WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040122-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 122
• Publication Date: May 7, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum -UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Chief/language and Area School
FROM : Deputy for Language Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
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A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. The third year of the Voluntary Language Training Program
began with the seventh trimester on 4 May 1959. This is also the
last time that the Voluntary Program will be run on a trimester
basis. Beginning in September of this year the voluntary classes
will be on a schedule of two 21-week semesters a year. Because of
the revision in the VIP schedule the current trimester is also the
smallest in number of classes and enrollment of any trimester since
the program was started. The final enrollment for the Summer Tri-
mester of 1959 is 115 students in 20 classes studying twelve lan-
guages - Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Japanese,
Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swahili and Swedish. Two of these classes
are 3-hour weekly seminars in French and German for students who
have reached the intermediate level.
DATE: 7 May 1959
The large drop in enrollment is of course a result of the
cancellation of 101 classes in all but the more unusual languages
and the fact that no 102 classes are being given, since all 101
classes conducted during the current trimester are in Chinese (with
10 students), Dutch, Greek, Japanese and Swedish.
2. The French Intermediate (Full-Time
class of-1
spent the week of 27 April through 1 May at Besides the
Romance Language Staff other members of OTIR helped greatly in the
exercises, namel
3. After a slow start the Spanish, Italian, and Romance
seminars are meeting with great success. The average attendance
is 5 to 7 students.
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4+. ~~ represented the Agency at examinations given by
Mr. Edmund Glenn, Interpreting Branch, Ian a rvices Div.$
Department of State on 29 Aril was approved
as ordinary interpreter and as language escort. The
purpose of these tests is t 1 ne he competence according
to Department of State standards, of CIA personnel assigned to
5. Attendance at films during the week: German - 30 and
Russian - 12. There appears to be good interest in the noontime
film program and a number of informal requests have been received
for more films of an area nature, both in English and foreign
CONFIDENTIAL
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