INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00145888
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: January 14, 1953

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14 Januar...F. 1953
SUBJECT Interrocation Techniques
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1. Dr. says his progress g is proceeding
more rac,i617.than expected. He has obtained excellent cooperation
of th4lirkf4.00 and is accumulating some valuable information on
Briuleir and similar materials.
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3. If the services of lajor JOI" , USAF (LC), a
trained hyr_notist can be obtained and another ran well :-rounded in
conventional psycholoical interro.rat4,-n and r.olygranh techn;cus,
and the services of Lt. Colonel, a. well-balanced interrogation
research center could be established in an especially selected loca-
tion. . .
h. I-wish to invite your ittention to the need of mcre
intensive exploration of tecilnillues in use by the Russians and .
Satellites, includinirChina. Apparently their major emphasis is on
the development of esnecially trained teams for obtaininz information
without the use of narcotics, hypnosis, or special mechanical devices
which reo.uire the services of specialists. Their methods produce
results which meet their obz:ectives. The methods can be employed
extensively ca larEe numbers of persons if required, without the use
of interrogation personnel difficult to recruit. The Russians and
Satellites can obtain results without the use of obsolete methods
of physical torture, and it would be very difficult, if not almost
impossible, to prove that they to not adhere to the "Geneva Conven-
tion agreements."
. 5. There is evidence that they resort to mental duress
and probably the above special technioues, including narcotics
or stimulants under certain circumstances, but not routinely.
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6. The latest jnforrnticn which h%s cmc to our attention
on the develct of teams is a report frcluintl, Chin:., which'
reports the arrival T-1 ShnEhai of a "confcssin Eang" which has
.been workinc:, in PcipinE. According to the rcf;ort, the L.embers of
this team had special training in Russia, and can obtain confessions
without My: use of "oll-fashioned torture or drur.s to obtain any
confession they desire." :n one case, the prisoner was not allowed to
close the eyes for 26 days.
7. Ire have had reports on the use of lights, but none on the
effects of fast and slow intense flickering lights which work while
the eyelids are ()ten or closed.
� 8. Dr. Clivecrcna, a Swedish physician who attended Stalin,
says the Soviet nethod of cbtaining infcrmation is a matter of
"reactions ftllowing e;:cessive fatigue due to loss of sleep,etc., �
and the threat of injury to family and relatives which was the dominating
factor in breaking the morale."
9. N- allyl normorrhine hydrochloride, C19H9, NO3HCL,has been.
reported by :-:erck as an effective analeptic agent, and has a respiratcry
stimulating effect against resoiratory depression caused by morphine,
Methadone, Dilaudid, Dremoran, Pantopcn, Demercl,Codeinc, Ictopon, and
Nisentil. It does not counteract non-narcotic arents. It is reported
to be effective ar:ainst lethal overdosagc of the narcotics which ri:ht
be used by some foreir.r. countries. It is not effective against fatal
doses of depressants of the central nervous, respiratory or circulatory
systems due to drugs other than the narcotics.
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