CIA RECRUITMENT, 1947-1970

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00314R000600030004-4
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 26, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR:
THROUGH Historical Officer,
0 fice of Personnel
FROM Support Services Historical Officer
(SSHO)
SUBJECT CIA Recruitment, 1947-1970
. 1. I have completed my review of the first
draft of the subject paper and am returning it for
revision. Generally, the paper succeeds in giving
the reader an overview of the Agency's recruiting-
activities during the 1947-70 period; and it is in
readable form.
2. The basic difficulty with the paper -- as
will be obvious from my marginal comments, notes,
suggestions, and questions -- is that it fails to
get into the details of many of the issues that
are introduced in the text. In other instances,
I believe that some rather critical items have
been omitted.
3. When revising the paper, I would ask that
some attention be devoted to the following:
a. Use of specific examples. I have noted
this at many points on the copy.
b. Some indication of the qualifications
which recruiting officers worked against in selecting
candidates. How did the qualifications change over
time? Did they, in fact, change? What, for. example,
has been-'the policy with reference to military ser-
vice and has this changed? In the context of the
1960's, what is recruitment policy vis a vis candi-
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dates with a record of marijuana use (or admit to
such use without having a record)? What about
admitted association with any of the Radi-Lib
student movements -- automatic disqualification?
c. Provide specific comment ojLAgency
policy regarding recruitment of both minority
groups and women, p rticularly in professional
categories. Again, have such policies been modi-
fied with the changing status of both groups in
the 1960's? Has therd ever been a specific effort
to recruit from black colleges? Has there ever
been a black recruiter? Has any one of the joint
recruiting teams -- OSI, OER, or other -- ever had
a black or a woman as a team member? Has the re-
cruiting effort ever been attacked publicly (or
privately) by the NAACP, ACLU, FEPC, or other
legitimate group for bias in the recruiting effort?
d. In numerous instances, you will need
to provide specific dates for the events which are
under discussion. Also, many of the source refer-
ences listed will require both a specific date
and identification of the repository where the
unpublished document can be found.
e. There should be much additional
Appendix material. Brochures, copies of newspaper
advertisements, news clippings regarding harass-
ments should be included. Incidentally, p. 13
refers to an Appendix which was not included with
the copy of the report which you left with me.
f. Was there any over-all reporting by
Recruitment Division on the interference with re-
cruiting efforts? If so, thg;sW should be empha-
sized.
g. The status of the CTP at the terminal
point of the report needs to be clarified.
h. Spell out the rationale for the develop-
ment and continuation of the joint recruiting effort.
What has-.been the attrition rate of such recruits
over time compared to normal attrition among pro-
fessionals? Question is whether parochial interests
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of OSI and OER lead to recruitment of specialists
who cannot (or do not) prove adaptable to intelli-
gence work? How have the educational fringe bene-
fits, especially in OER, been justified? Again,
what statistics are available on the retention
rate for professionals who have come aboard prin-
cipally because of the educational inducement?
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3. Attention to the items noted above and
to the editorial comments noted on the copy should
put the next version of the history in good shape
for final editing. If you have any questions,
please feel free to call me.
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