WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040063-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: September 2, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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STANDARD FORM N0. 64
Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Acting Chief, Language and Area School DATE:2 September 1959
FROM : Deputy Chief, Area Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
1. None
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
i. My forthcoming report on the Maxwell Institute on American
Overseas Operations, in which C/LAS and I participated from
10 to 28 August, will reflect my mixed feelings concerning
the value of this program as presently organized. All 16
participants agreed on the worthwhileness of their mutual
contacts within the group but considered that Syracuse
University's contribution by way of formal course content
was not sufficiently oriented toward the prime target of
identifying and evaluating overseas success factors, per-
sonnel selection criteria, and training techniques. The
consensus was that the Institute as presently organized
should be compressed from three to two weeks' duration.
Corrective measures may be anticipated for the 1960 In-
stitute, partly as a result of a forthright critique
session held with Dean Cleveland on the last evening (27
August). It was agreed that the Maxwell Institute is at
present by far the most promising center in the country
for the study of problems of effective performance of
Americans overseas, and in my opinion Dean Cleveland
showed every intention of revising the present plan of
the Institute in order to increase its impact on those
concerned with these problems.
2. The proposed coordinated long range area training program
for the Far East, prepared by was forwarded to FE
Division this week in multiple copies for circulation and
study by FE components, prior to a joint conference on the
subject. This conference, expected to be held next week,
will seek agreement on an area program which FE will be
formally committed to support with students.
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3. After 3z months of travelling in Africa and the Middle East,
color slides, and an empty purse. He is now preparing an
illustrated briefing which will first be presented, probably
late next week, to interested LAS personnel. He says he
will let few escape! Meanwhile, he is turning his attention
to the considerable backlog of inquiries concerning training
on these areas, which were received during his absence,from
interested DDP and DDS components.
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