WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040072-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: July 29, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Chief, Language and Area School
FROM : Deputy for Language Training
suBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
DATE: 29 July 1959
1. ~ was glad to have an opportunity, at the recent Inter-
Axencv Round Table meeting in New Haven which he attended with
to observe at first hand the instruction in Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean conducted at Yale's Institute of Far Eastern
Languages. Although we have had very favorable critiques from Agency
students attending IFEL in the past, it is pleasant to be able to
confirm that the methods there are sound and that the results seem
good. The only disadvantage for our people in the courses there is the
somewhat overemphasized concentration on comprehension skills as opposed
to speaking skills, but even this disadvantage is lessened in the later
stages of any course by IFEL'B willingness to provide very flexible
training to suit the needs of individual students who wish to pursue a
different path from that required by the Air Force's objectives.
le at IFEL, ~ obtained a lead on a possible replacement
for in the person of one of the instructors who the director
feels might be happier elsewhere. Although the "personality difficulties"
cited by the Director as reasons might tend to make us wary, we are having
such difficulty finding a suitable Chinese instructor that we feel every
prospect should be investigated. We are submitting his name for contact
permission.
3. Hungarian Reading Workshop, which ran for 15 weeks, has now
been terminated. Seven students began the course, with one dropping out
due to overseas assignment. Four of the students have announced their
intention of enrolling in the East European Workshop in the fall, which
will include Hungarian.
Li. Two students are being given tutorial instruction in Russian at
the Intermediate level. One is from SR, the other from the Africa
division.
5. ~ returned on Monday from a pleasant and profitable two
weeks at the University of Chicago Management Course.
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6. The search still goes on for a suitable French native speaker
to help with the instruction in the fall. is meeting one good
prospect next Tuesday but security lead time is still critical.
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