BASIC COUNTRY SURVEY - BURMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000100050010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 21, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUNI FOR,.
Training Liaison Officers (for distribution)
SUBJECT:
Basic Country S rvve3 ... earl
REFERENCES:
(a)
(b)
Memo toTLQ's from DTR dtd 16 Sept 55, subject:
Announcement of Schedule for Area Training
Courses
Memo to TLOxs from DTR dtd 25 Oct ~5, subjects
Area Training Courses-Guest Speakers
1, As announced in reference (a),, a Basic Country Survey Course
'on Burma will be offered, starting Mondays 5 December 1955 and ending
24 February 1956, as part of the LBT,S/ Area Training Program, Classes
will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 1445 to 1645, in
Raom 2132 n111 Building. No classes will be held between 22 December
and 3 January, inclusive, Guidance for outside reading will be offered,
a comprehensive bibliography provided and a selected list of books made
available in the LETS Reference Center,
2% The course will cover the physical features of the country,
the racial origins of the people, the social structure of the community,
the sacred area, the several minorities and, briefly, the political
and economic history of Burma, A close examination will be made of
the emergence of Burma as a modern state, the present day political,
economic and social structure, current stresses within and without and,
finally, the relationship and significance of Burma to the United States,
both in terms of United States security considerations and the foreign
policies of both countries. The purpose of the course is to give to
those taking it an appreciation and understanding of the country and
its people as a necessary introduction either to work in Burma or work
on that country in the discharge of Agency responsibilities,
for;
% The following guest speakers have been tentatively scheduled
Wedrsday, 7 December
OCI $ame Aspects of
the Current
Situation
Friday, 9 December
ORR, Physical Features
of Burma
Friday, 6 January Miss Rhea Blue r Depart- Buddhism and its
ment of State, OIR Ct?igins in Burma
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Monday, 23 January
Monday, 6 February
Philip Thayer, Dean
of SAIS
Friday, 10 February Robert Blum, President,
The Asia Foundation
Wednesday, 15 February Hon, William Sebald,
Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary of State for FE
The British Occupa-
tion of Burma
The Political Struc-
ture of Burma Today
The Current Picture
in Burma
The United States
Position in Southeast
Asia
4. LETS would like to accommodate auditors at any of the individual
sessions featuring guest speakers, and wishes to amend the previous an-
nouncement accordingly. In order to be assured of admission, however,
those interested in attending single meetings should notify the School
25X1
5, Persons desiring to participate in the complete course should
make arrangements for an interview with the principal instructor, Mr.
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.Contact their Training LiaisongOfficeerltolarrangeeforoform applicat on. 25X1
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Direotor of Training
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