INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE REFERENCE MATERIALS

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: February 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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9.February 1953
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REFERENCE MATERIALS
1. It has been proposed that it might be of material assistance
to the IAC agencies and perhaps others if an inventory were made of
available Foreign Language Reference Materials.
2.. The objective of this inventory is twofold: (a) to determine
by survey existing lexicographical r?sources in various languages. and
functional fields within each language; (b) to determine priorities on
the basis of existing needs for the conduct of the survey.
3. Three appendices are attached hereto for the use of' the IAC
agencies and others in assigning priorities to languages, functional
fields within each language, and the categories of lexicographical ma-
terials required for operational purposes.
a. Appendix A contains a list of languages organized under
two groups: languages of the European.-Soviet complex and hear East-
Asian languages,
b, Appendix B contains the list of functional fields which may
be applicable within each language,
c. Appendix C contains the categories of lexicographical ma-
terials which may be required,
4. The agencies are requested to indicate the following:
a. The languages in each language group in order of priority.
b. The functional fields in each language in order of priority.
c. The categories of lexicographical materials within each
language and field that will best meet their needs in order of priority.
d. Any additions to a, b,, and c:
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5. It is assumed that the existing resources in the languages of
the Western European area are sufficiently adequate to be excluded from
the inventory. The two broad areas in which the inventory could usefully
be made are the languages of the European-Soviet complex and the tear
East-Asian languages, the former for obvious strategic reasons, the latter
because of the dearth of resources available to meet operational needs.
6. At the conclusion of the development of these terms of reference
for an inventory CIA will undertake to conduct the inventory, reporting
back to the agencies. At that time a meeting to be held among interested
agencies to determine what, if any, additional lexical materials should be
prepared, perhaps by external. research contract.
JAMES 0. REBER
Secretary
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Appendix A
Language Groups
MIDDLE EAST-ASIAN GROUP
Russian
Chinese-Mandarin
Tibetan
Ukranian
Chinese-Cantonese
Urdu
Byelorussian
Japanese
Hindi;
Polish
Korean
Pashtu
Czech
Tagalog
Persian
Slovak
Vietnamese
Arabic
Bulgarian
Thai
Malay
Rumanian
Burmese
Turkish
Hungarian
Indonesian
Other
Other
Mongolian
Appendix B
Functional Fields
General
Military
Army
Naval
Air
Scientific
Technical
Political
Economic
Sociological and Cultural
Other
Appendix C
Categories of LexicograRh1c..Ll Materi-.:; s
Dictionary `ape zi.a? j.zed C:Lossary
English-Foreign Language English-Foreign Laingu=at
Foreign Language-English Foreign Languagi!,-Engli,
Both Both
Specialized Abbreviation L
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Er..g1 sh--.For. .Cn LF-tn[;ua.
Foreign L'inguL,gee-Fng.1L.
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