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FOR: Deputy Director for Operations
SUBJECT Counter Intelligence Staff,
Police Group Activities

1. Counter Intelligence Staff, Police Group (CI/PG)

is responsible for Staff coordination within the Office
of the Deputy Director for Operations for activi ties and
programs involving assistance to foreign police/security
forces for the purpose of exploiting such activities and
programs for intelligence purposes.
2. CI/PG maintains Li a i son wi t h the Office of- Public
Safety, Agency for International (OPS/AID)
I"--------iand its training facility, the International Police Academy
IPA CI PG also administers and supervises Project
n a 1.t1.on, coor 1.na e
Central Intelligence
ti ons Cours e . CI / PG Provi de s gu1. an ce
i, and counsel to the Area Divisions in matters pertaining
to police/security functions and activities. Specific
details of these functions are as follows:
LIAISON l'lITH OPS/AI D
CI/PG liaison with OPS/AID and IPA is conducted on a
daily basis and consists principally of:
A. exchange of information on IPA partic1pants, some
of whom later attend I Icourses I I
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B. arranging for inclusion of Agency sponsored partici-
pants in IPA/OPS/AID training programs,
C; arranging for IpA/OrS/AID briefings and tours for
foreign police/securi ty representatives sponsored
by CIA Area 00597

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F. coordinating the Agency's participation in the.

Tecllnical Investigations Course designed to
familiari2e the trainees '.ith the technique
required to properly investigate terrorist
activities wherein explosives have been utilized,
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PROJECT

ngage ln forei
o lce security personnel under
and selling
po a ce security personnel and organizations. I 11!lso
provides special training programs and
foreign police/securit nersonnel of interest to A ency
o erating divisions.
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acqulre e capa 1 1 Y 0 provl
police/security personnel in VIP
for Chiefs of State.

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not maintain direct contact or liaison

enforcement organization, local or federal, <>",

at home, or abroad. When the need arises, such Con tact is

sometimes made on our behalf by

an r o a »e c au s e a e na t u r e of its activities
(training of foreign police/security personnel at home
and abroad), and its Public Safety programs around the
wo r l d ,I Ihas such contacts at home - local and
federal level - hecause its personnel are personally
acquainted with Law enforcement dfficers thro.U:hout the
Uni ted States. fJemhers of the I _
I 1h ave, a ppear e d as guest 'rIl'e'TC-:1L-rurlr1e.-rl
Inst:lcutions as the U.S. Park Police, IPA", the U.S.
Secret Service; and the U. S. Treasury Enforcement Divis-ion.

3. In addition to the liaison mentioned in the

previous paragraph, the Agency maintains liaison in varying
degrees wi t h foreign police/security organizations through
its field stations. The existence and extent thereof,
however, is a decision to be Area Division,
and is not the responsibility of

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an experienced and respected law enforcement officer, was
a bona fide DPS/AID officer assigned to the AID missipn
in Uruguay, and was never a CIA employee or agent.

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-SUBJEq Joint CIA/USAID Terrorist

Investigations Course 17 (English language)
CI Staff's Project I I

1. This effort is a joint CIA/USAIO'training program

for foreign police/securi ty personnel. The initial phase
of the training will be conducted at the International
Police Academy (IPA), Washington,- D.C. during the period I
2-27 April 1973. The following subject matter is covered
in this phase of the training: techniques,
collection and preservation of evidence, records, files,
and reporting, gathering of information on terrorist
groups and thei r acti vi ties. a student s e rri na r dcvoted
to discussions on terrorist and other hostile activities
currently existing in e'cir rcsnective countries. etc.
This phase of the-training is concluded by a two day
orientation hy the 8oIr.!) Squad of the Dade Coun ty Police,
Departnent in Florida.

of this training will be conducted

30 April - 25 1973.
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develop individual student technical capability to real-
istically conduct ihvcstir,ations into known or suspected
incidents of sabotage/terrorist bombings by:

a. P'r-cv'i d i n g trainees wLth basic kn owIe dge -Ln tho

uses of commercial and military demolitions and
incendiaries as they may he, applied in terrorism
and indus trial sabotage operations. ,_.

b. Introducing the trainees to corunc r ci a Ll.y available

materials and home laboratory t.e chn Lque s. Li ke Iy .
to be used in the -mnnuf'a c tu rc of explosives and
incendiaries by terrorists or saboteurs.

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c. Familiarizing the trainees with the concept

of target analysis and operational planning
that a saboteur or -t.e r ror-Is t must enp Loy ,
d. Introducing the trainees to booby trapping
devices and techniques g i vinR practfcal
experience wi th I:oth manuf'ac turo d and
improvised devices t.h rough actual fabrication.
the necessity of alertness for
detecting and countering Dooby'traps placed
by s ab o to urs or terrorists.
c. Conducting several field exercises to give
each trainee the opportunity for detecting I
. and neutralizing various e xp l o s Lve and
. incendiary devices likely to be used by
terroris ts or s ab o te ur-s , Lnc LudLna letter
bombs, packages, attache cases, etc.
f. Conductinr. seVeral investip.atlve fIeld
exercises of exnlosive incidents to alert
the trainee to the need for and manner in
which to colloct, identify, and preserve
legally admisable for prosecutive
action.

3. The program provides the trainees ampLe

opportunity to develop basic fa!!liliarity and use proficiently
through handling, and the various
explosive .charges, incendiary D.f:ents, terrorist devices
and s ab o t age techniques. t;SAIO, International Police
Academy received reports from Fo ree r fo r e i gn .
police/security personnel who participated in the .pr-og ram
indicating that they :<ore ca Ll e d upon to utilize tIle skills
they a cqu i red rh rough this training in the handling of
explosive devices in their respective countr is
a letter from a particioant in TIC 16
stating that he de ac t i v a t e d 11 letter bkco"'p'"',"-=O"V"l'C"'c"---'=="-!was
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sent to the I I
Embassy in 1 ----'1
4. Subject course will have 26 participants from ten
(10) foreign countries. (9) are financed by AID,
cight((e.) by CIA and nine (9) hy tho Lr own gove rnncn t.s ,

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5. Separate end of course reports will be prepared by .

" USAID and CIA, TSD personnell

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Chief, Counter Intelligence Staff
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FACTS STATISTICS

AID/ors TRAINING
International Police Academy sponsors some
seven hundred (700) foreign police officers for training
in the United States each year. These officers are selected
from underdeveloped countries. I 1
TRAINING

some .
1aw en for ce men t .

During PY 1973r-1sunnorted two of our field

stations by in VIP protective secvrity
for I'-- rs onnel . "
AID/OrS-CIA TRAINING
During FY 1973 two joint USAID/OPS/CIA 'I'echn i cal Inves ti-
-ga t i on s training programs were conducted for Dforeign "
police/security 'personnel The
purpose of the training is to develop student
technical capability to realistically conduct investigations
into known or suspected' incidents of sabotage/terrorist
bombing or other activities.

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