STAFF STUDY ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06369A000100040001-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 19, 1954
• Content Type: MF

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L. The attached staff study ia suaitti herewith_ as
en analysis- of the problem of providing. more. effectively
psychological services to meet the smpending requirements
of the Agency.
Thie (staff :study in its present form togetber with
the action paper required to put It Into effect has not been
epordinated outside the Ofice of Iraining. The correspondence
included under Tab A of the start study dome, however, indicate
that the DODA is in general agreereel in principle with the
tiffice of Training positicsa on -this problem.
,*$+ This study la thereitore au/anted to you fOr preview
and any commute you earn to make at this time. Your official
approval is not requested mow. Aftsr your review and comment,
the Office of Training will undertake the normal staff floordi-
nation on this paper and su4elt it to you fOr final epproval
upon oompletien of the coordination process.
starrCtudy on Psycho
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SUBJECT Psychological Serviced
PROBLai;
To establish polio and respone
psythological services required
2. FACTS BEARING ON TILL PLOBLE-k:
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ity for the
support of C
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ivities.
a. In recent surveys of the Office of Training the Inspector
General and the Management Staff Lave commented upon the lack
of a clearly defined staanent of policy and responsibility for
the provision of psychological services within the Agency.
b. Agency requiremente for psychological services are steadily
increasing not only in terms of the testing, evaluation, and
assessment of individuelli in headqnarters and overseas, but
also in terms of applyi 4i;n psychological techniques to various
and differing operationaa problems of the Agency.
? In order to carry out its miosion the Office of Training has
established over a period of years a staff of highly competent
professional psychologists with training and experience in the
clandestine services both overseas and at headquarters. This
staff is supported by a filly cleared group of professional
consultants who are nationally recognized as being outstanding
in their various fields of specialisation.
On 8 January 1.954 the Lirector of training advised the Deputy
Director (Plans) of the need to clarify the relationship between
the Office of Training and the Deputy Director (plane) components
for more effective utili4ation of psychological services by
components of the Deputy Director (Plans). On 4 Pebruary 1954
the Deputy Director (Plans) replied and expressed general support
for the conclusions and recommendation of the Office of Training
On this subject. A copy of this correspondence is included here-
with under Tab A.
e. While the psychological assets of the Office of Training are
recognised and used by some components of the Agency, this has
not prevented, in other !instances, Agency use of psychologists
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who were not the st qualified in given fields, Agency employ*ent
of doubtful psychological tecilniques, and the ineffectuel appli-
cation of good psychological techniques both in headquertere and
at overseas installations.
The need for estahliehing Agency policy and responsibility for the
provision of psychological eervices is intensified by the growth
of Agency requirementa for sucn services, and, by the loss of
efficiency which results within the Agency from uncoordinated and
indiscriminate use of psychologies' personnel and psychological
techniques in current Agency practice. such practices fall to use
psychological assets presently available to the Agency in the Office
of Training.
D BOWS ION:
a. In the interests of econony of force- and more effective use of
available attests, it should be the policy of the Agency that all
activities (a) involving the testing, evaluetion and assessment of
personnel used by the Agency either in headquartere or overseas, and
(b) involving the application of psychological techniques for
operational purposes shell he reviewed, coordinated, and concurred
in by the Office of Trein1ng4
b. To put this policy into, effectl the Office of Training, in addition
to its current responsibilities for psychological services, should
be given responsibility for (a) providing staff supervision over
the procurement, assignment, and utilisation of professional psycho-
logists throughout the Agency izaluding its overseas inetallations
(this responsibility is similar to that of the Medical Office with
respect to the -Lee of medf,eal personnel of the Agency), and (h)
responsibility for review, coordination, and concurrence on all
Agency activitiee involving the use of psychological services and
techniques in support of Age ney operations.
4. OONCL1JSION5
Approval of the policy a reeponsibilities cited in the preceding
paragraphs would ensure maximum usa of existing Agency psychological
smote and would increase tile potential of psychological services
and techniques to support Aoncy operation's.
5. RECOMMENDATIONS;
a. That the CIA notice attachoc at Te:b i be approved nd ditriluted
to all components of the Agency.
b. That the Director of Training be authorized to dify the state-
ment of mission and functions of the Office of Training in
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accordance with the foregoing statemen s of policy and es-
ponsibility governing the provision of psychological services
within the Agency.
MATTHEW BAIRD
Director of Training
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Tab At (1) Staff Study dated 8 Jan 54 to DD/P frouLD sub.
Psychological 5ervices.
(2) Reply dated 4 Feb 54 from Acting Deputy Director (Plans
to DTR; BUN, Psychological Services.
Tab Bi Draft CIA Notice.
ACTION a APPROVING AUTHORZY:
APPROVED:
Director of Centra.l Intelligexce
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There enlists need
Assessment and Evaluatin
for more effective utilleeti-n of psychological
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ma's SEAR1141 ON re MAMMA!
Historically, psychological services
clandestine intelligence oommasity for the
Assessment and evaluation functions under OSS
Training and continued there wader the CIA Office
Operations ((250). Free then till now components of
have been furnished pcythologieel services by the A &
of O.
the
Staff
A & E Staff of OTR is able to provide the
ervicest
assessmate, to atoll, on suitability for
gnment of "toff end contract personnel.
echniques, applied to such problems as
lemons personnel
deyeloping evaluation procedures.
Staff is under the leadership of a nationally roe
the staff itself is composed of psychologists wi
**tine trairing. A majority-of its seeesement personnel
seas experience with this Agenor, or its predecessors.
by orgsnisetion.i elements within the DD/P are
interest in using psychological services; however, many
have been directed to obtaining psychological
1 or the established A &I Staff. In some
teohniquee have been employed by personnel
psychological method'. (See Tab A).
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DISCUSSIMI
4. Use of independent pa
within the A AS Staffs
lielag to provide the 0400
b. Utilising ...street payehologie
of the eeetraet tour of duty the experience
Agency with the individual's departures
c. Oa thft other baud a *entra1 eroup of otaff psychologists, mod in
the fundementel prinoiples of zaandostine action and with increasing
Agency assessment experience, could be used where sect Alan needed on
either oversees or diemmetle ersignments.
There are many praSeseilneL- 40 involved is setting up an
adequate screening or eeenmset preEiu, end application of psychs.,
logical techniques by non.psycholegints leads to the danger of
uneritieel intorpretetion of essessmont or aereening results.
4. CONCIZIONdi
The Mg start has provided aM can co
services for the oft.
alleation with the A 4 x Staff of all psycho ogical servieee
DOA, it *Meted would result in "meow and long...range
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lagiste used by the ODA should be obtained through the
(2) Contreet parihelegiste should be given training in clandestine
tredeersift as well as in A A 5 procedures.
b. Use of psychologisal teats by non.poyohologists should be s j
prior review Or the A cm, stat.
es A senior nsiber of the mit Staff abould be designs
the above reeeenendations in coordination with the
and oonsidor the advisability of establishing A &I
La selected areaseversees to insure thin Agmecoutraised psyshologists
provide professional aseistamee on psyehologicalymetaems eneountered
abroad.
/ Mathew 'sir*
SAM
Director or
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