CIA Reading Room cia-rdp61-00442a000200040102-2: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR EVERYDAY CONTACTS WITH DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

Approved For Release 2009/12/18: CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040102-2 Awe LAS/TR Area Training Program BR:IFING SUGGESTIONS Americans Abroad Orientations How to Make the Most of Your Everyday Contacts with_ __: Developing effective interpersonal relations The following list of promptings is not intended to be covered completely in any single briefing. It should be used with discretion for applicability to a given country or region, in order to point up the most significant problems of personal adjustment encountered by Americans in that area. At each blank, read the name of the pertinent foreign country or people. A. IN GENERAL: 1. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES a. What kinds of participation are open to you in the _ community at the various levels,, To what degree? How do these possibilities vary for different members of your family? For 21merican government employees and their families as opposed to other groups of Americans in b. What are the advantas for American government employees in partici- pating in the - community (aside from the requirements of thei^.' work assignment)? fo_r their dependents, in participating in certain areas of life, such as cultural pursuits, education, sports, clubs, social services; c. How far can you safely isolate yourself from contact with the local culture and still do your work effectively? How bad is the problem of "The American Oompounc?" in - _ _ _? d. How far should you immerse yourself in the local culture? a. What are some of the most pract