WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT NO. 23 31 MAY - 6 JUNE 1956

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• Publication Date: June 7, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum
Executive Officer/OTR
DATE: 7 June 1956
FROM : Chief, Instructional Services Branch/SS/TR
suBJECT: Weekly Activity Report No. 23
31 May - 6 June 1956
SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
1. The Visual Aids Section, ISB/SS/TR, has been moved from the
Instructional Services Branch, and set up under the adminis-
tration and control of the Chief, Basic School. The staff
of VAS was formally notified of the change on 5 June 1956 by
C/BS. has been assigned to supervise the
activities of the Section.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. The publication of an ISB Monthly Activities Report has been
temporarily suspended. A proposed plan to publish a bi-
monthly or quarterly OTR accessions listing (in pamphlet form)
of books, journals, and films previewed is under consideration
by the Chief, Library Section/OTR. Such a listing would be
unclassified; one of the current considerations is to make the
material readily available for overseas station dissemination.
2. C/ISB and instructor, discussed the plan
for publication of a Polish Newspaper Reader similar in content
and format to the Russian Newspaper Reader, which is currently
in production.
Ll.. Research and Bibliographies
a. Bibliography on India. The Library Section is continuing to
survey all materials in the OTR and CIA stacks,
b. Bibliography on Espionage. The EE Division has requested a
sanitized-up-to-date bibliographic listing of Espionage
materials. The original EE request was dated 12 April and
forwarded to the OTR Library Section 5 June, a delay of six
weeks. The Library Section will not be able to begin work
on the listing until late July because of priorities estab-
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c. Supplement--Bibliography on Germany. Chief, Western Depart-
ment, LETS, has requested the Library Section to compile and
file current materials on Germany. Work 11 be completed in
September 1956.
d. Bibliography on Intelligence. The Liaison Division/OCR has
requested an unclassified bibliography on intelligence method-
ology, theory and organization to be furnished to Mr. William
Jackson of the President's At,aff. An inquiry was made of Mr.
fated that in his research of the subject he oun no
such published bibliography, other than a few available books.
The Library Section will compile a brief listing on the subject.
5. Printing and Reproduction -
a. The completion date of the Basic Tradecraft Manual, TR IM 2-6,
has been set at 15 June. The materials for the supplement to
the manual have been compiled and will be sent to PSD/L0 for
printing during the week of 4 June.
b. Bibliography: Hand-to-Hand Combat, TR RM 0-525. Completed,
copies received from PSD/LO andsseminated.
c. Catalog of Courses, all catalogs, revisions, June 1956. The
printing othe fCatalogs is continuing; estimated date of com-
pletion has been set forward due to the insertion of a schedule
change and an addendum sheet.
d. Miscellaneous administrative memoranda. 1,373 copies of 14
original pages were reproduced, collated and distributed by
E&R/ISB.
6. AAS/ISB has made the necessary arrangements with Graphics/Register/OCR
for a LETS summer film program of 65 films.
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