BI-WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 6

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06096A000300050036-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: March 16, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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enrollment in the history of the Program.
It is encouraging to note that the percentage of
students with low aptitude scores is significantly lower.
Only 7 out of approximately 80 new students have the lowest
score, i.e., 8. Supervisors have been contacted in these
cases and advised of the difficulties involved. There has
been cooperation all along the line in our effort to screen
Memorandum
TO : Director of Training
FROM : Chief, Language Training School
SUBJECT: Bi-Weekly Activities Report No. 6
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6. The Spring-Winter semester of the Voluntary Language A a o z 4 '0
Training Program will begin on 22 March, with approximately !?' !
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A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
DATE: 16 March 1965
1. Q has completed all the formalities and is now
officially an M.S. (Linguistics) fr rgetown Un' er ity.
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2. /~spent ast e k in full-time ench }
training. He was a mos~`talen ed stud nt and seemed
to appreciate the work done with him. We are preparing a set
of tapes to allow him to continue his studies on his own.
3. Two new WAE instructors started teaching this week in
the Romance Department. Both spent last week studying the
methods of our School through class visits, discussions with
other instructors, and work in the laboratory.
4. Enrollment in Romance languages continues to rise.
Six new students start this week; three in Spanish, two in
Italian, and one in French.
5. We have an urgent request from EE to start another
full-time basic German class. The Division has been informed o n z 0 - IJ
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that the start of the class is dependent upon our obtainin x; C'
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7. Part I, Intensive Spoken Russian, has been printed in
an edition of 300 copies. Most of it has been recorded in the
is now making all possible haste to complete the second and final
part. She deserves credit for performing the lion's share of this
very demanding task.
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laboratory so that Russian classes can utilize it.
8. SR has requested full-time training in basic Russian for
one office beginning 22 March.
9. T0AR, spent a half-hour discussing his
Division's training problems with C/LTS and 0. Among 25X1A
other things, he informed us that , C/SR, had. expressed 25X1A
satisfaction with our memorandum of 12 February, which reported
in considerable detail the performance of five SR employees in
our Russian proficiency test. This had been done in response to
a request made personally by for detailed evaluations 25X1A
of their employees and recommendation for training with a view
to stepping up language abilities in his Division. According to
SR wishes to send about 25 persons here for similar special
proficiency testing, staggered at a rate of,,5 every two weeks.
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