EVALUATION OF SEA SUMMER PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP54-00216A000100040024-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: September 10, 1952
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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DATE: 10 September 1952
SUBJECT: Evaluation of SEA Summer Program
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From the point of view of one of my limited knowledge
of the Far East (1 year in the area, 1 year in Far East section,
ONE), the program was valuable indeed. It provided a basis for
increasing background knowledge and already puts the daily traffic
into some perspective (not that everything is suddenly 3-dimen-
sional). However, I think the course was of a caliber to appeal
at least in some aspects to those of much wider experience.
cholarly lectures, representing the broadest famil-
iarity with cultural aspects of the area, were particularly out-
standing from this point of view.
I special field of knowledge is
Indonesia and one of the best lectures of the course was one in
which he compared the colonial record in Indonesia and the Philip-
pines. His other lectures were summary in nature.
geography lectures were well-planned and uniformly interesting
particularly for those of us whose "geography" left off in 5th
grade. A negative reaction to lectures reflects for
one thing a lack of training in economics. With the exception of
isolated facts, I was able to absorb nothing from what struck me
as equivocal, tentative, unrehearsed comment.
The instructors usually assigned themselves an ambitious
amount of material to cover within a 2-hour period, leaving little
room for discussion. The concentration of the course, however,
probably permitted some to participate who otherwise would have
been discouraged, from the point of view of office work load, by
a longer range project. Although the lectures were best heard in
continuity, particularly I I one could attend single
lectures profitably because each one was devoted more or less to a
single topic. If at all possible another summer, a classroom with
windows should be made available.
Limited outside reading is the minimum that can be ex-
pected of one privileged to attend such a series of lectures. An
opportunity to read under the impetus, in context, of the personal
recommendation of an instructor should be capitalized on.
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