TELLING LIES, BY PAUL EKMAN

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP87M00539R001501860018-9

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December 22, 2016

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October 9, 2009

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Publication Date:

June 25, 1985

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MEMO

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Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL I NOTE FOR: Executive Director FROM: DCI SUBJECT: Telling Lies, by Paul Ekman See that the right people see this. William J. Casey Attachment: Book, subject above, and letter from Dr. Ekman dtd 19 June 1985 Distribution Orig - Exdir 1 - DCI 1 - DD 1 -r Fil C Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 11 J 0 Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 The Director of Central Intelligence vYasfwgo,L D C 20505 Executive Registry 525/1 25 June 1985 Dear Dr. Ekman, I appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending me a copy of your book. We will see what we can learn from it in our interrogation of techniques and other activities in which it may be relevant. Best regards. Sincerely, Dr. Paul Ekman Human Interaction Laboratory University of California, San Francisco 401 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143 Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 ' 2 4 JUN 1985 HUMAN INTERACTION LABORATORY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT LANGLEY PORTER INSTITUTE June 19, 1985 Executive Registry 85- 2 5 2 5 Hon. William J. Casey Director, Central Intelligence Agency Old Executive Office Building 3rd Floor White House Washington, D. C. 20505 Mr. Casey: I am writing to you at the suggestion of about my recent book TELLING LIES. The press reviews N.Y. T_jm_g Book Review, Tl' me magazine, copies enclosed) did not mention that my book discusses lies related to national security matters. Yet my concern about how my work might be used on national security matters was a major impetus for writing the book, and lies involved in espionage and diplomacy are discussed in almost every chapter. My book attempts to explain why some lies succeed while others fail. Why do people ever make mistakes when they lie? My answer is applicable to any kind of lie: marital, business, intelligence, diplomatic, etc. I focus primarily upon mistakes in which the liars own behavior (facial, vocal or bodily expressions) betrays his lie. One chapter deals with the polygraph, and a section in it deals with the special problems in using the lie detector to catch spies. I don't mention in my book that when I was a Fulbright Lecturer in the Soviet Union I was quizzed by Soviet officials about how to use my techniques in interrogations. I believe there are opportunities as well as hazards. While the yield from behavioral clues to deceit is probably much lower in diplomacy and espionage than in lies within a family, there are occasions when it can be helpful. STAT MAILING ADDRESS: 401 PARNASSUS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 TEL: (415) 681-8080 Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 I have enclosed a copy of my book and hope that you will find it of interest. TELLING LIES Reviews: N. Y. Times Time magazine Professor of Psychology a ul Ekma n, Ph.D. STAT Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539RO01501860018-9 Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539R001501860018-9 aR W z J - c C s ... C G ~ ~ t x S c v -~ 73 c .2 c ?N ~ ~ ~ s ~ C a:+ s Or 9 C o. O n Cd E E ? 0 A. w J ~ L L c u. 3 -Z b4 U O p, , r Approved For Release 2009/10/12 : CIA-RDP87M00539R001501860018-9