WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00039A000400020034-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: June 1, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Chief, Language and External Training School
FROM Chief, Western Department, LETS
suBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEM
None
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
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DATE:l June 1956
2. First meeting of the Area Advisory Committee since
the reorganization of LETS was held on 23 May, presiding.
This group includes all LETS faculty teaching area courses.
It will meet once each quarter to pool the experience of the
group and make policy recommendations concerning area instruc-
tion to the department chiefs. Typical subjects discussed and
the consensus on each follow: (1) Courses - present resources
prevent addition of new courses beyond those already projected
for fiscal 1957 in the Catalogue; (2) Program promotion - most
effective means is direct working level contact with division
TG's and supervisors, clearing through lI'LO's; (3) Limitations
on admissions to classes - only IAC agencies' personnel will be
admitted, and auditor trend will be watched in order to keep
emphasis on instruction of enrolled students; (1) Instruction -
chief instructors will increase gradually number of their own
lectures, relying on guest speakers chiefly for handling of
current area problems; more time will be allowed for class
discussion, at expense of lectures, for purpose of drill on
essential elements of courses.
3. Efforts to reinstate the Foreign Language Dining Room,
which. was suspended for space reasons by the R and S Cafeteria
management in early April, have so far not succeeded.
and ~~ have been exploring possibilities with Logistics,
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and I, substituting for has been included in talks
with the manager of "Ii" Cafeteria. A compromise with the R and S
Cafeteria management is now being sought to give us a firm
commitment for use of the room at least three regular days per
week. Response to this project throughout the Agency was un-
expectedly good and will undoubtedly grow as the Language
Proficiency Awards Program is implemented.
4. William R. Tyler, Deputy Director for Western Europe
Affairs in the Department of State, was an unscheduled speaker
in the "Free Europe" course on the 24th. A senior member of
the delegation to the "Sunnnit" Conference in 1955, he drew on
personal experiences for an extraordinary unprepared talk on
the impact of major Soviet policy changes on Western Europe's
support o25X1erican strategy.
conducted a preliminary interview
with whom the hope to employ as a native
speaker in their course this summer. I`Mr.
personal history statement has been submitted to
the Office of Personnel for processing.
6. A r c~ u_est_fxom the Inspector General's office for one
set of basic records together with a manual and a record
player was filled by FI 25X1
CONFIDF TIAIK.
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