OFFICE OF TRAINING BULLETIN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
REGISTRAR'S REMINDERS . . . . . . . . 1
NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
COURSES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROGRAMS . . . . . 13
THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE WRITING . . 43
By the Staff of the Writing Workshop, Intelligence School
OTR AND AGENCY TRAINING OFFICER DIRECTORIES 45
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;ONFIDENTIAI
For information regarding courses and registration procedure, read your
OTR CATALOG OF COURSES and the 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 are as
follows ZPlease check with your Training Officer regarding his spe ial
deadline dates for submission of applications within your component
OTR CATALOG
COURSE TITLE COURSE NU1,1BER
REGISTRAR'S
DEADLINE COURSE DATES
Intelligence Orientation
B-3
24 Sept. 1 Oct. - 26 Oct.
(formerly Basic Orientation)
Intelligence Techniques
B-4
24 Sept. 1 Oct. - 26 Oct.
(formerly Intelligence
Principles and Methods)
Basic Supervision (GS-9 to 11)
B-7
17 Sept. 24 Sept. - 5 Oct.
Basic Management (GS-12 to 14)
B..
1 Oct. 8 Oct. - 19 Oct.
Clerical Refresher Program
B-12 to 19
8 Oct. 15 Oct. - 9 Nov.
Pre-testing for the Clerical Refresher Program
is scheduled for 11 October in Room 2300, Wing C,
Alcott Hall as follows:
0900
- 1000
Typing
1000
- 1100
Shorthand
1100
- 1200
English Usage
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OTR CATALOG REGISTRAR'S
COURSE TITLE COURSE NUMBER DEADLINE
COURSE DATES
Non-Clerical Basic Typing
B-17
17 Sept.
24 Sept. - 16 Nov.
(0730 - 0815 Pronday through
Friday, Room 2702,
Quarters Eye)
Effective Writing
B-21
17 Sept.
25 Sept. - 27 Nov.
27 Sept. - 6 Dec.
Party Organization and
C-.2
24 Sept.
(Previously scheduled
10 Sept. - 16 Nov.)
1 Oct. - 26 Oct.
Operations
(formerly World Communism)
Reading Improvement
1-7
8 Oct.
15 Oct. - 30 Nov.
("0" course titles are
0-2
3 Sept.
17 Sept. - 26 Oct.
listed only in
OTR Catalog 100-1)
0-4
8 Oct.
15 Oct. - 2 Nov.
0-10
17 Sept.
24 Sept. - 12 Oct.
0-13
1 Oct.
8 Oct. - 26 Oct.
0-23
24 Sept.
1 Oct. - 19 Oct.
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SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM AND THE USSR
LONG-TERM SCHEDULES
Make these revisions on the Long-Term Schedule of your current OTR Catalog.
OTR CATALOG
COURSE TITLE COURSE NUMBER
DEADLINE
COURSE DATES
Introduction to Communism
C-1
10 Sept.
17 Sept. - 28 Sept.
(2 weeks. Second Phase of
8 Oct.
15 Oct. - 26 Oct.
Intelligence Orientation, B-2)
5 Nov.
12 Nov. - 23 Nov.
3 Dec.
14 Jan.
11 Feb.
11 Mar.
8 April
10 Dec. - 21 Dec.
21 Jan. - 1 Feb.
18 Feb. - 1 Mar.
18 Mar. - 29 Mar.
15 April - 26 April
6 May
13 May
24 May
Party Organization and
C-2
3 June
24 Sept.
10 June
1 Oct.
- 21 June
- 26 Oct.
Operations
19 Nov.
26 Nov.
- 21 Dec.
(4 weeks. Mornings)
28 Jan.
4 Feb.
- 1 Mar.
25 Mar.
20 May
1 April
27 May
- 26 April
- 21 June
(""011 course titles are
0-6
Cancel the following 4 classes:
listed only in
OTR Catalog 100-1)
26 Nov. - 14 Dec.
4 Feb. - 22 Feb.
1 April - 19 April
27 May - 14 June
Add the following 2 classes:
31 Dec.
7 Jan. - 1 Feb.
22 April 29 April - 24 May
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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.
Course Title
Registrar's
Deadline Course Dates
Basic Country Survey:
Egypt 17 Sept. 1 Oct. - 7 Dec.
Japan 17 Sept. 1 Oct. - 30 Nov.
USSR (in Russian language) 10 Sept. 24 Sept. - 21 Dec.
Regional Survey:
Economic Factors in Asia 4 Sept. 18 Sept. - 25 Oct.
Soviet Bloc 27 Aug. 10 Sept. - 16 Nov.
(Room changed to 117 Central Building)
Americana Abroad:
8 Oct. 22 Oct. - 26 Oct.
Special Lecture Series:
"Sphere of Indian Influence in 28 Sept. 12 Oct. - 21 Dec.
Southeast Asia"
Lecture Series in the Major Languages 26 Sept. 10 Oct. - 1 May
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INTENSIVE (FULL-TIME) LANGUAGE COURSES
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 Lone-Term Course Schedule contained in your
OTR CATALOG.
Basic:
Chinese (yearly, 48 weeks)
French (twice yearly, 23 weeks)
German (twice yearly, 20 weeks; listed
in your current OTR CATALOG as 23 weeks)
Greek (yearly, 44 weeks)
Japanese (yearly, 39 weeks)
Italian (twice yearly, 23 weeks)
Persian (twice yearly, 24 weeks)
Rumanian (twice yearly, 22 weeks)
Russian (yearly, 38 weeks)
Serbo-Croatian (yearly, 39 weeks)
Spanish (twice yearly, 23 weeks)
Advanced:
Chinese, Intermediate (quarterly, 15 weeks)
Russian, Intermediate (quarterly, 13 weeks)
Russian, Advanced (quarterly, 13 weeks)
Course Dates
1 Oct. - 30 Aug.
1 Oct. - 8 March
15 Oct. - 8 March
1 Oct. - 2 Aug.
1 Oct. - 11 July
1 Oct. - 8 March
12 Nov. - 20 April
1 Oct. - 22 Feb.
17 Sept. - 7 June
1 Oct. - 31 May
1 Oct. - 8 March
15 Oct. - 25 Jan.
24 Sept. - 21 Dec.
7 Jan. - 5 April
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Course Title
Chinese
Elementary Spoken
Czech
Elementary Reading (Phase I)
Monday,, Wednesday, Friday
0845 - 1045
French
Elementary Reading
Applied Translation Group
Elementary Spoken (Phase I)
Elementary Spoken (Phase II)
Intermediate Spoken (Phase 1)
Intermediate Spoken (Phase II)
German
Elementary Reading
Elementary Spoken (Phase I)
Elementary Spoken (Phase II)
Applied Translation Group
Italian
Elementary Reading
Applied Translation Group
Elementary Spoken (Phase I)
Elementary Spoken (Phase II)
Intermediate Spoken (Phase I)
Japanese
Elementary Reading, Writing, and/or
Speaking
Registrar's
Deadline Course Dates
22 Oct. 5 Nov. - 14 June
17 Sept. 1 Oct. - 25 Jan.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
4 Sept. 17 Sept. - 11 Jan.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 21 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 21 Dec.
4 Sept. 17 Sept. - 11 Jan.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
17 Sept. 1 Oct. - 5 July
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Registrar's
Course Title
Deadline
Course Dates
Portuguese
Elementary Reading
24 Sept.
8 Oct.
- 14 Dec.
Applied Translation Group
24 Sept-
8 Oct.
- 14 Dec.
Romanian
Elementary Reading
24 Sept.
8 Oct.
- 1.4 Dec.
Applied Translation Group
24 Sept.
8 Oct.
- 14 Dec.
Russian
Familiarization
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 23 Nov.
Tuesday, Thursday 1245 - 1345
Elementary Reading (Phase I)
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 25 Jan.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
(Hours changed to: 0845 - 1045)
Intermediate Reading (Phase I)
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 25 Jan.
Monday, Thursday, Friday 1500 - 1700
Economic Reading (Phase I)
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 25 Jan.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1500 - 1700
Scientific Reading (Phase I)
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 25 Jan.
Tuesday, Thursday 1400 - 1700
Elementary Spoken (Phase I)
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 7 Dec.
Monday through Friday 1500 - 1700
Intermediate Spoken (Phase I)
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 25 Jan.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1000 - 1200
Translation Workshop in EE Languages
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 25 Jan.
Tuesday 1300 - 1700
Short Course in Elementary Russian
17 Sept.
1 Oct.
- 25 Jan.
(changed to: Phase I)
Monday, Wednesday Evenings 1730 - 1945
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Registrar's
Course Title Deadline Course Dates
Russiei, (Cont'd)
Short Course in Elementary Russian 17 Sept. 1 Oct. - 25 Jan.
(Phase II)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1245 - 1445
Spanish
Elementary Reading 24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
Applied Translation Group 24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
Elementary Spoken (Phase I) 24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
Elementary Spoken (Phase II) 24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
Intermediate Spoken (Phase I) 24 Sept. 8 Oct. - 14 Dec.
INTEGRATED AREA-LANGUAGE TRAINING
Japanese (10 weeks, full-time) 15 Sept. 1 Oct. - 7 Dec.
Russian, Intermediate (13 weeks, full-time) 10 Sept. 24 Sept. - 21 Dec.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS
Czech
In your 0TR BULLETIN No. 16, July issue, these tests are described
in detail in the item TESTING SERVICES. Call extension _ at
least one week prior to the test date, to arrange an appointment.
19 Sept.
26 Sept.
German
Greek
Russian
3 Oct.
10 Oct.
17 Oct.
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AGENCY SETS "5%-IN-TRAINING" POLICY
The Director of Central Intelli-
gence, in October of 1955 stated in
CIA Notice
"In order that the Central Intel-
ligence Agency may carry out effec-
tively the increasingly heavy and
important requirements laid upon it
by the National Security Council, the
employees of this Agency must continue
to improve and increase their profes-
sional knowledge and skills. All
recent reports of inspecting commit-
tees have emphasized the role of
proper and sufficient training in
attaining this objective.
"It is, therefore, the policy of
this Agency that 5% of Headquarters
"on-duty" personnel will be in train-
ing status at all times."
The Agency "O-in-Training" policy
now is set forth in CIA Regulation
dated 18 July 1956. Your
in ng Officer will assist you if
you have any question concerning this
regulation, the statement of policy
of which reads:
"It is the policy of this Agency
that at least five percent of the
total manhours of headquarters "on-
duty" staff personnel will be expend-
ed in training as defined in this
regulation."
NOONTIME MOVIE PROGRAM IS POPULAR
Language and area films being shown
at 1016 R&S Building at 1200 hours
are becoming increasingly popular.
42 people attended "The Russian
Question" on 25 July; 32 people at-
tended the English area film "USSR"
on 26 July; and a record audience of
75 people attended the Italian film
"Bicycle Thief" on 9 August.
For information concerning the on-
r? Pro m ou ma call Dr.
NEXT INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS EXHIBIT
SCHEDULED 13 SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY
Members of the Agency are invited
to attend the Intelligence Products
Exhibit, scheduled to be shown in the
Auditorium of the Recreation and
Service Building on Thursday, 13
September, between 0930 and 1200
hours.
Designed primarily as an integral
part of Intelligence Orientation,
course B-3 in your 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
comprehensive view of the greater
part of the intelligence activities
of CIA.
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INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COOPERATES!
At the request of the Director of
Training, United States Information
Agency, the Language and Area School,
OTR, is conducting a special, part-
time basic course in Russian for four
USIA students. Five Agency students
also are enrolled in the course. This
course, scheduled for one presentation,
meets a specific requirement set forth
by USIA.
The National Security Agency has
invited CIA to enroll students in
Vietnamese courses offered by that
Agency. Contact your Training Offi-
cer if you desire information regard-
ing this opportunity.
REGIONAL SURVEY -- SOVIET BLOC
SHOWS SIGNIFICANT SUBSCRIPTION RATE
Scheduled to begin 10 September,
the Regional Surve -- Soviet Bloc
already Is subscribed beyond t h e
capacity of any single Language and
Area School lecture room. However,
registration continues open to all
interested Agency personnel, and
provision has been made for present-
ing this course in 117 Central. The
National Security Agency has requested
registration of five personnel.
RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER READER
FIRST IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
The Eastern Department of the Lan-
guage and Area School has just pub-
lished a Russian Newspaper Reader,
for use in intermediate and advanced
classes. It consists of a compilation
cfarticles, printed items, and cartoons
from current Russian newspapers and
journals, representing the fields of
archaeology, economics, politics,
sciences, sports and the arts. Pro-
duced by photo offset process, it
contains 140 pages, and is styled in
the popular "pocket book" size. To
ward off potential cases of myopia
and eyestrain, the type is "blown-up"
to about twice its original newspaper
size
This Russian Newspaper Reader is
part of a series being produced by
the staff of the Eastern Department
to remedy the lack of commercial
texts with "area" type materials and
readings of special interest to
intelligence personnel.
Russian is not the only East Euro-
pean language to receive attention.
There are in preparation Czech q
Slovak and Polish newspaper readers,
similar to the Russian model. Eventu-
ally, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Serbo-
Croatian and Albanian readers will
be produced.
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NEW FIELD TRAINING MANUAL AVAILABLE
The first issue of a new trainin g
manual, Selected List of Recent Pub-
lications - TR RM 0-3a(Secret U.S.
Officials Only), is available. Its
purpose is to inform overseas person-
nel concerning books, documents, and
articles on topics of general area
and intelligence interest. Including
classified and unclassified material,
this manual contains annotations
providing basic information on the
content of the publications listed.
Selections eventually will conform
to requirements submitted by overseas
stations.
This overseas-distributed publica-
tion is a sterile version of OTR's
bi-weekly Instructors' Guide to Current
References (CIA Internal Use Only)s
which regularly is available to head-
quarters personnel.
Requests for copies of either of
these publications may be directed
to.your Training Officer, or to the
Chief, OTR Library Section, extension
QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW PANEL ACTS
ON APPLICANTS FOR FULL-TIME JAPANESE
Four Agency students have been
certified by the OTR Qualifications
Review Panel as meeting the qualifi-
cations for attendance in the language
and Area School's full-time intensive
Japanese course beginning 1 October.
Registration remains open to other
interested and qualified personnel.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
PROVIDING FOR CASH AWARDS
NOW IN PROCESS OF AGENCY COORDINATION
In January, the Director of Central
Intelligence directed that a plan be
designed to encourage Agency employ-
ees to attain and maintain profi-
ciency in foreign languages. You may
recall reading a feature story in
the Washington Star newspaper con-
cerning the Director's interest in
this matter.
The plan, developed by a committee
consisting of representatives from
all major components of the Agency,
was approved bythe CIA Career Council
in February,and by the DCI in March.
Two CIA regulations, implementing
the plan, have been in the process of
coordination for some time. Among the
advantages to employees provided in
these regulations is a formula whereby
individuals may earn initial and
recurrent cash awards as an incentive
to entering the field of language
study.
Your OTR Bulletin will carry a de-
tailed article on the Foreign lan-
guage Development Program as soon as
these regulations have been approved.
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OFFICIAL AGENCY TESTING NOW GIVEN BY
CLERICAL REFRESHER PROGRAM STAFF
- SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING
On 2 July staff members of the
Clerical Refresher Program began ad-
ministering the Agency shorthand and
typewriting tests to employees al-
ready on Agency assignments. Mrs.
is
in charge of this service.
These tests are given every other
Tuesday in Room 2300, Alcott Hall,
second floor, Wing C. Hours for test-
ing are as follows:
Typing 1315
Shorthand 1400
Testing dates for September and
October are:
11 Sept. 8 Oct.
25 Sept. 22 Oct.
Employees who are interested in be-
ing tested should get In touch with
their personnel placement officer.
He will arrange fcr test registration.
Copies of the following specially
prepared bibliographies are avail-
able and may be requested through
your Training Officer, or by calling
the Chief OTR Library Section, ex-
tension im
Africa South of the Sahara: A Se-
lected Bibliography With Emphasis on
Books Published 1952-1955, 98 pages,
(unclassified), TR RM 0-523, February
1956; Ge : A Biblfo7raphy, 50
pages, (unclassified), TR RM 0-522,
November 1955.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DINING ROM REOPENS
IN R & S CAFETERIA
The Foreign Language Dining room,
which was temporarily discontinued
for the summer, reopens Monday, 1
October.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday is
the new schedule for the language
luncheons sponsored by the Language
and Area School, OTR. There are se-
parate tables devoted to informal
conversation in French, German, Jap-
anese, Russian, and Spanish. Access
to the Foreign Language Dining Room
(1015 R & S Building) is through the
main entrance of the R & S Building
cafeteria (enter and turn right).
Luncheon may tepurchased in the caf-
eteria and taken to the dining room.
All of you who wish to maintain,or
increase, your conversational compe-
tence in these languages are invited
to participate. Those of you who
possess advanced command of the lan-
guages, and would enjoy keeping the
"conversational ball rolling" during
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cost convenient to you by calling
or
staff instructoz
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NON-CLERICAL BASIC TYPING. B.17
24 SEPTEMBER TO 16 NOVEMBER
The 5th typewriting class for professional personnel will be held
mornings, during the 8-week period 24 September to 16 November. The
class will meet from 0730 to 0815 hours, in Room 2712, Wing H, second
floor, Quarters Eye. Applications for registration must be submitted
to the Registrar, OTR, on or before 17 September.
It is suggested that you register for this course only if you are
reasonably sure of realizing maximum profit through attendance in all,
or nearly all, sessions of the course. Non-Clerical Basic Typing is
course number B.17 in your office copy of the OTR Catalog, and questions
concerning it may be directed to the Chief, Clerical Training, extension
EFFECTIVE WRITING B.21
total of 20 hours). Classes will be held 0845 - 1045.
25 SEPTEMBER TO 27 NOVEMBER
27 SEPTEMBER TO 6 DECEMBER
Effective Writing courses #10 and #11 will be given 25 September -
27 November and 27 September - 6 December respectively. Class #10 will
meet on Tuesdays, and class #11 will meet on Thursdays, both for 10 weeks
of George Washington University will be the instructor. The
will be limited to 20 students. Training requests should be submitted to
the Registrar, OTR, on or before 17 September.
initial meeting for both classes will be in Room 2025, R 8e S. Each class
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OONTINE MOVIE PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER AMID OC
You are invited to attend the various foreign language and English
' 1 , films to be shown in Room 1016 R&5 Building, at 1200 hours on the follow-
ing days. Films of both entertain ent and factual types are included. If
you enjoy foreign films, desire to improve your language proficiency, or
seek additional "area" knowledge, you will find these programs interesting
and beneficial. Occasionally if it is impos-Sible to secure a scheduled
film a substitution will a For further information, please call
6 September
Thursday
11 September
Tuesday
12 September
Wednesday
13 September
Thursday
18 September
Tuesday
19 September
Wednesday
20 September
Thursday
25 September
Tuesday
26 September
Wednesday
27 September
Thursday
1 October
Monday
English film: "Soviet Azerbaidzhan" D6044 (Travelogue)
(48 min.)
Italian films: "Hondo Libero" B6015, "Martiri" B6162 and
"Peace Betrayed" B6144 (90 min.)
Russian newsreels (3)
(60 min.)
Russian film: "Baltic Deputy" D6335
(90 min,)
Hungarian film: "Colony Underground" E6085 (Anti-,American
propaganda film relating to activities of Standard Oil Co.)
(109 min.)
Russian film: "Egor Bulychev P.1" E7077 and "Eger Bulychev
P.2" E7078 (180 min.)
Russian film: "Donetz Miners" C6390
(90 min,)
Polish films: "On the Borders of Peace" E6033 and
"Adventures of Gustave the Penguin" H6956 (31 min.)
Russian newsreels (3)
(60 min,)
Russian film: "Light in Koordi" D6187
(90 min.)
English survey films on Russia: "USSR" NF30-8656 (26 min.);
and "Peoples of the Soviet Union" 1952 version B6097 (38 min.).
(Total: 64 min.)
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2 October Russian area film: "New Czechoslovakia" C6171 (75 min.)
Tuesday
3 October Russian feature films "Alexander Nevsky" C6235 (80 min.)
Wednesday
4 .October Area films on Poland and Albania: "West Beskids" G6668
Thursday (14 min.); "Krakow-Jura Mountains" G7137, German track
(16 min.); and "New Albania" E6335, Russian and Albanian
track (17 min.). (Total: 47 min.)
8 October English area film: "This is Russia"
Monday (Air Force Film tracing development of present-day USSR
(64 min.)
9 October French short subjects: "Shoemaker and Hatter" D6074 (15 min.);
Tuesday "Jungle That Was" D6071 (23 min.); and "Tour of Paris" D7410
(18 min.). (Total: 56 min.)
10 October Russian Newsreels (4) (60 min.)
Wednesday
11 October English film: "Communish Blueprint for Conquest" J6120
Thursday (Strategic Intelligence School film showing Communist pattern
of taking over the Satellites) (30 min.)
16 October Polish shorts: "How a Cooperative Operates" B6030 (11 min.);
Tuesday and "Documentary on Warsaw" E6026 (69 min.). Total: 80 min.)
17 October Russian feature: "Peter the Great" A3213 (90 min.)
Wednesday
18 October German shorts: Two anti-American films "Shadows Over the
Thursday World" H7100 (18 min.); "Ami Go Home" H7096 (18 min.); and
"Newsreel" 06401 (14 min.). (Total: 50 min.)
22 October Russian area films. English track: "Finnish-Karelian SSR"
Monday 06389 (11 min.); "The Urals" C6281 (18 min.); and "Along the
Roads of RSFSR, Byelorussia, Ukraine" G6128 (22 min.)
(Total: 51 min.)
23 October Silent films taken by air attaches: "Motor Trip Through
Tuesday Poland" 07305 (38 min.); and "Motor Trip Through
Czechoslovakia" H6679 (10 min.). (Total: 48 min.)
24 October Russian Newsreels (4) (60 min.)
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25 October Spanish shorts: "Land of Mexico" B7491 (11 min.); "Bull
Thursday Fight" B7474 (8 min.); "Peoples of Canada" B7498 (20 min.);
and "Girl Scouts" D6180 (21 min.), (Total; 60 min.)
29 October Russian language area film: "Soviet Moldavia" E6230 (57 min.)
Monday
30 October English coianereial film: "The Prisoner"
Tuesday (Shows Communist method of brainwashing and interrogation,
apparently refers to Cardinal Mindszenty's trial) (90 rr,m .)
31 October Russian feature: "Bogdan Khmelnitski" MID 5019 (90 min.)
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SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES: 12 0CTOSER TO
"SPHERE OF INDIAN INFLUENCE.IN SOUTHEAST ASIA" 21 DECEMBER
Wina F). For further information on this lecture series, call Dr. James W.
All CIA personnel interested in gaining additional knowledge concerning
the "Sphere of Indian Influence in Southeast Asia" are invited to attend the
following lectures on Fridays, at 1430-1630 hours, in Room 2524,Quarters Eye
12 October
19 October
26 October
2 November
9 November
16 November
23 November
7 December
1/+ December
21 December
SCHEDULE
"India's Place in Asia",
"India and Her Relations With Her Neighbors"
"Pakistan-The Moslem Factor"
"Burma and Ceylon-The Buddhist World"
"Malaya--Independence"
"Indonesia-Which Way"
"Food and People"
"Communist Impact"
"Film Festival"
"Symposium: India West and Indiafast"
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SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES:
IN THE MAJOR LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD
tained by calling
10 OCTOBER TO
1 MAY 1957
All CIA personnel interested in improving their language proficiency and
area knowledge are invited to attend this series of foreign language lectures
(see Lecture SgWdgle below) presented Wedne 4yg -at 1530 hours, AI room 1016.
Rlcregtion and Service Building. Information regarding the series may be ob-
Recognizing the need for increased knowledge in the language and area fields,
the Language and Area School of the 0^fice of Training 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 per-
sonnel 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 attain better
results.
Summaries of the lectures, in English, All be provided in the "Understand-
ing 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 fol-
lowing in Arabic.
SSC ULE
10 October Japanese
24 October German
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REGIONAL SURVEY ECONOMIC FACTORS IN ASIA 18 SEPTEMBER to 25 OCTOBER
This course will be given from 18 September to 25 October 1956.
Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1345 to 1645 hours, in Room
2524, Quarter's Eye. Applications for registration must be submitted to the
region embracing Japan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaya, Indochina,
Thailand, Burma, India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. It deals with the population,
soil, mineral and industrial development, international trade, labor, com-
munications, economic relations and problems of the region. At each session
there will be a guest speaker, in addition to the regular lecture and film.
Students will be required to take an oral test and submit term papers.
Room 2511 Quarter's Eye, extension is expected
This course is designed for personnel who require economic information
on Asia and familiarity with the various factors involved. It surveys the
of applicants
COURSE SCHEDULE
"Asia's Economy"
Howard P. Jones, Asst. to Director
Far Eastern Bureau, Dept. of State
Thursday 20 September "Human Fertility in Asia"
(Speaker to be Announced)
Tuesday 18 September
Tuesday 25 September
"The Soils of Asia"
A.C.Orvedal, Chief World Soil Map Group
Soil Conservation Bureau
Dept. of Agriculture
"Mining in Asia"
K. P. Wang and Elna Nahal, Analysts
Bureau of Mines, Interior Department
Tuesday 2 October "Trading With Asia"
Davis A. Kearns-Preston, Asst. Chief
Far Eastern Div., Bur, of Foreign Comm.
Commerce Department
Thursday 27 September
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Thursday 4 October
"Industries of Asia"
Wm. Sweeny, Specialist
Far Eastern Div., International Cooperation
Agency
Tuesday 9 October "Labor in Asia"
Arnold L. Steinbach, Specialist
Bur. of Intl. Labor, Labor Department
Thursday 11 October
Tuesday 16 October
Thursday 18 October
"Communications and Transportation
in Asia"
Thomas Hahn, Specialist
Signal Corps Intell., Army Dept.
Samuel Saegesser, Specialist
Trans. Corps Intell., Army Dept.
"Asia's Econoi and the West"
Leonard Tyeson, Specialist
Bur, of Far Eastern Affairs
State Department
"Asia's Economic Problems"
Rufus Burr-Smith, Specialist
Bur, of Far Eastern Affairs
State Department
Tuesday 23 October "Economic Future of Asia"
Thursday 25 October Oral Reviews, Test Reports and
Critiques on Term Papers
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This course will be given Monday through Friday, from 0845 to 1645
hours, in Room 2511, Quarters EYE. Applications must be received by
the Registrar, OTR on or before 15 September 1956. An interview with
the instructor is expected of
applicants.
This course is designed for beginners in the language. Its ob-
jective is to prepare the student to read, write, and speak the language
through familiarity with phonetic syllabary and knowledge of some 800 of
the most commonly used Japanese ideographs. Based on combinations of
the ideographs, some 2,000 words can be created. While the course em-
phasis is on oral drill, rigorous grammatical tutelage will be provided
in both the written and oral language; achievement of full Japanese
language capability demands attention to both.
In these 39 weeks of full-time, daily instruction, the student will
receive intensive training equal to that provided in any similar course
offered by Governmental or academic institutions.
COURSE SCHEDULE
With Drill Master
0845
- 0950
Flash Card Drill - Writing
1000
- 1050
Conversation
With Instructor
1100
- 1150
Reading
1200
- 1250
Oral Drill - Grammar
With Sound Mirror
1400
- 1445
Oral Drill - Tapes
1500
- 1545
Oral Drill - Tapes
1600
- 1645
Study and Preparation
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NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE LECTURES 4 SEPTEMBER TO 25 SEPTEMMER
Senior Agency employees may attend individual lectures given at the
National War College, Fort McNair.
Attendance at all lectures requires a TOP SECRET clearance. Visitors
must be seated in the lecture hall five minutes prior to the lecture and are
not authorized to take notes or make a verbatim transcript of the talk. Visitors
may not question the speaker during the question period following the talk. All
Agency representatives must be in grade of Colonel, Captain, or GS-14 or above.
Due to the very limited seating available to visitors, The National War College
has expressed a desire that requests for admission be made on a need-to-know
basis.
The Office of Training has been designated as the point of coordination
for all Agency requests for attendance at The National War College lectures.
Requests be made by telephone to the Chief, Plans and Policy Staff,
extension These requests must be submitted no later than eight days prior
to the date of the lecture. Notification of the approval of the request will be
given by telephone on the day before the scheduled talk. This will be the
earliest date at which a determination can be made of changes in the schedule.
The schedule through 25 September follows:
SCHEDULE 0900 HOURS
4 September THE COLD WAR. Mr. James Burnham, Lecturer and Author.
5 September THE NATURE OF MODERN WAR. Colonel George.A. Lincoln, USA,
Professor of Social Science, United States Military Academy.
6 September DEMOGRAPHIC SOURCES OF POWER. Professor Frank W. Notestein,
Office of Population Research, Princeton University.
7 September PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GEOPOLITICS. Lt. Colonel John E.
Kieffer, USAF, Member, Educational Development Division, The
National War College.
10 September MatALE AND LEADERSHIP AS ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER.
Mr. Alford J. Williams, Jr.
11 September FAITH, RELIGION AND ETHICS AS ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL POM.
The Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr. and PANEL.
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14 September
17 September
18 September
20 September
21 September
24 September
25 September
GOVERN ENT AS AN ELEMENT OF PCM. Professor Hardly 0.
Dillard, The Law School, University of Virginia.
INDUSTRY AND MLNPOM AS EL ATE OF NATIONAL PCUIElt. The
Honorable Arthur S. Fleming, Director,, Office of Defense
Mobilization.
COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS. W. Charles J. Hitch, Chief,
Economics Division, The RAND Corporation.
SCIENCE AND TEMOLOGY AS ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL POM.
(Speaker not firm)
MILITARY FORCES AS AN ELEMENT OF NATIONAL Phila. (Speaker not
firm)
NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NATIONAL POM. Colonel Alden K. Sibley,
USA, Director, Educational Development Division, The National
War College.
THE PEACEFUL USES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.
Mr. Gordon Dean, Lehman Brothers.
THE MILITARY APPLICATION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY. (Speaker not firm
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EXTERNAL TRAINING
1956 FALL SEMESTER DATES AT UNIVERSITIES IN THE WASHINGTON AREA
If you Wish to make application for Agency-sponsored External Training
courses use "Request for Training at Non-CIA Facility," Form
51-136. our app ca ions must be forwarded, through your Training Officer
and the Emplo a Activity Branch, Personnel Security Division, Office of
Security, DD and must be received by the Registrar, OTR, on or before
11 September.
If you wish to consult catalogs of the following, or otheruniver tie
please call the Language and Area School, room 2129 Eye Building, ext.10
UNIVERSITY
REGISTRATION DATE
American University
13-19 September
20 September
Catholic University
undergraduate,
undergraduate,
21-24 September
24 September
graduate,
graduate,
24-2? September
27 September
Dept. of Agriculture
15-22 September
24 September
Georgetown University
19-21 September
24 September
Institute of Languages
17-18 September
24 September
and Linguistics
George Washington University
20-21 September
24 September
Johns Hopkins University,
24 September
25 September
SAIS
Pentagon Courses:
George Washington University
18-19 September
1 October
University of Maryland
12-14 September
24 September
University of Wryland
18-21 September
24 September
University of Virginia,
Through 25 September
26 September
Extension Division, Arlington
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This Intelligence School course listing supersedes that found in your
current OTR Cataloz. Please cut out this listing and place it in your
office copy of the Catalog as course number B. 3 (Former title, Ba_ic
Orientation).
Intelligence Orientation
OBJECTIVES Introduction to Intelligence Phase
Mission, structure and functions of the American intelligence
community. Mission, organization and functions of CIA
The role of CIA components in collection, production and dis-
semination of intelligence and the conduct of other activities
Introduction to-Communism. Phase
A basic understanding of the Communist ideology and of the
background, organization, activities, and capabilities of
the International Communist Movement and the USSR
PREREQUISITES Top Secret Clearance
Pretest
ENROLLMENT 25 to 125
DURATION Four weeks (160 hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
Introduction to Intelligence Phase:
This is the first phase of the four-week course, Intelligence Orienta-
tion, required for all intelligence officers and such other officer person-
nel as are concerned with the support of Agency activities.
This phase defines the Agency's place in the national security framework
and the intelligence community. It describes the functions of Agency offices,
their interrelationships, the nature of intelligence, and other activities of
CIA.
The responsibilities and functions of various Offices are explained by
guest lecturers. Students receive personal attention in a series of staff
conducted seminars. The Intelligence Products Exhibit familiarizes the stu-
dent with the scope of the Agency's intelligence activities.
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Introduction to Communism Pha se:
As the second phase of the four-week course, Intelligence Orientation,
this is required for all intelligence officers and such other officer per-
sonnel as are concerned with the support of Agency activities. As a sepa-
rate course, this phase will normally be prerequisite to further courses
in the School of International Communism and the USSR. (See course C-1)
This course provides a basic introduction to the International Commu-
nist Movement. The major section is devoted to the background of the move-
ment, with particular emphasis upon its origins and appeals; the significance
of its doctrine; its general organizational concepts, with emphasis upon the
current structure of both the open and underground parties; and the tactics
employed to increase Party influence and power and to carry out insurrection-
ary activity.
The course also provides a brief orientation on the USSR, both character-
istics of the USSR as a national state, and the role of the USSR in the
International Communist Movement. The principal events of Soviet historical
development, the interrelationships of the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union and the Government of the USSR, the Soviet economy, Soviet military,
scientific and clandestine capabilities, and current Soviet objectives are
emphasized.
A briefer section is given to coverage of the development of the Commu-
nist Party China and the current status of Communist China in the Interna-
tional Communist Movement.
The course includes lectures, demonstrations, films, and a series of
basic readings.
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This new School of International Communism course will be listed in your
next issue of the OTR Catalor. Please cut out this listing and place
it in your office copy of the Catalog as course number C-1.
TITLE Introduction to Communism
OBJECTIVES A basic understanding of the Communist ideology and of the
background, organization, activities, and capabilities of
the International Communist Movement and the USSR
PREREQUISITES Top Secret clearance
Pretest
ENROLLN?NT 25 to 125
DURATION Two weeks (80 hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
As the second phase of the four week course, Intelligence Orientation,
C-l is required for all intelligence officers and such other officer person-
nel as are concerned with the support of Agency activities. As a separate
course, C-1 will normally be prerequisite to further courses in the
School of International Communism and the USSR.
This course provides a basic introduction to the International Commu-
nist Movement. The major section is devoted to the background of the move-
ment, with particular emphasis upon its origins and appeals, and the
significance of its doctrine; its general organizational concepts, with
emphasis upon the current structure of both the open and underground
Parties; and the tactics employed to increase Party influence and power and
to carry out insurrectionary activity.
The course also provides a brief orientation on the USSR, both charac-
teristics of the USSR as a national state, and the role of the USSR in the
International Communist Movement. The principal events of Soviet histori-
cal development, the interrelationships of the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union and the Government of the USSR, the Soviet economy, Soviet military,
scientific and clandestine capabilities, and current Soviet objectives are
emphasized.
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This new School, of International Communism course will be listed in your
next issue of the OTR Catalog. Please out out this listing and place
it in your office copy of the Catalog as course number C-2.
TITLE Party Organization and Operations
OBJECTIVES A concrete knowledge of the organization and intra-Party
activities of Communist Parties in the Free World
PREREQUISITES Top Secret clearance
Introduction to Communism, or equivalent
ENROLLMENT 10 to 30
DURATION Four weeks, half-time (80 hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
This course expands the Party organization and internal operations sec-
tions of the former World Communism course. It is available to intelligence
officers throughout the Agency who need a practical working knowledge of the
structure and activities of Communist Parties outside of the Sino-Soviet
Bloc, and for operations officers it fulfills a prerequisite for course 0.6.
A two-day introductory section analyzes the relationships between the
International Communist Program and the programs of specific parties, with
emphasis upon the types of tactics used by national Parties to expand their
strength and influence. This is followed by a review of Party organization-
al principles and the current status of non-Orbit Parties. The major section
of the course is made up of a series of detailed analyses, using case histo-
ries, of the structure, functions, and the day-to-day operations of open and
underground Parties and front organizations. Principal emphasis is placed
upon cadre, agitprop, front, underground and espionage activities.
The course includes lectures, discussions, assigned readings, and the
preparation of a research paper.
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This Intelligence School course listing supersedes that found in your
current OTR Catalo . Please cut out this listing and place it in your
office copy of the Catalo as course number I-1 (former title Intelli-
gence Principles and Methods).
TITLE Intelligence Techniques
OBJECTIVE To instruct and give practice in the skills and methods
involved in the processing of intelligence materials
PREREQUISITES Top Secret clearance
Intelligence Orientation course, or equivalent in Head-
quarters or Field experience
ENROLLMENT 10 to 30
DURATION Four weeks (160 hours)
LOCATION Headquarters
Intelligence Techniques is a course designed to give instruction and
training primarily to Junior Officer Trainees and other new professional
employees who will be engaged in the processing of intelligence materials.
The course is scheduled to follow immediately after the Intelligence Orien-
tation course.
In Intelligence Techniques the emphasis. is on "learning by doing."
In lecture-discussion periods students are instructed in methods of pro-
cessing information for a variety of intelligence purposes. The techniques
are then applied in a series of exercises, such as preparation of an 00-B
report; abstracting or extracting information pertinent to a particular
problem from a number of related documents; writing intelligence briefs,
memoranda, and special articles. Practice is also afforded in the oral
presentation of intelligence through a series of briefings on selected sub-
jects and problems of current strategic intelligence. In order to obtain
experience in intelligence research methodology, each student selects an
intelligence problem and reports the results of his research.
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CPYRGHT
THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE WRITING
(By the Staff of the Writing Workshop, Intelligence School)
"Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner,
in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a
harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods; study to explain
your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as
much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but
clear and intelligible."
CERVANTES: Preface to Don Quixote
Most of us cannot hope to develop that smooth, free style in our writ-
ing which will give "a pleasing Turn to our Periods" as suggested by Cer-
vantes, but with practice and care you can explain your thoughts so that
they are clear and intelligible.
In your writing you must first of all have something to say, and then
must say it as clearly and concisely as you can. Although style and for-
mat may differ in various offices of the Agency, there are certain things
all authors should strive for. If you attain them you will be able to
express yourself so that your readers not only will understand what you
are saying, but also cannot misunderstand it -- in writing for the intel-
ligence community it is imperative that you not be misunderstood.
First of all you should strive for accuracy. Accuracy, in turn, re-
quires that you be honest and objective. You must report things as you
see them and must keep personal prejudices out of your writing. You must
not report as fact something based on supposition or insufficient evidence.
In order to write accurately, you must write clearly; this is our next
point.
There are a number cf aspects to clarity, one of the most important of
which is good diction -- the use of the precise word. Always try to use
the familiar word and avoid jargon. Why say "subsequent to" when you mean
"after"? Don't use technical terms that are clear to the specialist but
unintelligible to the outsider -- the "eutectic point" of metal is nothing
more nor less than the melting point of metal, but what layman would know
that? Another aspect of clarity is lack of ambiguity. Very often you know
what you mean in writing a sentence, but will the reader? "Censure for the
New Deal cannot, in justice, be too sharp." Your interpretation of what
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that sentence means depends on whether you are a Democrat or a Republican.'
Clarity also entails good sentence structure. Keep your sentences short and
compact; don't put a strain on your reader's memory by separating widely
parts of a sentence that are closely related to one another. Avoid permitting
a meandering stream of words to masquerade as a sentence.
When we consider clarity we must consider conciseness. Use as few words
as possible without losing the flavor of what you want to say. Verbiage is
defined as "an abundance of words without necessity or without much meaning."
If a man is "of the dogmatic type" he is surely just "dogmatic". If you are
"desirous of doing something", you want to do it. We are all guilty of ver-
bosity, and it is a fault that we can only overcome through careful rewriting
and editing.
Careful rewriting and editing will also eliminate a great many mechanical
faults. Errors of syntax, punctuation, and spelling are examples of these
mechanical faults.
If you can master the art of writing clearly and concisely, you are well
on your way to developing impact in your writing and thus putting your
thoughts across with the maxim= effect.
Finally, all this adds up to style. Jonathan Swift says that "proper
words in proper places make the true definition of style." Good style in-
cludes, in addition to the points already mentioned, an easy flow of language,
proper organization of material, and variation in sentence structure.
A person cannot be taught hoi to brilliantly, but he can me made ware
of the faults outlined above so that he will correct them when they occur 25X1A
in his writing and ultimately, after practice, eliminate them entirely. OTR
provides two writing courses to help an individual improve his wr t n F st,
there is the course in Effective Writing taught by Professor
This course is given in a series of two one-hour sessions per wee or On
weeks. Its objectives are: to study principles of exact, clear, forceful,
expository writing; to investigate the most effective methods of organizing
and presenting written material; and to sharpen the capacity to perform
accurate, logical treatment and show the relationship between thinking and
writing. The next class begins 24 September.
The second course is the Writing Workshop, which consists of nine three-
hour sessions during a four-week period and has a maximum enrollment of 12.
It has as its objectives review of the elements of, and appreciation of the
principles of, clear and concise writing. The course is conducted on the
"learn by doing" principle and gives special attention to the development
of a simple, direct style and to the solution of writing problems such as
structural organizatiob and diction. The next class begins 10 September.
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Deputy Director of
Training
Plans and Policy Staff
Editor, OTR Bulletin
Support Staff
Registrar
Processing Section
Assessment & Evaluation
Staff
Junior Officer Training
Program
Intelligence School
School of International
Communism & the USSR
Operations School
Language and Area School
Testing and Research
Eastern Department
Western Department
Special Asst. for DD/I
0/DDI
OCR
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18,
1107, Cott
1331A, R & S
2413, Alcott
2009, R & S
2204, Alcott
201CM
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