SUMMER INTERNSHIP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000100040027-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2005
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: August 6, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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6 August 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM
SUBJECT : Summer Internship
I. General Continents
The Summer Intern Program is, in my opinion, an excellent
introduction to the functions and operations of the CIA. My
summer internship has proved to be a very worthwhile experience.
I shall always be indebted to the Agency both for the opportunity
to work with so many friendly, talented people and for the
opportunity to work with such a wealth of information and tech-
nology. This summer has done much to enhance my knowledge,of
geographic techniques and area studies.
II. Specific Comments
A. In-processing
Considering the necessity for high-level security and the
time involved in clearing new employees, I was pleased that the
whole processing operation ran so smoothly. My only complaint
in this area is the late notification date for most interns.
I was not advised that I had been accepted for the intern
program until after May 1. By that time I had "dangerously"
refused two other job offers while waiting to hear from the
Agency. Perhaps it would be helpful to move the deadline for
application to the intern program ahead so that applicants could
be notified by April 1. Although the date for making application
would be early in the academic year, much confusion could be
eliminated in the Spring when students begin to worry about
summer employment prospects.
B. Work Assignment
I have absolutely no complaints about my summer work
assignment in OBGI. The Mapping Program has been a valuable
addition to my store of geographic techniques as well as to my
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background in Soviet area studies. The OBGI staff, especially
those in the USSR/Europe branch, were all fantastically helpful
and friendly. It's amazing that so many wonderful people could
be gathered in one branch.
C. Briefings
I felt privileged to be given such an informative introduction
to the many and varied functions of the Agency. It is helpful
in any job to see where you fit into the overall picture. I was
especially impressed by the briefing by Carl Duckett of DDS&T.
I do feel that the interns need a briefing by someone
from the DDO to help erase many of the misconceptions held by
students (and people in general) as to the specific functions of
the clandestine services.
Another suggestion for the briefings is that actual tours,
especially of NPIC, would be far more informative than the
lecture approach. A short summarative statement of the functions
of each division and how each fits into the whole picture
followed by an actual tour to see a part of the daily routine
of the particular division would be far more interesting in
most cases.
Also, the summer interns would like to know-what their
counterparts in other divisions are doing. It would be nice to
have a session in which the interns could share their summer
experiences in a give-and-take discussion about the Agency. In
this regard perhaps the "cocktail party" following our first
session could better become a luncheon or dinner meeting toward
the end of the summer. That kind of arrangement would be
better for many pocketbooks, too.
D. Future Plans
As 'things stand now, I shall be returning to the University
of Georgia at the end of September to begin work on my Ph.D in
geography. I would most definitely like to be considered for
another internship in the summer of 1974. After such a profitable
summer with the Agency, I would eventually like to be considered
for fulltime permanent employment.
Sincerely
Th
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