out his well
organized presentation, many commented on Mr. 25X1A
extremely able manner of handling the question and answer
period.
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Of the 23 members of the group who commented on Mr, - 25X1A
presentation 15 found his presentation effective, well organized,
and informative. Eight others recognized the importance of
the topic but reacted adversely to Mr.-s softness of 25X1A
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6. Trends in Processing Information in Support of Intelligence
Production -
About two-thirds of the class agreed that Mr. -presented
a very enthusiastic and informative view of the problems and
functions of document and information retrieval. Five students
complained about the use of too much "computer jargon" which
appeared to confuse the picture for them.
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Over half of the class commented favorably on Mr. 25X1A
presentation. Several noted that although the talk was some-
what rambling, it was informative and interesting. The use of
handouts was noted with favor. Four students did not find the
talk productive. Several students felt that many murky points
might have been cleared up had Mr._ left time for 25X1 A
discussion.
8. Developments in Economic Intelligence - 25X1A
Twenty-five students commented on Dr. Lalk and all but
two were highly enthusiastic. The refreshing approach to the
subject was particularly appreciated. Most students liked
the informal setting for this presentation, but one or two
thought it should have been presented in the classroom and
followed by a question and answer period rather than an informal
discussion.
Comments on Mr. - talk were uniform4ly good. His use
of handouts was considered helpful. A few students suggested
that he talk more about the uses made of -product.
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10. Developments in Photographic Intelligence - Arthur Lundahl
As usual, Mr. Lundahl's impact was tremendous. Superlative
comments reflected his outstanding performance. Even those
who had heard him before enjoyed his extremely enthusiastic
approach. A few students suggested fewer graphics and more
Lundahl.
11. The Clandestine Services - 25X1A
Half of the class commented favorably on Mr.
presentation using such phrases as "excellent introduction to
Clandestine Services", "logically presented", and "informative
presentation". Most of'the others felt it was too formal, too
general, or lacking enough specifics. In all but a few comments
Mr. was considered a good speaker. Several
students regretted that Mr. did not have more
time for the evening discussion.
12. The Responsibilities of Area Divisions -
Fifteen of the 26 students who commented on Mr.
talk felt that his was a highly satisfactory performance. He
was cited for his professionalism and ability to handle
questions. Many of those who did not find his formal
presentation too effective commented favorably on his impact
during the evening discussion.
13. Field Station Activities -
Mre-description of the workings of a field station was
well received by the group. They found his manner charming
and his use of specific examples very informative as well as
interesting. Only two students felt that the coverage could
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responses to questions and his participation in evening
discussion were singled out as contributing positively to the
enlightenment of the group.
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Twent seven members of the group commented specifically on
Mr. As usual he was described as dynamic, stimulating,
and provocative, although a few students felt that he was overly
dramatic and that his physical movements were distracting.
One student found him unimpressive with a tendency toward
"shallow and flip" remarks.
15. The Role of Paramilita
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Mr. - presentation was commented on by 24 members
of the group. All but three found him informative and interesting,
and the talk an excellent introduction to the subsequent coverage
of paramilitary action. Time and again his use of slides and
specific examples were cited as extremely valuable. One
student felt he wandered too much into FI and CE fields and
spoke too little on PM operations and their philosophy. Some
others took the opposite view, noting that he gave credit to
segments from other components and had a broad Agency view
in relation to the mission of _
Most students commented on the PM presentations as a block
although all of the officers who spoke received individual
comments from one or more students. The concensus was that
the entire day was extremely well done, informative, and
impressive. Many felt the demonstrations were a very good
break from the classroom routine, but some thought that
possibly too much time was devoted to this material in comparison
with the time allotted to other subjects.
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17. The Nature and Scope of Covert Activities - 25X1A
Over three-fourths of the class commented favorably on
25X1A Mr. presentation. He was admired for his thoughtful,
well-organized material. The only criticism was to the effect
that the talk would have been improved had Mr.- used
specific examples of Covert Activities and dwelled less on the
CA Staff structure and on generalities concerning operations.
Superlatives abounded in the comments o
presentation of the -Case. Many pointed this out as the
highlight of the Course. One man commented, "Mr.
put the meat on the bones of the organizational charts.
Quite a few suggested that even more time could be given to
this fascinating and informative explanation of the skills
necessary to conduct successful agent operations.
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19. The Role of Science and Technology in CIA - Carl Duckett
As in the past, Mr. Duckett was highly praised as an outstanding
speaker for DDS&T. He was commended for his ability to
make technical matters understandable to the audience, and
for his knowledge of other components of the Agency. There
were several comments about his skillful handling of the S&T
panel. However, for the first time there were quite a few
critical remarks about Duckett's use of graphics. Some felt
there were too many while others found them distracting.
The first two organizational charts were criticized for being
illegible and too complex.
20. The Impact of Automatic Data Processing in Agency Activities -
Joseph Becker
The class was in almost complete agreement as to the appropriate-
ness of the subject and the effectiveness of the speaker.
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Mr. Becker's conversational approach and use of layman's
terms to describe a technical field was appreciated. Many
students reported having acquired a previously lacking
appreciation for the use of computers in the intelligence
business. Two men commented on the film, both feeling it
was of limited value to a comprehensive lecture.
21. S&T Panel - Robert Chapman, George Miller, ]
Carl Duckett
Less than half of the class made specific comments on the
S&T Panel and opinions were divided. Some students felt
that Mr. Duckett's presentation and his ability to answer
questions made the panel unnecessary. Others believed it
would have been more effective had it been held in the class-
room. The balance found it a good adjunct to the lecture by
Duckett and wished more time had been allotted to it.
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22. Administrative Relationships with other Agencies - Alan Warfield
Many of the comments about Mr. Warfield's talk concerned
the subject matter, not the manner of presentation. Some
students observed that after the fascination of the S&T
presentation, this particular material could hardly have been
interesting. In all cases Mr. Warfield was commended for
his excellent handling of questions, especially some rather
"loaded" ones.
23. Health Considerations in an Unusual Work Environment -
Dr. John Tietj en
Virtually the only criticism of Dr. Tietjen's talk concerned the
lack of time for questions and discussion which the students
felt his excellent formal presentation provoked. Some would
have liked to get into specific subjects based on the clinical
theory Dr. Tietjen presented. He was cited several times for
his ability to use understandable words to explain medical terms.
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24. Security Considerations in Accomplishing the Agency's Mission -
Howard Osborn
The serious professionalism with which Mr. Osborn approached
the topic was well received by the class. His use of case
examples and his excellent handling of questions were also
valued highly. The only criticism of Mr. Osborn pointed out
that it was difficult to catch everything he said because of his
tendency to lower his voice toward the end of a sentence.
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uninteresting, but agreed that Mr. _ gives a straight- 25X1A
forward, factual presentation. He was commended for his
use of visual aids and his talent for staying away from an
organizational chart.
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One comment which appeared several times highlighted Mr.
-obvious interest in his subject matter and his ability
to+ke the technical aspects of communications interesting
to the audience. Some thought more time could have been
given to the demonstration of equipment, while others felt the
entire session was too long for an evening presentation.
Mr. Edynamic and enthusiastic style were contrasted
with rather uninspired presentation. Several times
Mr. as classed as one of the top speakers of the Course.
27. Agency Management - Robert Bannerman
All who commented on Mr. Bannerman's presentation agreed
on its appropriateness in the schedule. Many thought his sound
managerial advice was a most profitable part of the Course.
He was also cited for his sincerity and for having geared his
talk especially to the needs of Midcareerists. One man commented
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that Mr. Bannerman caused more discussion among the class
than any other speaker. The only adverse criticism was from
one student who felt Mr. Bannerman was "preaching a party
line".
28. Financial Management - Robert Fuchs
Once again Mr. Fuchs drew a favorable reaction for his
presentation of a subject ordinarily considered dry and
uninteresting. Most students agreed that the talk was
informative, well presented and well documented. Some
thought there were a few too many slides. Comments on
Mr. Fuchs' manner of presentation ran the gamut from
"pedestrian" to "sterling".
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who presented some very sobering but thought-provoking facts
about the Agency's personnel problems. Several students felt
Mr. - was a bit too blunt with the "grey heads" of
the class regarding the "hump" problem. He was cited as one
of the frankest speakers of the course and was complimented
for his aplomb in finishing his session despite an unexpectedly
blacked-out room.
30. Planning and Programming in CIA: Scope and Depth - John Clarke
As this was a new and major presentation, verbatim student
comments are reported in Attachment A.
31. Individual Presentations
Despite the fact that the students were not required to comment
on this element of the Course, one-third of them chose to do so.
There were no adverse criticisms. All observations reflected the
value of the presentations in elaborating upon information
provided by guest speakers.
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32. Signal Center Tour
Only 12 students made specific comments on the tour of
the Signal Center and six of these were favorable. The major
complaint seemed to concern the noise which made it nearly
impossible to hear the briefing.
33. Meetings with the Executive Director and the Deputy Directors
The overwhelming majority of the students chose to comment on
the day as a whole rather than on the individual speakers. The
comments reflect general appreciation of the opportunity to
meet with these executives of the Agency, but also reflect
marked disagreement as to the value of the substantive aspect of
the meetings.
Fourteen comments specifically noted the benefit derived
from gaining a first-hand impression of the Agency's leaders.
The tenor of these observations is represented reasonably
accurately in the following comments from two of the critiques.
"An opportunity which I never dreamed I would
experience in my association with the Agency.
"The principal value of these sessions was the
opportunity to see and hear the Deputy Directors.
For this reason I believe this phase of the Course
should be continued. "
As to the content of the sessions, eleven students described
it in terms such as "valuable", "useful", "informative",
and so forth but nine persons found that most of it had been
covered earlier in the Course. The following comments are
representative of these conflicting points of view.
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"Their remarks in response to our questions,
and their self-generated remarks, were candid,
thoughtful, and enlightening. "
"They brought the first two weeks into final
focus, a necessary and vital ingredient to properly
remove ambiguities."
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"Personally, I found the sessions on this day
an anti-climax after the content of the sessions
With respect to the problems of content, it is significant
that six students specifically criticized the questions submitted,
and several more criticized them by implication. (See Item 5
under Staff Comments and Recommendations:)
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The relatively few critiques which singled out individual
speakers for comment indicated that Dr. Wheelon was the star
performer of the day with Colonel White only a shade behind.
Five students noted that Mr. Bannerman's impact was somewhat
lessened b virtue of his appearance before the group at
two days previously.
D. Staff Comments and Recommendations
1. The time and the schedule pattern for the individual presentations
seem to be highly effective. If possible, we should adhere to
these for subsequent Courses. With respect to the early morning
scheduling, however, each mid-winter Course has an advantage
over the spring and fall Courses in that Washington an
are both operating on Eastern Standard Time, hence the guest
speakers do not arrive much before 0930 hours. In the spring and
fall, however, Washington is on Daylight Time whil
remains on Standard Time. As a result, speakers regularly leave
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Washington at 0845 and are ready to go on stage at about 0845
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we can finish only two student presentations by 0900. As it
appears to be unadvisable to ask the guest speaker/ to cool his
heels until 0945 (having arrived at 0830), we will have to
modify the individual presentations schedule somewhat whether
we like it or not.
2. The seven additional hours of paramilitary material are probably
too much. The time is certainly out of proportion to that devoted
to other Clandestine Services topics. Admittedly, part of the
reason for adding this much time was to give the group some
idea of OTR capabilities and of the variety of training facilities
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Course # M.
3. Some time ago we toyed with the idea of allotting a couple of
hours each to coverage of the Soviet and the Chinese targets.
We still think this is a good idea and we propose to try it for
Course #9 even if we have to delete (and we will) some of the
material which was added for Course #8.
4. John Clarke found that in two and a half hours he could not cover
all of the material in his new talk and allow for a question period.
Assuming that he will want to give the same presentation for
Course #9 (and we certainly hope that he will), we will give him
an extra hour so that a couple of breaks and a question period
can be cranked in.
5. We are going to have to revamp our system of producing questions
for the Deputy Directors. Understandably, these gentlemen want
to see the questions the day before the meeting with the Mid-
careerists. Our experience has been that the questions drafted
by the student groups must be reviewed and edited by the Course
Staff (two people) to avoid meaningless duplications, ambiguities,
excessive bluntness, and, in occasional instances, downright
inanities. Our experience with Course #8 demonstrated that the
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questions cannot be drafted, edited, and put in final form
all on Wednesday night without excessive strain on both
students and staff, and without deterioration in the quality
of the questions themselves.
6. For Courses #7 and #8 we omitted coverage of the Technical
Services Division, primarily because of insufficient time to
allow participation by everyone who had asked at one time or
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specifically requested that TSD be included in the schedule
for Course #9. We plan to honor this request but Sid may have
to settle for less time than he would like to have.
7. There seems to be little question that informal discussions with
guest speakers at night are preferable to formal lectures. For
Course #9 we will certainly reduce the number of formal evening
sessions if not eliminate them.
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VERBATIM COMMENTS
Planning and Programming in CIA: Scope and Depth - John Clarke
A virtuoso performance - fitting close. I'm surprised at the
tightly held programs that were presented to the class.
A fantastic experience.
Good review of the subjects covered during the Course.
By far the most impressive presentation given in the Course.
None of us realized the magnitude of the Agency's plans and
programs .
Magnitude and multiplicity! The substance was there and I
believed effectively covered. Planning and Programming a tremendous
challenge.
Definitely a high spot. Impressive, appropriate, thorough,
well presented and excellent scheduling.
An excellent job - combined speech and visual aids very well.
An extremely well prepared and presented briefing with an
over-whelming bit of information - most welcome.
Terrific coverage of the span of Agency activity - few who could
do it so well. His personal reference to individual Midcareerists
reflected the diligence with which he did his homework. However,
I suspect the reference theory may have been overdone, reducing it
to a "technique".
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An awesome two hour presentation and a fitting climax to the
conclusion of this portion of our Course. Provided a good com-
prehensive review of much of what we've learned - added much
startling new information on subjects that previously were only
a matter of conjecture. Very valuable in helping put into context
much of what we've been discussing here and showing each of us
where we fit into the big picture.
Tremendous - wonderful wrap-up of what we have learned
during the Course. Real quality.
Most effective and interesting speaker.
Very superior wrap-up. Synthesis of all we had learned the
past two weeks. Much more detail of programs than I had expected.
Excellent review of where we've been and where we are going.
First rate delivery.
A good wrap-up of the first phase of the Course. Since much
of the information duplicated earlier presentations, it would have
been desirable had he tightened up the organization of the
presentation and then allowed for a question period. He introduced
some new information in his presentation that whetted the appetite
for more detail - but elimination of the question period denied the
opportunity of gaining further explanation.
A one-man Midcareer Course. Excellent review of all topics
touched on by prior speakers, with attention on broad questions
raised but not answered by their presentations.
Gave too much information about some projects which at this
time would have better been left unsaid. Otherwise an excellent
wrap-up. I think it would be better to have him as an opening
rather than closing.
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One of the most enlightening briefings I ever heard about
Agency operations in depth. Mr. Clarke's use of slides along with
his lecture was especially good. He presented a very clear picture
of his office's planning and programming functions which is amazing
in scope.
This was extremely impressive. It was a very fitting summary
and climax to this phase and an excellent lesson on how programs
and plans are presented for top level consideration and approval.
It leaves the question regarding the advisability of such a
presentation to a diversified group such as this from a security
point of view. Considering the fact that it was presented to
Midcareerists who have and will develop a considerable body of
experience in the Agency and who are, in a word, careerists -
I feel it was justified. The presentation technique was obviously
excellent. It was a lesson in itself.
Excellent speaker, most interesting, extremely well done,
superb visual aids and a fitting climax to a most interesting two
weeks.
Excellent presentation. Extremely interesting, but an unnecessary
and unwarranted disclosure of compartmented and sensitive information.
Clarke presented an interesting view of Agency activities,
budget, etc. , but in my view his lecture and slides constitute a
gross security breach, totally uncalled for.
It would take greater resources than I have to comment
adequately on Mr. Clarke's presentation. His talk tied together,
very neatly indeed, the foregoing presentations by others and it gave
point to the whole CIA mission and purpose. He laid stress upon
the need for dynamic and farseeing management upon which the
Agency's picture will rest. His was a clear and vigorous message
for us Midcareerists.
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Clarke is beyond comment - excellent.
Outstanding, shares honor with
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Superior in every respect. The highlight of the first nine days.
The confidence of management allowing this broad briefing to be
presented to Midcareerists is appreciated.
Clarke's marathon was certainly deeply appreciated. I am
particularly impressed by the manner in which he can hold attention
totally for so long a time, and covering, for the very most part,
ground which had been covered before, without any resort to
histrionics.
Comprehensive and organized. Just purely bright and articulate.
May also be the chief "puller-together" in the Agency. Good
thinking show.
Outstanding.
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MIDCAREER COURSE NO. 8
COURSE REPORT
Part III - The U. S. Government (Brookings)
A. Planned Changes from Prior Course
1. Speakers and Topics
a. We had recommended that Brookings retain the topic,
"Legislative-Executive Relationships", but replace the
speaker, Carl Marcy of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, whose presentation was ineffective. Brookings
elected to drop both topic and speaker.
b. William Carey was unable to speak for us this time on
"The Executive Office and The White House Staff".
Phillip Hughes, who pinch-hit for Carey in Course #7,
did not do too good a job.
c. With a great deal of satisfaction we learned that Terry
Sanford, ex-Governor of North Carolina, had accepted the
invitation to speak on "State and Local Government".
Spencer Parratt of the Maxwell School at Syracuse was
dropped from the list of speakers.
d. As Wallace Sayre of Columbia was unavailable, Brookings
engaged Herman Somers of Princeton to handle the talk
on "Administrative Dynamics".
e. Howard Piquet of the Legislature Reference Service,
Library of Congress, was of only marginal effectiveness
in discussing "International Economic Problems" in
Course #7, so Lawrence Krause of Brookings was asked
to appear again.
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f . For the two previous courses Brookings attempted to hold
a single session on "Business and Labor in Society"
with one speaker representing each viewpoint. However,
in neither Course did this scheme come off as planned.
Therefore, for Course #8, Brookings returned to the earlier
system of separate presentations and asked Warren Law
of the Harvard Business School to discuss the business
aspect and Nathaniel Goldfinger of the AFL-CIO to handle
the labor aspect.
g. Our recommendation to drop both Irene Taeuber and the
topic, "Population Problems" was readily accepted by
Brookings.
h. The topic entitled "Social and Economic Implications of
Scientific Progress" seemed to have some promise, but the
speaker in Course #7, Ellis Johnson of HEW, put on such
a poor performance that both speaker and topic were dropped
from the schedule for Course #8.
i. We tried again to get a useful discussion of Foreign Aid,
and to this end Brookings scheduled one of their staffers,
D. A. Fitzgerald, to handle the topic.
2. An open period in the schedule was planned for the middle of
the second week in order to let the group get started on their
critiques and to allow for a briefing and the disposition of
administrative matters related to the field trip scheduled
immediately after the Brookings phase of the Course.
B.' Significant Developments
1. The Brookings phase had barely started when it became necessary
to relocate William Carey on the schedule if we were to hear
him at all. The open period during the second week was the
logical spot in which to put him so as not to cause additional
dislocations.
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2. The group reacted so favorably to Harold Chase on the first
day of this phase that Brookings, with our concurrence, asked
him to fill in the morning left vacant by the re-scheduling of
Carey. Mr. Chase agreed and held a session entitled "The
American Economic System".
3. As a result of the changes catalogued above, the briefing for
the field trip was held during part of the lunch hour on
Thursday on the second week, and the critiques were written
during the early morning and late afternoon periods over the
span of the two weeks.
4. The Big Snow of '66 caused cancellation of the program on
Monday of the second week. Although the class did not get
to hear Warren Law on "Business in Society" or Robert Ryan
on "Urbanization", some of the key points of these talks were
covered by other speakers at Brookings' request.
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5. who will replace s the
Conference Chairman beginning with Course #9, was scheduled
to sit as an observer during Course #8. However, he was
required to assist with another conference
during the period when we were in operation, so his familiarity
with our style of conference will be derived solely from
conversations with
C. Summary of Critiques
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The responses relating to achievement of conference objectives
were of two major categories: Those which did not differentiate
among the three objectives, and those which did. Among the
responses which did not differentiate, two claimed that the
objectives were met to an outstanding degree; eight assessed
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the degree of achievement as more than satisfactory, and nine
rated the degree of achievement at about the "satisfactory"
level. The responses which made a differentiation were grouped
as follows:
Objective #1 achieved in particular - 2
Objective #2 achieved in particular - 1
Objectives #1 and #2 met to a high degree - 8
Objective #3 not met - 5
Objective #3 only partially approached - 3
2. Topics
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How Congress Works (Clapp) 10 0
Limits of U. S. Foreign Policy 9 0
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Education in a Scientific u ture 8
(Colbert)
American Heritage 7
Planning and Execution of Foreign 7
Policy (Amory)
State and Local Government (Sanford) 7
Unemployment and Poverty (Striner) 6
The Executive Office and The White
House Staff (Carey) 7
The n Economic System 4
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The Communications Media (Kraft) 3
International Economic Problems 2
(Krause)
Economics and Public Policy
Religion and the American Purpose
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Labor in Society (Goldfinger)
U. S. Foreign Aid (Fitzgerald)
Civil Rights (Caldwell)
3. Speakers
Name
20 0
17 1
15 0
Senator) 16 2
Amory (Formerly Bur. of Budget)
Sanford (Former Gov. of No. Carolina
Clapp (Legis. Asst. to U. S.
Striner (Upjohn Institute)
Lefever (Brookings)
Carey (Bur. of Budget)
Krause (Brookings)
Goldfinger (AFL-CIO)
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Caldwell (Dept. of Justice
Fitzgerald (Brookings)
12 0
9 0
8 0
7 0
9 2
6 2
5 5
1 4
1 4
0 4
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1 21
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a. Fourteen students asserted that the readings were of high
qualify and used terms such as "excellent" , "great
material" , "very good" and so forth. Nine others found
the material "good" or "satisfactory". One student rated
the readings as "fair" and another, commenting only on the
reading manual and not on the books and pamphlets, said
that the material was not particularly interesting or thought-
provoking.
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Eleven students believed that there was too much reading
material while five others thought that the quantity was
just about right. Another eleven students pointed out that
there was too much material if one tried to absorb it all
within a two week span, but that the quantity was not
excessive if scanned, selectively read, and retained
for future reference.
5. Administrative Factors
a. Daily Schedule
Of twenty-six responses, all but two indicated that the
schedule was a good one. One student thought that it
was "too easy" , and another believed that it provided
for too much discussion time. Several students commented
favorably on the flexibility displayed.
b. Conference Length
Twenty students found the time spent to be just about right
for the amount of material covered. Three others thought
that the two-week period was too short a time. No one
suggested that less time would be advisable.
c. Physical Facilities
Fifteen responses were made in terms such as "good",
"excellent", and "fine". Eight more described the
facilities in a variety of phrases which added up to
"satisfactory". Three students mentioned the close
quarters and only one, surprisingly enough, commented
on the occasional over-heating.
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d. Other Aspects
There were only nine comments in this category and three of
these concerned the usual problem of ensuring a break after
each hour of talking. One student requested that the group
be permitted to use the Brookings cafeteria, and another
suggested that daily transportation from Headquarters be
provided. The other remarks reflected appreciation for
various minor aspects of the conference.
6. Suggestions
Of the nineteen suggestions offered, eight pertained to the
content of the conference and eleven to the mechanics. Two
students suggested coverage of education in the U. S. , and
two others requested more time be allotted to discussion periods
at the expense of the formal lectures. All other suggestions were
If singletons", none of which were significant enough to warrant
listing herein.
D. Staff Comment and Recommendations
It now seems certain that we will reduce the Brookings phase of
the Course to one week as of Course #10. This proposal will
be made to
in the near future. For this reason,
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time in Course #9, it would probably be wise to put most of
our effort into the design of the one week conference and not get
too involved making major changes in content for Course #9.
As usual, we will try to upgrade the weak spots highlighted
in Section C2 and C3 above.
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MIDCAREER COURSE NO. 8
COURSE REPORT
Part III - World Affairs
A. Planned Changes from Prior Course
1. Speakers
a. The graduation address was presented by The Honorable
Glenard P. Lipscomb, Member of Congress from the State
of California. Once again, the Office of General Counsel
was instrumental in arranging for a Member of Congress
to speak for us.
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b. Johnathan Dean, Deputy Director of the Office of United
Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State,
replaced David Popper as the speaker on "Major Issues
for the United Nations".
c. In place of Robert Baraz of the Department of State, John
Chief of the School of International Communism,
OTR, spoke on "Developments in Soviet Foreign Policy".
2. New Presentations
a. At the suggestion of the Director of Training, we added a
talk on "Contemporary Strategic Concepts" by -
b. Richard Boehm of the Office of Atlantic Political and
Military Affairs, Department of State, agreed to speak on
"The Atlantic Community: Political and Military Develop-
ments".
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c. William Handley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State,
accepted our invitation to talk on "Current Problems of
South Asia".
d. Coverage of China was enlarged by the presentation,
"Communist China: The Party and The People", by
Robert Loh, Department of the Army. The assistance
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in arranging for this talk was much appreciated.
e. Further emphasis on China was given by the addition
to the schedule of the film, "The Seven Hundred Million".
f. , WH Division, whose talk, "Political
cion in Latin America" , , was dropped from the schedule
of Course #7 because of lack of time, agreed to appear
for Course #8.
3. Former Presentations Omitted
a. Because of the time devoted to computer operations at
NSA and at the Manned Spacecraft Center, the visit to
the CIA Computer Center was omitted.
b. As the Field Trip included NASA installations at Houston,
Texas, and Cape Kennedy, Florida, the group did not
visit the Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt,
Maryland.
c. The talk on "Arms Control - Background and Developments"
was dropped in order to make room on the schedule for
coverage of The Atlantic Community.
d. At the suggestion of the Director of Training, the presentation,
"Programs of the United States Information Agency" was
omitted from the schedule in order to gain time for
consideration of matters of more immediate concern.
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having been deemed more pertinent to the
Chiefs -Seminar than to the Midcareer Course,
was dropped from the schedule.
f. Allen Whiting of the Department of State was out of the
country, so we omitted the talk, "Communist China in
Historical Prospective".
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we were unable to arrange the usual dinner and discussion.
4. Briefings on Soviet, Chinese, and U. S. Military Capabilities
In Course #7 we found that having all of these briefings
on the same day was a little too much of a good thing.
For Course #8 we separated them, placing the Soviet
material after the presentations on Soviet political matters,
the Chinese material after the film and talk on China,
and The U. S. material on still another day in the schedule.
With no difficulty whatsoever we were able to arrange for
the group to visit NSA Headquarters at Ft. Meade. The
better part of the day was spent on general briefings and
on tours of the computer area and the Special Missile and
Astronautical Center.
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took our trip a week earlier in the schedule than usual.
As is becoming customary in order to avoid bad weather
at this time of year, we did not visit the SAC and NORAD
installations in the west, but journeyed to Houston, Texas,
and, for the first time, to Cape Kennedy, Florida.
B. Significant Developments
1. Field Trip
Scheduling the trip a week earlier than usual caused no
problems and had the virtue of making the last seven working
days of the Course a more coherent unit than heretofore.
b. Houston
Little by little we are straightening out the problems caused
by the cumbersome communications channel from Glebe Rd.
to OCR Liaison at Headquarters, to NASA Headquarters in
Washington to the Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston.
This time there was only one major mix-up,. We arrived in
Houston at 1730 hours on Sunday afternoon to find that no
transportation had been arranged to take us from the airport
to our motel, a distance of some 14 miles. There was no
ready solution other than hiring taxis for the ride. A
discussion between C/MSOC and the NASA Protocol
Officer on Monday revealed that the latter had specifically
asked whether transportation would be required and had
received a negative reply from NASA in Washington. How
the NASA people here in town arrived at that conclusion
shall remain forever a mystery in all probability. Everything
else connected with our visit was well handled although
Monday's schedule was a bit too compact for comfort.
c. Cape Kennedy
Here again there was some confusion that need not have
cropped up. The escort officer from the Air Force Eastern
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Test Range, uncertain for some reason as to our arrival
time, was busy conducting a group of NPIC personnel on
a tour of the Cape. Transportation for people and baggage
was finally arranged after several phone calls, but the
anticipated afternoon program did not materialize. Our
group was given time to relax and the program the following
day was well worth the initial inconvenience. The NASA
facilities for the forthcoming "Moon Shot" were particularly
impressive.
d. As there were only twenty-nine students in the group,
there was an extra seat on the plane. With the concurrence
of the Director of Training, we took along
the man from OCR Liaison who is responsible for arranging
tours of NASA installations for us. Hopefully, this
experience will enable Ito help us avoid various
difficulties in the future.
2. Aircraft maintenance problems forced cancellation of Henry
Kissinger's plane flight from Boston. His talk was postponed
until the afternoon and the scheduled presentation by Bob Baraz
of State was cancelled. The talk by Dr. Kissinger was given
to a joint session of the Midcareer Course and the Chiefs of
Station Seminar. The Executive Director headed the list of
special guests who attended the lecture and question period.
During the coffee break, C/MSOC escorted Dr. Kissinger to the
Director's office for a fifteen minute chat with Admiral Raborn.
3. The day's visit to NSA got off to a poor start when the chartered
bus was 30 minutes late in picking up the group. Once at NSA,
however, we found everything beautifully organized. General
Carter's introductory remarks got the show going with a bang,
and the departure hour came all too soon.
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C. Summary of Critiques
1. Contemporary Strategic Concepts - Dr. Henry Kissinger
Of the twenty-two members of the group who commented on
Dr. Kissinger's lecture most considered it a first rate
introduction to the third phase of the course. They found
Dr. Kissinger most impressive, thought provoking and
articulate in presenting a broad and suitable backdrop for
subsequent discussions. There were several who would
have liked more time, especially for questions and discussion.
In this connection a few felt they were hampered by the presence
of "outsiders". The few who did not agree with the majority
were disappointed by the generalities of the lecture and the
lack of any new or stimulating ideas on the subject.
2. Internal Political Developments in the USSR -
All twenty-nine members of the class commented on Mr. -
presentation with unanimous praise. He was pointed out for
his fund of knowledge on the subject; his comprehensive
analysis of current Soviet politics set against an historical
background. In a few cases he was compared with Dr. Kissinger
for excellence. Several students suggested more time could
have been given to Mr. - especially for deeper questioning.
3. Military Threat of the USSR
A large percentage of the group were critical of these briefings,
wo the main objectives being the cut and dried style of military
briefings and the use of statistics and graphics. Several
who were most critical of the formal part of the briefings were
complimentary about the question and answer period that followed.
Others noted that the briefings were presented in an atmosphere
of cooperation and trust. As one student put it, "We may not
be in complete agreement with the DIA findings or depth of
information, but there is a distinct need to hear their views."
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4. The Seven Hundren Million (Film)
Only thirteen members of the class commented specifically on
the film. Of these, only two found it valueless. The others
saw it as an excellent background for the subsequent discussion
of China. One suggestion was that an explanation of the
circumstances in which the film was made and some information
on the background might be helpful.
5. Communist China: The Party and The People - Robert Loh
Well over half of the students were much impressed by Mr.
Loh's presentation. Twice he was compared with
for excellent coverage of his subject. His enthusiastic
delivery and first-hand knowledge of China were credited
with adding to the value of his talk. Those who were of a
different opinion thought that he was a bit dogmatic and
overly-zealous, and that his information was dated. A few
people found that his accent and phraseology made him
somewhat hard to follow.
6. The Military Threat of Communist China
Again the group were critical of the standard, order of battle
type of briefing and objected to statistics, vu-graphics and
the reading of speeches. Where there was praise, it was for
the answers to questions, especially those given by Colonel
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very well. They considered him a fine speaker who was candid
and informative, especially in discussing DIA-CIA relationships.
There was a fairly widespread opinion that General Whitney
should be scheduled before others from DIA.
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=was considered the best. The majority thought the
presentation was well done and very enlightening, albeit
a bit gloomy. Colonel was admired for his frankness in
portraying a most serious subject and his capable handling of
questions. The few who criticized the presentation suggested
that the military picture as viewed from the political end of the
spectrum might have added an element of balance.
9. Africa - Problems and Prospects - Fred L. Hadsel
The twenty-seven students who commented on Mr. Hadsel's
presentation used terms such as "excellent coverage" ,
"thoroughly professional", "top-notch", and "one of the
outstanding men to appear in the Course". In several cases
more time with Hadsel was requested. Two students suggested
that a map of Africa would have helped them to follow the
overwhelming amount of geography covered. Mr. Hadsel was
recognized as an authority on his subject who was able to
clear up many points and present a lot of material for sober
reflection.
10. Visit to National Security Agency
As this was a major innovation, verbatim comments are reported
in Attachment A.
11. Developments in Soviet Foreign Policy -
There was nothing but the highest praise for Mr.
discussion of Soviet Foreign Policy. In fact, some students
would have liked more time and, in addition, a discussion
period with the speaker. A couple of students pointed out
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lecture. Several members considered Mr. one of
the best lecturers of the Course and recommended that he
be used in future classes.
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12. The Atlantic Community: Political and Military Developments -
Richard W. Boehm
The majority of the class thought Mr. Boehm's subject was
appropriate and that he was well informed. A few were
critical of his unemotional manner of speech while others
thought he handled the presentation in an able fashion. Some
felt he side-stepped controversial points but one student
commended, "he was unafraid of expressing personal opinions
which might not have been uniformly popular. " One student
pointed out that some of Mr. Boehm's points meshed well with
the previous talks by the military representatives.
13. Current Problems of South Asia - William 1. Handley
Mr. Handley's coverage of the subject was considered lucid
and delivered with authority by twenty of the twenty-four
students who commented. He was cited for his first hand
knowledge of the area, especially of India. He was considered
to be the best of the day's speakers by two members of the
group. The students who did not agree with the majority found
his talk rambling and not as factual as it should have been.
There were divided opinions on his handling of questions. One
student felt he emphasized all the problems of the area but
did not speculate enough/ on the answers.
14. Major Issues for the United Nations - Johnathan Dean
The major criticism of this presentation was not the subject,
which most of the class thought interesting, but Mr. Dean's
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manner of presentation. Mr. Dean read from a prepared text
which most of the group did not find very inspiring. Three
students thought this talk was one of the dullest of the entire
Course. Those who enjoyed the lecture thought it was
scholarly and helped to put the U.N. and its shortcomings
into proper perspective.
Twenty-seven members of the class commented on Mr.
presentation and twenty-four rated him among the best speakers
of the Course. He was complimented for the use of a case
history to point up some sound principles of successful
accomplishments by the Agency. Some students considered the
topic appropriately placed in the Course, but one individual
thought it should have been in an earlier phase. One student
25X1A found Mr. 'windy and useless" and two others thought
the coverage M aced details necessary for full comprehension.
16. Address by Congressman Lipscomb
The address given by Congressman Lipscomb was welcomed by
the class. He was appreciated for his sincerity and for his
confidence in this Agency. As one student expressed it, "a
very good morale booster - refreshing and reassuring" and
as another put it, "gave me a good feeling to know there are
persons in Congress who are aware of our activities and respect
us as an Agency. " On the negative side, several students objected
to the canned questions; one student thought the talk was naive
and merely flattery, and another said he enjoyed the talk but
found it difficult to believe that the Congressman had nothing
critical to say about CIA.
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17. Field Trip
The visits to the Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston, and to
Cape Kennedy, Florida were clearly worth the time and effort
involved. Cape Kennedy in particular evoked great enthusiasm.
Although the students were not asked to comment on the trip
as a whole, one individual wrote, "an over-all kudo for the
Houston/Cape Kennedy trip. This was well-integrated and
highly rewarding despite some irregularity in quality. "
Houston
The briefings and tours at the MSC drew mixed reactions. Most
of the students described the day as interesting and informative,
but quite a few thought that the package could stand better
organization and that the amount of material covered bordered
on the overwhelming. A minority believed that the visit could
have been omitted. The following excerpts from student
critiques exemplify the reactions.
"Over-all, appropriate subjects, good speakers and
of high interest. Too much to properly absorb in one
day."
"Worthwhile but could be better organized. "
"I found this trip to be generally unproductive. I
think this must be the fault of NASA (a) in their
preparation of the briefings, (b) in their selection
of speakers. "
As far as the individual elements of the day's schedule are
concerned, almost all of the students expressed high praise
for Mr. Shea's description of the Apollo Program; Major
Clements' briefing on the Flight Control Center; Mr. Hays'
"show and tell" session explaining the work of the Crew
Systems Division, and the demonstration of the Translation
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and Docking Trainer. Mr. Chilton's bumbling effort to describe
the Guidance and Control Section was unanimously panned, as
it should have been. The other five items on the schedule drew
pro's and con's from the group.
Cape Kennedy
In contrast to Houston, not a single student had anything but
praise for the visit to Cape Kennedy. It was considered a
highlight of the Course and a most impressive and informative
show. Several students suggested that more time could have
been spent to allow proper absorption of the tremendous impact
of the installation. Captain Sullivan and Lieutenant Wenzel
of the Air Force Eastern Test Range, and Mr. Taylor of NASA
were cited time and again as outstanding, knowledgeable
and helpful briefers who added an invaluable ingredient to
the inspection of hardware. A few of the student comments are
included here to give the general tenor of the reactions to the
visit.
"One of the most worthwhile trips I've taken
in the Agency. "
"Highly worthwhile. Can't conceive of a field
trip more appropriate to the Course. "
"Highly interesting and informative. By all
means keep it in the schedule. "
D. Staff Comment and Recommendations
1. Now that the Management Training Faculty has some useful
space in the Magazine Building, we should investigate the
possibility of holding the third phase of the Course on those
premises instead of at Glebe Road.
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2. For Course #9 we propose to return to the SAC/NORAD field trip.
3. The next time we visit Houston and Cape Kennedy, we should
arrange to spend a day and a half at Houston. The extra time
can be well used simply by providing for a few breaks, a
longer lunch period, and additional time for discussion. The
group can then fly to Cape Kennedy on Tuesday afternoon and
be ready for the tour of the Cape on Wednesday morning.
4. In Course #9 we will plan to visit Goddard Space Flight Center
in Greenbelt, Maryland again for a half a day to be brought
up to date on NASA activities.
5. By all means we should retain the day's visit to NSA at Ft.
Meade. This should become a regular part of our program.
6. For Course #9 we will try to get to discuss 25X1A
China. If he is not available, we wi a ac c on Alan
Whiting of State. Robert Loh, who speaks from first hand
experience of matters inside China, should be invited to speak
again.
7. We would like very much to make one of our regular
speakers and rely on our friends at State only when Jack is
otherwise occupied.
8. We recommend trying to get W. Arerell Harriman for the major
speaker in Course #9. Failing this, we can ask the General
Counsel to come up with another Member of Congress.
9. A speaker from Congress is a very useful adjunct to the Course,
but such a presentation can be built into the schedule almost
anywhere.
10. We will do what we can to arrange an evening with
during the third phase of Course #9. A social hour and dinner
in the Executive Dining Room followed by a meeting in the
Director's Conference Room makes a fitting affair.
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ATTACHMENT A
VERBATIM COMMENTS
Visit to NSA
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"Perhaps less valuable to me personally than to most
others in the class since I have been working with NSA material
throughout my eleven years in the Agency and I have toured
the building before. I was impressed however, with Mr.
presentation and by the briefings of DEFSMAC,
and the computer operation. I appreciated the chance to hear
General Carter and feel his comments struck just the right
note. The trip in general should be retained in the course. "
"Worthwhile briefing. The background data on collection
effort was particularly interesting. The tour of the computers
tended to be unproductive - visually impressive perhaps, but
few people can follow the explanations. "
"One of the highlights of the Course."
"A concentrated effort on their part to give us an honest
insight into the actual gathering of COMINT and ELINT and
its control. Very informative and enjoyable throughout.
General Carter is good for them and the cooperation of our
two agencies. I envy them their food concession. GSI was
never like that - couldn't even approach it. "
25X1A "It was pleasing to have General Carter speak to us. _ 25X1A
-, Director of Personnel gave an excellent and effective
talk. The organization, operations and support which NSA
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of SIGINT in operations and the extent of these operations
in SE Asia was effective. It was very interesting to me to
hear of the relatively new trend in which decentralized
processing in the field is being done. Mr. - gave a
comprehensive picture of the computers in NSA. His humor
aided immensely in discussing the subject. Again I was
pleasantly surprised to find the very open use of computers
by NSA analysts - no formal control of the equipment use is
made. An analyst can and is encouraged to write his own
programs. This is a very forward, and I feel, excellent
method of analyst/computer marriage.
gave a good picture of the DEFSMAC operations. "
"Waste of time. "
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"Carter - good welcome.
excellent overall briefing.
- good briefer - would like to have had time
to ask questions. Interesting material.
- interesting topic - poor speaker.
fascinating speaker - excellent speaker. "
"One of the highlights of the Course. General Carters'
remarks were sincere, pertinent, meaningful. Morning session
most informative and well presented. First afternoon session
quite good - gave excellent understanding of the topic.
Computer session much too rushed. I could not hear the
speaker. If tour could omit technical details and walk through
the receipt of one item it would be much easier to understand.
By all means keep in the Course. "
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Would have appreciated a little time on an example of how
they go about breaking a code. "
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did good jobs, but I think
the computer part could be dropped. If kept in, maybe it
could be tied to some specific task they do. Excellent lunch. "
"This entire day was a great success. Some of the
details concerning computers and their uses was over-drawn,
but I found the speakers, visual aids and the tours most
gratifying. The whole NSA approach was serious, dignified
and well organized. "
25X1A "The trip was very appropriate. A well spent day. Except
for Mr. who had a tough topic, all speakers were
25X1A excellent. The NSA trip should be a part of all future courses.
was outstanding, NSA should be applauded for their
effort and excellent development of these briefings."
"The lectures were interesting and informative - the
tours meaningless to me. "
"Extremely interesting. A most enjoyable day. The
programs as presented by NSA were well balanced and well
presented. I consider these sessions a tremendous contribution
to the Midcareer Course. "
"Briefing was very informative and beneficial. However,
the tour of computer area was less than useful due to lateness
of scheduling. Luncheon arrangements were excellent. "
"First class presentation from beginning to end, professionally
done - probably the most worthwhile of the three field trips.
All participants were high caliber. Only negative comment, a
most minor one, was my inability to hear computer expert.
He talked to his charts not the group. Everything about the
day was worthwhile - speakers, movie, demonstrations, etc.
They were willing, eager, and competent. A must for future
courses."
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"The trip was of great value and led to an understanding
of that Agency which has never been clear to me previously. "
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"This was, over-all, the best briefing I have ever been
exposed to. It was top notch from beginning to end. This
is not solely a reflection of the glamour of the subject.
The briefing was beautifully organized, excellently balanced
in terms both of scope and security considerations, and the
speakers were excellent. General Carter set the stage
beautiful) . Mr. ; presentation was highly seminal. 25X1A
Mr. was superb. Mr. rare brand of drollery
put a nice capstone on the day. What a buffet for a buck!
Kudos to NSA. "
"Very good. All speakers were most interesting and the
topics well chosen. Personally, I could understand computers
a lot better if I didn't have to look at an acre of them. "
"An extremely comprehensive, detailed briefing and most
worthwhile. As opposed to our NASA visits, you were made
to feel welcome and that you are a part of the same team - not
an alien as with NASA. I feel that General Carter most certainly
has and will continue to set the proper basis for a good and
continuing working relationship with CIA. A specific run-through
on a computer set-up would be useful and I understand they can
do it if they have smaller groups to work with. More in crypto
work also. "
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"Very good presentation. General Carter gave very good
talk - too little time to really absorb tour information. Mr.
was not a particularly good speaker, although I'm
sure his knowledge is great."
"Overall I think it was quite worthwhile. One item I think
could be dropped - the briefing in the computer area. The
interest and the questions of our group could have been much
better answered in the conference room. "
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"Man, what a crazy lot of computers! I knew their mission
and functions quite well. Therefore, I think the organization
lecture could have been curtailed. When you visit a place you
expect to see the physical facilities at length and hear what the
mission is only minimally. As it turned out, we rushed through
at the last minute and after we had been beaten into lethargy
with slides and briefings. The could do better A whole day
may not be necessary. were effective and
entertaining. "
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"The day at NSA was high appropriate and should be
included in the Course. Mr.~ is not a particularly effective 25X1A
speaker, but he nevertheless gave a perfectly adequate overall
briefing on NSA. Mr. ~ is a good speaker who is apparently 25X1A
a dedicated intelligence professional. The tours were
worthwhile, but too short. Time should have permitted either a
brief demonstration of how DEFSMAC and the computer center
(or parts of them) operate, specific explanation of work in
progress at each place. General explanations should be
avoided. "
"The visit to NSA was a success in my view. The speakers
all well qualified to treat their subject. could not 25X1A
be heard at all times. The tour of the Machine Processing Unit
might have been more profitable had the group been smaller so
as to be able to see and hear the guide. (If something could
be worked out whereby OCS could give the Midcareer Course small
group tours or briefings prior to the NSA trip, the NSA
computer system might be more comprehensive.) General Carter
set a nice keynote. Mr. gave a good general background. 25X1A
25X1A Colonel talk was in ormative and perhaps the most
interesting to me. "
"The tour and series of briefings were first class. Lt.
General Carter and NSA went all out to welcome and inform
the class. The Agency will be hard pressed to reciprocate
to NSA training in the future, especially the wonderful buffet.
This trip should be a must for future classes."
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"High point of the last Course section! Briefings generally
outstanding (particularly . They seemed to 25X1A
be trying and it had results. They did a first class job but
the time was too brief to cover such a tremendous operation.
The rapid walking tours were less effective than briefings. "
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"Feel that trip was worthwhile. Talks by 25X1A
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desired from a public speaking form, was informative and I
believed conveyed his message - computers are good, but not
always necessary. Portion devoted to DEFSMAC, Colonel
- et al, was overplayed. Tour through the Machine
Room was like any other tour - you can't hear what the tour
man is saying unless you are right next to him and he is talking
right at you. Needless to say, the address of the Director
was appreciated and bears remembering: above all -
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Objectivity.
"This was good. There is a possibility that a short example
of how cryptoanalysis is performed and how a computer can do
this would be very helpful here. There are unclassified
publications on the subject so it shouldn't be a question of
sensitivity. Considering their investment in computers, I
would have liked to know more of how they are applied - not
just to what they are applied. "
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MIDCAREER COURSE NO. 8
COURSE REPORT
Miscellaneous Items
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1. Course Administration
Once again the students were lavish with their praise
for all of those and Headquarters who were
responsible for organizing and conducting the Course.
Whenever hitches developed the group took them in stride
and refrained from making them a cause celebre in the
critiques.
2. Other Matters
This section of the report usually contains a summary
of the students' observations on the length of Course phases,
the advisability of eliminating an of the phases, and the
appropriateness of the two weeks However,
inasmuch as the present pattern wi be a ere eginning
with Course #10 in the fall of 1966, there seems to be no
reason for continuing to record observations on these matters
for Courses #8 and #9.
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