WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040132-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 132
• Publication Date: April 16, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Chief, Language and Area School
DATE: 16 April 1959
FROM : Deputy for Language Training
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report
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A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. A draft of a Special Bulletin announcing the change-over
of the VLTP from a 15 week trimester to a 21 week semester schedule
and changes resulting in this summer's schedule has been sent to
the Registrar for publication.
whereby full-time employees would be counted as full-time and all
part-time employees would be counted as half-time.
3. The first VL "livin language" exercise of the current
puting the ceiling on contract employees. An agreement was reached
2. ~ met with land with n Contract
Personnel Division to discuss some ad.ustments in the method of com-
trimester was held at the weekend of 11-12 April.
French 301 sem nar and French 202 class
unseasonable weather. The three instructors concurred in recom-
mending the inclusion of more native speaking guests to help avoid
the silences which result where most of the students are still feeling
their way in spoken French.
spent the weekend together with know teaching French
303) and his wife. A good time was by a n in spite of the
4. On the evening of 10 April one of our VLTP
German 101 instructors, gave an excellent hour and a half showing of
colored slides on Berlin for all the German 101 classes and instructors.
represented the VLTP. was formerly a free
lance photographer and he has upwards or 000 o 1000 slides on Germany
and Italy. Arrangements were made for a showing of slides on Tuesday
to the German Intermediate Full-Time class.
5. EE informs us that they have lost the room which they had been
letting use for his Greek and Turkish classes. They have found
another room for the time being, but it appears that we will shortly
have to bring 0 back to the fold in Quarters Eye for all his activ-
ities. We are working on the problem of finding suitable space in Quar-
ters Eye.
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6. A special arrangement has been made for
of PP Senior Staff, whereby he has a daily hour and a
from 0745 until
7. Two French RSW classes - Basic I and Basic III started
this week with a total enrollment of 15, as well as two French
Reading classes - Basic and Workshop - with a total enrollment of
15. A Spanish class, Basic RSW III, also started with three stu-
dents. is taking most of the load for French Reading.
Altho a teaching load is heavy, it will become normal upon
termination of the Intermediate Full-Time class on 8 May.
8. Attendance at the new noontime foreign language movie
program has been good. A total of 30 persons attended the French
movie on 1 April, while the Russian feature on 8 April attracted
12 persons. Newsreels are being included in the programs which
are announced in each issue of the OTR Bulletin.
9.I of CI Staff has begun to type, on an
overtime basis, the Polish Area Reader, prepared by our school. Mr.
office secured a Polish typewriter on loan from Logistics.
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