WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040148-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 148
• Publication Date: March 18, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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6TANDARD FORM NO. 64 ..
Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Chief, Language and Area School
FROM : Deputy Chief, Area Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
DATE: 18 March 1959
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. We are giving serious thought to the agenda for our annual
area planning conference t the first day or two
of the week of 6 April, at Several sharp breaks
with the past will be discussed, sue as abandonment of the
word "Survey" in our course titles and placing our main em-
phasis on senior seminars and "overseasmanship".
2. First session of the second half of the Current Problems
Seminar on Free Europe was held in "I" Building at a time
when no language tests were scheduled. Our "old" lecture
room remains by far the best facility available for a senior
seminar of more than 8 or 10 students. It is more than
twice the size of our new quarters Eye conference room and
has no posts as has our new lecture room, to obscure the view
around a large conference table.
3.
This session served to explore both administrative and sub-
stantive problems involved in the second seminar theme,
"The implications of the European integration process for
the future of that area and for long-term American interests
there." Most difficult task was to impress on some partici-
pants the absolute necessity of limiting their presentations
on the 27th to conclusions only, thus avoiding the summaries
of data in which some indulged in the last go-around. Also,
absences of three members pointed up the difficulty of in-
suring full attendance even when a se is limited to six
sessions. A second enrollee, (ONE), is now con-
sidered dropped out, of the original total of 16 registrants.
25 YEAR
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4. Per DTR's instructions, I called Merchant's office a week ago
to set up a briefing appointment. Pressure of business has
not yet permitted him to work me in, but a few moments before
the 26th are promised. I have the bare essentials ready on
paper to leave with him. His secretary could not yet say
whether he will be able to hear Zurcher at 1200 hours, or
lunch with us at 1320.
5. We are holding an appreciation letter for Nitze, which we
will forward for DTR's signature when our check for his
honorarium is available.
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