HUMAN INTERACTION AND ASSESSMENT LABORATORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05343A000200090024-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: January 16, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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16 January 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR; Deputy Director for Management and Services
SUBJECT : Human Interaction and Assessment.
Laboratory
This memorandum is for your information and
suggests action in paragraph 4.
2. For several months, this. Office has been aware
that the Office of Technical Service, DD/S4T, is conducting
a one-week course called the "Human Interaction and Assess-
ment Laboratory." From reports received from a variety of
sources, I became somewhat disturbed as to the course content
and when an opportunity was presented, arranged for a Security
Officer to attend the course and to report back to me on its
specific content.
3. 1 am forwarding as Attachment A, for your
5X1A information and review, an informal report pre Us by Mr.
of this Office, describing his attendance
an react on to t e activities carried out during the course,
Attachment B is a memorandum from describing 25X1A
a sequel to the course he attended. I made this report
available to Dr. John. Tietjon, Director of Medical Services,
and have discussed it with him in some detail. Irrespective
of the title given the course, Dr. Tietjen and his Staff are
of the opinion that it is nothing more or less than "sensitivity
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n our current Agency curricula and I personally believe that
it is extremely hazardous from a political point of view at
this time and fail to see the value of it as a training mechanism
for Agency operational personnel.
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4. I suggest that you may wish to explore this
matter with the Deputy Director for Science and Technology
in terms of its content, its possible effects on the stu-
dents, and the resulting embarrassment to the Agency should
it become known that we conduct this t e Of training. I
am, of course, available as is Dr. Tieten, to discuss this
with you at your convenience.
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16 January 1974
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