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J l.The recent nalancholy dovolopronts inhave chown that if the Aganoy is to have a roaloapability af using J wo mst havo Staft officers trained in tho uso of tho tochnique.

2. Training to date hes consisted of instruotion in covon
tional, or alightly accellorated methods of induction, using as
subjocts Staff clorionl personnel fron the Office of Security.
This training was given to five polygraph operators, inoluding the of the Offiçe of Sacurity,
and gome training sessiona were vitnossed by nerbers of the Offioo
of Medicine. Also partioipating in the training as studonts voro fros this Staff and the uniersiraed.

The latter experirentation vas witnosaed formerly of this Staff, noy Chief, A G

3. Ir.and I,hoving discusod this exhanstivcly with C estimate that it would take tro wesks of intonsive instruction for us to becone proficiont anough to amplcy in an operational situotion on subfocts, sncaking English, F/I or Ve racomend, thorefore, that vo be authorized to C arranga tuo wooke training vith in and that this training occur during the last tuo woaks of inrch l962.

4. The min cost of a two-woak training progrsa would be travel and par diom for tuo officars ithin tho continental linits. To this wo ahould add a consultant foo for whioh shouldC be at uhatovar is the going rats in the Office of felicine. Coordination should be effeoted with TSn and and vith the Orrice of Security. I should recorezd the uso of a Legend to cover the porioi of our absance.

MEHORANDUH FOR: Chiof, G J SUBJECT: Proposal forTroining

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5. Hith rogurd to coordinstion of the Offion of Seaurity, wo.do not recomend that this offioc be iavited to participato or nonitor, but ve heliove that no difficultios ill ariso abcut jurisdiction in this respect.

6. You mey wiah to considor inoraasing the mulber of studonts. La beliove that the neture of the training is such as to rako four the naximn number. We urge that the closst ettention be given to assossment of the personslities of stuionts before thcy cre selested. It was our experienoe working vith Office of Sccurity personnsl thet this technique requires vary special talonts. The :ost icportant of these are vory high nativo intelligence, broad experienco in fields auah as sophisticated interrogation and double agant bandling which dovelop insight into interpersonal ralations and expathy vith people, and an introspeotivability thich promotes constant renlistio awaronoss of the emotional effeots of situations on the solf.