SURVEY OF NEED FOR SHORTHAND COURSE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R004400060019-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: February 23, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Medical Services
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and his people before undertaking a survey among the a, ninyees
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It may be that the survey at least should be first conducted among those
#o whom secretaries are assigned or among the Personnel Officers of
the Agency.
2. You certainly know that I'm not opposed to giving lower
graded iimploye es opportunities to improve themselves, but, if as a
matter at fact the opportunities are false, more harm than good could
result.
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Robert S. Wattles
Assistant Deputy Director
for Support
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ADD/S:RSW/ms (23 Feb 71)
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1. You will recall that on 8 February 1971 1 questioned an item
In your 27 January Weekly Report regarding the survey Dr. was 25X1
undertaking concerning a beginning course in shorthand. Your response
refresh my memory that this project had its origin in the report of
Seminar #5 . I have now reread the report of that Seminar, the recom -
mendations of which were approved in total by the DD/S. The proposal
did indeed suggest an OTR survey to determine Agency need and employee
interest. I have discussed this with the Director of Personnel and he is
concerned that such a survey among the employees themselves might be
unw se. We frequently bear the complaint by young women in supposed
secretarial positions that they don't get a nough dictation and are losing
their shorthand skills. If this is true, there would be little point in
falsely encouraging hopes on the part of those not currently skilled in
shorthand that, if they acquired the skill, they could expect to advance
more rapidly. May I suggest, therefore, that Dr. to Mr
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT Survey of Need for Shorthand Course
REFERENCE Your memorandum, dated 8 February 1971
As requested, the following additional information is
forwarded pertaining to paragraph 4 of our weekly report of
27 January:
The suggestion for an Agency survey of the interest
in and need for instruction in shorthand and in typing
emanated from Support Directorate Seminar Number 5 of
which Dr. of our Psychological Services Staff
was a member. It is our understanding that in July 1970
the Deputy Director for Support accepted this suggestion
and requested the personnel of SDS No. 5 to continue --
beyond the period of the seminar -- to work on the implementa-
Clerical Training, OTR resulted.
indicated that the research and consultative ser-
vices of PSS would be available for a survey of the type
proposed. Office of Training indicated interest in this
and the meeting of 25 January between I land Chief,
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tion of several of their recommendations including this
one. At a follow-up meeting of the seminar group Dr.
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I have jurt se en- your weekly dated
27 January 1971, paragr~sph 4 of which "peaks of Dr.~actian 25X1
on a shor0eapd course. It seems to me that this should be of heart
to the Office of Persa meI and I'm we rthg wheel r this is in response
to something that OP has raaised. If not, what was It t1 prompted PSS
to consider such a survey?
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ADD/S:RSW/ms (8 Feb 71)
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27 January 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT : Weekly Report of Significant Activities
REFERENCE : DD/S Atinistative Instruction No. 65-7,
dated 18 May 1965
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arical Training, Office co Training to discuss plans for an Agency-
wide suer to determine interest in and need for a course in begiwftg
shorthand."
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/$/JOHN R. TIETJEN, M.D.
Director of Medical Services
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I noted in the latest OTR Weekly Report a
mention of the 1-5 February Management Course as
having introduced a number of Innovations. I wonder
if you might get from the Support School some kind
a handle on the content of thi updateo se.
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Jo". o e
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