LANGUAGE TRAINING MATERIALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R001700080014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2006
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: April 17, 1953
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 200$i 1 0801731 8001700080014-5
17 April 1953
f, ANAUM PCR: Lieutenant General Ralph J. Canine,/
Director, National Security-Agency
SUBJECT: Language Training Materials
1. The Director has requested that I reply to your encrandur:
of 6 April 1953.
2. Theproduction and acquisition of language training irateris Ls,
particularly in the rare languages, has also been of concern to the
members of the Intelligence Advisory Committee (LAC). As a result )f
this concern., as well as of informal discussions on this subject be,-wet:
our Office of Training and your people, a paper was prepared for TP
consideration (TAC -D-66 attached).
3? Simultaneously with the development of this paper t.e TAE;
was engaged in the preparation of a National Security Council. Intelli-
gence Directive on Foreign language Publications (S CID 16) to stre igt1 t
the collection,, exploitation, and referencing of such publications ; ll
was felt that the problet you raise and the LAC document in Iuesti 1
might be best handled by the Advisory Committee which was establislid
by ISCID 16 to advise the Director of Central Intelligence orrL iapl neni
tion of that directive. The first meeting of this Castmittee was h ld
13 April and at that time it was agreed that at the next meeting to i
agencies would be preparecl to indicate their priorities in the App ndicf
to LAC D-66 and to report on the feasibility of an inventory with.i:. the
own agencies regarding available foreign language reference rateri is.
Although not yet decided, presumably additional steps would then be to
conduct an inventory and thereupon assess areas in which effort s'..'lld
be directed in the preparation of lexical materials by whatever
appropriate means.
f. It does not appear necessary or wise to have two gips osijxx-t
of the same agencies working on this problem. We pnropose, therefor-#, _
in lieu of the 20 April meeting you send representatives to the ne. t
meeting of the Advisory Committee on Foreign Language Publications rhi?
will be in Room 1128 M Building at 2:30 P.M. on 27 April. An that tint-
we can. work out how best to proceed.
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AD/CD
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Approved For Release 200
JAMES Q. REBIR
Auient Director
Intelligence Coordination
FIDENTIAL
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