WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040090-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 90
• Publication Date: July 1, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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TO Acting Chief, language and Area School
FROM : Deputy for language Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. 01'HER ACTIVITIES
DATE: 1 July 1959
1. A Qualifications Review Panel has recommended three candidates
for next fall's internal full-time Chinese course, with the recommendation
that one of them, whose prospects for achievement seem much higher than
those of the others, be transferred to another program at the end of two
or three months if there turns out to be too great a disparity in per-
formance. A fourth candidate will be considered at a later QRP.
2. I Ihas asked our advice on their plan to arrange for
a one-hour-a-day intra-desk Thai course. interviewed
the FE man whom they are considering as an instructor, and will furnish
texts and guidance on request.
3. The newest in the series of OTR language publications, an Uzbek
reader, has appeared in a 100-copy edition. This reader, which can be
used for beginning and intermediate students, was designed and compiled
entirely by~ It represents many hours of hard work and is an
excellent job. Thanks are also due to Graphics for the art work.
4. Qualifications Review Panels have been waived on two candidates
from BE for Basic German RSW (FT) beginning in the Fall.
5. Basic German RSW (PT) Phase I ended today with a showing of
only two students. The original 9 students had been depleted by with-
drawals due to overseas departures and changes of assignment.
6. ~ has reported for duty after two semesters of study at
Cornell. He has been briefed by on the current activities and
problems of the Slavic Departmen
7. The FT Basic French class lost one student at the end of this
week. This leaves us with three students who are committed to finish the
course on 14 August.
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8. I (will be leaving us on 17 July rather than 1 August
as was anticipated. With at Georgetown three mornings a week
this will put additional pressure on the French staff until new instructors
are available. Two applications of native French speakers are currently
being considered and should be acted upon in the next few days.
U iIF1 E DIAL
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