WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 9 26 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 1960

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• Publication Date: March 3, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

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Of~ice Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Director of Training
Chief, School of International
Communism and the USSR
Weekly Activities Report No. 9
26 February - 3 March 1960
that he might concentrate on Y n order
preparing and coordinating this three-
day section of the course. We will plan to use ~ in a seminar
or discussion capacity rather than count on him or any formal
lecture coverage.
from all other responsibilities during the month~of IMa i
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ac that he has a deep interest and substantial background
DATH: 3 March 1960
1. In response to your suggestion re cutting down the lecture
time in SIC's JOT Program,I have asked ~~ to review the problem
with each staff member with a view tower a Hating additional
lectures -- beyond those which he had already scratched in his new
schedule. The tents objective of a 20~r cut should be relatively
easy to meet since had already eliminated almost 10'j6 of the
lecture hours. While this procedure will perhaps move us closer
towards the ideal of a better balanced program I still have mis-
givings about its relative efficiency. Given the physical situation
in which we have to conduct the course a substantive lecture (even
one for which adequate reading is available) may be the most
efficient way of concentrating the attention of a zna~jority of the
class. It is much more difficult for them to became absorbed in
a reading assignment with the shuffling, talking, and other inter-
ruptions which are inevitable in so large a group. Saone of the
reading can certainly be accomplished at home during evening hours,
but this will not recoup the time lost during the day. I believe
we should push very hard to set up a series of study roams to
increase efficiency in use of the study periods.
2? Although 0 has indicated a willingness to give
his services to the JOT program, "if available," I am reluctant
to count upon his availability. In addition, since he has a few
of the characteristics of a prima donna, it is rather difficult
to discipline his presentations so that they fit smoothly into
the context of the course. With this in mind, and also in view of
the f
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~+. Tutorial Training;
AM - 2 March
PM - 2 March
AM ~ PM - 3 March
~+. Non-Agency Presentations:
FSI, Mid-Career;
29 February, Current Ideological Problems
1 March, Current Political Developments
in USSR.
C4N~1DEN1tAl
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