LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04302A000100010008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 26, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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N F I D CONFIDENTIAL
Chief, Language and
ber 1956
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of. Plans and Policy Staff
COC (a REV 01TE~.3 _ E
Language Development Program c ma c w _IICal TY:'@ 2..
ORIG CLt4 S M_ R.Y CLVSS C.
JUST ZZ N.'--XT REV ,G.OI Q AU-NI HR 10.2
second meeting on 21 December 1956. the Committee
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Language Devopmentonclded tat te grp oanuages for
d purposes, as contained in your informal proposal, would
refit min inequalities to the individual in view of the relative
the languages in some cases and to the Agency in
since the criterion of need by the Agency would be difficult
to apply.
betical check-
tuages contained on Forms DS -1134 and DS-1134a,
dill"d III August 1956. tae forms, subjects: "Self-Appraisal of
l angua a Phro iciency" and "Self-Appraisal of Interpreting and
Proficiency",, are currently
in use by the Department of
Staft. Committee would like your recommendations on each of
the 87 wages listed as to which, of how many Groups A, B, C, D,
., eatft language should be placed in considering; first, the
relative difUculty of the language and, second, your general estimate
's need for numbers of people with proficiency in the
law- age, The Committee feels that the interaction of these two
s mid easily place a relatively simple language in a language
group ining a higher awardable proficiency than would normally
be Ahia~ se if only the factor of relative difficulty were considered.
p Hungarian, which now falls in Group A, could conceiv-
. placed in Group or Group C temporarily considering the
AN* of Agency need and the small number of people available who have
useable proficiency in it.
viewpoint; will you kindly provide your rating
es along side each language on the checklist
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