WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 9 26 FEBRUARY--5 MARCH

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: March 6, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

CONFIDENTIAL
Office' Memorindum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Director of Training
FROM : Acting Chief, School of International
Communism and the USSR
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 9
26 February - 5 March
DATE: 6 March 1958
I. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
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1. Introduction to Communism No. 18, which concluded 28
February, was considerably more successful than SIC staff had
anticipated it would be. The loss of two days because of weather
combined with a general lack of college background had seemed
to presage an unusually difficult eight days for both students
and staff. However, both groups rose to the occasion extremely
well. No material was actually eliminated, with the exception
of a few films. Lectures were shortened and study periods
reduced, the class was most understanding and responsive, and
the results surprising, thirty-five Excellents, forty-four
Satisfactories, and only two Unsatisfactories.
II, OTHER ACTIVITIES
2. onferred
with on 5 March w erence to setting up a brief
Communism program for five officers. The program which
they requested represents t e usual standard coverage, but a
refreshing note was added in the fact that they made a much more
serious effort than is normally the case to select those officers
who because of similar backgrounds and assignments would make
up a reasonably homogeneous group and for whom, therefore, a more
meaningful program can be developed.
3. USIA, has confirmed the postponing of
SIC's program for USU-until 24 March. This should enable
to enroll a better cross-section of USIA officers in
this course.
4. training officer in FDD, has contacted
SIC about the possibility of putting on a Party Organization
and Operations course for FDD at Last fallts
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USSR Country Survey, while it was well attended, did not provide
the type of Communism coverage needed for the Free World branches
of FDD. Some of our recent Party Organization and Operations
students have been from this division and have apparently spread
the word that this additional training would be useful through-
out FDD. While putting on a course at is somewhat
inefficient from SIC's point of view it is pro a y the only may
to get to this group of people since it is considerably more
wasteful of man-hours if FDD sends a large group to Alcott Hall.
PDD has a significant concern with Communist Party activities in
the Free World. It now publishes a periodic review of press
coverage of national Communist Party developments. SIC is pre-
pared to undertake this commitment, and FDD will probably be di-
recting a request for the program to DTR.
5. Since registration for the next USSR Basic Country
scheduled to begin on 18 March, is not satisfactory
has begun a series of consultations with training
ers, both to publicize the course and to determine if some
er type of coverage would be more useful. These discussions
ve thus far covered ORR, OCR, and 0 The results have been
unaware of what the USSR Survey represents, and some were unaware
of SICts existence and had no understanding of what OTR was
attempting to do in the Communism field. This lack of under-
standing will certainly be rectified through additional con-
ferences of this nature.
ather startling. Most of the people to whom he talked were
III. PERSONNEL NOTES
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IV. NON-AGENCY PRESENTATIONS
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