MEMO TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-COMPTROLLER FROM HUGH T. CUNNINGHAM

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• Publication Date: May 26, 1971
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TO : Executive Director- Comptroller
Deputy Director for Support / 1V k'
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MAY ib
1. Here is the final draft of the Task Force Report on the National
Interdepartmental Seminar to the Under Secretaries Committee. The
principal changes are:
a. Much greater emphasis on formulation of foreign policy
and much less on the narrow subjects of "internal defense",
counterinsurgency, and the like. In fact this represents a change
which has been developing steadily over the past several years.
b. Broadening the course to treat U.S. foreign policy around
the world, not just in the underdeveloped countries.
2. One thing that remains unchanged is the CIA quota of eight
participants in each of the six runnings per year. I went along with this
in the feeling that one of the greatest values of the course for CIA is the
opportunity for good representatives to educate the rest of the community
on CIA's contribution to the whole.
3. I have signed off on this as a member of the Task Force, but
it is understood we did not commit our agencies to final endorsement of
the report. That will come when the members of the Under Secretaries
Committee approve it.
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HU H T. CUNNINGI- M
Director of Training
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NATIONAL INTERDEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
WASHINGTON. D.G. 20520
May 21, 1971
Dr. Hugh T. Cunningham
Director of Training
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Hugh:
Enclosed is a final draft that will be forwarded
through. Secretary Macomber to the Under Secretaries
Committee unless we hear from you by close of business
Wednesday, May 26.
Sincerely,
Howard E. Haugerud
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M E M 0 R A N D U M
TO Chairman, Under Secretaries Committee
FROM William B. Macomber, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary
SUBJECT:' Review and Recommendations on the National
Interdepartmental Seminar (NIS)
The Special Working Group which you asked me to
organize has completed its review of the National Inter-
departmental Seminar. The group considered the following
four options:
OPTIONS
1. That the NIS be abolished on an assumption
that it has served its purpose and is no longer
relevant to the needs of the decade ahead.
2. That the NIS be continued in its present
form and with its present stated objective's.
3. That the NIS be abolished and that an entirely
new set of objectives be established.
4. That the NIS be converted to a Seminar for
foreign affairs executive-level personnel building on
the present NIS but more broadly focused on the dynamic
process of policy coordination and implementation within
a context of domestic realities as well as current
foreign policy issues and.national security objectives.
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Summary Conclusions and Discussions
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1. The NIS was found to be serving a continuing useful
purpose.
Each participating agency representative canvassed
his own area of resconsibility and in the process
interviewed recent graduates of the NIS, participants
who were currently attending the 54th Session, and
solicited views of user Departments and offices.
While several members indicated problems of funding
and in making senior personnel available during a
period of stringent budgets and heavy work pressures, all
of the participating members found that their respective
agencies supported the concept of a short interagency
training program for appropriate senior officers assigned
overseas or appropriate foreign affairs
positions in the United States.
It was noted that the NIS is the only existing vehicle
that brings together any significant number of senior
officers from the foreign affairs agencies (STATE, DOD,
AID, USIA and CIA) who are assigned to program direction
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If it were eliminated,
a new vehicle would probably sooner or later have to be
created for the purpose of dealing with jncreasingly
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complex issues and the processes of policy formulation,
implementation and 'coordination.
2. Any continuing program should be broadened to focus
on the process of policy formulation, implementation
and coordination, within a context of domestic realities
as well as current foreign policy issues and national
security objectives.
In the context of the proposed broader charter,
the issues of "internal security" and "problems of
,developing countries" would continue to be a necessary
element in the program but would be cast in the broader
context.
More attention should be paid to the policy making
process within the DOD patterned on the format now
used to examine STATE and the national security processes.
The Working Group also felt that the- program
should be operated under a charter broad enough to
undertake short conferences on a variety of subjects
and problems of current concern. As an example, the
Group cited the Coordination Conference for Directors
of Training on Foreign Internal Defense conducted once
a year and the interagency Population Conference now
conducted by the NIS at the Airlie House four times a
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While the NIS has moved during the past several
years to broaden i,tsf focus, it still suffers from a
lingering image as solely a "Counterinsurgency Course".
To overcome this image, it should not only be given a
broader mandate by the Under Secretaries Committee and
the NSC, it should &lso be renamed to signify this change.
Because the NIS already provides an existing
framework and many of the program elements considered
useful, it was the consensus of the Working Group that
while some changes are desirable, an entirely new
program was not necessary. Several agency represen-
tatives expressed concern that budgetary problems
might arise if the NIS were to close 'and a new
organization be attempted during a period of stringent
economy measures. The Working Group concluded that it
was more prudent to modify the NIS than to abolish it
and start over with something entirely new.
3.' Participation should be broadened to include
appropriate executive-level program direction personnel
assigned to any part of the world. It should also be
opened selectively to executive-level personnel involved
in foreign affairs from domestic federal agencies.
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Required participation in the NIS has in the., past
been limited to senior personnel of the primary foreign
affairs agencies assigned to developing countries.
It was the consensus of the Working Group that
with an increased focus on the process of policy
implementation and coordination, the distinction, for
training purposes, between persons assigned to
developing versus developed countries is not significant
and should be eliminated. Also, with the increasing
involvement of domestic agencies in international
problems and programs, it was felt senior personnel of
these agencies who have a direct interest in inter-
national problems and programs should, on a selective
basis, be invited to participate.
4. To be viable in terms of full active participation
the new program should not exceed 3 weeks in length.
The Working Group observed that the present NIS
has progressively been reduced from 5 to 3 weeks because
of the difficulty participating agencies were experiencing
in releasing senior personnel for such a course. It
concludes that a longer program would not be feasible.
5. The Seminar should continue to be conducted by a
faculty of representatives from the five principal
foreign affairs agencies, under the chairmanship of the
representative of the Department of State.
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past year acquired new and more adequate facilities
for the Seminar.,, It also has substantial experience
in conducting interagency training programs. The group
sees no reason to change the present physical and
administrative arrangements.
6. The Seminar should continue to be operated on a
shared funding basis by STATE, DOD, AID, USIA, and CIA.
Participation of personnel from other agencies should be
on a tuition basis. New quotas adjusted to reflect past
experience should be established. If approved by the
main participating agencies, financial support would be
based on the following quota percentages:*
FY-1971
PROPOSED
PERCENTAGE
PRESENT
ACTUAL
QUOTAS:
OF
AGENCY
QUOTAS
PARTICIPATION
Session
Total
SUPPORT
STATE
96
43
12
72
20%
DOD
80
118
16
96
27%
AID
90
40
12 -
72
20%
CIA
48
39
8
48
13%
USIA
30
19
5
30
8%
OTHER
7
42
12%
TOTAL
344
259
60
360
100%
*Past and proposed budget attached.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. That the Under Secretaries Committee issue a
memorandum directive to the principal participating
agencies:
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(a) To redesignate the NIS on Problems of Develop--
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ment and Internal defense as the Foreign Affairs
Executive Seminar effective July 1, 1971.
(b) To broaden the focus of the Seminar and give
more stress to the process of policy implementation
and coordination, within a context of domestic
realities as well as current foreign policy issues
and National Security objectives. In carrying out this
objective the Seminar should continue to give balanced
attention to problems of "development" and "internal
defense" and also, to the policy-making process as it
affects national security.
(c) To plan the Seminar for a period not to exceed
3 weeks in length and to offer it at frequent enough
intervals throughout the year to meet the demands of
senior personnel assigned overseas.
(d) To open the
senior personnel from
international program
(e) To continue
training guidance on
addition, to provide
issues of concern to
Seminar on a selective basis to
the domestic agencies who have
responsibilities.
to serve as the focal point for
foreign internal defense and in
short interagency courses on timely
senior officers.
(f) To establish a system of staff rotation so that
the Seminar will have a continuing influx of fresh
experience.
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(g) To conduct an interagency program within the
framework of the FSI called the Foreign Affairs Executive
Seminar which shall be headed by a Chairman appointed by
the Department of State.
A review committee composed of one representative
from each of the primary supporting agencies shall be
established under the Chairmanship of the Director of
the FSI. The Committee shall report annually at the end
of the fiscal year on compliance with this directive to
the Under Secretaries Committee or more frequently if
requested by one or more members of the review committee.
(h) To assign senior executive-level or program
direction personnel who are assigned
overseas to the Seminar in anticipation of such assignments
regardless of whether the onward assignment is to a
developing or developed country. Officers assigned to
foreign affairs positions in the U.S. should also
be nominated for attendance.
(i) To provide financial and staff support to the
Seminar on a shared basis.
1. Syllabus
2. Draft Directive
.3. Special Working Group Membership
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ESTIMATED SHA1t]ED EXPENSES OF OPERATING
THE FAS IN FY-72
BASED ON PROPOSED NEW QUOTAS
Student
__Quota
%
Total
Program
Costs
Less Agency
Personnel
Contributed
Reimbursable
Cost
Per Agency
STATE
72
20.0
$ 66,049
$
$ 66,049
DOD
96
26.7
88,175
57,910
30,265
AID
72
"20.0
66,049
33,908
32,141
OA
48
13.3
43,923
30,660
13,263
USIA
30
8.3
27,410
30,410
(3,000)
OTHER*
42
11.7
38,639
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38
639
TOTAL
360
100.0
.$330,245
$152,888
,
$177,357
NOTE:
Under the proposed budget, the average cost per capita - per quota
would be $917.
Should tuition enrollment from other agencies not materialize, the charges
to the primary agencies would be proportionately increased.
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NIS GROSS C.OS CS
FISCAL Y?.AIR
OPERATING COSTS
1969
Actual
347,783
15,156
54,783
417,722
Obligations
1970
Actual
313,548
27,539
40,447
381,534
Obligations
1971
Projected
270,954
16,293
26,639
313,886
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1972
Projected
279,083
23)591
27,571
330,245
May 4, 1971
/1 3';0 Annu~,.ization of American Salaries
12 3.5: Cost of Living index
/3 Additional Operating Costs, $2,800 Update Library,_
$1,300 Transition, $2,400 Travel
O/FSI : B mat 5/4/71
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