HUMAN RELATIONS INFORMATION FOR (Sanitized) STAFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05787A000200030095-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 95
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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ATTACHMENT B to WAR #L i, 9 October
PROJECT: Human Relations Information for Instructor Staff
To furnish staff instructors with brief digests con-
cerning the cultural backgrounds of the peoples of the various areas
designed to aid them in their day-to-day relation-
s ps w~ es.
BACKGROUND:
a. Persons returning from PCS and TDY tours have pointed 25X1A
out a lack of pertinent cultural material to which instructors may
refer in preparing themselves to deal with the indigenous trainees.
Area Survey (geographical, political) type material is available at
the Station, but nothing of any consequence on how to establish and
maintain rapport with the students--their local customs, beliefs, and
taboos. "Old FE hands" in many cases are walking encyclopedias of
this kind of information; instructors who are in the area for the first
time, however, are at a disadvantage in dealing with the trainees.
0 re uested background 25X1A
b. X7803, dated 25 June 1957,
information on. the NEA area, especially 25X1A
Information should be basic and simple, covering briefly:
Cultural Interests:
a. Local Customs and habits:
Eating and drinking (what and how)
Dress
Recreation
Sleeping
Taboos
Legends
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b. Cultural background, especially:
Religion
Education
2. Geographical Areas of Interest:
Finished product should be limited to approximately ten type-
written pages of factual material covering each country (or area).
The method of reproduction however, will have to be
decided upon after the materials have been collected.
IAPLEM UMIENTAT
Week of 7 October:
b. MM.r. La go to the Pentagon under sponsorship of ISB/OTR
and make a survey of what exists there (Stanford University papers,
for example) and to determine how long it will take to obtain what we
need from that source.
c. Mr. also to check the possibility of photographing
material with his portable photostat machine.
d. Library of Congress material to be checked, if time permits.
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e. Researching should be done with specific limited subjects
in mind, eliminating extraneous material as soon as possible,
adhering strictly to the human relations angle (except in the case
of the African request).
25X1A g. Interview Miss if possible; follow up on Mr.
25X1A offer to try to obtain copies of her report (on training
25X1A dissertation.
Second week: Continue above; organize material further for best use of 7
or 8 JOT's whose services have been offered by C/JOT for the week of
28 October.
Third week: The JOT's to review books and periodicals collected during the
previous two weeks, writing up or photographing pertinent data.
Fourth & ensuing
weeks:
Collation of material, using the two or three JOT's permitted
by C/JOT for an additional 3-week period.
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