DEAR DR. TIETJIN:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05343A000200020007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 28, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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June 28, 1974
Dear Dr. Tietjin:
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Enclosed is my proposal for external training. I felt
it would be helpful to you if I amplified on several points
which did not seem appropriate for inclusion in the formal
request, so am including them here on a less formal basis.
Should the training be approved, my admission to Yale
(or elsewhere) will still not be final until March, 1975,
when all acceptances are announced. However, I have corres-
ponded with the director of graduate studies of the Department
of the History of Science and Medicine, and based on my back-
ground (without reference to the Agency) and recent scores on
the Graduate Record Examination, he has assured me that there
should be no problem in being admitted to their program.
It would be very helpful if I could learn of the decision
on my request within the next few months if possible. Appli-
cations to these programs must be made in the preceding Fall,
and I will need the normal guideline as to how I should report
I will also need to
know how the financial aspects would be handled, assuming the
training is approved, as this is reflected in the application
questionnaires. (It would seem inappropriate to request a
fellowship from a private foundation - the Josiah Macy, Jr.
Foundation - under the present circumstances, though this is
the only alternative to private financing open to others
entering the program. University funds are essentially non-
existent in this field.) I'm unsure how the cost of the
training would be computed; if the tuition and fees involved
are considered, this amounts to approximately $4000 per term
at Yale.
As part of the proposal I would obviously convert from
Contract to Staff status. This was not mentioned in the
request as my intention is to remain with the Agency regardless;
this is not conditional on the external training being approved.
However, it is my strong desire to obtain the proposed schooling,
and I sincerely believe that the benefits to the Agency in
providing this to me would be great.
I believe this has covered the relevant points. If
further information would help, please let me know what is
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required. I am :sorry that I was unable to go over this in.
person during your recent visit to Saigon. Had I known of
your earlier chang 'n itinerary, I would have tried to.
arrange a visit to Your encouragement in developing
this proposal has, h appreciated.
are all doing well. We are
pleased to have had the extension in Saigon approved..
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