WEEKLY REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP55-00166A000200040097-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 97
• Publication Date: July 30, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/22 : CIA-RDP55-00166A000200040097-3
Office Mernorapum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Deputy Director of Training (G)
FROM : Chief, Intelligence Training Division
SUBJECT: Weekly Report
DATE: 30 July 1953
Submitted herewith is the report for the week ending 30 July:
1. On Tuesday the registrar reported that there were 53 persons
registered for BIC(I) #12, starting 3 August. Yesterday, however,
the registration was reported as 49. It looks as if the class would
run somewhere around 50.
2. During the past week the trainees in BIC #11 heard. talks by
Mr. Richard Scammon and'Dr. Miron Burgin of the Department of State.
3?
rent BIC CS .
and I gave presentations this week to the cur- 25X1
4. There are 11 persons in the Provisional Training Group.
Seven of these are JCT's, three are from OCD, and one from TSS.
5. The Reading Improvement Branch currently has 126 trainees
enrolled in 7 training courses, 1 Reading Analysis Program, and
1 Retention Program.
6. The two-week Reading Analysis Program for Provisionally
Cleared Personnel was completed 29 July. This program was pre-
viously called the Screening Program, but the name has been chan
ed
g
to avoid misinterpretation of the course objective.
7. Twelve trainees in BIC 0611 have been selected for a week
of advanced training. Instruction will include practice in the
scanning techniques for the selection of information, the utiliza-
tion of reading skills for full exploitation of professional study,
and the reading techniques most useful in the preparation of an
abstract.
OTR/HMS: afp
Distribution:
Orig. a 1 - Addressee
1 - Chrono
1 - Reading Lab
1 - Subject File
..`
25 YEAR RE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/22 : CIA-RDP55100166A000200040097-3