§ Captain Kerbyasked the President of the Board of Trade how many officers of the Export Services Branch of his Department are qualified Civil Service Commission interpreters in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croat, Arabic, Portuguese, and Japanese, respectively.
§ Mr. JayNone. However, a substantial number of officers in the Export Services Branch have a knowledge of foreign languages, covering altogether some 20 languages.