SPECIAL BULLETIN OFFICE OF TRAINING, BEFORE-AND -AFTER-HOURS LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM (BAHLT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03090A000100140011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 28, 1972
• Content Type: REGULATION

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CONFIDENTIAL
SPECIAL BULLETIN
28 June 1972
To: All Training Officers of the Agency
BEFORE-AND-AFTER-HOURS. LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM
(BAHLT)
The Before-and-After-Hours Language Training
Program (BAHLT) will offer off-duty classes beginning
11 September 1972 and continuing through 15 June 1973,
with a two-week break for the Christmas holidays.
First-year basic classes will be offered in French,
German, Russian, and Spanish and second-year basic
classes in the same languages, if there are sufficient
eligible applicants. Morning classes, from 0715 to
0830 hours Tuesday through Friday, may be offered, but
most classes will be held after hours, from 1700 to
1840?hour-s?three nights a week. Some classes will be
held at Headquarters and others at the Language School,
Chamber of Commerce Building.
Courses in the BAHLT are open to employees in all
directorates. Class sizes are limited, and applicants
will be notified whether or not they have been selected
for participation in the program. Candidates for
second-year courses are eligible provided they have
satisfactorily completed the first-year course or have
a tested 1+ (Slight plus) proficiency in speaking the
language and are familiar with material equivalent to
that offered in the first-year courses.
The Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) is a
prerequisite for all Language School courses. Employees
planning to enroll in September who have not taken the
test must make arrangements to do so through their
Training officers at the earliest opportunity.
Participants who anticipate lengthy TDY's or frequent
absence from the classes should not apply. Performance
will be evaluated at the end of training, and the
evaluation will be made part of the permanent training
record.
CONFIDENTIAL
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Form 73, "Request for Internal Training," is to be used
to apply for BAHLT. Applicants should designate the language
and course desired, 610 for first-year courses and 615 for
second-year courses. Applicants with previous study or
experience in the language should describe this fully under
"Remarks." No app],icati.ons will be accepted after 15 August 1972.
Further information may be obtained from
OTR/LS, extension
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