TRAINING IN ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY FOR INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION ANALYSTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01133A000900120001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 5, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORAND ral All
SUBJECT: Trai ning. in Analytical Met
IntelligWe ProductiOn
. A
IA for
a dr;?,
vil, jld 110 U.-
:and/or concurrece.
. The paperas al ter
of which is my proposal and the
officer on the par. One of.
you prefer, but Lthought it
of the productlon.organizatir
arch 1973
ro
e as aD
DIA I
recodations
is thatoffl
alternatft can
be fnteestng to
sals.
"oh,
ate,
he first
action
eted, If
ttie reaction
3. Anne** A, B, and C, whic cribir going treflining
programs, worit-Vrepareci CIA, I ate, and OIA.
4. The action re mendatil31p1 this training study are closely
related to a 'preduct developmon project Which is part Of a future
work prograytife already have 4ted in PR and on which rhope to
have an early opportunity to brief you. Cosiments from the poduction
..
agencies otek the training study should be,ustiful to our th1ng OR
the 'product deVelopment" project.
Attachment
Draft study, s stated
Distribution:,
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chrono
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ject 8-72)-
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MEMORANDUM FORI
SUBJECT:
1. Attached a draft study, Train
for Intelligence Production Analysts," for
basic responsibility. The annexes, which dilicr
in CIA, DIA, and MR/State Were drafted OY the
for PRG.
yti cal Methodology
has had
iTiiing acti vi
ti ye organizati, ns
2. You will rrQte that two alternative of recoendation
,
included for nsideratiOn. Al ternativa .1 is ny proposal, a
Alternative it2 1s.hat I-1 considers the reqomendations should be.
Our differencesere quite 'c1r cut; .1-1c i der* the coehuinity is
now "wallowing around" with respect to the tolorMatton toots and
that training and experimentation iaOhe 1ndv1duil production offic
should be restrained until a centsit140 group has conducted tests a
experiments which will determine. er e tGwhet exteet sPecific
information science methodologi , ve a 1 i cotton to
intelligence production. I am h more opt1u1stic thanl land fee
there is merit in continuing the present decentralized efforts, and
even introducing such efforts in elements -of the production corarauni
not how involved. Rather then a truly cenl DCI organizationto
all the experimenting, I ' ftrior teams in each producing production
organization and i DCI-levet-lcOmmittee to coordinate, the effort.
3. If you approve the draft I suggest
of all of the intelligence production offices
be disseminated should include only single
you prefer.
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as stated
Distri ution:
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