1973 cia report on its relationship with the usaid office of public safety

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Counter Intell igence Staff ,Police Group Activi t ies

CI/PG maintains Li a i son wi t h the Office of- PublicAgency for Internat ional (OPS/AID)training f ac i l i ty , the Internat ional Police AcademyCI PG also administers and supervises Project

C; arranging for IpA/OrS/AID briefings andforeign police/secur i ty representat ivesby CIA Area

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A. exchange o f i nforma ti on on IPA part ic1pants, someof whom la ter attend I Icourses I II '1-,--B. arranging for inclusion of Agency sponsoredpants in IPA/OPS/AID training programs,

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1. Counter Intel l igence Staf f , Police Group (CI/PG)is responsible for Staf f coordination within the Officeof the Deputy Director for Operations for act ivi t ies andprograms involving assistance to foreign police/secur i tyforces for the purpose of exploit ing such act ivi t ies andprograms for inte l l igence purposes.

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LIAISON l'lITH OPS/AIDCI/PG l iaison with OPS/AID and IPA is conducted on ad aily b as is and consists principal ly of:

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i ons Cours e . CI / PG Provi de s gu1. ancei, and counsel to the Area Divisions in matters pertainingto police/secur i ty functions and ac t ivi t ies . Specificdetai ls of these func tions are as follows:


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F. coordinating the Agency's part icipation in the.Tecllnical Investigations Course designed tofamiliari2e the trainees ' . i th the techniquerequ ired to prope rly invest igate t e r ror i s tac t iv i t ies wherein explosives have been uti l ized,

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ngage o lce security personnel underand se l l ing po ace security personnel and organizations. I 11!lsoprovides specia l t raining programs and foreign police/secur i t nersonnel of in teres t to A encyo e rat ing d iv is ions.acqulre e capa 1 1 Y 0 provlpol ice/securi ty personnel in VIPfor Chiefs of State.

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COlUlENT not maintain di rec t contac t o r l i a i son enforcement organiza t ion, loca l or federa l , ",a t home, or abroad. When the need a r i se s , such Con ta c t i ssometimes made on our behal f by

3. In addi t ion to the l i a i son mentioned in theprevious paragraph, the Agency maintains l i a i son in varyingdegrees wi t h foreign pol ice / secur i ty organizat ions throughi t s f i e ld s ta t i ons . The exis tence and extent t he reof ,however, i s a decis ion to be Area Divis ion ,and i s no t the respons ib i l i ty of

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an r oa e c au s e a e na t u r e of i t s ac t i v i t i e s( t ra in in g o f foreign pol ice / secur i ty personnel a t homeand abroad) , and i t s Public Safety programs around thewo r l d , I Ihas such contacts a t home - loca l andfedera l l e v e l - hecause i t s personnel are personal lyacqua in ted w i th Law enforcement dff icers thro.U:hout theUni ted Sta tes . fJemhers of the I _I 1have, appeare d as gues t 'rIl'e'TC-:1L-rurlr1e.-rl Inst : lcut ions as the U.S. Park Pol ice , IPA", the U.S.Secret Service ; and the U. S. Treasury Enforcement Divis-ion.

wi. t uan-,.\, an !ii t r i on e ,an experienced and respected law enforcement of f i ce r , wasa bona f ide DPS/AID of f i ce r assigned to the AID missipnin Uruguay, and was never a CIA employee or agent .


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Jo i n t CIA/USAID Ter ro r i s t Inves t iga t ions Course 17 (English language)CI Sta f f ' s Pro jec t I I

a . P'r-cv'i d i n g t ra inees wLth bas ic kn owIe dge -Ln thouses o f commercial and mil i ta ry demoli t ions andi ncend ia r i e s as they may he, appl ied in te r ror ismand indus t r i a l sabotage opera t ions . ,_.

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b . Int roducing the t ra ine es to corunc r c i a Ll.y avai lablemater ia ls and home labora tory t.e chnLque s. Li ke Iy .to be used in the -mnnuf'ac tu rc o f explos ives andincend iar ies by t e r ro r i s t s o r s ab ote ur s.

1 . This e f fo r t i s a j o in t CIA/USAIO'training programfo r fore ign po l i ce / secur i ty personne l . The i n i t i a l phaseof the t r a i n ing wi l l be conducted a t the In te rna t iona lPol ice Academy (IPA), Washington,- D.C. during the period2-27 Apri l 1973. The fol lowing sub jec t matter i s coveredin t h i s phase of the t ra in ing: techniques ,col lec t ion and prese rva t ion o f evidence, records , f i l e s ,and repor t ing , gather ing o f informat ion on t e r r o r i s tgroups and t he i r ac t ivi t i e s . a s tuden t ser r ina r dcvotedto discussions on t e r r o r i s t and othe r hos t i l e ac t i v i t i e scur rent ly ex i s t i ng in e ' c i r rcsnec t ive coun t r ies . e tc .This phase o f th e- t ra in in g i s concluded by a two dayor ienta t ion hy the 8oIr.!) Squad o f the Dade Coun ty Police,Departnent in Flor ida .

e t e cnn r c i ans u t i l Lze Ic o v e . The ob j ec t i ve 0 f th :ns,-,e.,-,...O....---...c."ll-"e'-.t"'rAa"l.nn"l"n""'g-,l."s--.t"o----develop ind iv idua l s tuden t technica l c ap ab il i ty to rea l -i s t i c a l l y conduct ihvcst i r ,a t ions into known or suspectedinc iden ts o f sabo tage / t e r ro r i s t bombings by:

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c . Famil iar iz ing the t ra inees with the concepto f t a rge t analysis and operat ional planningt ha t a saboteur o r -t.er ror-Is t must enp Loy ,

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f. Conductinr. seVeral invest ip.at lve f Ie lde xe rcise s o f exnlosive in cidents to a le r tthe t ra in ee to the need for and manner inwhich to c o ll oc t, id e nt if y, and preservel ega l ly admisable for prosecut iveac t ion .

d. In tr od uc in g th e t ra inees to booby t rappingdevices and techniques gi vinR prac t fca lexperience wi th I:oth manuf'ac tu ro d andimprovised devices t.h rough ac tua l fabr ica t ion . the n ecess ity of a le rtn ess fo rdetect ing and countering Dooby'traps placedby s ab o to u rs or t e r ro r i s t s .

c . Conducting severa l f ie ld exercises to giveeach t ra inee th e o ppor tu nity for detec t ing I. and neut ra l iz ing var ious e xp l os Lve and. incendiary devices l ike ly to be used byt e r ro r i s ts or s ab o te ur-s , LncLudLna l e t t e rbombs, packages, a tta ch e c as es, e tc .

3. The program provides the t ra inees ampLeopportunity to develop basic fa!!l i l iari ty and use prof ic ien t lythrough handling, and th e v ario usexp los ive .cha rges, incendiary D.f:ents, t e r ro r i s t devicesand s ab o t age techniques . t;SAIO, Internat ional PoliceAcademy received reports from Foree r fo r e i gn .pol ice /secur i ty personnel who par t ic ipa ted in the .pr-ogramindicat ing tha t they :


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5. Sep arat e end o f course r e p o r t s w i l l be p r e p a r e d by .USAID and CIA, TSD p e r s o n n e l l

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FACTS STATISTICS 't

AID/ors TRAINING Internat ional Police Academy sponsors someseven hundred (700) foreign police off icers for t ra iningin the United States each year. These off icers are selected

from underdeveloped countries. I 1TRAINING

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During PY 1973 r - 1 s unno r t e d two of our f ieldsta t ions by in VIP prot ec tive secv r it yfor I'-- rs onnel . "AID/OrS-CIA TRAINING

During FY 1973 two joint USAID/OPS/CIA 'I'echn i cal Inves t i --ga t i ons t ra ining programs were conducted for Dfo re i gn "police/secur i ty 'personnel Thepurpose of the t ra ining is to develop studenttechnical capability to realis t ically conduct investigationsinto known or suspected' incidents of sabotage/ terror is tbombing or other ac t ivi t ies .

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