1984/85 CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE SENIOR OFFICER SCHOOLS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00885R000100050069-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 69
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Office of Training and Education
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Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Hoping I had made my point by questioning the rationale for three of
the training board selections, I left word to approve the package when it
was resubmitted.
I'm afraid I found your 10 November memo less than reassuring. First
of all, if our society had waited for Blacks, Women, other minorities or
even the Irish for that matter to be "indeed accepted as equals in all
aspects" before providing them any opportunities, we would still be in
the dark ages.' I expect the Training Board to select the strongest
candidates possible for training opportunities. I believe they, in turn,
will be able to profit from those experiences. If the negatives outweigh
the positives in any of these training programs, maybe we should think
twice about sending anyone, not just part of our employee population.
Second, if I am to approve the selections for senior schools and be
provided the paperwork that led the Board to its decisions, that
paperwork should answer and not raise questions about the strongest
candidates having been forwarded.
Finally, I would hope the word is circulated enough next time to
ensure that all employees receive appropriate consideration at the right
time to avoid having last minute "supplemental" nominees that can't
possibly be given a fair shot.
Johri N. McMahon
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Chairman
CIA Training Selection Board
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Executive Registry
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3. Deputy Director
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Chairman
raining e ec ion Board
SUBJECT: 1984/85 Candidates Nominated for Attendance
at the Senior Officer Schools
1. Attached for your reconsideration is the nominating package
reflecting the selection of candidates for Senior Officer Schools
during the 1984/85 academic year.
2. After being advised of your concern about certain of the
candidates nominated by the Training Selection Board for next year's
Senior Officer Schools, I reconvened the Board on 7 November 1983 to
review both the candidates we had selected and the process we had used.
The Board was unanimous in its belief that we had recommended sound
candidates and had used a thorough and equitable process for the
selections. You will note that among the list of candidates selected,
there are women nominated for both the Foreign Service Institute's
Executive Seminar and the National War College.
3. As I understand it, one area of particular concern relates
to the selection of to attend the College of Naval Command 25X1
and Staff when this officer's record reveals that he has less Agency
experience and seniority than certain of the women included in the
supplemental no inations made In the Board. You may recall that
the Agency sent Ito the College of Naval Command and 25X1
Staff for the 1 academic year. Her experience at the College
was thoroughly satisfactory in terms of the academic program but very
unpleasant as it related to her full participation in the program and
her social integration with her colleagues. The Navy obviously is
trying to deal with the whole area of equal treatment of women, but
experience showed dramatically that much remains to be done. 25X1
The Training Selection Board believes that no women should be nominated
to this College until such time as women are indeed accepted as equals
in all aspects of the program. The candidate nominated for the College
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