WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 23

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06096A000300050019-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: August 19, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

A')PTIONAL FORM NO. 10
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To : Director of Training DATE: 19 August 1965
FROM : Chief, Language Training School
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 23
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. The last three of the 15 classes in the V
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i.e., 25 or more hours of absence out of the 95 to
98 regular class hours.
Voluntary Language Training Program ended on 12
August, thus officially closing the Spring-Summer
semester 1965. Seventy-one out of the 133 who began
classes in March completed their full 20 weeks VLTP
training. The dropout rate this semester was 47%.
Of the 71 students 17 had poor attendance records,
2. Twenty-one VLTP students took Agency Profi-
ciency Tests at the end of the basic course in French,
German, Russian and Spanish. Four are scheduled to
take the Italian test.
3. is back from three weeks at Defense
Language Institute/WC (formerly Army Language School)
in Monterey, California. He was there as a consultant
on their overseas language training program, especially
the Chinese course. The work was progressing well and
was able to give overall help with the form
o t Me course and framed the grammar section of the
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Chinese course into practically its final form.
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5. Experienced a mild scare on the 25X1A
water supply while the German language group was there
during the week 2-6 August. called and 25X1A
informed that the water samples, taken by a testing
laboratory, indicated the presence of bacteria. Small
indeed but sufficient to warrant necessary precautions.
Further samples were taken and subsequent analysis
proved negative. The language group took the inconven-
ience in stride and completed the week without incident.
6. The reserve water supply, for fire 25X1A
fighting purposes, has been installed and is operative.
The tank is underground and only the outlet is visible.
A fire detection system is scheduled for installation
within the next two weeks. This will provide a degree
of protection from fire when the site is unoccupied.
7. The language labs were used a total of 995
hours during the four-week period ending 7 August;
before hours 88, after hours 132 and weekends in
Arlington Towers 44.
25X1A 8. - will be Acting Chief/LTS during my
absence 23 August - 3 September.
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