INDOCTRINATION OF NEW CIA EMPLOYEES

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 16, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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Director of Training
CIA Orientations Offioer
16 October, 1951
Indoctrination of new CIA employees
1. Since we are plat-ming to inaugurate an Indoctrination Covr2e Cc
new employees to be given as soon as they have been Cleared by I 4 S, it
was deemed wescary that the CIA Orientations Officer monitor the proi-T -
now conducted by X & S to ascertain how the presentation of the two pro-
grams cOld,Rossepsp_morp,integrated unity. The following cormenta
roe aefl6at.onsvrogaraim4the substance and format of the I & r.;_coarso
area' roduct of this effort.
2. FplayrepentWAR,
4) Realizing that -tle newlyi-emplorKiReFsonne3p receiving th
I & S IndOctrination rrogram tvia filed their, applieationXor,mmplumont
many months ago and since that time had been checked and double-chscked
with friends, relations and business acquaintances, the very fast that
they eventually are chosen must make them feel that employment in 111
is something special. This should give them a high regard for the
importance of the Agency even though during the waiting period they migir-
have been frequently impatient aad anxious to get on the job quickly.
b) Accordingly, when the lights are extinguished at the begir ing
of the I & S program and the film flashed on the mrmowl shows "Stqte De-
partment - 1947" I feel that we have immediately created peculiar Teental
tail-spine-in the minds of all of those preaent. First of all, if this
Agency is the important organization in government which we hold it to
be, with singular security problems, why does it not have a CIA film
presentation to cover Its own needs? Again, (and this olOaeryation ,1Z
being motivated by sympathy or leek of sympathy for the manifold gniticii m
made of the Department of State) we should be realistic enough to .:7ccogn.ze
the fact that the Department of State has been used so much as a whippin
block, must it not seem peculiar to the novice mind for us to use that
Department as the standard for our protection of information?
c) Hence, I feel the use of the State Department film aeatea
a particularly negative psychological impact on the minds of the new-
comers into our Agency. Besides this factor, this film presentation ir
dated, which limits its usefulness for the year of 1951, Instead of the
reality of today, Mr. Acheson is pictured as saying in 1947, "Our
security program is not aimed Lit any nation or grow of nations." Last1:4
the film is too much an organizational story of the State Department,
using terminology which is peculiar to that Agency. For example, neer
the end it speaks about the importance of protecting information on the
part of all "departmental or foreign service employees."
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d) Reoommendation: The concept of using a film to start the
& S indoctrination is good. I recommend, therefore that this Areney
take immediate steps to develop our own CIA film which could most
appropriately begin with a message from the DCI, then point out some
of our own particular problems; in this area, followed by illustrations
of pertinent aspects of :security in dealing with other agencies of
government or outsiders, and conclude with a salutary message by the
CIA Security Officer.
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3. fiprvtM
a) The presentation which follows the film is very technical,
referring to "tumbler," "slots," "drive wheels," and other parapharnall '
that go into the construction of looks for safes. Much of this material,
referringeven to manufacturers' names, can be eliminated or streenlined,
b) A great leal of time is consumed speaking about the "check au
that are made by such specialists as the "After-hour Checkers," wtp turn
tho dial to the right; the "Chards," 'whose duty it is to spin the aial
tO'the left; the ocoasional check of the "Night Security Officer," and
finally the eyes-open attitude of the janitor force. This can be shartrid
with strength.
c) The people are told to "pipe down" on "cloak and dageer"
approaches because, after all, "we are yust another govertment agetcy."
I realize that the I & S man is attempting to bring reality into the
presentation. However, this example shows how more care should be
used on the accuracy of seemingly casual statements, since much of the
function of the Office of Training is to prove with power that we are
adjust another government agency. Pais latter concept has been *mphaai:ed
by the Agency Security Officer in the Orientation courses.
d) In the Security Manual given to each new employee and r.e-
posted by the I & S lecturer, is the admonition that CIA personnel ie
not allowed to amplify to an unauthorized person a brief four-line
statement regarding the description of CIA. This touches upon an
element -of unreality since the aational Security Ant of 1947, which
is Public Law 253 for all to reed, has two and one-half pages of
material regarding our activities.
4. General Obaervatim
Because the whole I & S presentation seems merely to take up eseh
point as it limps into the min&of the lecturer, it tends to beeome
tirermmtan4 repetitive after about one hour, By that time so mach
has been eta0d about "waste baskets," "classified wastes" "manipulation-
proof safeW l_ialthesses at the incinerator," "copies of correspondence,"
"carbon paper," "typewriter ribbon," etc., etc., stressing each feast
with equal importance, I feel that contueion rather than clarity is
generated.
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5. Conclusioa
On the whole the presentation is not manly, hitting hard about the
fact that security is based upon individual responsibility, even though
this point had been used as an introductory statement. The I & S can
benefit greatly by formulating and adopting appropriate visual aids
to which this kind of a program admirably lends itself. Furthermore,
by re-arrangement of the lecture material and etremalining the-pre-
sentation, I am convinced that this opening Security Course ca 4 be
done in shorter time with greater beLefit to the security effort of our
Agency. When done in this manner the minds of the newly employedpersonal
will be .better conditioned for the organizational Indoetrination Progr
which'we will conduct on the same day.
CIA ORIENTATIONS OFFICER
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