SECTION V INTELLIGENCE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OUTLINE OF COURSE

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SECTION V
INTELLIGENl,CE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
Outline of Course
a. Purpose: To examine and analyze the intelligence processes as
professional skills, and illustrate how they are employed in
the intelligence cycle.
b. Scope: The course covers the following major subjects:
(1) Collection and source exploitation
(2) Intelligence production and presentation
(3) Intelligence dissemination
(1) Intelligence planning and coordination
(5} Counter Intelligence
c. Lectures: lectures will be delivered during this
course. Each will be followed by a discussion period.
2. PROGILk~
a. Lecture No.,_, 1400 - 1450, 1951, "The Policy
Planning Cycle - Part I" by S/P, Department of of State.
Precis: A consideration of the planning policy cycle from the
inception of a policy uroblem through its various stages of analysis,
appraisal, of the consequences of adopting v:-rious courses of action,
the arriv~.l at a policy decision, the execution of the policy in
terms of the specific measures employed to carry it out and the
reappraisal of effects of such measures as they, in themselves,
generate continuing and differing requirements for intelligence
support throughout all stages of the cycle.
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b. Lecture No. O 'b , 1530 - 1620, 1951, "The Policy
Planning Cycle - Part II" by S/P, Department of State.
Precis: Same as above.
c. Lecture No. 1400 - i)0, 1951) "The Intel-
ligence Cycle" by the Director, CIA intelligence School.
Precis: ,an analysis of the processes and their cyclical nature
vis the further effect of collection action in stimulating the
formulation of requirements for additional information; the con-
sequent processing of such information for planning and operational
intelligence reports and estimates, the reappraisal processes in-
volved when intelligence has effected policy formulation and has
thereby generated additional intelligence requirement which cause
the cycle to be constantly repeated.
d. Lecture No. , 1530 - 1620, 1951, "The Principles
of Intelligence Collection" by
STATINTL
Precisl A summary of the factors governing the formulation of
requirements, the selection of specific collection media to be
emplo~ed in meeting the requirements and a discussion of the
machinery available for collection o~f information.
e. Lecture No. ( `', 1) 00 - 11G50, 191, "The Principles
of Source Exploitation" by 0/CI..
Precise An analysis of the distin-_;ishing differences of various
types of Sources and the srecial techniques involved in deriving
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information from them such as Puss Communications media, Aerial
Photography, Foreign Language documents, foreign nationals,
domestic sources of foregoing information, etc.
f. Lecture No. 1530 - 1620, 1951, "The
Evaluation Process" by O/RR.
Precis: The processes and techniques of evaluation of information
reports. The definition of evaluation and the two-fold purpose
of evaluations.
g. Lecture No. 71 , 1400 - 11.50, 1951, "The
Collation Processes" by O/RR.
Precis:
The principles of collation, its relation to evaluation
and to the analytical processes, methods ruployed by analysts to
accomplish collation.
h. .ecture No. 7- , 1530 - 1620, 1151, "The Analytical
Process" by O/RP.
Precis The objective of analysis anc. its relationship to the
intelligence production function.
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i. Lecture No, , 1400 - 1450, 1951, "Synthesis
in the Intelligence r'rocess" by 0/hrE'.
Precis: Definition and examination of rrinciples of synthesis and its
importance in the intelligence production process.
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COSY C Y
Lecture No. ' 7 7 , 1530 - 1620, 1951, "Interpretation"
by G/PNE.
Precis: The principles of deriving processed information resulting
from analysis of cata and its relationship to specific national
security purposes.
k. Lecture No. ItL., 1400 - 1450, x.951, "Presentation
o Intelligence" by 0/NE.
Precis: A general discussion of oral, written and graphic presenta-
tion techniques.
1. Lecture No. r , 1530 - 1620,
Presentation" by 0/CT.
Precise The principles of oral presentations and briefings, high
and low level; single situations and summary briefings.
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m. Lecture No.
1400 - 1450, 1951, Written
Presentations" by O/ICE.
Precis t Su riary of various types of written reports utilized for
written presentations of intelligence, including the distinguishing
differences of the scope and terms of reference fx various types
of reports for specific end-use purposes.
n. Lecture No., 1530 - 1620, "The Use
of Graphic Media in Intelligence
1951, "Oral
iresentations" by 0/RR.
discussion of graphic media for both oral and written
presentptions in terms of naps, chits and.. other gray hic media.
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Lecture No. , , 2.1400 - lJ 50, ----1951., "Planning
the Scope and Terms of Reference of the Intelligence Product"
by O/NE.
Precise A discussion of basic principles governing the formulation
and design of intelligence reports for various jurposes; who makes
the decisions and how firm is it in view of cyclical nature of the
intelligence process.
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