WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040190-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 190
• Publication Date: October 29, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Chief, Language and Area School
Deputy for Language Training
Weekly Activities Report
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. Arrangements have been made to hav one hour every after-
noon to drill the full-time basic Chinese class. is is in addition to
the two hours a day h now devoting to the advanced class. This
arrangement wil~7-s give some relief until we find a permanent replace-
ment interviewing a good prospect this week, a man
who seems to have excellent qualifications and is interested,
but who might take a long time to clear because he is not yet a citizen
and most of his past contacts are still in China. Also we may be able
to hire a woma for part-time work.
2. We have been given oral assurance byl lof EE Division
that EE will send at least four students to full-time Greek training
beginning during the first half of 1960. n word on this will be
forthcoming. We have therefore informed hat his contract will
be renewed if he wishes. At this point he does not seem to have any
other plans; if such should develop he would let us know before renewal
time in January or sooner.
3. I Ihas just entered Basic Polish
Reading (II), bringing the enrollment up to four students.
a JOT, several years ago completed the Army Language School 9 months
course in Polish. As the emphasis was on producing interpreters for
military use, almost no practice was offered in newspaper-type reading,
which is the new student's particular objective in joining the LAS course.
5. ~ discussed the withdrawal
the Intermediate German FT course with
It was confirmed that
of EE from
Training Officer.
has promised to look into the matter further and report
25 YEAR
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