WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 10 4 - 10 MARCH 1960

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• Publication Date: March 10, 1960
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~f~ice Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Director of Ruining
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Chief, School of International
Communism and the USSR
Weekly Activities Report No. 10
4 - 10 March 1960
10 March 1960
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NOIIe t0 report.
II. OTHER ACTNITIES
1. I regret that SIC has not been able to neat the tentative
deadline I had set far a first draft of the Communist Handbook 25X1
to anticipate the dift'iculties which would bs im-olved in con-w
vertin? and condensing a series of lecture transcripts into
a coherent, arganissd, and easily understood series of chapters.
Even the material which had already been reduced to manual form
has had to be complete7,y reorganise a~,edited. A case in point
i8 The GoaDel ~o~ar~3inn to M.,.,rl L--~.+-~. --- L--- ----~ 7X1
constantly as basic reading mate for the study of Communist
doctrine. I had assumed that this siaply could be inaarporated
~,~~,Q into the handbook. Even this wouldn~t work. It had tD
be reorganised, edited, and brot~ht up-to-date.
The na~or problem, however, has been the search for un-
classified information which w311 permit us to backstop the
reduction of classified lectures to an unclassified nanusoript.
The proposed outline for the handbook, submitted 25X1
so~+e tia ago, did not of course discrioinate in this we~y. It
could not be e~zpscted to. However, the point xas emphasised
that the final product had to be entirely unclassified, and this
particular problem will continue to drag out the time far the
production of a draft. I find it impossible at this point to
estimate when this fob can be completed.
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3? has iat t hs has had some con-
versations With ~~ th. ~~?~
was still concerned with t'iading out Whether CL had nay regaire-
ments in this field which would bear upon his planning for the
program, and that h? could probably coataat you on this mattes.
~ t~atatively agreed vtth ~ opinion that the whole proposal
was too vague at this point for the Agency to levy nay ?pecifio
requirements or to sponsor a~- students.
4. My preliminary discussion With the
students and their chief was encouraging. Siaoe w are going
to have them four Weeks, full-time, and since w are going to try
to provide them with what amounts to a streamlined version of
SIGs JOT program, w were quite concerned about the language
problem which was such a ditYicult hurdle last year. Apparently,
howver, they both read English quite wll and both understand
the spoken word. Ia addition, they both appeared to have con-
siderable background in the Covunism field upon which w can
build. According to the sealer man's comments they are noW
visualising this u an annual program. He specifically asked
far bibliography so that "tbture students" can better prepare
themselves is advance.
5. In his planning for the JOT program has now
satisfied the proposal ~-t a 20~ rednotion in ec ure time. This
has been accomplished by reducing the time i.nvol~ed in some of
the presentations, and by eliminating others completely, partic-
ularlvy is the historical sections.
6. Tutorial Training:
AM - 7 March
AM - 7 March
PM - 7 March
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