INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00184424
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 21, 2025
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: January 14, 1953

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ayd'hiS'Fogress ,in liexico is proceeding "...
-2.more rapicily-than expected. lie has, obtained excellent �cooperation.:;,,C-t,--,
of the Mekicans and is accumulating some .valua. ble info mation
and .,..,simiaar materials.
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, resident t psychiatry und ..,
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15 April. '''He became very much intereste in interrogation techniques,?
. while in Germany..''i, Preliminary 'arrangements ,have been made for him to :�,;:)�,-� 7
be atibigned ,to one of the'Americali hospitals 'in Germany. Probably he
: wiLl devote .a considerable amount of his ,time. to . interrogation '-'�..' :',11jk.:ci'-',;.):41?;Pt,',t,./.ii.�,!..','
'techniques. � ' His studies �when completed would. qualify him to direct
, a. special:team. -Itl:is, possible that'. his 5.'s ervices .., will'i be availablefti,rr;.;.
-time to .er..ariother.:- office'if he: doitKnot , ' �
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3. If the services of , a . '� "'-
trained hypnotist can be obta n and snot ler man well grounded in
- conventional psychological interrogation and polygraph techniques,
c. and the services of
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4. I wish to invite your attention to the'need of inere't.r.r171:.;1;
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intensive exploration of techniques in use by the Russians and �
Satellites, including China. 1Apparently their major emphasis is on
the development of ,especially,trained teams for obtaining information.
., without the use of narcotics, hypnosis, or, special mechanical devices .
_which require the services of specialists. Their,mothods produce
t" results which meet their' objectives. -The methods can be employed"'
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Y; extensively on large numbers of persons .if required, without the use '
, of interrogation personnel difficult to recruit.' The Russians and
Satellites can obtain results without the. use of obsolete methods r
-) of physical torture, and it would.be very difficult, if not almost .
'� impossible, to prove that. they;:do � not adhere,tp the "Geneva pouven�
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..'� tion agreements". �
-"There is evidence that they resort to mental duress ,
t and probably . the above speoia r l,techniques ',including narcotics
; stimulants under- certain circumstances,. but r!,.?-t,
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a..well�balanced.interrogation .1;2
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especially::delected:'
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1-7'n1or-,7111; oc tr..r-17. Is a rr.-7--1:, Chira, vhich
rororts the arrival in Shanr)lai of a "confession raPr" which has
-nnver7-1r7 In relrin-. AceordInr to the report, the mo,lbers of
111.0 specloi trainir in rnsPla, and can ch-tin confessions
op ftc,10.-fr71 terfarre or drPrs to obtin ar7
c"C'7,71-'11 t11c':" Oc7.;rr!". Tr one cam 1.1.o irlsoner vas rot alloyed
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7. Ue 13avo hr.d relorts nn tl'e2lso of npre on tl'e
of f!1 s1,77 Intenso 1:h1ch work while
the eyelids are open or closed..
s9.7,n the rethod of ehtatn1n7 infor7ation to o. ratter o
"reactions fnlInwInr,r, C7CC13:71.7 fatIr-r7e due to loss of sleep, etc.,
-n1 tile threat of injrry to on!1 relatives which vas the
do70.ratinr factor in lirealr!'t the rlor7qe".
"- ai.1 norrri'�ne Ilydroehlere, Ci(-117, 77),m, has been
reported b1 ft an effective analeptic arent, and'hP.s a respiratory
atirnlatinr Oct ar2;.rot rr,r7p1r1.4-ory depression einsod by rlorpMne,
?retliadore, Dilandid, Dreroranl Pantopen, Demerol, Codeine, 11c:top-my and
ITIcenti1. It clor,r: net cennteract non-narcotic afferts.. it is reported
to 1'cnffncti:uo T^n-.1 olPyrrlon7o of tilo roTectIxt
17.r.;(�1 f=1.rn Ti% I:1 not r.,,--1.;.nct fatal
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