OFFICE OF TRAINING BULLETIN

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DOCS HEREIN
APRIL 1957
COURSES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Area Training Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Area Training - Long-Term Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Americans Abroad - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Special Lecture Series: In the Major Languages of the World . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Regional Survey - Free Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Noontime Movie Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 19
Area Analysts Program-Near East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SAIS Summer Session and Conference: Tensions in the Middle East . . . . . . . . . 25
OTR Catalog course listing sheets:
Shorthand Theory Review B-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Introductory Shorthand Dictation B-14 (Inactive)
Intermediate Shorthand Dictation B-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Advanced Shorthand Dictation B-16
Reading Improvement 1-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Intelligence Research (Maps) 1-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Russian Familiarization (Non-OTR Conducted Training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Intensive Reading Courses: Polish; Romanian; Russian (Non-OTR Conducted Training) . . . . 34
Intensive Italian Grammar and Reading (Non-OTR Conducted Training) . . . . . . . . . 36
ARTICLES
Historical Intelligence Collection, by Walter L. Pforzheimer, Special Assistant to the DD/I . . 38
Language Development Program, by Chairman,
Committee on Language Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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V OTR CATALOG CHANCES -
PLEASE INK-IN THESE CORRECTIONS NOW
ADINIS=T FORE 0 ORDOn page
i, paragraph 1., delete the last two
words "and evaluations". These
evaluations now have been trans-
ferred to the Assessment and Evalua-
tion Staff/TR, extension 2155.
INTELLIGENCE TRAINING. On page ii,
paragraph 3., change 'T4 copies)" to
" (2 copies)".
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM AND THE
USSR TRAINING. On page iii, chanee
"(4 copies )11 to "(2 copies)".
ADMINISTRATIVE PR DURES, c ours e
code B-4. On the course listing
sheet, under PREREQUISITES, strike
"Pretest".
OTE RA, TIO__ SUPPORT, course code
B-5. On the course listing sheet,
under PREREQUIS ITES , add "Pretest".
READING ANALYSIS PROGRAM, course
code I-10. Canoe this course list-
ing sheet. It now is inactive.
/OTR CATALOG CHANGE -
READING SKILLS ANALYSIS TESTS
REPLACE THE READIN`_ANALYSIS PROGRAM
The Reading Anaysis Proggram.
course I-10, no longer is active;
please cancel the course listing in
your office copy of the GTR Catalog.
Superseding that 5-hour analysis
program, the Reading Improvement
Branch now offers the 2-hour reading
skills analysis which you read about
in the NENS section of the February
B.,ul_ tin. With the supervisor's
permission, any employee may arrange
to take this 2-hour analysis by
telephoning the Reading Improvement
Branch, extension 8210.
The tests are those given for
diagnosis and analysis of reading
skills at the beginning of Re n
ImQroovement, course I-7. On the
basis of scores on the tests, the
reading instructors will make recom-
mendations as to whether or not you
would profit from the Reading, Im-
p rov -men ? course. They will also
suggest other steps you may take to
improve your reading skills.
Particular Agency units desiring a
more detailed analysis for groups of
employees with specific reading re-
quirements may request this service
by calling extension 8210.
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SCIECT PUBLIGLTIONS AVAILABIE TO IOU
CLERICAL SKITS QUALIFICATION TESTS
SCHEDULED FCR APRIL AND MAY
Clerical Skills Qualification
Tests in shorthand and typewriting,
administered to on-the-job employees
who must meet Agency standards, will
be given during April and May on
Mondays, in Room 2300, Alcott Hall,
second floor, Wing C, as follows :
15 April 29 April 20 May
(Typewriting: 1315 Shorthand: 1400)
Supervisors who wish to have
employees tested should get in touch
with their Personnel Placement Offi-
cers . The officers will arrange .for
test registration.
Usually, employees who do not meet
the Agency clerical skills standards
in these tests. should be enrolled in
the Clerical Refresher ?Co -N4
listed in your office copy of the
O1 R C og as courses B-12 to B-19.
Copies of the following OTR bib-.
liography are available and may bit
requested through your Training (X'fl.-
c er, or by calling the Chief, OT:Et
Library, extension 3096:
P ycholosical W e s L ad I,
List, 8 pages, CIA INTERNAL USE ONEF,
February 1957.
Other OTR Library publications a.?
vailable upon request are:
OR Bookshelf, TR RM 0-8, 8 pages,,
9CRET II tNAL USE ONLY, March
1957.
List of Serial Title le s in OTR, TR R1U
0?-9, 32 pages, SECRET/ IA INTERNAL
UEE ONLY, April 1957,
The Isgstructos+ Gulde to Current
References, TR RM 0-3, SE i.
INTERNAL USE ONLI, is published every
two weeks by the 02R Library. Sample
copies may be obtained by calling eu-
t9nsion 3096.
Surplus copies of these non-kgenc;r
publications may be requested from
the Chief, OTR. Library, extension
3096:
CIC School, Confid,-25X1 A
e:ntial, 7 January 1952.
CIC School, Confid, 25X1 A
e:ntial, 5 September 1952.
The Inteieenoe Process,The Contev~
or Intelligence, and Organisation lit
Intell enee - a 3-part digest of
Strategio Intelligence by Shermeam
Kent. Unclassified.
dbook of the Soviet and Satellite
Andes Part 2 - The Satellite Aze-
mies. DA PAM 30-5, Confidential,
May 1954.
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NEW POLISH CONVERSATION SEMINAR
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN APRIL 25
Agency employees with a knowledge
of basic polish are invited to reg-
ister for admission too the new Polish
Conversation Seminar.
Beginning Anril 25, and continuing
through August 15, this Seminar, like
those in other languages, will meet
each Thursday for two hours (1200 to
1400) in Room 2605 Quarters Eye. The
leader will be an educated native of
Poland, with an intimate knowledge
of the land's language, culture, and
problems. The 2-hour period each
week will be devoted to informal dis-
cussion d' everyday topics and current
events. A small amount cf preparation
will be required for each meeting.
Persons interested in joining the
Seminar are requested to contact their
Training Officer, who will arrange
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extension 2381.
LANGUAGE STUDY PROGRESSES
Current enrollment in internal lan-
guage training courses is approxi-
mately 200; enrollment in self-study
programs is approximately 150.
The Language Laboratory, 2132 We
Building, was utilized by 121 students
during the past month, for a total of
1508 hours, in the study of 17 dif-
ferent languages.
MR Qualifications Review Panels
recently met to consider people for
the following programs:
Full Time Spanish language, 2
Full-Time French language, 3
Pull-Time Polish language, 2
Area Specialists Program (USSR), 1
Area Analysis Program (Near East),11
'NATIONALISM AND CCKMUNISM IN
THE ARAB WORLD'--
FIRST CURRENT PROBLEMS SUB VET
The first Current Problems Survey
to be offerred by the Language and
Area School/TR,a seminar on 'Nation-
alism and Communism in the Arab
World', is scheduled 17 to 21 June.
This course, which is being organized
by ext. 4437, wil25X1 A9a
be conducted by recognized scholars
and experts on the Middle East. The
objective is to provide middle and
senior grade personnel an opportunity
to explore the area's problems with
men who best know the profound changes
taking place is this restless area.
Tentatively scheduled to be given
full-time during the week of June 17-
21, the course may be re-scheduled to
run each afternoon during two succes-
sive weeks (beginning June 17), if
students prefer.
Language Proficiency examinations
were taken by 9 people from various
Agency components. The languages
were: Chinese (Mandarin), Czech,
French, German, Italian, Korean,
Persian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian,
Slovak, Slovene, and Spanish. --A
Additional information will be
given in the May issue of the Bulleti
Meantime, your inquires, and opinions
concerning scheduling,wil.l be welcom..
ed by the Principal Instructor, Mr.
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EAST AS TA SEMINAR AND LECTURES
Re.-Scheduled - Auditors Welcome
The RUQnal Survey - East%..Wa,
which now is in progress? was
announced in your March Bulletin on
pages 18 and 2.
Please correct the Cours
'ebjdule, on page 19, as follows:
22 April: Seminar - East Asia in
the World Today
24 April: Lecture: Japan Today, I
26 April: Lecture: Japan Today, II
Auditors are welcome at these ses-
s ions .
NEXT IN L:LIGENCE PRODUCTS E:HIBIT
SCHEDULED 11 APRIL, THURSDAY
Members of the Agency are invited
to attend the next Intelizeiice p;r2-
ducts Exhit, scheduled to be shown
in the Auditorium, Recreation and
Service Building, on Thursday,
1.1 April, between 0930 and 3200
hours. Succeeding exhibits are
scheduled for 9 May and 6 June.
Designed primarily as an integral
part of Intelligence Orientation,
course B-3 in your office copy of
the OTR Catalog, the exhibit has
been found to be of great interest
and significance to members of the
Agency. The exhibit is unique.. In
that it presents in one room a com-
prehensive view of the greater part
of the intelligence activities of
CIA.
FOR MFORMTION AND SERVICE
CALL "R/1 ." , EXT. 4005
The Office of Training is now in
the process of centralizing services
designed to advise and counsel
Agency personnel on training pro-
blems and to serve as a contact
point and clearing house within the
Agency for information on training2
opportunities. This change should
be of dual benefit to OT1 and to the
components served by OTR. For the
former, the separate Schools cat.,
direct more of their primary effort
to instructing Agency employees ir.
0Th internal programs; but more sig
n9:f icantly for the latter, training
service in connection with internal.
and external programs or courses cart
be provided more promptly and effi-
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ciently,
To organize these services,,
has been designs
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Training (R/TR) and
the Office of
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designated as Deputy.
Training Officers
and employees
are encouraged to forward inf orma.-
tion to the Registrar on externa:L
training programs and courses or on
other item such as prof essional
society meetings, exhibits and con-
ferences that have come to their
personal attention and which might
be of incidental or informal train..
ing interest to others. These items
of information will then be promptly
disseminated with other training
material received by the Registrar.
Inquiries about training and for..
mal requests for internal or exter..
nal training may be directed to the.
Registrar at 1102 Alcott, on eaten.
Sion 4005.
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LAS/TR DEVELOPS TESTS
IN OVER 40 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
The Testing and Research Staff of
the Language and Area School now is
in a position to give examinations
in 47 languages.
The examinations in German and
Spanish are in the standard format
which eventually will be applied to
examinations in all languages.
Other objective examinations, not
yet in standard format, are availa-
ble for French, Italian, Portuguese,
Romanian, and Russian.
Translation examinations are
available for Albanian, Arabic,
Armenian (Eastern), Bengali, Bulga-
rian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese
(Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew,
Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japa-
nese, Korean, Lettish, Lithuanian,
Malagasy, Malay (Jawi), Mongolian,
Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Serbo-
Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish,
Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish,
Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and
Yiddish.
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AREA TRAINING PROGRAM
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The first full year of cooperation of the Agency's Area Training
..Program has encouraged decisions as to which courses should be scheduled
at regular intervals. Such courses now number over 20, most of which
are to be found in the 12-month schedule below. A limited number of
additional courses will be considered upon a demonstration of actual
need. Suggestions or problems may be taken up with Chief.. 25X1A9a
Nestern Staff, and Co-ordinator, Area Training Program, Language and
Area School, extension 443T.
Program sessions of unusual interest in the past 12 months have
featured the following non Agency area specialists:
Dr. Dale Stewart, Curator of Physical Anthropology, Smithsonian Inst.
Dr o Louis Morton, Historian, Historical Section, Army
Dr, Kenneth Landon, Operations Coordination Board
State
eanor 'Dulles, Specialist on Berlin, Office of German Affairs,
Dr. Fritz Kraemer, Deputy Chief of the Public Affairs Division,
Office of Chief of Staff, Army
Mfr. Robert C. Creel Officer in Charge of German Political Affairs,
State
Colonel Samuel axis,, Head Politico-Military Division, OCNO
Mr. Norman Burns, Deputy Director, Near East Africa. Division, ICA
Six types of offerings are now included in this program in order
to meet widely differing needs:
The Basic Country Survex, running 60 to 70 hours, six to seven
hours a week for ten weeks, provides considerable depth and breadth
of information on a single important country, or grouping of small
countries. Historical and current aspects of social and political
organization, economic trends, culture, popular ideologies and
attitudes, and international relations are examined in the light
of the Agency mission.
The Regional Survey,, generally requiring an equal number of class
hours, emphasizes major intelligence ;probllms of a world region. It
is intended for those who already have considerable academic training
or job experience concerning the region.
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?rhe Integrated Area-Language course, which is the only full-time
offering, running 10 to 12weeks, provides intensive intermediate
or advanced language training using appropriate area materials in
the language as the chief vehicle of instruction. Such materials
are generally concerned with the principal country where the language
is spoken (i.e., the USSR, Japan, or Germany), but may also encompass
neighboring areas of strategic importance, Emphasis is on developing
a competence to report and discuss in the foreign language the
characteristics and problems of the area. Students attend certain
lectures held in simultaneous offerings of the appropriate basic
Country Survey or Regional Survey and later discuss with the speakers
concerned certain aspects of these lectures in the foreign language.
The Lecture Series is a program for presenting 10 or 12 weekly
lectures on strategically important aspects of a world region. These
series are concerned with regions which either hold outstanding
current interest for the intelligence profession or are not covered
by the periodic survey courses. The lectures by top specialists on
the subjects concerned are followed by ample question periods.
The Current Problems Survey is a seminar designed to sharpen appreciation,
by intermediate and senior level personnel, of the area-related elements
involved in selected intelligence problems focussing on a given foreign
country or region. Emphasis is on developing competence to discuss these
problems both orally and in written papers, with some freedom permitted
to select topics of direct interest in the student's particular work
assignment.
The Americans Abroad courses, running approximately 15 hours, are
indoctrination o a practical nature on a country or region for
those expecting to go there for the first time in the near future.
Employees and their dependents are prepared for a smooth personal
adjustment to living and working in the area. Emphasis is on
personal problems in respect to "processing out", security, law,
and health, and attention is focused, as well, on significant features
of the particular country of destination, such as geography, history,
strategic importance to the U.S., social customs, attitudes, and
sensitivities.
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AREA TRAINING - LONG-TERM SCHEDULE April 1957 through March 1958
The following schedule of AREA (INTERNAL) COURSES amends and extends
the schedule given in your OTR CATALCO OF COURSES, Long-term Schedules
(fold-outs) section. Courses UTSe a?' end during the next 12 months,
according to present plans are listed. Applications for enrollment should
be submitted in accordance with. the statement of "Language and Area Train-
ing (Internal) - Enrollment, Procedures" in the Administrative Foreword
section of the Catalog:
Regional Survey
Free Europe
23 Apr. - 2 July 1957
Principal Instructors
Tues., Thurs.
0900 - 1230
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Americans Abroad
8 - 12 Jul
1957
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wily
0900 - 1200
Americans Abroad
Western Europe
15 - 19 July 1957
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Daily
0900 - 1200
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Western Euro-oa
Principal Instructor s
7 - 11 Oct. 1957
Daily
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1330 - 1630
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Integrated Area-
Germany,
14 Oct. - 20 Dec. 1957
Language (advanced)
Prinnci:ial Instructors:
Daily
(in German) 25X1A9a
Full Time
Basic Jountry Survey
Germany
Principal Instructors
15 Oct - 19 Dec. 1957
Tues., Thurs.
0900 - 1230
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Western Europe
10 - iL Feb. 1958
Inc paalInstructor:
Daily
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1330 - 1630
Regional Survey
Free Europe
11March-15May1958
Principal Instructor:
Tues., Thurs.
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0900 - 1230
MICE EAST AND AFRICA
Middle East and North Africa
13 - 17 May 1957
Principal Instructor:
Daily
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1330 - 1630
Current Problems Sbrvve
Nationalism and Communism
17-- 21 June 195?
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in the Arab World
Daily
Principal Instructor:
Full Time
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Middle East and North Africa
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9 - 13 Sep. 1957
Principal
Instructor
Daily
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0900 - 1200
Basic Country Survey
Fertile Crescent (Lebanon,
9 Oct. - 13 Dec. 1957
Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Israel)
Wed., Fri.
Principal Instructor:
0900 - 1230
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Integrated Area-Language
Greece or Turkey
4 Nov. - 31 Jan. 1958
Daily
(Hours to be arranged)
Americans Abroad
Middle East and North Africa
13 - 17 Jan. 1958
Principal Instructor
Daily
0900 - 1230
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Regional Survey
National Interest of the U.S.
5 Feb. - 11 Apr. 1958
Inthe Middle East
Wed., Fri.
Principal InstrucEor:
0900 - 1230
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Regional Survey
Africa South of the Sahara
11 Man- 15May1958
Tues., Thurs.
0900 - 1200
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4 Oct - 20 Dec. 1957
Im orianceto the U. =.
Friday
FAR EAST
Principal Instructor:
To be announced
11130 - 1630
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Americans Abroad
20 - 24 May 1957
Princ:.pallris tructor :
Daily
To be announced
1400 - 1630
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Americans Abroad
17 - 21 June 1957
Principal Instructor:
.Daily
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1400 - 1630
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Basic Country Survey
China
8 Jul - 13 Sep 1957
(Possibly integrated)
Principal Instructor:
Mon., lived., Fri.
To be announced
1000 - 1200
Current Problems Survey
Politi.ca1 aVItems of Asia
Principal Instructors:
22 Jul - 30 Aug 1957
Mon., Wed., Fri.
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1000 - 1200
Southeast Asia
Principal Instructor:
26 - 30 Aug 1957
Daily
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1400 - 1630
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Americans Abroad
Princi pal Instructor :
16 - 20 Sep. 1957
Daily
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1400 - 1630
Integrated language/Area
16 Sep - 13 Dec. 1957
(:in Russian) Principal :Instructor :
Mon., died., Fri.
25X1A9a
0845 - 1045
Basic Country Survey
Phi?2i.ne s
Principal 'Instructor:
To be announced
7 Oct. - 15 Nov. 1957'
Mon., Wed., Fri.
1000 - 1200
Regional Survey
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Economic Factors in Asia
Principal :Instructor:
8 Oct. - 14 Nov. 1957
Tues., Thurs.
1400 - 1600
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Regional Survey
East Asia
21 Oct. - 29 Nov. 1957
Pr` pal Instructor:
Mon., Wed., Fri.
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14oo - 1600
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Americans Abroad
qwl Instructors
17 - 21 Feb. 1958
Daily
25X1A9a
1400 - 1630
Regional Survey
Southeast Asia
18 Feb. - 24 Apr. 1958
?nc nstructor:
Tues., Thurs.
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Integrated Language/Area
U.S.S.R.
1400 - 1700
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Principal Instructors
3 Mar. - 30 May 19
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Mon., Wed., Fri.
0845 - 1045
Integrated Language/Area
Japan
'Prtneipal Instructors
10 Mar. - 9 May 1958
Daily
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Note 1: An integrated language/area program on Central Asia is being
planned for the fall of 1957 to begin with a language course
in Uzbek. Watch the u18 letin for further announcement.
Note 2s It is hoped that arrangement can be made to offer two courses,
one on the Mowcow-Pei in Axis in the fall of 1957 and one on
the Soviet Bloc in early 1956, Watch the Bulletin for further
announcement.
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AMERICANS ABROAD 20 MAY TO 24 MAY
St, regional-type Americans abroad course
25X1 A will be given daily from 1400 to 1630 hours in Room 2524
Quarters Eye Building.
All personnel, including their adult dependents expecting to go
for the first time to this area Within the next year are encouraged to
attend. Applications for registration of employees must be submitted
to the Registrar by 6 May. Requests for admission of dependents should
be submitted by Training Officers through the Office of Security to the
Chief, Language and.Area School. Further information may be obtained
25X1A9a by calling Extension 33414.
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SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES
IN THE MAJOR LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD
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10 OCTOBER TO
1 MAY 1957
All CIA personnel interested in improving their language proficiency
and area knowledge are invited to attend a series of foreign language lectures
(see Lecture Schedule below) presented Wednesdays at 1,230 hurs, in room
1-82, Quarters Eye. Information regarding the series may be obtained by
callir to arrange with your supervisor for authorization prior to attendance at any
one of the lectures.
Recognizing the need for increased knowledge in the language and area
fields, the office ofTraining is offering this series of lectures to be
given in the major languages of the world by CIA personnel. Topics of
particular interest, both to analysts and personnel in operations, have
been selected. The purpose is twofold: To advance your knowledge of
foreign languages; to increase your insight into the understanding of
foreign peoples - their patterns of thought and behavior.
A special feature of the program is the amount of attention devoted
to the theme "Understanding and Dealing With Foreign Peoples." Individual
lecturers will speak on how to understand and deal with the Russians, the
Japanese, the Latin Americans, etc. In this way, much of the "know-how"
gained by our personnel through years of experience will be transmitted
to you. As a result, it is hoped that in your contacts with the different
nationalities, both here and abroad, you will be able to establish more
effective rapport and attaiLn better results.
Summaries of the lectures, in English, will be provided in the
"Understanding and Dealing With Foreign People" talks, and also in a few
other instances. The lecture in Arabic, due to the very limited number
of Agency personnel able to understand this language, will be given in
English with a brief summary following in Arabic.
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3 April
Italian
rrTher C ises of the Italian Communist Farty," Edward
MM
25X1A6d
10 April.
Russian
"Economic Defense Problems of the Free World Today,"
ORR.
17 April
24 April
29 April
15 May
Spanish
French
German
German
"Orientation To Social Customs and Behavior P e wt
in the Spanish-Speaking World," 5X1 A6d
OTR
"Psychological Factors in Intelligence Work and
Training," (Summary in English), 1A6d
OTR
"Impressions of a World Wide Tour," X1A6d
"Why West Germans Defect to East Germany," A6d
ORR
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REGIONAL SURVEY FREE EUROPE
23 APRIL TO 2 JULY
This course is concerned with all the countries of Europe west of the Iron
Curtain. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 0900 to 1230 hours in
Room 2132 I Building. Applications for registration must be submitted to the
Registrar on or before 9 April. An interview with the principal instructor,
extension 44372 is required of all applicants.
Emphasis will be placed upon Western Europe's national and international
problems which have strategic implications for the security of the United States.
The course is designed for personnel whose assignments are concerned with Western
Europe as a whole or with any part thereof. Others may be admitted on the basis
of a demonstrated minimum preparedness and need. All students will be expected
to devote an hour a day, on the average, to outside reading, and to show a
reasonable grasp of the main lines of the course in a final examination.
COURSE SCHEDULE
ORIENTATION
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
Introduction: Course rationale, objectives,
23 April
1030
- 1115
activities
Ke ote address: Europe and the United States
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1120
- 1230
Films: "Along the Railway Tracks of Europe";
Thursday
0900
- 1000
"Wings to Europe" (color)
Survey of strategic problems
25 April
1015
- 1115
Films: "The Story of MDAP"; "Recovery of Europe
1115
- 1230
through ECA"; "Power for All" (color)
Survey of strategic problems (concluded)
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
Map study - locational orientation
30 April
1030
- 1115
Color slides of 10 countries
1115
- 1230
Geography: economic and strategic
HISTORY
Thursday
0900
- 1015
A framework
2 May
1030
- 1130
Film: "Europe - A Human Adventure"
1130
- 1230
A framework (concluded)
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Tuesday
0900
- 101.5
Roots of Contemporary problems - Medieval times
7 May
1030
- 1115
Films: "The Rise of Nations in Europe"; Colonial
Expansion of European Nations "
1115
- 1230
Roots of Contemporary problems - Early modern
i,imes, to 1800
Thursday
0900
- 1015
Background of 'World Wars I and II, 1800 - 19110
9 May
1030
T 1145
]Impact of World War II
11115
- 1315*
Films "True Glory" (survey of background of
the war)
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
F:mergepce of contemporary ideologies
1t May
1030
- 1130
Film: "Here Is Germany" (record of militarism)
1130
- 120
Open
NATIONAL STRATEGIC PROBLEMS
Thursday
0900
- 1015
United Kingdom
16 May
1030
- 1100
Film: "Introducing the U.K." (NATO Series)
1100
- 1130
Discussion
1130
- 1230
United Kingdom (concluded)
1230
- 1250*
Film: "This Is Great Britain"
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
Germany.
21 May
1030
- 1100
Film: "Introducing Germany" (NATO Series)
1100
- 1130
Discussion
1130
- 1230
Germany (concluded)
Thursday
0900
- 1015
France
23 May
1030
- 1130
Films: "Introducing France" (NATO Series)
":France Is a Garden" (color)
1130
- 1230
France (concluded)
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
Italy
28 May
1030
- 1100
Film: ".Introducing Italy" (NATO Series)
1100
- 1130
D:Jscussion
1130
- 1230
Italy (concluded)
1230
- 1250*
Film: "Wings to Vikingland"
Tuesday
0900
- 1000
Scandinavian countries (panel)
4 June
1020
- 1120
Benelux countries (panel)
1130
- 1230
Austria and Switzerland (panel)
1230
- 1255*
F:L1m: "Wings to Austria"
* Film showings extending past 1230 hours are on a voluntary basis
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0900
- 1015
Iberian countries (panel)
6 June
1030
- 1120
Films: "Introducing Portugal"; "Introducing
Turkey" (NATO Series)
1120
- 1230
Turkey, Greece, and Yugoslavia (panel)
1230
- 1215*
Film: "Spain"
REGIONAL STRATEGIC PROBLEMS
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
International Tensions
11 June
1030
- 1120
Discussion
1120
- 1230
Economic Relationships
Thursday
0900
- 1015
Integration: The Movement - record and outlook
"
13 June
1030
- 1115
Films: "155 Million Strong"; "Will Europe Unite?
1120
- 1230
Integration: The Organizations - personnel and
functions
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
Atlantic Alliance: organization and functions -
18 June
national official and popular attitudes
1030
- 1115
Discussion
1120
- 1230
Military contribution
Thursday
0900
- 1000
Economic defense: Strategic controls
20 June
1015
- 1115
Discussion
1120
- 1230
Open
Tuesday
0900
- 1015
Soviet strategy and Communist potential
25 June
1030
- 1115
Discussion
1120
- 1230
Open
SUMMARY
Thursday
0900
- 1015
Situation Summary and Outlook
27 June
1030
- 1110
Film: "Flight into Time" (color)
1115
- 1230
U.S. Policy toward Western Europe
Tuesday
2 July
0900
- 1200
Final examination
* Film showings extending past 1230 hours are on a voluntary basis
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APRIL AND MAY
You are invited to attend the various foreign language and English films
to be shown in Room 1-82 Quarters Eye, at 1200 hours as scheduled below. Films
of both entertainment and factual types are included. If you enjoy foreign
films, desire to improve your lal:sguae proficiency, or seek additional "area"
knowledge, you will find these programs interesting and beneficial. Occasion-
ally if it is impossible to secure a scheduled film a substitution will be
made. For further information, please call extension 2381. 25X1A9a
You will, of course, wish to arrange with your supervisor for authorization to
attend those films which require time in excess of your lunch hour.
8 April Soviet Asia Area films: "Birobidzhan" G6582, 16 min.(Silent);
Monday "From the Aral Sea to the Caspian" E6253, 23 min.; "Soviet
Buryat-Mongilia" D6292, 57 min. (In Russian).
9 April French film: "Nocturnal Frolics" D6174, 110 min.
Tuesday (About a Music Hall Troupe)
10 April Russian Newsreels
Wednesday
11 April Asia Area film: "William Faulkner's Impressions of Japan"
Thursday J6240, 14 min.; "Japan Today" J6338, 14 min.; "The Chinese
Peasant Goes to Market" J6702, 11. min.; "Tientsin-Gateway
to North China" G6954, 11 Min.; "Mongolia and China" G7083,
32 min.
12 April Middle East Area films: "Flight into the Mediterranean"
Friday (From Lisbon to Israel) 16422, 31. min.; "Tangier, Marrakech
and the Foreign Legion" J,6738, 26 min.; "Tunisia, Libya,
Egypt" J6162, 30 min.; "History of Saudi Arabia" 20 min.
:L5 April Soviet Asia Area films: '''Soviet Kazakhstan" D6045, 45 min.;
Monday "Soviet Tadzhikstan" E601:5, 52 min.; (In English)
16 April East Asia Area films: "Beauty Spots of Japan" C1018, 10 min.;
Tuesday "Japan and Democracy" E6262, 17 min.; "Kyoto Story" G6661,
25 min. ; "China.-The Land and the Peoples" H1233, 12 min. ; "',That
is China" B7367, 23 min.
1.7 April Russian film: "The Man With a Gun" (Film of action during
Wednesday Bolshevik Revolution)
7.8 April German Newsreels
Thursday
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Friday (Describes evolution of Czechoslovakia up to Munich)
22 April Soviet Asia Area films: "Soviet Azerbaidzhan" D6044, 17 min.;
I'onday "Soviet Uzbekistan" D6320, 52 min. (In English)
23 April East Asia Area films: "Rural life in Japan" J6632, 17 min.; "~
Tuesday "Pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji" J6630, 21 min.; "Festivals in Japan"
J0760, 22 min.; "Tibet" J1382, 45 min.
24 April Russian Newsreels
Wednesday
25 April West European Area films: "Wings to Europe" A3015, 30 min.;
Thursday "Along the Railway Tracks of Europe" H1176, 10 min.; "The
Story of Recovery" B7598, 11 min.
26 April Soviet Asia area films: "Peoples of the Soviet Union" B6097,
Friday 1952 version; "Soviet Taiga'"; "The Caucasus" H6748, 22 min.;
"In the Heart of Soviet Asia" G7292, 22 min.
2Q April German film: "The Ruler" B1339, 105 min.
Monday (Emil Jannings film about Steel Magnate; Dutch French subtitles)
30 April West European Area films : "The Story of MDIP"" G7006, 222min. ;
Tuesday "Power for All" E0584, 20 min.; "Our Adventure to Europe"
J6311, 34 min.(Student Group visits Western Europe).
1 May Russian film: "The Sea Hunter" H6559, 78 min.
Wednesday (Russians fight Germans in Submarine War in World War II)
2 May French film: "Savoy Hotel 217" D6242, 72 min.
Thursday (Mystery film)
3 May West European Area films: "Europe-Humaine Adventure" H6930,
Friday 65 min. (In English or French)
6 May West European Area films: "The Rise of Nations in Europe"
Monday J6010, 12 min.; "Colonial Expansion of European Nations""
J6008, 13 min.; "France and its People" J0912, 13 min.
7 May Cantonese film: "God of Creation" 37 min.
Tuesday (0i the Natural Sciences): Alternate film in Manderin will be
shown if necessary)
8 May Russian Newsreels
Wednesday
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9 May Polish film: "Ulica Graniczna" 110 min.
Thursday (Prize winner at Venice film festival; on Warsaw Ghetto
uprising)
10 May English Documentary: "True Glory" A0093, 90 min.
Friday (A Survey of Back:grouV, leading to World War II)
13 May West European Area films: "Here is Germany" A9050, 60 min.
Monday (Record of Militarism); "Germany, Key to Europe" 0945, 20 min.
14 May German film: "Soviet Whalers" 58 min.
Tuesday
15 May Russian film: "The Immortal Garrison"
Wednesday (Prizewinning Epic of Defense of Brest Garrison in World War II)
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AREA ANALYSTS PROGRAM -- NEAR EAST 1 JULY TO
25X1 C 1957 Summer SeminaESEEMEL- 27 SEPTEMBER
25X1 C
Applications for the 1957 Summer Seminar are due in the
Office of Training by 15 March.
25X1 C
The program is intended only for Headquarters analysts and intel-
ligence officers of the middle grades whose duty assignments are
directly related to the Near East. Persons who do not fall within this
scope normally will not be considered for this program.
Prerequisites are: Top Secret clearance; One year of Agency ser-
vice; Bachelor's degree, or equivalent; Competence to perform graduate
study; GS-7 to GS-12, and at least one year of duty at CIA Headquarters
directly involving major use of substantive materials on the Near East;
Certification by OTR Qualifications Review Panel on 28 March.
Applications should be submitted on CIA Form No. 136, Request for
Training at Non-CIA _Faeility. Along with this request for training, ap-
plicants must submit transcripts of academic records above high school
and a statement of past academic training and professional experience
concerned with the Near East. Applicants must also take:or have taken,
the Professional Employees Testing Battery (PETB) prior to 1 March.
This test may be arranged for by calling Extension8322.
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SAIS SUMMER SESSION TE?SIONS IN 24 JUNE TO
AND CONFERENCE THEE DDLE.EAST 29 AUGUST
The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) announces
that its 1957 graduate summer session, 24,, June - 23 August, and con-
ference, 26-29 August, will concern TENSIONS IN THEM D
Specific simmer session course offerings are as follows:
PROBLEMS OF NATIONALISM AND SOVEREIG
25X1A
AMER:[CAN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
25X1A
COMMUNISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
25X1A
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THE MI])DLE EAST
Robert Sethia:n, Department of Commerce
SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST 25X1 A
Applications for summer session courses are due in the Office of
Training by 1 April and include attendance at the four-day conference.
Applications for conference only are due by 15 July.
Applications for courses (including conference) or conference only
should be submitted on CIA Form No. 136, Request for Training It Non-
CIA Facility. The conference is to- invitation only. Agency employees
desiring invitations may obtain these only through the Office of Train-
ing. only
Persons requesting a full-time program (2 courses for credit and
1 course audit) must submit transcripts of academic records above high
school along with their training request, in order to be certified by
the OTR Qualifications Review Panel on 25 April.
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TITLE Shorthand Theory Review
OBJECTIVES Intensive Review of entire Gregg shorthand system
Dictation speed of 60 words a minute or faster
?'RER,QUISIT'S Secret clearance
Basic knowledge of Gregg shorthand theory
Pretest
ENROLL 'NT 5 to 20
Dt fl'0.N Four weeks - 1-k hours a day (30 hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
B-14
TITLE Introductory Shorthand Dictation
(Inactive as of 3 August 1956)
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OBJr,CTIVFS Review of Gregg shorthand theory and concentrated study
of a diversified vocabulary
Dictation speed of 70 words a ,minute or faster
Review of Agency correspondence formats
PREREQUISITES Secret clearance
Pretest or achievement of objectives in preceding class
(Dictation speed of 60 words as minute)
ENROLLMENT 5 to 20
PIIRATION' Four weeks - 1+ hours a day (25 hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
B-16
OBJECTIVF',S Review of Gregg ;shorthand theory and stenogranhic practice
in Agency te:rm.inology
Dictation speed of 80 words a minute or faster
Review of Agency correspondence formats
PREREQUISITES Secret clearance
7,NRdLT.T4ENP 5 to 20
DURATION Four weeks -- l- - hours a day (25i hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
Pretest or achievement of objectives in proceding class
(Dictation speed of 70 words a minute)
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TITLE Reading Improvement
OBJECTIVES Increase reading efficiency, by improving comprehension
and speed in scanning, informational reading and study
reading
P RERWQUISITE Scores on a group of pre-training tests must indicate
scope for improvement
Course objectives must be applicable to job performance
a ENROLT_MNT
DURATION
36 hours: five 1 -hour sessions ner week for seven weeks,
plus terminal interview
0 LOCATION Headquarters
Adults who are average or better than average readers can increase
their reading efficiency, and they can retain the higher skill level
indefinitely.
The intelligence officer can improve his speed, understanding, concen-
tration and memory in reading, by overcoming specialized reading habits.
The course develops a variety of reading techniques, and the ability to
adapt technique suitably to reading problems of varying complexity and
length.
F'ach student spends approximately 75% of his time in the course per-
forming instructional exercises in study reading, information reading and
scanning techniques, He reads Foreign Service Despatches, CS reports,
nolitical articles, and 00 reports for diverse practical nurnoses, and at
different rates. The remaining 25% of course time is devoted to lectures,
group discussions, and individual consultation with the instructor.
The instructor and student analyze a profile of the student's reading
skills at the beginning of the course. The individual's class work and
assignments emphasize those skills which he particularly needs to develop.
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listing and place it in your office copy of the OTR Catalog as course
number 1-12.
TITLE Intelligence Research (Maps)
OBJECTIVES An appreciation of the significance of geographic factors
in intelligence analysis; an introduction to map research
methodology; and, development, through practice, of the
skills required to derive a maximum of information from
US and foreign maps.
PREREQUISITES Secret clearance
ENROLLMENT 10 to 15
?
DURATION Three mornings a week for three weeks (27 hours)
?
LOCATION Headquarters
Intelligence Research (Maps)_ is designed to:
? Relate geography to intelligence analysis. Examine the various
types of geography and the influence of geographic environment upon human
activities. Illustrate the importance of geographic factors bearing on
the intelligence problem by specific examples. Identify and classify on
a functional basis the types of maps of value to the intelligence officer
and demonstrate their preparation for use as briefing aids. Impart a
general understanding of the problem of map projection, but emphasize
the advantages and limitations of those projections most likely to be en-
countered by the Intelligence Officer in the course of his work. Teach
the simple skills required in order to derive a maximum of information
from maps.
'Rroaden the range of the map user through familiarity with maps
produced by various U.S. Agencies; and, with the principal military to-
pographic, commercial, and non-military map series published in foreign
countries. 'Teach the mathematical formulas needed to convert foreign
geographic coordinates based on the metric system; and, adjust geo-
graphic references based on prime meridians other than that passing through
? Greenwich. Familiarize the students with map reference materials available
for geographic research; and, the comprehensive map support services offered
by components of CIA and other government departments. Test by means of a
Class Problem the various skills taught throughout the course.
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TITLE Russian Familiarization
OBJECTIVE Orientation to the Russian Language
PREREQUISITES Provisionally cleared persons may register
ENROLLMENT 5 to 15
DURATION 3 weeks: 2 one hour lectures per week
LOCATION FM
25X1A6d
The course is designed primarily for clerical and secretarial
personnel whose work requires minimal familiarity with the Russian
language. The lectures discuss the Cyrillic alphabet; translitera-
tion; pronunciation; punctuation, capitalization, syllabification;
geographical and personal names; basic features of grammar; numbers,
dates, time; geography of the USSR: party and government organiza-
tion; important personalities; use of dictionaries, encyclopedias,
and other reference books.
For information, contact the Training Officer, O0/FDD, ext. 3016
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TITIE Intensive Reading Courses: Polish, Romanian; Russian
OBJECTIVE To develop high-level reading ability as rapidly as
possible
PREREQUISITES Previous knowledge of an inflected foreign language, and
an understanding of the terminology of grammar
B.A. degree, or equivalent
Achievement of a score on the Foreign Language aptitude
test in the highest or second highest category on the
rating scale.
ENROLLMENT 3 to 10
DURATION 10 to 14 weeks: Full time
LOCATION FDD
25X1A6d
The sole direct aim of each course is to teach the student to read
materials of the type and level he will find in operations. Hence no
attempt is made to teach conversation or composition. The student ac-
quires a thorough recognitional knowledge of grammar and a very large
passive vocabulary.
The course consists of 60 excerpts from current publications, in-
volving all levels of difficulty and on a variety of subjects, with
vocabularies and grammatical notes. The rate of instruction is as
rapid as the ability of the students will permit.
The FDD examination is given at the end of the course.
For information, contact the Training Officet, 00/FDD, ext. 3016.
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TITLE Intensive Italian Grammar and Reading
OBJECTIVE Ability to read Italian newspaper articles
FRER:},UISITES Previous knowledge of a Romance language
Achievement of a score on the Foreign Language aptitude
test in the highest or second highest category on the
rating scale
ENROLLM:-,'NT 3 to 12
DURATION 17 weeks: 3 hours of instruction, plus 3 hours of
study in the operations area, supplemented by
additional study on the student's own time
LOCATION FAD
The course consists of approximately 7 weeks' study of Russo's
"Elementary Italian Grammar," followed by 10 weeks of reading and
translating as selected Italian newspaper articles of current opera-
tional value.
The FDD examination is given at the end of the course.
For information, contact The Training Officer, OO/FDD, ext. 3016
25X1A6d
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HISTORICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION
(by Walter L. Pforzheimer, Special Assistant to the DD/I)
A little over a year ago, the Director of Central Intelligence expressed
a desire that CIA should develop the best intelligence library in the world,
to cover the subject of intelligence in its broadest meaning, in all languages
and on all countries. As a result, the Historical Intelligence Collection
(HIC) was established under the DD/I, headed by a Special Assistant to the DD/I.
At the present time, HIC consists largely of books on the subject of
intelligence; to a lesser extent, magazine articles in the field are also
being included, but, as time goes on, more and more of the periodical litera-
ture will be brought into the Collection. Some classified material on subjects
of interest to the Collection, particularly in the form of manuals, is also
being added, although the full. extent of the inclusion of classified material
has not yet been determined.
The books on the subject of intelligence which were in the CIA Library
have been brought together in HIC, and a vigorous purchasing policy has been
adopted. At the present time, the Collection is apvroaching 4,000 volumes
in size. HIC is located in 1348 M Building (ext. 2970), and all are welcome
to come in, browse, and borrow the books.
It should be emphasized that HIC is a collection on the sub ect of intel-
ligence and not on the product of intelligence. Its scope includes such things
as military, strategic, and national intelligence, as well as espionage, counter
espionage, unconventional warfare in all of its aspects--including guerrillas,
resistance movements, partisans, special forces, escape and evasion, subversion,
clandestine press--and such other subjects as economic and psychological warfare,
prisoners of war, cryptography, loyalty and security, and various elements of
intelligence trade craft. As far as we can determine, nowhere else in the
world is there a collection of similar size and scope.
What are the purposes which lie behind the Director's establishment of the
Historical Intelligence Collection? In the first place, there is the question
of precedents. No matter what the profession, one can always build upon the
experiences of the past. For instance, there are still only three basic ways
to escape from a prisoner of war camp--over the wall, under the wall, or through
the wall. The rest is a matter of careful organization and individual ingenuity.
The many books on this subject in HIC show much concerning the ingenuity of
those who escaped. Such things as the documented hoax, so skillfully narrated
in The Man Who Never Ws.s, are only further refinements of similar operations in
World War I and before. HIC also has some interesting early books on the sub-
stantive side of intelligence.
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In addition to the precedents which can be gleaned from this Collection,
it was established in part to study the traditions of the intelligence pro-
fession--a profession which ranks with the oldest in the world. Its traditions
should be as real to us as are the traditions of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corns to the members of those services. In America the tradition
goes back to the Revolution, for certainly no commander was ever more conscious
of intelligence or relied on it more heavily than General Washington. His
awareness of it was summed t.p in a letter he wrote to one of his officers:
"The necessity of procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not be
further urged--All that remains for me to add is, that you keep the whole matter
as secret as possible, . . ,'1
In addition to the precedents which can be culled from this Collection
and the traditions which it represents, HIC will serve as a training tool.
If the facts, somewhat beclouded in history, regarding the capture of Major
Andre and Nathan Hale can be relied on, one can only reach the conclusion that
if either of them had stopped to think for even a minute or second, neither
of them would have been caught, and the literature of intelligence would have
been the poorer. But their momentary lapses are as timely for training purposes
today as similar aberrations in World War II or thereafter. As time goes on,
it is hoped that its very completeness will commend HIC to the training of
intelligence personnel. To be sure, new scientific advances refine many aspects
of intelligence, but no profession--whether it be law, or medicine, or science,
,or intelligence--can afford to overlook the basic lessons of the past and the
foundations on which the profession is built. Nor does HIC relegate itself
only to antiquity--the past is only yesterday, and tomorrow's books are already
on order.
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LANGUAGE 1EVELOPNENT PROGRAM
25X1 A9a (by Chairman, Committee on Language Development) 25X1 A
1A "Language Development Program," dated 4 February 1957,
is a personal message from the Director of Central Intelligence to every
employee of the Agency. This Notice announces the establishment of the
Language Development Program and urges each of you to participate in it.
The Notice further invites your attention to Regulation which pre-
scribes the policies and responsibilities for the direct on an administra-
tion of the program and sets forth the conditions governing your participa-
tion in it. a
25X1 A
In addition to those mentioned above there are two noti ou
will need to read before you can enter the Program. Notice
1A "Schedule o f Awards a n d Instructions," establishes the amour s o awards
for the various types and levels of proficiency and tells you how to enter
the Program. Notice "Classification of Languages for Award Pur-
poses," designates those languages which are awardable now.
In reviewing these documents you will note that:
a. All language training authorized under the Program will be
provided at Agency expense whether or not it is undertaken during duty
hours or on off-duty time, or related or unrelated to the duty assign-
ment of the individual concerned.
b. If you believe you possess an awardable level of proficiency in
one or more foreign language, all you need to do is to fill out Agency
Form 444c, copies of which are now available in all Agency supply roomg
in accordance with the instructions on it and send it to your Adminis-
trative Officer. This action will establish you as a candidate for a
Maintenance Award, payable 12 months from the date you complete the
form, provided that you achieve satisfactory results on an official
Agency proficiency test. Such tests will be scheduled just prior to
the expiration of the initial 12-month period and annually thereafter.
c. If you have no knowledge of a foreign language, or have less
than an awardable level of proficiency in one, or if you wish to in-
crease the level of proficiency you now possess, you may apply for
language training on Agency Form #73, "Request for Internal Training."
This action will establish you as a candidate for an achievement award
upon satisfactory completion of your training.
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There are two reasons why those of you who are now proficient in a for-
eign language at any one of the three awardable levels should complete and
forward Agency Form 444c, Language Data Record., as soon as possible. First,
the date you complete the form establishes the anniversary date of your
annual maintenance award payment, as long as you remain eligible and quali-
fied. Second, the data on the form is necessary for inclusion in the
Language Qualifications Register.
For those of you who intend to apply for training under the provisions
of the program, the following information is provided for your guidance in
making application:
a. For the purposes of Regulation- language training will
be considered. .
yoluntarv trail whenever 5]$ or more of the time spent in class-
room instruction and in required laboratory work is spent during
off-duty hours, and
Directed t ining whenever 51% or more. of the time spent in class-
room instruction and. in required laboratory work is spent during
duty hours.
These definitions apply whether or not the individual is directed by
his supervisor to take language training in: whole or in part during off-
duty hours. Whenever the individual voluntarily chooses to study a lan-
guage, not directed by his supervisor but is authorized duty hour time 1
for such study in excess of 51% of the total time required to learn the
language, such training will be regarded as directed training.
b. The Office of Training will. attempt to provide for
hours instruction in the languages listed in Notice as rapidly
as sufficient numbers of students indicate an interest in learning them,
and provided that internal or external facilities are available during
such times to offer the instruction.
c. In applying for language training on a "directed basis" use the
established procedures currently in effect. If you are not familiar
with them consult your Training Officer.
d. In applying for language training on a "voluntary basis" fill
out Form h}73 in accordance with the following instructions:
(1) Complete items 1 - 14, inclusive.
(2) Omit items 15 and 16.
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and experience. Give name of language, dates of training, and type
of course and experience, (e.g., two years high school; 12 semester
hours, college; residence in a foreign country for 18 months, etc.)
(4) Item 18 will be filled in by the instructor after your
scheduled interview with him.
(5) If the course you want is an existing scheduled course,
list its title in item 19.
(6) Under "Remarks," item 20, indicate that you are. applying
for "voluntary training" and state your preference for before or
after duty hours training. In addition, outline the type of train-
ing you require in terms of your objective. (e.g., I am a begin-
ning student and I wish to achieve the elementary level of
comprehensive proficiency; I am at the (elementary) (intermediate)
level of (specialized) (comprehensive) proficiency and I wish to
achieve the ( ) level of ( ) proficiency,
etc.)
(7) If you are a beginning student, or,if you are an advanced
student and have not had prior Agency sponsored language training,
you will be required to take the language aptitude test. The re-
sults you achieve on the test is one of the determining factors in
the acceptance by the Director of Training of your enrollment as a
language student.
e. Agency sponsored off-duty hours courses are designed to provide
five classroom hours of instruction and seven hours of required labora-
tory work and study per week. Satisfactory completion of beginning
courses will qualify the student at the elementary level of comprehen-
sive proficiency in the language. Consequently, the duration of any
beginning course will vary in accordance with the difficulty of the
language concerned. Beginning courses in the easier languages will
consist of four 16-week semesters. The duration of advanced courses
1A will vary dependent upon the level of proficiency the student possesses
when he enters the course.
The Committee on Language Development has been established under the
provisions of Regulatioras advisory to the Director of Training to
assist him in the administration of the Program. If you have any questions
or recommendations for the improvement of the Program, these should be for-
warded to the Committee through your Training Officer. For your informa-
tion, the Committee is composed of the following members:
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25X1A9a extension 3531, Chairman, representing the Direc-
o Training
25X1A9a extension 2888, representing the Director of Per-
sonne
25X1A9a , extension 22.28, representing the Deputy Director
iLsupport)
25X1A9a extension 641, representing the Deputy Direc-
,or . n e . gene
25X1A9a
extension 3951, representing the Deputy Director
(,Plans
The Office of Training Bu1g;tin will continue to keep you informed of
new information concerning the Language Development Program; meantime, con-
tact your Training Officer for 'f'urther information.
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For information regarding courses ana registiraL,.Lou PFQUc t uU, L-R-
your office copy of the OTR Catalog and your OTR Bulletin, and consult
your Training Officer. To register in a course, secure the approval
and sponsorship of your supervisor. OTR registration deadline and
course dates follow. /please check with your Training Officer regard-
1n his special deadlines for applications7?
COURSE TITLE
Intelligence Orientation B-3
(R&S Auditorium)
Administrative Drocedures B-4
25X1A6d (136
25X1A6d (See your OTR Catalog) B-5
(136
A PPLY BY
22 Apr
DURATION
29 Apr - 24 May
20 May 27 May - 21 June
27 May
3 - 21 June
*29 July-16 Aug
(cancelled)
2 Sept *9 - 27 Sept
22 Apr 29 Apr-31 May
*24 June-26 July
(cancelled)
22 July 29 July-31 Aug
*19 Aug - 20 Sept
(cancelled)
23 Sept *30 Sept - 1 Nov
Basic Supervision (GS 5-7) B-7 15 Apr
Basic Supervision (GS 12-14) 29 Apr
Basic Supervision (GS 9-11) 27 May
(0830 - 1230 hours, daily
25X1A6d 155 ~
Basic Management (GS 12-14) B-8
Basic Management (GS 13-15) 6 May
Basic Management (GS 11-13) 10 June
(0830 - 1230 hours, daily
25X1A6d 155 ~
*22 Apr - 3 May
6 - 17 May
3 - 14 June
*22 Apr - 3 May
(cancelled)
13 - 24 May
17 - 28 June
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COURSE TITLE BODE APPLY BY DURATION
Clerical Refresher Program B-12 to 15 Apr 22 Apr - 17 May
(2300 Alcott) B-19 22 May 27 May - 21 June
Pre-testing for the Clerical Refresher Program, is scheduled for
18 April and 23 May in Room 23001 Wing C, Alcott Hall as follows:
0900-1000 Typing 1000-1100 Shorthand 1100-1200 E lish Usage
Instructional Techniques 3-20 13 May
(2 011 R&S) 17 June
Effective Writing 3-21
Dependents' Briefing 3-23 (See your
(117 Central Bldg)
TrainilIc'
Officer)
Party Organization and C-2 20 May
Operations
(0830-:1230, daily,
2202 Alcott)
Intelligence Techniques I-1 20 May
(2027 I&S )
Conference Leadership 1-3 15 April
(0830-:1130 hours,
Monday, Wednesday
2025 MS)
Writing Workshop 1-6 15 Apr
(0900-1200 hours,
let wk: Mon, Tues, Thurs
last 2 wks: Tues, Tours
2026 FI&S )
Reading Improvement I.7 8 Apr
(2402 Alcott)
8 May
12 June
00/C Refresher
(Room 425,
1717 H St)
I-11 3 June
20-24May
24 - 28 June
*6 May-12 July
(cancelled)
7 - 8 May
4 - 5 June
27 14%y-21 June
27 May-21 June
22 Apr - 29 May
22 Apr - 16 May
*15 Apr - 8 May
(was 15 Apr -
31 May)
*15 May - 7 June
17 June - 2 Aug
10 - 19 June
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COURSE TITLE
CODE
APPLY
DURATION
("0" course titles are
0-1
16 Sept
*30 Sept - 31 Jan
listed only in OTR
(was 3 Sept -
Catalog 100-1)
20 Dee)
0-2
15 Apr
29 Apr - 7 June
0-4
8 Apr
*15 Apr - 3 May
(was 1 - 19 Apr)
6 May
17 June
13 - 31 May
24 June - 12 July
*5 _23Aug
(cancelled)
0-5
22 Apr
29 Apr - 10 May
0-6
22 Apr
29 Apr - 24 May
0-10
17 June
24 June - 12 July
0-15
6 May
13 - 31 May
0-17
15 Apr
29 Apr - 24 May
0-24
3 June
17 June - 5 July
0-25
13 May
24 June
20 May - 7 June
1 - 19 July
0-26
(See your
Trainin
Officer
13 May
*PLEASE BE SURE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES ON THE TANG TERM SCE
S (FOLD-OUT CHARTS) IN THE BACK OF YOUR OFFICE COPY OF THE
OTR CATALOG
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AREA TRAINING
Applications for Area Training, Part-Time Language Training, and
Integrated Area-Language Program Training must be submitted to the
Registrar, Office of Training, at least two weeks prior to the
starting date of the course,.
25X1A
Registrar's
Course Title Deadline Course Dates
Regional Survey-
Free Europe 9 April 23 Apr - 27 June
Current Problems Survey:
ona sm anunism 3 June 17 June - 21 June
in the Arab World
Americans Abroad:
Middle East and North Africa 29 April 13 May - 17 May
6 May 20 May - 24 May
INTENSIVE (FULL_TIME) LANGUAGE TRAINING
Applications for Intensive (Full-Time) language courses should be
submitted at least 6 weeks, and preferably 3 months, prior to the
beginning dates of the courses. Qualifications of all applicants
are considered by OTR Qualifications Review Panels prior to ap-
proval for training. The following courses are listed in the same
sequence shown on the Lc .g-Term Course Schedule contained in your
OTR CATALOG.
Basic
Persian 13 May - 26 October
Turkish 3 June - 8 March 1958
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS
The Foreign Language Proficiency Tests are for those persons
who already have some knowledge of a given language, and are designed
to test how well a person reads, writes, and speaks that language.
Individuals applying for intermediate or advanced study of a language
may be required by the Office of Training to take the proficiency
test in that language in order to determine just what further train-
ing will be most rewarding. The written part of the test (covering
reading and writing) requires about 3 - 4 hours and is given in the
morning. The oral part requires about 15 minutes for each person
and is given in the afternoon. Individuals may elect, or be required,
to take tests in reading, writing, or speaking, or any combination
of these capabilities. All tests are administered on Thursdays, in
Room 2623, Quarters Eye. Call extension 4640 or 3315, at least one
week prior to the date of a test, to arrange an arpoi_ntment.
G. Apr German 16 May Chinese (Mandarin).
Dutch
11 Apr Norwegian Slovene
15 Apr Spanish 23 Ihy Arabic
Korean
25 Apr Bengali
Russian 6 Jun German
Urdu
2 May French
Hindi 1? Jun Jaoia.nese
Slovak Persian
C May Bulgarian 27 Jun Russian
Danish
Indonesian
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