FBIS UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLAR REQUIREMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00065R000100110045-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: November 4, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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FBIS-0240-87
4 November 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Undergraduate Scholar Program Manager
Office of Personnel
irec or, oreign Broadcast Information Service
STAT
SUBJECT: FBIS Undergraduate Scholar Requirements
REFERENCE: Memorandum to Undergraduate Scholar Program Manager
dated 27 August 1987
1. The reference outlines our requirements for the Undergraduate
Scholar Program. I want to re-emphasize our strong desire to participate
in this program starting with the next cycle. We will provide you with
any assistance that you may need to help us achieve this objective.
2. Our plans in this area are most strongly endorsed by the DDS$T,
Mr. Hineman, and have the full support of all senior managers in FBIS.
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
1 - D/FBIS Chrono
1 - C/Prod
DDSET/FBIS/OD
(4 Nov 871
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August 27, 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THROUGH:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Undergraduate Scholar Program Manager
Chief, Production Group, FBIS
airman, Production Group Recruitment Task Force
FBIS Undergraduate Scholar Requirements
STAT
STAT
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1. Per our conversation on 13 August, I am sending you FBIS/Production
Group's requirements for the Undergraduate Scholar Program.
2. FBIS/Production Group hires people with strong reading knowledge of
one or more foreign languages to monitor developments in the foreign press.
We particularly need applicants fluent in critical, non-European languages
such as Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese. Applicants for the
Undergraduate Scholar Program in FBIS must therefore have an aptitude for and
interest in foreign languages, demonstrated by high achievement in foreign
language classes or high scores on a language aptitude test. Since it will
probably prove difficult to locate high school students or college freshmen
with non-European language skills, we will consider students who have studied
more common European languages (French, Spanish) and are willing to learn
Russian, Chinese, Arabic, or Japanese.
3. applicants should also be interested in international affairs or a
discipline such as science, economics, political science or history. Because
work in Production Group involves a great deal of reading and some writing,
applicants should be interested primarily in intellectual pursuits rather than
applied or people-oriented activities. They should also have a good command
of written English.
4. Based on our experience with the Program this year, we suggest that
all applicants be briefed on the program and our interest in non-European
languages before they come to FBIS for an interview. We will be glad to
provide language tests if you consider these appropriate.
S. I am attaching a recruitment flyer that describes the work of a
foreign language officer in FBIS. Although written for regular applicants, it
may be helpful in describing job options to undergraduate scholar candidates.
cc: D/FBIS
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