WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040049-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: September 30, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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2. Intermediate German RSW (FT) began on Monday with three students
from F.F. Division. All are graduates of the preceding Basic course.
3. I is supervising the production of recorded drill materials
to be used in basic German instruction. These drills will be a valuable
addition to our German materials.
4. LAS is providing instructor guidance and training materials for
two external tutorial programs in French starting immediately and
continuing to the end of the year. The tutors were given a preliminary
briefing by and the Romance Language staff on Tuesday. LAS will
continue to support this activity within the limitations posed by
schedules and personnel.
5. Part-time Basic Spanish, Phase I began on Monday 28 September
with six students, one from USIA.
6. The first full-time Arabic course in LAS history got underway
on 28 September with four students. Afifth, who has already had some
Arabic, is scheduled to join the class 15 October. is being
assisted in this course by who is on indefinite loan to LAS
for this purpose. We have a so received clearance to hire he is
to come to Washington on 5 October to discuss possible employment.
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7. A full-time Chinese course also began 28.September, with six
students. One of these is the dependent (and pregnant) wife of another.
The plan is for her to continue in this course for about a month until
her baby arrives, and then, after a suitable interval, to join the part-
time Chinese course beginning 12 October. Her place in the full-time
course will be taken, about that time, by another student now away on
TDY, who has had some Chinese before. In this course is being
assisted by We still hope to find a replacement
we have one prospect on whom we have requested contact clearance.
8. The following Slavic language courses began this week: Basic
Full-time Russian; four specialized Russian reading courses; Basic
Russian (RSW), Phase I; Basic Russian (RSW), Phase II; Intermediate
Russian (RSW), Phase I; Integrated Language-Area Course, USSR, Phase I;
Russian Familiarization; Basic Serbo-Croatian Readin ; Basic Polish
Reading, Phase II; and Hungarian Workshop. is teaching all the
East European language courses other than Russ an.
9. Two students have submitted applications for admission to the
next Basic Polish Reading course, which will probably be offered the
spring semester. During the past five years Polish has consistently
held its place as the number two East European language, after Russian,
from the standpoint of Agency interest.
10.~has been elected Vice President of the Washin ton
Linmila is Club. Carleton Hodge, FSI, was chosen President and
Assistant Director, Center for Applied Linguistics, Secretary-
12. Final statements of achievement were sent out this week to 26
students who completed the Elementary or Intermediate courses in Arabic,
French and German during the summer trimester of the VLTP and achieved
satisfactory scores on the Agency Proficiency test in August. The
results in German were the best yet recorded at the Elementary level.
The French students did very well at the Intermediate level. The best
performance of all was that of the four Arabic students, three of whom,
after the Elementary course (Arabic 101 - 104) achieved Intermediate
proficiency in the spoken language; the fourth achieved the established
goal of Elementary.
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