STUDIES IN INTELLIGENCE INTRODUCTION

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2014
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 1, 1955
• Content Type: SINT

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INTRODUCTION
by The Director of Training
IIN the two articles that follow, Sherman Kent and The Edi-
tors explain in detail why we are starting this mono-
graph series, Studies in Intelligence, and how we are
going about the job. I should like first to explain the posi-
tion of the Office of Training.
Our chief responsibility here in Training is, of course, to
teach. In order to do this effectively, we have to be very
clear in our minds that what we teach corresponds to the best
intelligence doctrine and method available. To train in-
telligence officers, we must first define and clarify those basic
principles which should be the common property of every
member of the profession. The basic principles I have in
mind concern the mission of intelligence, and the organiza-
tion, techniques, and methods of intelligence activities.
From the beginning, the Office of Training has necessarily
been engaged in the production of written materials to be
used in specific training courses. But it has become increas-
ingly apparent to us that there is a need for a broader
approach to the problem of building up a foundation of doc-
trine and method which is basic to the intelligence profession
'and all its activities. It is also clear that we have a degree
of responsibility for meeting this problem.
I believe that the production of these Studies will be a step
in the direction of creating a literature of basic doctrine and
methodology useful both to the training activity and to the
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Agency as a whole. In sponsoring this endeavor, I therefore
urge your active participation and support so that we may
all benefit in advancing the profession of intelligence by this
means.
MATTHEW BAIRD
Director of Training
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