Conference at National Science Foundation on Development of an Area-Language Specialist Register

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00346R000100010021-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: February 4, 1957
• Content Type: MFR

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SPed attended on 30 January 1957 a meeting held at the
nce Foundation, 1520 E. Street, N. W., to discuss the
opment of a register of Area-Language Specialist personnel
on. Invited to the meeting were representatives of
rtmeat of Defense, Department of the Army (Special
(DA), State Department, Public Health and Welfare
/A, ICA, Civil Service Commission, Department of
the American Council of Learned Societies. The
nded as an observer only, as did 25X1A9a
was chaired by DT. Tom Mills of the National Science
ant, national-level registers of specialist
for specialists in the physical sciences, earth
es (anatomy, zoology, biology, etc.), meteorology,
certain engineering specialties and others
tached to original only). Those registers, developed
by the National Science Foundation, have three
serve as a stand-by tool for canvassing resources
ey? 2) to provide a statistical aid to the review
and Character of speCialist personnel, and 3) to act
aid for business and government, in the event of
ion on1. The registers provide detailed information,
an microfilm, as to ago, sex, geographical
ifications, etc., in addition to the specialties
dual.
Science Foundation is also conducting a
t earned doctoral degrees With the intent of
rends in the development of specialist
At the same time, it is surveying the actual
late so registered by sending them questionnaires
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