REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF (SANITIZED) RESEARCH PROJECT ON SOVIET LINGUISTICS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000300060048-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: July 15, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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ME1~~}f~?~~tDU~i FQR: aepu~y ~ree.~o~ (I~te3.l~.gens^e)
~U'B.TlE~T: eque~~.,~ :f't~r? Apps?ava~.l o~
$ae~e~;~~.,..t~ Fro?je~t opt 3~v:~et Lxuist.:
1 . To u~ade~?~:a~e :a ;~~~ate~a t;i~ survey ~f soviet
~.tex^~et~xF~~ on =~be k.heo~?y o~ l.~x~~ua~e ar~d i~:s x?el~t ions
p$~I..~.t:~,~~1 ~nci ~o~~.a_~. p~:~ob~.em~ gn the USSR. o ~h.c~~.eaura
~~a~veg~ exs.t:~ ~t Cortin Est .w~? -t~.ng on ttae u~.tux?e and
it~n^t t.on ~~ lan~u~~e
.A sub^4.ta.xpf:~al. hoY.~y o~ 1~r~gui~t~.. thc~ot~y his been
developed ~.n ~iuss:~ ,~1~?~.ng tk~e Co~migta~st per_,od ~r~ich, i~a~e
Soviet ~r~~.yi~1 g:~.ens~e, bow been a.:r?plp fo=.?~t~~.:aet can
use csi l~n~uae ~= a. polit~..~el '~nst~umen:. Thx.
e~?at~a~e ?~~. YSC,.-us~ec~ r~uc~h questions a.s tt4e motet efi'e.t~ve
i:e?:;~>u.i.ques for exg~~es~~n~ .i.de~~~ in ~v~ty= which ~:~12
~~e:~suas~.ve, the t~eve.lopmesst of ~m app:"Qgx::~~.te t;e~?m~nc~lc~y
~:~s:~ palat~c~~l ~:~~~:~c~u~se, '?fie problems of ~:~manun.~.~?at:~.~an a~.th
m a~or~ ty ~~?oup;r vahose na ~. ~ ve l~n~guage is not Rue~~.a.a~, the
-e~x,:~.an~h:-p hetwee~x I?~n~~.~~age, ~t^tl.t>A, ~-ud belief, ~nc# tl~e
~ r_~@ .
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=~ . The interest c~ f ~ov~.et a~ut~tox?s in she atudy ~~
1,~?ngua~;e ;~pr ing~ p~~:~t ly~ f a cam Lhsa.c?et:ica.1 taut eq,u~.lly txQm
h:t~hl.y gra~.~~r:~t~al a~ansidex-st~ons. The Sov~.ets have developed
the ?ase ~~' :d.an~uc~.~e as ~. c?nscxous tool fox influetrc
~ttitude~, tselief~, anai goliti.cal loya.ities more than ax~y
s~the~? na.ti.anal gQVex?nment. They have hax~nesees~ the energies
~ Sov~.et l:n~uistic experts tr the px?ablem of pvliticaI_
t~c~ntx~n3 in aceo~:d~ax,c.e with the general H~rx^at v;eru that
~nowleci~e ha:~ ~ political a-nd. utilitaria.rm pxarpc~ee.
In ad~-~;ican tc~ their you>~ern wi.t~ tte:~igx~ing
e~'le~t~.ae m+enn:~ raf c~ommun~^~tiarx ~vlth ~u~~~an ~pea~l~i
~pecple~ ttae $ovx.ets have s.xnce the early ciay~ ?~ ttxe
R~volutic~n ~.~een plagued v~ith a vex?~r ?tifficult problem of
ab~Q~^b~.ng a.nd contx?ell~n~ ~ ~ricte variety of na.ticrx~,al
~;A?t~t~pa wl.th la~u~ges a~ff~:rent fx?om Ruesau. Thex?e have
1~een a. cumber of phases in the history of pt~licy with e~.pe~t
ttae~e na'tiamal ;gaups, each pha,ee being accAmprt.nied by
~. d~,-~fexent language pali?y. They have sexiousl:y expl~ared
the pa~sit~ilitie~ cxf a 'universal language l~.~te gsgez?~~to.
'They hive a.~t; tiaree fc-3:lor~e~d the pc~li-:~y of attempting to
~+rx~~e instt~uct.c~n :~r~ Russia.n a.ad their have at times Qiluwed
the oppos~.te polt~?y of enec~urr~giu~g the further develapnexar:
c,f tike various languages of the various minority g'rcrtipst.
'Their pt~l.c,,;r w~ t:~ r?espe~t to 3.anguarge ~. somet#~.ing 4f a.r~
~ni~ a,tox? of thQix? general palace with xesgect to tlae
m~.nor~ t~.es.
6. Thv concern of the cent.rml a~utht~rities w~ltl~
lingu~.~ti~; p.rcablems is illustr~.ted by the fa:;t t'~at
Joseph. ~ta.lia .sans-~der~33 them vital enough ~.Q envex? hamr~E tf
per~c~na,ll;y and publicl:v :gin a gx?eat lirxguista.c~ cAntc~very
in 15ti.3 ,
'~, It is believed ~;ha.t a. tx?eatrn+~nt
of the 5?v.et literature on linguistic anti s*ommur~i~ation.
pa-ablems wouie~ thrrJVV mue~~. light first on Soviet propagaus;~a
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