WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT (COMBINED REPORT FOR PERIOD 28 MARCH - 10 APRIL 1956)

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 18, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memordidum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Assistant to DCI DATE: i
FROM : Acting Director of Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Summary Report
(Combined Report for Period 28 March 4 10 April 1956)
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The Office of Training has the following items to report:
(1) Return of Director of Training from TDY; (2) introduction of
four new area training courses; (3) expansion of Assessment and
Evaluation Services; (4) Basic Orientation course enrollments;
(5) new training film; (6) Field Handbooks for case officers;
(7) external management programs; and (8) Cable course for DD/S
personnel.
The Director of Training has completed his TDY tour of
overseas stations, and is expected back in his office on Friday,
20 April.
NEW AREA TRAINING COURSES
Four new area training courses were introduced by OTR during
the first two weeks in April. Enrollments and course titles are
shown in the tabulation below:
USSR
10
Free Europe
22
The National Interest of the U. S.
in the Middle East
15
Africa, South of the Sahara
25
EXPANSION OF ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION SERVICES
During the early part of 1955, the A & E Staff instituted a new
referral procedure in order to meet the increased demand for
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psychological services; and two new categories of assessment
(standard and special) were established. The standard assessment
is limited to a one-day battery of tests known as the Professional
Employee Test Battery (PETB) which is part of the EOD process.
Special assessments involve some additional tests and may include
interviews; this assessment usually requires two days. The
intensive assessment, which continues to be used for complex
situations, includes the PETB and requires two or more additional
days of testing and interview. The standard and special assessments
are used in a wide variety of situations; such as, selection for the
Junior Officer Training Program, personnel reassignment, assist-
ance in long-range career planning, etc. A comparison of the
number of assessments performed during the first half of FY 1956
and FY 1955 is indicative of the more efficient use of A & E
facilities resulting from the adoption of these categories of assessment.
Standard
Special
Intensive
FY 1955 (first half)
73
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140
FY 1956 (first half)
199
8
128
BASIC ORIENTATION COURSE ENROLLMENTS
The composition of Basic Orientation course No. 27, which ended
Friday, 23 March, is perhaps indicative of a new trend in student
enrollment. At least 50% of this class had three or more years'
experience in the Agency before taking this course. In the past the
majority of students have been relatively new to the Agency.
Scripts for a series of seven films on "Communications" are
being prepared. These films will cover the criteria for constructing
clandestine communications and analyzing the means of communication
(e. g. secret writing, personal meeting, safesites, couriers and drops).
Location shooting will be confined to areas in and around the District,
although most of the shooting will be done Approximately
one-half of the film will be stock footage screened from military and
commercial sources. Shooting is tentatively scheduled for the six
weeks between 15 April and 30 May. To ensure accuracy of doctrine
as it is applied in the field, technical advisors from each of the Area
Divisions, TSS, Communications, and the CI Staff will be used by OTR.
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A representative of OTR recently visited Cornell University to
study the content of two management training courses offered by
this university. This survey will prove useful to Agency panels
charged with the selection of personnel for external training in the
management field.
CABLE COURSE FOR DD/S PERSONNEL
OTR, in conjunction with the Senior Training Officer for DD/S,
has undertaken to develop a Cable Refresher course for DD/S
personnel, It is planned that this program will be presented
separately to each DD/S component and carefully tailored to fit the
requirements of each group. The first of these four-hour Cable
courses will begin 1 May and continue on a weekly basis through
June of 1956. A maximum enrollment of 25 students per class has
been established.
CC: 1 - DD/I
1 - DD/P
2 - DD/S
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