MANY AMERICANS EMPLOYED OVERSEAS, ESPECIALLY NAVY AND MARINE PERSONNEL, NEED KNOWLEDGE OF THE CULTURES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. THERE IS CRITICISM OF TRADITIONAL WAYS OF SELECTING PERSONS AND TRAINING THEM. A NUMBER OF NEW TECHNIQUES, BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING IN SIMULATION OF FOREIGN SOCIETIES, SEEM TO PROVIDE FOR OVERCOMING INTERNALIZATION BLOCKAGE AND PERMITTING THE TRAINEE TO ACQUIRE THE "FEEL AND FLAVOR" OF THE OTHER CULTURE. MILITARY AND CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SHOULD COMBINE WITH ACADEMIC, CORPORATE, AND OTHER PRIVATE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS TO ESTABLISH A TRANS-CULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE. THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE SETTING FOR FOREIGN AND AMERICAN TRAINEES AND RESEARCHERS TO USE, EVALUATE, AND REFINE EXPERMENTAL TRAINING TECHNIQUES. IT WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A NATIONAL RESEARCH AND INFORMATION CENTER ON PROBLEMS OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRANSFER. A FEASIBILITY STUDY, FOLLOWED BY FURTHER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, IS URGED. (THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES 83 REFERENCES.) THIS DOCUMENT, AD-651-312, IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SPRINGFIELD, VA. 22151. MICROFICHE $0.65, HARDCOPY $3.00. (AUTHOR/LY)