WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT - LANGUAGE SCHOOL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06363A000300030022-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: July 9, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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9 July 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
SUBJECT Weekly Activities Report - Language School
1. We have delayed instituting several administrative
changes pending the clearance of one of our Language Assistants.
Last September we interviewed a for the
Language Assistant job in the Germanic and Slavic Departments.
She is fluent in both German and Russian, is an American
citizen, and has considerable administrative experience. As
of yesterday, the clearance process was still incomplete;
however, a representative of the Office of Security has
advised us that we should have a decision about her sometime
next week .
2. conducted a workshop this week on the
use of the 16mm projector, the carousel slide projector, and
the film strip projector. Eighteen instructors participated
in the course, none of whom had had prior experience with the
equipment. All were able to operate the projectors successfully
at the conclusion of the six-hour course, and declared them-
selves eager to try out their new skills in the classroom.
The workshops conducted during the school break were offered
in keeping with our goal of professionalizing the faculty
wherever possible. The video tape warkshop, postponed because
25X1A9a of absence, will be offered again at a later
date.
3. With the help of a summer employee in the language
laboratory, we are continuing to convert our tape collection
to cassettes, so that all language tapes will be available
for use both in the School and out. This week we looked at
a high-speed cassette-to-cassette duplicator, with the thought
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