HUMAN INTERACTION AND ASSESSMENT LABORATORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05343A000200090008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 4, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR:` Deputy Chief, TSD
,:SUBJECT-: Human Interaction and Assessment Laboratory
liment TSD on the excellence of the Human .
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sessment Laboratory. I appreciate very
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much the opportunity I had to attend the course from
..29 January - 4 February 1973, and consider it one of the
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,most valuable training experiences I have
2, The Laboratory makes clear the power of and
. .critical need for, trust in human relationships. Case
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s with agents. Many however, do not
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in their relat
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based on
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than not the case officer-agent relations
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l distrust with the case officer wishfully
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relying on some latent negative control as a means of
seeping the agent in line.
the Laboratory i.$ a valuable
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y, experience- bebause it gives the participants an opportunity
t with groups and individuals.
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jto,see n Awareness of this interaction is useful in assessing one's
tion and in offering insights
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;into. how one might imps ove ore p.roductiVe.WaY with co-workers.
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S E C R E T
In discussing the laborator
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my co
leagues,
I have urged all of them to take'the course. I believe
the experience,can.improve the effectiveness of case
officers.. dealing with agents; and the effectiveness of
each individual in the organization in his relations with
S E C R E T
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