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Offce Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT A/B. 5, 260/1 TODeputy Chief, I & S Staff DATE: 17 November 1950

sUBjECT: Desired Qualifications of Candidate for S. I. Indoctrination

This is just a little informal ideation concerning this subject. As a matter of fact, I have learned from talking with you about various personalities, that you would be readily able to gelect the best available people for this work without y evaluation of qualifications..

The ideal candidate would bea scholar,'linguist, well-trained interrogator, polygraph expert, physician, psychologist end psychiatrist. Of course, it would be impossible to obtain one with all of these qualifications so the best that can be done is to select a man with some of theae attributes and train him as much as possible intheothers.

Concerning education, it would be preferable to select a college graduate but native intelligence is more important than formal educationalthough a combination of both would be adventageous. In sddition to' intelligence, necessary qualities are courage, initiative.and.energy.

Concerning speech, the individual must have a good command of at least one'language. Talking should be expressive of emotional reactions and at times, ahould be modulated to almost a monotonous quality.

Emotionally, the candiiate should be sensitive and free.from lethargy, yet.capable of control of his feelings at all times.If a men cannot govcrn his ow emotions, he will have difficulty in the desired relationship with other people.

The general appearance end;attitude of the S. I. operator should be one toinspire confidence and perhaps somefear although this may seem paradoxical.

The most. important personalityelement desired is one whiohis difficult to describe. I have a theory that wehuman beings are like radio trensmitters and, receivers'and tune in with one another to obtain hermony, discord, static orlsometimes commercials and that the ability of theoperator to successfully "tune in"iwith the people with whom he isworking is the thing that counts the most.Iniother words, there must exista dynamic:inter-personal relationship.

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xs qtiachod to the CB hte is rorarded as hirhly canabie and intolligent and has done advance work in nunorous drug, and cherical anonts. lle has particularly dons oqerinental work in lloscalino and in Cannabis, and its derivatives.

fis known to on a nersonal basis and has becn met by and the tnitor. is a youn? nan, quite enthusiastrc and has made nunerons tests on drugs and chenicals on himsolf.

connecbion with the ARTiCOKE pro-ran officinlly is unknowmn, hut, it is assured he is well. atarc of this Agency's werk in the ARTICHOKE problem and our continuing internsts in chemicals, drugs, etc. that hoar on APTICiiCKE probloms.

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