DDO NEEDS SURVEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00998R000100040001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 30, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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30 July 1986
STAT
[1040RANDUM FOR: Executive Assistant to the Director of
Central Intelligence
Director of Training and Education
STAT
SUBJECT: DDO Needs Survey
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Thanks for your thoughtful memo on the DO Needs Survey
Project. I must say my feelings about the undertaking are, as I
guess yours are too, somewhat ambivalent. If I had to do it all
over again, I might not do it, given the results, but I think it is
a close call. I think there are some advantages to having the data,
which will play out over time, but, in truth, I believe having
authoritative data on the DO less compelling than say with the DS$T
and DI, which generally value data more highly. Incidentally, I am
not entirely sure that we or the DDO have been as creative in
looking at this data as we might, but maybe I am just being
persnickety.
2. As you know, we have moved ahead with the DO to try to fill
some of those gaps that have been identified. It's very interesting
that while many DO officers clearly say that they have a need for
analytical skills and training could help, the Directorate is
somewhat reluctant, as I understand it, to pursue analytical
training. It must just be that it likes to think of itself as not
being in the analytical business. I don't know. Perhaps you
understand the cultural origins of this problem.
3. I am delighted that your memo suggests that we have been
too aggressive in pushing our products with the Directorate. I do
not disagree. But I would much, much rather have OTE in the
position of pushing than in the position of being reluctantly
reacting. If that, in fact, is where we are postured then I would
have thought that we have had some success over here. Finally, I
appreciate your kind words on the professionalism and capabilities
of the people who conducted the Survey. That makes me feel good.
Again, thank you for your memorandum.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/12/20: CIA-RDP90-00998R000100040001-3