OFFICE OF TRAINING, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES, AND AREA-LANGUAGE' PROGRAMS.

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06369A000100140001-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 28, 1952
• Content Type: MF

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effort of the 4ger for qualified peonnel
rational requirement the Agency,
To, develop a highly qualified Qom: of prefocsionsl career
nol with experionott in foreign language and eves fields., an
facility in specific functional and technical fields.
To direct a treining program for selected junior ?Moore
occupy, during a period of training* 150 training slots p
for this purpose. This *adet Corps* will be trainod in
ciplos? standar:40 methols and taohniqueo of intelligent* ane.
emoignad or rotated into the various offices of the. Agency in accord-
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To provide training for all now personnel recruited to fill profit*
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The D rector of Central intelligence
Staff Study on Office- of Training Area-Language Preerame
o obtain approval for Offl ar.a..1anuag
In reviewing t R Budget for fiscal
The Comptroller and the Assistant
questioned the value of VTR area-Langu
of their approval by the eirector of Cent
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lligence.
? Public Law 110 authorize*, the /CI to use public or private facili-
ties for this purpose, at home or abroad, and to meet all costs in-
curred in such uee.
25X1A C, CIA authorizes the Director of Training to approve
training at domestic and foreign facilities.
D. The regular sourcesof recruitment have not proved adequate to meet
Agency requirements for trained area and language speoialista.
? A. breakdown of each area- language prorram currently in operation or
planned ie included. under Tab A.
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A. The Officeof Training im responsible for resolving Agency trainix
zquireaent0 as they develop* The operating Offices have been un-
able to recruit enough personnel who are qualified as area special
lets. The nnivereitier? en meet cases, do not provide the breadth
in training to develop aeequate area specialiate for the Agency.
To meet the requirements of the Officer for area and language train-
ing for their personnel, the Office of Treinire has arranged to pro-
vide the necessary training at foreign installations. At these in-
stallations, Agency personnel can study at first hand the area, the
people*, the customs, ane the political, economic and sociological
problems in their natural habitat. Short term program, have been
developed so that personnel now working at a regional desk, but who
have never been tn the area of their responeibility, can have the
opportunity of participating in an area program. Longerange programa
have been developed wherein intensive language and area training are
given so as to develop caeable professional careerists as area special-
ists.
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Go The operating Offices nave enthusiastically endorsed an
the area and language programs. They feel that their personnel
grasp more accurately tho significance of the various reports com-
ing from the field if they have studied and traveled in the area,
The Office of Training is assietimg the Offices to develop better
trained area specialists uy setting up area and language training
programs in the vital regions of the world.
4, conclusion:
The operating Offices have a neea for more qualified area and lan-
guage specialists for tr,e major regions of the world. The univer-
sities, in most instances, do not have adequate cross-cultural area
programs to develop enougf, young professionals to meet the needs of
this Agency. Many personnel now working as specialists have n vor
been Lr ths region of their specialisation. It is, therefore, con-
cluded that there is a need to provide area and language training
to meet the requirementz', oC* the operating Offices for trained area
specialists; and that the uffioe of Training should provide domestic
and foreign training facilities, as required, to increase area and
language competence of Agency personnel.
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It 14 recommended that the D/CI approve the development and conduct
by the irector of Trainin6 of area-language programs to meet con-
tinuing raquirements of the Agency.
M1TTTIE0 IRD
Pirector of Training
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Training programa now in operation:
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1. Summer Seminar on the Near ITAst
a. Number of CIA paiipante (1952): 16
b. Length of course: approximately 13 weeks
c. Place of stilt,: (l) FSI? Washin ton L. C.
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d. Total cost of training exclusive of salary): 646,655
0 0 Average cost per student: 2,916
? Near rest Language and Area Program
a. Number of CIA participants(1952): 15
b. Length of course; approximately 2 years
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(1) FSI, Wash 'ton D. C.
c. Place of study:
d. Total cost of tra:thLng exclusive of salary): $58,400
*. Average cost per student: 3,893
. Summer Workshop
a. Number of CIA participants (1952)t 1
b. Length of course: 6 weeks
c. Place of study:
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e. Average cost per student 1,
d. Total cost of training (exclusive 0 '
Awe and Area Academic I'rogravic
a. Number of ak partic1,2ants (1952): 3
b. Length of courae aproximate1y 2 are
c. Place of study:
d. Total cost of t fsalary) t $8,610
e. Average cost per tudnt approx. 2,070
Training programa which will be available as rapidly as the necessary planning
and coordination can be accomplished:
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1. Language and Area Program: :.orutheaut Asia
2. Language and Area Program: Far East
3. Language and Area Program: Eastern Europe
4. language and Area PrograTt Western Europe
These programs will be spenboi,cd 4 the Foreign Service Institute.
Normally, it is planned to include one year of study in the basic
language and the area at FII? followed by one year of study at a
field installation to be established in the area. Operating Offices
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have been informally appriseri. of these proposed programs and have ex-
pressed great interest in the early establishment of these programs.
The number of CIA participants in the programs and the coat have not
been determined.
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training as requested by he affice of Training. It is esti-
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t10,000 per year per trainee.
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Cr'ee:.Summer Seminar on the Near East.
Length of Course: Approximately thirteen weeks.
z.oe or gourse; To provide ax, opportunity for selected Aency personnel
o study -in the area, the political, historical, economic, social, and cul-
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frailty; This program has been strongly endorsed by Office heads who have any
rimponsibility in this area. It enables personnel who have never been in the
Near rast to study and travel in a vitaa ants of their specialization, thus
giving them greater competence in avaluatinc material that deals with that araa,
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oree Near East Language and Area h,ocram.
IggmajaLagamst Approximately two yearn.
ose of Gose; To train seleoteo personnel in an intensive language-area
program .es1gned to produce area experts in the Near East.
Description of Pqnrsql One year of intensive study in basic Arabic language
an the gear treat area at the Foreign Service Institute in Washington, D. G.
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and area studies are given there. Extended field trips are an important part
of the area program in the field.
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ar programs for E;outh Asia, Far East, Eurasia, Eastern and
pe will be set up as rapidly air staffs can be assembled and field
I set up. It is expected that iigency interest in these programs
. OAR will support I in establishing. these programa as the
s of the Agency develop.
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Language and Area Academic Programs
Imp of Course.: Approximately years.
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arqe of Course: To train person;-'el so that they will understar4 the Soviet
on, s peoples and its language, and when placed in positions of responsi-
bility win have sufficient backgroNnd to make sound decisions and estimates
concerning the capabilities, limitations, and potential of the Soviet Union
&nd its satellites.
ourse: tensive trainne conducted in the Russian language.
ouee ons andaminars on the military, economic, and political
of the rovist Union are its 7uropean satellites. Advanced Russian
a training. Field trips to local points of interest. Special projects
prepared by each trainee.
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