COMMUNICATING WITH CIA STAFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00261R000500030006-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 23, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Communicating with CIA Staff
REFERENCE: Mufr1 addressee
DDCI,samesubje(ER d78-62 045/14)
STATINTL
1. The following summarizes the number of hours per
year spent in communicating with CIA staff. Attachment A
provides a specific breakdown of the conferences, lectures,
etc., which contribute to the total hours. This report adheres
to the guidelines provided in my memorandum of 11 October 1978
(Attachment B).
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Training Course Presentations 38 hrs 13 hrs
7 hrs
Conferences/MAG Presentations 16 hrs
The hours listed reflect only direct participation and do not
include travel time
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serving sense but only as examples of vehicles for communication
which we have found most productive. On a quarterly basis, I
meet at lunch in the DCI dining room with a group of 10 or 11
supergrades. meets likewise each quarter with a
group of 10 or 11 DDA careerists below the supergrade level.
The guests are picked at random from different offices of the
Directorate and/or other elements of the Agency in which they
might be serving. This provides an excellent opportunity to
not only communicate with them in a vertical sense but opens
horizontal communication among the group. A second means which
I might mention as paying dividends is meeting with DDA attendees
of the Midcareer Course and Senior Seminar before and after
attending the courses. Although the groups are small, the ex-
change of information concerning the course and the attendees
is valuable both in terms of the dialogue and keeping the course
presentation and content current, interesting danduaftvaluesto aff
the students. Additionally
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meetings for a wide audience of Office of DDA employees.
These meetings specifically serve the purpose of communi-
cating activities as well as concerns of the Directorate
and an opportunity for an exchange on issues, problems,
interests and/or accomplishments
.
o n F. Blake
Attachments AFB
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