WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT #12 22 - 28 MARCH 1962

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06084A000300010005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 28, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

Office ' Memorandum ' UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Director of Training
THRU : Chief, Operations School, OTR
DATE: 28 March 1962
FROM : Chief, Training Assistance Staff, Operations School
suBJECT: Weekly Activity Report 7,`12
22 - 28 March 1962
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS:
None to report.
B. OTHER ITEMS:
1. INTELLIGENCE TERMS IN ARABIC:
More than a year ago NEE Division spoke to us about having
one of their Headquarters staff agents translate our Selected
List of Intelligence Terms into Arabic. We agreed, but heard
nothing further from NE. On 23 March of NE 25X1A9a
phoned to say that he had been assigned the task of pushing
through this translation and asked if OTR had any objection to
the project. He wants to give the F'ench version of the
glossary to a field asset to translate. Because of the document1s
25X1A9a SECRET classification, Mr. will deliver it to the agent
25X1A9a in bits and pieces. We referred Mr. - to CI/OA for approval
and requested copies of the finished product.
During the past few weeks _ has been devoting substantial
time and effort to clearing the way for PM class #3ts trip to
25X1A6a In the process he compiled a file of all pertinent
documents and cables, together with memos for the record cover-
ing each of the many and occasionally tortuous steps in the
process of administrative preparation. This file will be of
substantial value to whoever handles this task for the next
group. Meanwhile, "Pop" and the trainees are ready to go and,
25X1A barring any last-minute complications, will be flying the
at 0500 hours on 1 April.
3. JCS GLOSSARY OF COUNTERINSURGENCY TERMS:
As reported last week, we have recently had a number of
requests from various components of the Armed Services for the
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25X1A book were sent to CC/OS, OH OS
that the JCS adopted verbatim our definitions 25X1A
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Glossary of Operational Terminology. We attribute this sudden
upsurge to the requirement levied on the DOD to produce a
draft glossary of counterinsurgency terms for inter-agency
discussion. Also as reported last week we received the JCSts
version in thermofax with a request for 25X1A
comments. (There was a SNAFU in the mails and Ben had to send
us a second copy, though the first finally arrived. This,
with the approval of C/OS, we sent to We are planning 25X1A6a
to have more copies made before the thermofax fades away, and
will send one to DTR.) Ben, in his Southern Gentlemanly
manner, said he would like us to confine our comments to
substance; in less diplomatic terms, l{Dontt nitpick the
syntax.'# With a gargantuan effort we controlled our impulse
to remove the Hand/or t s n and the "to include t s " and limited
ourselves to pointing out what we considered. diversities in
Agency and Pentagon interpretation. We noted with approval
C. ADMINISTRATIVE IT? IS:
The monthly report to the P)5 is attached to this report.
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h . TRAINING MATERIALS FORWARDED:
a. Glossary of erational Terminolog : One copy to
Colonel Clifford. Opper of the Flans and Policy Staff, Joint
Chiefs of Staff;
b.
Girl Guide: Six copies to
Station;
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?!'&r: Two copies of a paper on contact procedures to
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