During the early phases of the Korean Operations, the language
barrier between US and ROK units caused long delays in reporting
important intelligence information at all echelons of command.
The Korean language lacks many modern words and unitary forms
which caused many cases of mistranslation. The insufficient
number of qualified linguists to carry on the necessary
communications at the higher levels of command was critical.  It
was recommended that additional linguists be trained for the
Korean operations in both the Korean and Chinese languages. It
was necessary in many cases to use Niesi personnel as liaison
agents with Korean units, employing Japanese as the common
language. In many Korean unite, the ROK furnished English-
speaking personnel as interpreters for US officers. In the fall
of 1951 each Korean Army Technical School was compiling a
dictionary of its own to be submitted to a central agency which
would in turn publish a complete technical dictionary.  This
solution was not completely satisfactory