WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040115-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 115
• Publication Date: May 20, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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STANDARD FORM NO. 84
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Office Memorandum ' UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Chief, Language and Area School DATE:20 May 1959
FROM : Deputy Chief, Area Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
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B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
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discuss ation and guest specialists with AF
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and OCI The series is a stop-gap measure during
10 July, and to be held in 117 Central Building. He has
lecture series on Africa South of the Sahara, to begin on
is progressing with plans for our short weekly
a sence, on a fast-moving area. who volun-
teered to do this for us, conducted our rs course on this
area, in 1956. He consulted) (before his departure.
2. We have completed revision of our course descriptions for
the new OTR Catalog, in line with your suggestions. These
represent our first set of formal specifications for all the
courses we offer. We are fortunate to be able to include the
new Introduction to Overseas Effectiveness (IOE) and Senior
Seminar on Overseas Effectiveness (SSOE).
3. Eighteen persons, 13 from NE, attended a special showing of a
recent CBS film on Iraq which we arranged in our I Building
space. Several senior NE officers were present and joined me
afterward in a critique of the film. The consensus is that it
presents a useful and sophisticated analysis of the Qasim re-
gime and in addition includes unusually fine area material of
long-term value. I have so informed who will re-
quest purchase.
4. It is with deep regret that we said farewell last week to Frank
His contributions to both language and area training
have been major ones. We shall miss his work and we shall also
miss his unfailing cheerfulness, ready wit, and boundless ca-
pacity for work and getting things done.
5. Frank's last contribution was a successful running of an
Americans Abroad Orientation on Southeast Asia, attended by
seven people, five employees and two dependents.
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