STAGE 1 TRAINING COMPLETIONS (PRELIMINARY REPORT)
CIA-STARGATE
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This memo, dated July 1984, is from I. Swann to Hal and discusses the completion of Stage 1 training in the CIA's Stargate program. Four trainees finished Stage 1, which primarily took place in the New York office. The trainees successfully learned the technicalities of Stage 1 and expressed a desire to move on to Stage 2. The memo also includes a chart showing the number of simulated training sites required for each trainee to achieve Stage 1. The count of necessary training sites was higher than initially expected. The memo mentions previous trainees from a terminated prototype project and two earlier client-selected trainees, with their respective numbers of simulated site sessions. The average number of sites necessary for each group is also provided. All three training programs were delivered in the same manner, with the same orientation, lectures, coaching, and instruction. The environment for the last group was described as being peaceful without any upsets.
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MEMO TO Hal
FROM. I.Swann
Subject: Stage 1 training completions (Preliminary report)
All four client-selected trainees who had embarked on S-1
at the beginning of the year, finished S-1 on or about July 20, 1984.
The greater part of the training took place at the New York office.
Each of the trainees achieved competence in learning the technicalities
of S-l. The training was enthisiastically received. Each wished to
go on to S-2, which, at this writing, has already commenced.
In terms of the quantity of simulated sites that were necessary
for each trainee to achieve S-1,
The following t$E chart illustrates the number of simulated
sites that were necessary for each trainee to achieve S-1:
Si
S-1, phase one S-1, pase two
TOTAL
69
~5
PS 48 48 I/ 87
ED 49 49 99
Total simulated site sessions
The large overal count of necessary simulated training sites is
somewhat in excels of what we expected. Our expectations, and thus the
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estimated timing for S-1 that was indicated in our proposals, was
somewhat less. This time requirement was based upon the work of five
previous trainees in the original prototype project, which was
terminated in November 1983. The amount of simulated sites necessary
for these five to complete S-1 is as follows:
S-1, phase one
S-i, phase 2 Total
MA
35
16
51
JT
29
18
47
HP
15
28
43
JV
48
27 75
Total simulated site sessions 216
In addition to these five prototype trainees above, our estimation
of time and sites necessary to achieve S-1 also rested upon the overall
results of two pcev?oxe3:y earlier client selected trainees, as follows:
S-1, phase one S-l, phase 2 Total
28 25
53
28 26
54
The averages for the three groups are as follows:
Five prototype trainees:
54
sites necessary
First cliented selected group
53
sites necessary
Second client-selected group:
85
sites necessary
All three training programms were dilivered exactly the same, with
the same orientation and theoritical lectures, and the same coaching and
instruction during practical work, modified only by having to take into
account the individualities of each trainee, as has been our policy.
In fact, the environment xt in which the last group worked was much
different from the environment at SRI in Menlo Park, due to the fact
that there were no upsets at all, and the environment was benign and
peaceful.
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