STATE/CIA INTERACTION IN TRAINING COURSES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00156R001100010023-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: March 23, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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UO ID FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Don I. Wortman
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: State/CIA Interaction in Training Courses
R13 FE NCE: Paragraph 1 of Memorandum for the Record,
dated S March 1979, Subject: Political
Intelligence Working Group Meeting,
2 March 1979 (ODA 79-0800)
1. We are delighted that the subject of increasing
the interaction between junior and mid-level officers of
the Department of State and the Agency received positive
support in your Working Group. This high-level interest
ties in very nicely with our ongoing efforts to increase
the level of both cooperation and interaction in the train-
ing activities of both organizations. Attached to this
iueuarandum are data provided by the Office of Training (OTR)
which detail the degree of training interaction which
currently exists. Wile the level of participation by State
personnel in our courses and vice versa is significant, we
are sure you will agree that ouch remains to be done to take
full advantage of this means of reducing parochialism in
both organizations.
2. As part of our efforts to work even more closely
with the Department on this matter, we have recently dis-
cussed with State Department officers the desirability of
expanding the time devoted to Agency visits by certain of
their courses. Such an expansion would permit us to devote
time to such natt -day relationships between the
STAT two organizations To date, this critical area
has only been remotely touched upon in the various briefings
we have provided to courses conducted by the Departrient. An
additional stop which we have taken in recent mouths has
been to raise with various officials of the Foreign Service
Institute the need for increased cooperation and mutual
sharing. We are pleased with the positive attitude these
officials have displayed. The signs indicate that the
institutional reluctance to cooperate in the training area
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which has often existed in the past is now greatly diminished
and that there are currently opportunities for real improve-
vent. OTI considers acting on these opportunities to be an
important goal for the coming months.
3. It should be noted that in this memorandum and
its attachment we have not attempted to outline the many
instances where CIA officers are invited to speak to State
courses, nor have we covered the normal liaison activities
which often involve "training" or "briefingf" of sorts.
These are important activities which, like the more formal
arrangements, warrant expansion.
Don I. Wortman
Attack ent
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Acting Director o raining
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State/CIA Training Interaction
A. Instruction by State Officers in CIA Courses
1. CIA Senior Seminar: 12-1/2 hours, including
current and retired State Department officers--
the retired officers discussed matters relevant
to their work with the Department.
2. Advanced Intelligence Seminar: 6 hours
STAT
4. Intelligence Production Course: 1-1/2 hours
5. Orientation for Career Trainees: 3-1/2 hours
6. USSR Country Survey: 2 hours
7. China After Mao: 2 hours
3.
8. International Economics for Operations Officers:
We. will have a full day involving a visit to the
Department in the upcoming course.
9. Midcareer Course: 3-1/2 hours
B. OTR Instruction/Participation in Training Programs
for State
1. Chiefs of Mission Seminar: 11 hours
STAT
2. Ambassadorial Seminar: 11 hours
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3. Briefings for Foreign Service Officers:
a. Junior Foreign Service Officers' course:
1 day at Headquarters
b. Foreign Affairs Interdepartmental Seminar:
1/2 day at Headquarters
c. Intelligence and Foreign Policy Course:
1 day at Headquarters
d. Foreign Service orientation courses:
2 hours at Foreign Service Institute
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Information Science Center Interaction with State
1.
Survey Course:
(three times a
by the class to
Each
year)
the
running of the course
includes a half-day visit
State Department for briefings
and. tour of their information handling procedures
and faciliites. (Comment: Unfortunately, this
tour receives rather poor ratings from the stu-
dents in every class. It just does not stack
up when compared with the visits to National
Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency,
etc. We have discussed the ratings with State,
but nothing happens.)
2. Support to Foreign Service Institute: Information
Science Center (ISC) coordinated and hosted a
half-day briefing to a group of Foreign Service
Officers in November 1978. The officers were
touring the Intelligence Community to gain an
understanding of how computers might be used to
support their activities. National Foreign
Assessment Center participated in the briefing,
in addition to ISC staff.
ISC conducted two briefings on t?he System Dynamics
methodology at the Institute last year.
3. State Department Students in ISC Courses: A
handful of State Department students attended our
courses--six in the last two years. Four of the
six were in CAMS--the other two in a COINS course.
D. CIA Students Attending Foreign Service Institute
(FY 1978)
1. School of Language Studies: 38
2. School of Professional Studies: 128
3. School of Area Studies: 98
4. Executive Seminar: 3
5. Extension Studies: 24
6. Regional Language Program: 8
7. Foreign Affairs Interdepartmental Seminar: 20