WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 10 4 - 10 MARCH 1960

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March 10, 1960
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r_ .. Approved For Release 2008/07/21 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000300020037-0 .r~nu.a row~,~ wo. < , Yy~17~1 ~ 6 EYES ONLY ~f~ice Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Director of Ruining ~f 1~~~ ~ 1P~~- Chief, School of International Communism and the USSR Weekly Activities Report No. 10 4 - 10 March 1960 10 March 1960 I~ - QT[;NTFTC~App T'ITi`~ 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. i t ~~ l V L~~i 1 ~f t~ ~l':~FT Approved For Release 2008/07/21 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000300020037-0 Approved For Release 2008/07/21 CIA-RDP78-04836A000300020037-0 +~~9~~C 1 AYES ONLY 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 S fri~~ ~ Approved For Release 2008/07/21 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000300020037-0 25X1 25X1 25X1'1 ~, Approved For Release 2008/07/21 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000300020037-0 - ~ v~yi~L 1 ~M - 8 March 1M - 8 March PM - 8 March PM - 8 March ~ - 9 Larch ~ - 9 March ~ - 9 March ~ - 9 March ~ - 10 March PM - 10 March ~~~~F~~~~S ~ ~~~ Approved For Release 2008/07/21 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000300020037-0