INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION COURSE NO. 9 CHIEF INSTRUCTOR'S COMMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 1999
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INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION COURSE NO. 9
Chief Instructor's Comments
1. Intelligence Production Course No. 9 (JOT Class of January
1960 had 19 students. The course began on 20 April and ended on
26 June 1961+, a total of ten weeks.
2. This was the first IPC class operated completely from
Broyhill, and the course ran quite smoothly despite the frequent
trips back and forth to Headquarters. This shifting was incon-
venient for the students, particularly in terms of research and
of having a working area at Headquarters. However, the changed
schedule and reduced number of trips helped greatly in solving
these problems. Future courses to be run at eight weeks will pose
scheduling problems, but these will be worked out.
3. The big innovation in IPC No. 9 was the insertion of a full
week of research time in the middle of the course. This time was
in addition to the regular week of research at the end of the course.
All of the students were high in their praise of this innovation,
and the results -- all of the research projects finished in the last
week of the course -- are ample evidence of the value of this
scheduling and of putting a deadline on the paper. One or two days
of this research time may be lost in future eight-week courses,
but the intention of the faculty is to cut orientation and trip time
rather than research time.
1+. Although the pessimism of the economy drive and job freezes
came during the course, the students did not let the natural fears
of curtailed job opportunities affect their performances. Actually,
the group displayed an unusual interest and ability in working long,
hard hours. If their performance were scored by effort alone, they
would have been the top JOT class of all time.
5. In terms of performance the class was very much an average
one for IPC groups. The over-all grades for the group show 11+ at P
and 5 at S.
instructional work in IPC No. 9 was done by members
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