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hiPlkCto: Paycbolorical Rescarch and rsycholorical Teams

1. lh accrrance with the suggestion Fude ty on". October 151, 1 have jotted doan some cf lhe idzas Idisc ased wjth him about neycbolo ical rsearch and psycholorical teaas. I bave marie no etfort to be comrlete in this parer but, if this pro. osed proicct arouses any interest, I shall be ;lad to prepare it in grcater detail.

2. 15y.ritCàLARCli: It is my conviction that me must be jusi as scienti'ic and cojcctive in dealing ith the hunren strengths and werlnecsas ol cur presrective arents, informanls, dofeetors, and the likre, as a metallurgist ould bo in analyzing the tensilo strenpth of stels. It, sn ha ens that a cousi erable uount n" scienlilic usychelor ical dta about buman individual and trait dirferences alrary exists, but such ta have never been collcctnd for Arnrey purposes. e neel to enbrk on a svstematic rezearch nrcject so tt pzccle ical àte mey be collectd and irested with rerpce Lo o r ecific nzeds. lor exarple, we need rosearch suur.iri.: on:

Individual and rait i"erences
Jental work and catirne
herory
Intiyation
Interviow-interrcratien techniqes
Percention
letion
attitules
intal and moral.-'gfacts
Inter.crconal reletions
r rustrations
Atnormal psychology (inehuior waraneia, hyunosis, ard irurs)

where there are im ortant rans in mur inowtorire, tuse ais shonlo be fiilod in by research jsycholorists cn conlract, working under Cii auspices or, pfraply, by oer own -tere rorareh rsevlo ists. It is my thesis th: in this agency re nced trplace more reliance ton the findinrs ef scientific psychology. Ihere is a grcat neer for a division

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of psycholorica) r earch in Cef tha! ill movile the other offires of Cià with renearch ssrvires.

3. P. 7t LiACal. Usi 5: Let usmw torsider a speevie probien. Let us assie that  defccter from the Govict. oroit is placod er our doorstep. áe want to ure him. lie ray or may nct uapt, to bo used. T believe t'at tefore our intelligence parsonnel fet to vort on lin they should have a syctolo: ical analysis, as coplste as rossible, of this person's:

lental abilities

,ersonality

Imotional stahility

Temporament

Attitodes

Preiuriices

ears

Iovelepmentallistcry lotivation addliction to bad habits heaction to stress anl tension.

and many ther facters.

ECE.LLSTICIS

(A) EUT FY CO To ALL T'IS "RONTIE? In erer to find ot if he can be tserì and. i{ he can be used, how he should h: han iled tor tronter effacti:eness.

(C) MJILT TEE TO ID F LET T L T:AL : L L À i1y: 15? In. mcst caes a woek to 10 cays vill sul'rice. cre nced enly thrce o four rìprs, others as lonp as a month. Some cu-os a: harder to crack than others. The  riority value of case? liffer. Sore u-t re treated very ringerly, supeci.lly if they ar? o" troat oossjule vlve. The Chief or the cs,cholo: jcal team shonld.ccide hen analguis is, for practical nurposes, comlete.

(C) aTT TT I S 1 LD . IUED? Any cowbin:tion of techniqnues that will vield the esirod ansuers in eny partielar care. Sore tochniques sould be used in rost cases, whoras other lecrniques would be restricted to problem cases. Among tochriques Lhat coull be errectively used are:

1.Terbal and non-vrbol peycholo;ical tonts of-aptitnies, achievements,slills..

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2. "prnjeccive" Leats ol atiiterec an. erotions.

3. Siructured and nen-strvetured intervious, inciiing "ctross' interviows.

h. Interroations.

5. brugs

6. Alcohol

. 7. Lie detectors

T. Photorraphing of eye moverrerts/tape recording of voice/one-way vision screns.

9. Situation tests, bolh indivitval and social.

(D) O aILL 1 ( TIE TA7 Psychelorjsts aith training in: exoerimunLol rsynolofy, clinical and ascescrent psrc cicy: rhys olory: stati tien; area hacktround, larrue, an in'oelience. Since peycholo isls with 'his lind of backrround are not sasily found, it, will be neccssary to recmuit doctoral rreruates in peycbolery trained in ererimental, clinical, physiolery, statistics, and then, turing their first two years of employrent with us, zive then training in lanpvage, area, intelliqence, and asscssment.

(E) sE .L TY (tE? vrscas, in such eountriss as à.e., in an coumtry uh which we have si ron ties so thit he tsam can operite withont toe m ch interierince. [iiily, such teams shonld he placcd as near ar :ossible to tho siteilite ard Sovie!, couniries wirore the acent-informant-dg"octr prorlems are nost serious. If orly two tears. could bo cctiatod, tron nso cheuld re nlacod inrto serve the

(1) TO CE uL ETSaT? To the station chiof or American ororative W o is inter sted in usir the pnrsen (s) under study. Couies of renorts shoulò also be gept. to ashington for processing as oporatioual intelligence.

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