WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 9, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Chief, Language and Area School
DATE: 9 December 1959
Deputy Chief, Plans, Research and Administration
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to Report
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
with high professional competence and the stud rater1
est. Dr. Myron Koenig of FSI spoke on Monday, of
OCI and Dr. Tom Gladwin of Georgetown spoke on Tuesday, and Dr. W.
Lloyd Warner, the eminent social anthropologist, on Wednesday.
are nineteen enrolled students and one auditor. So far the course
has gone smoothly, with the lecturers handling their contributions
1. The first formal offering of the Introduction to Overseas
Effectiveness opened on Monday with a welcome from Dick Helms. There
2. On 7 December) (took over to
FSI to introduce her to the testing staff there, consisting of Dr.
Rice, Miss Wilds, and Mr. Dieli. A general discussion of testing and
testing problems followed, with particular emphasis on oral testing,
and security clearance for the trip has been reques e .
3. For several years ~ has had in mind taking a trip to
Princeton to visit the Educational Testing Service and talk with
their language testing staff. This has become particularly important
now because ETS is currently engaged in a research ojeet on language
testing for the Office of Education. This week talked with
Dr. Lau, C/A&E/TR, which maintains regular liaison ETS. Dr. Lau
found out the name of the person at ETS with whom should talk,
4. On December 1, gave a showing of some of the pictures
he took on his vacation n Ice and last summer. About a dozen
people attended.
5. Seventy-eight people reported for written Proficiency tests
during the past two weeks in Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French
German, Japanese, Norwegtan, Portuguese, Serbian, Russian, German,
Italian and Spanish.
6. Sixteen orals in Chinese, French, German, Persian and Portu-
guese were given in the past two weeks.
25 YEAR
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7. A schedule of 57 written tests has been arranged for JOT's
for the week of 21 December; insofar as possible thirteen simultaneous
orals will be set up.
who supervised, with competence, the operations of the Eye Building
language lab. We wish him well and hope his new venture provides the
stimulus for rapid advancement*
certificates were sent to the Registrar this past week.
10. With regret we report the departure from LAS of
8. The testing section has begun totaling the IBM run of those
who have claimed language proficiency but who have never been tested.
9. One hundred and eleven Certifications for Language Award
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