INCENTIVE PAY FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06369A000100050002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 16, 1954
• Content Type: MF

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OF (-) T IONS, DWP
Incentive for Foreign langi gas
(a) StaftZtndy to DOCI from MVP on sbj &bet
19 Aug 24
(b) memo to Del fr DrR1 sUbj Area and Language
Training, undated E0 2638)
The Clandestine Lees Traifling Committee, as requeated,
refnlly considered rterce (a) and recommends against the
el by CIA, at the present time, of any plan awarding incentive
or acquisition of leeeeage and area knowledge.
It is the view of the Committee that many hundreds of Agency
s have demonstrated ample motivation tor the acquisition of
and area knowledge, and have shown that no financial
is needed. An reported in reference (a), paragraph 3ee
undred employees took outside courses at their own expense
working hours durieg the academic year of 1953-54.
re studied languages after working hours through the
? within CIA, of the Office of Training.
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us ineentives to languege study are, in fact,
ine offered to Agency employees, though not in the
or direct payment of extra cash. Some employees
to be away free their desks as much as six or eight
k for language inetruction by the Office of Training.
se employees are being paid for part-time study of a
ep althoueh their =aeries remain the same as if they did
e their device. Such employees ordinarily donate to the
Aeencle after working hours, about twice the amount of time the/
spend on language study during the business day.
he This plan is appreee-ate when there is an indica ion that
a particular language will be were in an employee's future
assignment, It is believed that many more employees would be sent
to this type of training, except that the urgency of their present
duties holds them at their deeks, Thia, of course, is an impediment
which would not be removed by any inceative system similar to that
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