AREA TRAINING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00309A000100020055-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 55
• Content Type: MF

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Area Training
e k orand to Chief, n from
Training
s bject, Lang mange Area
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1. The receipt of the referenced orandum with Its enclosures
explaining in detail the proposed "Lang-4arge Ares Training Program was
received at a time when this Division was taking a very hard look at
personnel utilisation. Consequently, your proposal was most carefully
examined in a climate of sexi-a:zsterity. Considering this climate the
results of our review were not surprising. Almost all concerned agree
that Ara Training per se is at the prevent time somewhat of a luxury*
We must train our people in other more necessary skills, if you
th* fact
such as language, so that when added to overseas processing
that we are all being called upon to do a better job with fewer personnel,
Area Training must necosserily assume a low priority. With this estab-
I.iehed, we reason that the Area Training still required by our personnel
h 4-44-4-4-al research and reading
to acquired on their own time throug
y~ydyesks and
rough local area programs conducted by the various country
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organized pedagogical approach to Area Tray nine as
but frankly it to all we can *afford" at present.
tail+ed Area Training beyond the depth o ei
2. Sp.ci*li $*d or a e
tation ,.-Id still. be Possible through the use of local
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university area training programs, courses, lectures, seminars, etc., We"-
shed. It is to this
the in real Area Training Pro `am aboli we would prefer
to look in those rare cases where our personnel would require this type of
Area Training.
3. progra`a such as Americans Abroad. and the Dependents briefing
which require loss time and have proven beneficial in the past should be
ees from the DDS +elements, since in many
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instances it is the first overseas trip for the majority of these individuate
and their dependents.
Chief s Far East
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